Detroit casinos report more than $1.4B in revenue
DETROIT (AP) — Adjusted gross revenue for Detroit’s three casinos topped $1.4 billion last year.
The amount was more than $10 million higher than in 2018, according to Michigan’s Gaming Control Board.
MGM Grand Detroit reported $623.5 million in yearly revenue last year, while MotorCity Casino reported $493.6 million.
Both amounts were the highest yearly adjusted gross revenue totals for the casinos since they opened in 1999.
Greektown Casino reported $337.2 million in adjusted gross revenue in 2019.
The three casinos paid the state nearly $118 million in gaming taxes last year.
They reported making more than $184 million in wagering taxes and development agreement payments to the city of Detroit throughout 2019.
Woman sues Universal for shock, but resort blames her
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A woman who claims she suffered an electric shock at a Universal Orlando water park last year has filed a lawsuit, but the theme park resort is blaming the woman for negligence.
Universal Orlando filed a response last month to April Carlino's lawsuit, saying she failed to use “reasonable care" for her own safety.
Universal Orlando said any injury Carlino suffered was from a preexisting condition.
Carlino had sued the Orlando-based theme park resort in November, seeking an undisclosed amount of money.
She said she was shocked last June while at the Volcano Bay water park.
Her lawsuit didn't detail her injuries.
Last November, federal work-safety investigators said Universal Orlando wouldn't be cited because the resort was unaware something was wrong.
A Universal official told investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that engineers measured 20 to 30 volts on a sidewalk.
The cause was found to be electrical wiring damaged during construction that sent electrical currents through the ground, according to an OSHA report.
A Universal spokesman on Tuesday said the company would not comment.
Wienermobile pulled over in Wisconsin for traffic infraction
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Oscar Mayer's iconic Wienermobile got a grilling from a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy because the driver of the giant hot dog failed to give enough room to another car on the road with emergency lights.
The deputy pulled over the Wienermobile and gave the driver a verbal warning for not following the law, the Waukesha Sheriff's Office said in a tweet posted Monday.
It showed a picture of the sheriff's deputy's SUV parked behind the Wienermobile with the hashtags, #MoveOver #SlowDown #Wienermobile.
Traffic laws require vehicles to move out of the lane closest to another car that is on the side of the road with emergency lights flashing.
The first Weinermobile was created in 1936 and it has gone through several iterations since then.
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