LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino gambling remained slow in Nevada last month, according to a key index of casino activity that showed little improvement from the month before.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The coronavirus and efforts to fight it have hit U.S. casinos and legal gambling businesses hard.

The American Gaming Association on Thursday reported a nearly 79% drop in commercial gambling revenue for the second quarter of 2020.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board decided to let the unincorporated parts of Clark County join the area’s major cities in offering stand-alone gambling machines in taverns.

Bartop machines are still not allowed during this phase of the state’s COVID-19 recovery plan.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Reno-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. received the go-ahead from Nevada casino regulators to buy Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a $17 billion deal creating a gambling giant with properties in 16 U.S. states and several other countries.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Commercial casinos in the U.S. won $43.6 billion from gamblers last year, an increase of nearly 4% from the previous year.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stunning and stark numbers are showing the effect of casino and business closures enacted in Nevada in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Free parking, but no valet service. Bartenders and blackjack dealers wearing masks. Hand sanitizer everywhere. Yes, dice will roll, cards will be dealt and slot machines will beckon.

But poker rooms? Closed.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling officials approved rules to limit customers, keep gamblers spaced apart from each other and disinfect dice and cards when casinos reopen.