Over the weekend, the Xbox Network struggled with some server issues that made some digital games completely unplayable, even offline, and people spoke up to voice their frustrations.
Messages posted on the Xbox Support account on Twitter suggest the outages began on May 6, when users began reporting they were unable to launch games on Xbox consoles and via the cloud. Service resumed normally and then had issues again, the Xbox Support account said. All issues were seemingly resolved as of May 8, but the outage left fans with questions and concerns about Microsoft’s policies about needing to connect to the internet to play non-live games.
Nevada released a February revenue report, and the results are better than ever. In total, the state generated $1.34 billion in revenue, which is the record amount ever collected in February. At the same time, visitors to resorts on the Strip outpaced last year’s numbers for the second month of the year by 9.5%.
Record revenue in February:
The main reasons behind that result are Super Bowl LVIII, as well as Chinese New Year. However, it should be noted that 2024 is a leap year, so February had an additional day. On top of that, the Strip saw a lot of concerts and other events.
As the Nevada Gaming Control Board released (pdf) on Thursday, March 28, the revenue increased by 8.5% compared to the previous year.
Originally announced in April 2021 by primary owner, Luxor Capital Group L.P., the sale of half of Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City to Detroit-headquartered conglomerate Ilitch Holdings Incorporated was approved by New Jersey gambling regulators on Thursday.
Among other businesses, the family-run organization [Ilitch] owns MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit, as well as the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers professional sports franchises of the National Hockey league (NHL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), respectively.
Under the sale approved by the New Jersey Casino Comission, Ilitch will acquire 50 percent of the Boardwalk casino for $175 million, and will split decision making regarding its operation, with current owner, Luxor Capital Group. The New York-based hedge fund purchased its 83 percent stake in the 20-acre New Jersey property once known as the Revel Casino Hotel in January of 2019
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