But the absence of that approval hasn’t slowed the company’s growth in the continuously evolving market. is awaiting licensing by Nevada gaming regulators. Sports betting software provider GAN Ltd. GAN deal with WynnBet increases reach for the sports betting platform The company also owns two casinos in Missouri and a casino in Iowa.Ī G2E attendee checks out the sports betting platform from GAN Ltd.

In 2019, Mary Beth Higgins was named CEO.Īffinity operates five casinos in Nevada – the three Primm properties, Silver Sevens in Las Vegas and Rail City in Sparks.

Affinity is now owned by Illinois-based Z Capital Group, which took Affinity private in 2017. The company was rebranded as Affinity Gaming in 2011 following the bankruptcy reorganization. Herbst Gaming filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy two years later. It was considered one of the world’s tallest roller coasters when it opened in 1994, with a height of 209 feet and a drop of 225 feet, with a portion of the track running through the casino.Īffinity, then known as Herbst Gaming, acquired the three Primm casinos – Buffalo Bill’s, Primm Valley and Whiskey Pete’s – from MGM Resorts in 2007 for $400 million. The Desperado Rollercoaster at Buffalo Bill’s remained closed. Visitors walk through the casino in the recently reopened Buffalo Bill’s hotel and casino in Primm on Tuesday, Dec. Primm said slot machines and table games were available at the casino, along with the Wagon Wheel Grill restaurant, although a Nevada Independent photographer found only a handful of customers a few days after Christmas. In the Twitter statement, Primm Valley said “multi-million-dollar upgrades” would be coming to the casinos in 2023. Buffalo Bill’s was the last of the three Primm casinos to reopen. Representatives from Primm did not respond to emailed questions about the reopening.

The privately held company did not make any formal announcement about the re-opening other than a post on the Primm Valley Resorts Twitter site, saying it was proud “to have the reels spinning again at Buffalo Bill’s.” It is one of three casinos operated by Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming in the community along Interstate 15 at the Nevada-California border. Howard Stutzīuffalo Bill’s Hotel-Casino in Primm reopened on Christmas Eve after being closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please click here to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada.

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