Gaming

Sands table supervisor stole $3,000 in chips hidden in bra, police say

The Sands Bethlehem opened May 22, 2009. The resort, which has 3,000 slot machines and four restaurants, was the eighth casino to open in Pennsylvania since slots gambling was legalized in 2004.

A Sands casino table games supervisor is charged with stealing $3,000 in chips by stuffing them in her bra ...

20 July 2016
By Pamela Lehman, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (TNS)

Peppermill in Reno latest casino aiming to leave NV Energy

The Peppermill resort in Reno is asking regulators for permission to leave NV Energy and buy electricity from another provider. The resort ...

18 July 2016
By Daniel Rothberg

Station announces plans to build casino in Reno

An artist's rendering of the property Station Casinos is planning to build in Reno.

Las Vegas locals gaming giant Station Casinos today announced plans to build a casino in Reno on land it owns near the convention center there. The company said it has not determined when it will develop the $50 million to $70 million project. But Station filed an application Monday for a special-use permit to build on some 8 acres along South Virginia Street, across from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Station envisions ...

14 July 2016
By J.D. Morris

Regulators delay West Las Vegas gambling hall's revamp as Tokyo Casino

A neon sign signifying the New Town Tavern and Casino, located on F Street and Jackson in the Historic Westside on Jan. 29, 2016.

A small shuttered casino in Las Vegas’ historic West Las Vegas neighborhood could someday be transformed into a resort that would form the flagship development in ...

13 July 2016
By J.D. Morris

Taj Mahal ultimatum: Take casino health deal by Monday or it's gone

Striking workers from New Jersey's Trump Taj Mahal casino join supporters of Local 54 from the Unite-HERE union to protest outside the Fifth Avenue office of Carl Icahn, Wednesday, July 13, 2016, in New York.

A strike against Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino grew more contentious today as strikers rallied outside the New York offices of Donald Trump, who opened the casino, and Carl Icahn, his fellow billionaire who now owns it. As the protest unfolded, Icahn's management team ...

13 July 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

New Jersey regulators OK MGM's Borgata purchase

In this June 26, 2013, photo, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is seen in Atlantic City, N.J., with the nearby Water Club reflected in its gold glass facade.

MGM Resorts International's purchase of Boyd Gaming's 50 percent stake in Atlantic City's top casino has received regulatory approval in New Jersey. The Casino Control Commission on Wednesday voted 3-0 to approve lease agreements needed for the sale that will give ...

13 July 2016
Associated Press

Mobile casino tournaments launch at 9 MGM resorts

MGM Resorts International announced today that it has launched a mobile platform through which customers at nine of its Las Vegas resorts will be able to gamble with ...

13 July 2016
By J.D. Morris

Owner of Tahoe's Cal Neva Lodge files for bankruptcy

The owner of the shuttered Cal Neva Lodge & Casino has filed for bankruptcy, jeopardizing plans once again plans to reopen the most historic resort on the ...

12 July 2016
Associated Press

Union workers ratify contract for 3 Atlantic City casinos

This Dec. 27, 2013, photo shows the exterior of Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City N.J., with the Wild West facades of Bally's Atlantic City in the foreground.

Workers in Atlantic City have approved a new contract with three casinos while a strike continues at the Trump Taj Mahal. Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union says workers from the three Caesars Entertainment-owned casinos in Atlantic City voted Monday to ...

12 July 2016
Associated Press

No 'Brexit effect' on U.K. entries at World Series of Poker

Poker players compete in Day1C of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio Monday, July 11, 2016.

Fears of a "Brexit effect" hurting the World Series of Poker proved to be unfounded, a tournament official said Tuesday, after the Main Event in Las Vegas saw a big increase in the number of players from ...

12 July 2016
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

New California card-room rules still generate conflict

The hands of a card dealer are blurred as she deals a table game at the Bicycle Club card room in Bell Gardens, Calif., May 14, 2003.

New guidelines issued by state gambling regulators for how card rooms in the state can conduct some high-stakes card games don't satisfy Indian gaming officials, who say the new rules still allow ...

12 July 2016
By Greg Moran, The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)

Casinos look to video games as a draw for millennials

Eric Meyerhofer, second from left, the chief executive of Gamblit Gaming, which makes skill-based games for casinos, playing Brew Caps League with Elizabeth Henifin, left, Nathan Ting, second from right, and Aaron Allen in Glendale, Calif., July 5, 2016. Resorts in Nevada, New Jersey and elsewhere are exploring video game gambling as a way to lure younger visitors to the casinos.

Forget slot machines and money wheels. American casinos may soon look more like video game arcades. In February, Nevada and New Jersey passed legislation allowing for the introduction of skill-based games in casinos as a way to draw in ...

8 July 2016
By Laura Parker, New York Times News Service

Coming soon: Take a peek inside the Lucky Dragon

General Manager Matt Harkness stands upon the pedestrian bridge connecting the hotel and casino of the Lucky Dragon during an under-construction media tour of the Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino, 300 W. Sahara Ave., in Las Vegas, July 7, 2016.

From the main gaming floor at the Lucky Dragon, gamblers will be able to see into a kitchen where cooks will make fresh Chinese food. Upstairs, next to a dim sum restaurant ...

7 July 2016
By J.D. Morris

Powerball lottery ticket worth $785,000 sold in Primm

It wasn’t the much-hyped Mega Millions jackpot, but a Powerball lottery ticket worth $785,040 was sold in Primm on Wednesday night, according to ...

7 July 2016
By Chris Kudialis

Las Vegas company completes expansion at Maryland casino

Golden Entertainment Inc. says it has completed an expansion of gambling opportunities and parking spaces at the Rocky Gap Casino Resort near Cumberland. The Las Vegas-based company said ...

5 July 2016
Associated Press
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