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Resorts World Las Vegas is seen on Las Vegas Boulevard on Thursday, May 20, 2021. The Nevada Gaming Commission granted licenses to the resort and its Malaysia-based parent company, Genting Berhad PTC, for one of the biggest casino projects ever on the Las Vegas Strip. The $4.3 billion resort is due to open June 24. (AP Photo/Ken Ritter)
Resorts World Las Vegas gets regulatory OK to open June 24

By Ken Ritter May. 20, 2021 04:13 PM EDT

German national soccer team players stand in an empty stadium during a team practice session ahead of their upcoming World Cup qualifier match against Iceland, at Merkur-Spiel-Arena in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday March 23, 2021. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
Virus case on Germany team ahead of World Cup qualifier

Mar. 25, 2021 07:47 AM EDT

FILE - This April 26, 2018, file photo, shows the Hasbro logo at the TTPM 2018 Spring Showcase, in New York. The critical holiday shopping season, coupled with quarantining amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, pushed board game sales up 21% at Hasbro in the fourth quarter. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Board games the standout star in Hasbro's 4th quarter

By Michelle Chapman Feb. 08, 2021 08:32 AM EST

Chairs sit on pallets as some are being removed from electronic slot machines to maintain social distancing between players at a closed Caesars Palace hotel and casino Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Las Vegas. Casino operators in Las Vegas are awaiting word when they will be able to reopen after a shutdown during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Nevada betting on health safety as Las Vegas casinos reopen

By Ken Ritter Jun. 03, 2020 04:09 PM EDT

Chairs are removed to keep social distancing between players as a coronavirus safety precaution at an electronic gaming machine in the closed Bellagio hotel and casino, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Las Vegas. Casino operators in Las Vegas are awaiting word when they will be able to reopen after a shutdown during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Disinfected dice: Las Vegas casinos getting ready to roll

By Ken Ritter May. 22, 2020 02:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 19, 2020, file photo, a lone security guard watches over casinos shuttered due to the coronavirus outbreak in Las Vegas. The casino workers' Culinary Union plans to hold a protest drive up the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, May 12, 2020, to call for casino companies to release their reopening plans and to adopt the union's recommended safety protocols. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Casino workers' union plans protest drive on Las Vegas Strip

May. 12, 2020 06:44 PM EDT

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Carson City, Nev., Thursday, May 7, 2020, after Sisolak announced that Nevada will begin allowing restaurants, salons and other non-essential businesses to reopen starting Saturday. It's the first easing of restrictions imposed in Nevada seven weeks ago to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Casinos are among businesses that will remain closed for now. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
Nevada gambling regulators OK rules for casino reopenings

By Michelle L. Price May. 07, 2020 10:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2020 file photo, a man walks past a closed subway station during the lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus in downtown Madrid, Spain. Nervous travelers, spotty air service, health risks _ the battered global tourism industry is facing unprecedented uncertainty in the wake of the new coronavirus. Millions of workers are laid off or furloughed, and it will likely take years for the industry to get back to the strong demand it was seeing just six months ago. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
Battered global tourism industry makes reopening plans

By Dee-Ann Durbin May. 03, 2020 10:09 AM EDT

In this April 1, 2020, photo, AP correspondent Dan Sewell in Cincinnati plays in a tournament at home using the Strat-O-Matic baseball board game while self-isolating due to the coronavirus outbreak. With no real baseball being played, fans are getting their fixes with conference call chats, trivia contests and fantasy games. (AP Photo/Dan Sewell)
VIRUS DIARY: Fantasy baseball, when real ball is the fantasy

By Dan Sewell Apr. 02, 2020 03:58 PM EDT