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Already a major gambling state, Pennsylvania is poised for a big expansion

Beverage server Christa Evanko delivers drinks at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania, which is second only to Nevada in commercial casino revenues, voted Thursday to approve the biggest expansion of gambling in the state since casinos were legalized more than a decade ago. Desperate to find ways to ...

Caesars Entertainment to begin charging locals for parking

A parking payment machine is shown by the garage elevators in Caesars Palace Thursday, March 30, 2017.

Las Vegas locals will now have to pay for parking at Caesars Entertainment properties on the Strip, the company announced late Friday night ...

How major US stock indexes fared on Friday

Some of the biggest companies in the world had their best day in years Friday as Microsoft and Alphabet soared following strong third-quarter reports, as did online retail giant Amazon. U.S. stocks set more records ...

Wynn: Shooter Paddock was unremarkable customer

The Wynn hotel-casino on Las Vegas Boulevard on Sept. 30, 2015.

CEO Steve Wynn spoke about mass shooter Stephen Paddock, security and the business effects of the tragedy as well as plans for his new lagoon development in a wide-ranging discussion with investors during Thursday during company’s third-quarter earnings call.

Las Vegas airport records another 4-million-passenger month

An American Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport June 5, 2017.

Las Vegas aviation officials say the city's airport is on track to break its year-end record as September marked the seventh consecutive month it ...

Ground broken on $26 million, 80-bed psychiatric facility in southwest valley

The Behavioral Health Center at Southern Hills Hospital, Sunset Road and Fort Apache Road, is shown in a rendering. Ground was broken on Oct. 26, 2017.

To help address the critical need for more mental health resources in Southern Nevada, a new 80-bed psychiatric facility is on the way. ...

Construction to start on Wynn's Paradise Park in the spring

An early rendering of Wynn Paradise Park.

The development will also have a new 47-story, 1,500-room hotel with its own convention space, casino and restaurants. It will sit roughly between the Encore and the Wynn Las Vegas

Boulevard mall investors buy Sears building, in talks to develop parking lot

A view of the Sears store in the Boulevard mall Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Sears sold its building to the mall but continues to operate the store.

Sears Holdings Corp. sold its building at the Boulevard mall to a group of investors earlier this month, clearing the way for development of the massive parking lot around the store. The Sears store is not going anywhere. As part of the sale, the new owners are leasing the space back ...

Nevada Grow mines data to help small businesses thrive

Assemblywoman Dina Neal, D-Las Vegas, shown during the 2013 Legislature, advocates a program to provide small-business owners with technical assistance and strategic research.

A pilot program that began in 2015, made permanent by the Nevada Legislature this year, continues to help small businesses grow. ...

Caesars Palace’s opulent suites top off $100 million hotel tower renovation

The living room of the French Villa on Caesars Palace's 29th floor features a formal, elegant European neoclassic style.

Gold-plated faucets and $20,000 85-inch TVs are just two of the luxurious amenities in 10 special villas on the 29th floor of Caesars Palace’s newly renovated Palace Tower.

Poker star Phil Ivey loses UK case, won't get millions

Phil Ivey Jr. competes during the opening day of the World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship tournament at the Rio Sunday, June 24, 2012.

He's long been a winner at cards, but American poker star Phil Ivey's good fortune does not extend to Britain's Supreme Court — he lost a major case Wednesday that will keep him from cashing in. The British Supreme Court upheld ...

Not at home? Amazon wants to come in and drop off packages

In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017, file photo, the Amazon logo is displayed at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square.

When the delivery person shows up, they will knock first, scan the package and Amazon will make sure the delivery person is at the right home and unlock the door. No codes are needed and ...

Trump administration sides with NFL in sports betting case

The Trump administration is siding with professional sports leagues in their opposition to allowing New Jersey to offer sports betting at its casinos and racetracks ...

Caesars execs address plans for land on Strip

An exterior view of Caesars Palace, June 6, 2013.

Caesars Entertainment executives talked growth and efficiency today in their first investors conference since the company emerged from bankruptcy but also fielded questions from analysts about business on the Strip after the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting. “It’s fair to say we are cautiously optimistic about the rebound and think the occupancy rates across the Strip took a little hit the ...

Nevada's first-time jobless claims down 15 percent

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation says initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits totaled 9,068 in September in the state. That figure, which was released ...

Marijuana taxes bring in nearly $5 million in August

The Nevada Department of Taxation says the state hauled in nearly $5 million in total tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales in August. That's up from the $3.7 million in taxes in July, the ...

Next skill-based gaming machines arrive on Las Vegas Strip

Gamblit Gaming unveiled TriStation, a pod containing three interactive gaming stations, at Planet Hollywood on Monday. Six skill-based games, including "Into the Dead," are available on each TriStation.

The second round of skill-based gaming machines has hit the Las Vegas Strip, allowing players to stake their cash on their abilities to use a cartoon catapult or survive a zombie-infested cornfield. ...

2017 Contractor of the Year Awards

Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak, right, greets Jay Smith, left, president of Las Vegas Paving, and Bob Mendenhall, Las Vegas Paving owner, during an opening ceremony for the new flyover ramp linking the Airport Connector to eastbound 215 Monday, June 5, 2017. The ramp is more than 1/2 mile long and is expected to carry more than 20,000 vehicles per day.

Construction forms the backbone of society. It builds the infrastructure that shapes our daily lives, including homes, offices, schools and roads. It’s also responsible ...

Caesars executives to ring Nasdaq’s opening bell

Mark Frissora, president and CEO of Caesars Entertainment, leaves a Nevada Gaming Control Board meeting Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Grant Sawyer State Building.

In one of the company’s first post-bankruptcy investors events, executives from Caesars Entertainment will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq’s MarketSite in New York on Tuesday. ...