Two Las Vegas casinos are now taking bets on horse races that never happen in real life ...
1 July 2016
By Chris Kudialis
A strike against Atlantic City's most vulnerable casino on the biggest moneymaking weekend of the year raised fresh questions about the future of the Trump Taj Mahal. Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union went on strike ...
1 July 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Atlantic City's main casino workers union reached agreement Thursday on a new contract with three of the five casinos it had been targeting for a strike this weekend. Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union has a new deal with three casinos owned by ...
30 June 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Led by a steep drop on the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada gaming revenue fell more than 4 percent last month, the state reported today. The Gaming Control Board ...
30 June 2016
By J.D. Morris
For every security feature built into slot machines over the years, there has always been a gambler who has found a way to cheat the technology and rip off the house. This was underlined Tuesday evening at the Mob Museum during the “Stolen Jackpots: How Slot Cheating Rings Raked in Millions” panel. Panelists educated and ...
29 June 2016
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez
The announcement that the National Hockey League had awarded an expansion franchise to a group based in Las Vegas was, to some, a shock. This was the first big league to ...
29 June 2016
By David G. Schwartz, Washington Post
The Alabama-based Poarch Band of Creek Indians is expanding its casino business into Louisiana and Nevada. The band's PCI Gaming Authority has struck a deal to buy Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana, near Shreveport. That deal is ...
28 June 2016
By Brad Harper, Montgomery Advertiser
When Mermaids, La Bayou and Girls of Glitter Gulch close today, it will mark the latest step in a transformation of downtown Las Vegas. Multiple downtown casinos have made major upgrades, while city officials have tried to make the the Fremont Street Experience cleaner and safer through restrictions on ...
27 June 2016
By J.D. Morris
The Kats Report Bureau at this writing is Sully’s Bar at Bally’s, just off the hotel’s Flamingo Road entrance. A great place to hang for a bit before hustling across the street to Cromwell, because if your destination …
25 June 2016
By John Katsilometes
A Reno restaurant has found itself at odds with a Las Vegas casino over its name, which the casino's attorneys say constitutes trademark infringement. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that ...
24 June 2016
Associated Press
Howe is standing inside a William Hill gambling shop near Westminster, home to the British Parliament. It is midday Wednesday, less than 24 hours before British voters will go to the polls to determine ...
23 June 2016
By Peter S. Goodman, New York Times News Service
A top UNLV gambling academic has been named to a chair position at UNR in a move aimed at fostering greater collaboration between the historic collegiate rivals ...
22 June 2016
By J.D. Morris
Game 7 had everything: giant television ratings, record ticket prices and, in Las Vegas, historic ...
21 June 2016
ESPN
Unlike daily fantasy sports and traditional Internet gaming, eSports games are thriving without a gambling component.
20 June 2016
By Dennis Gutwald
Forget gambling, nightclubs or spas. One New Jersey lawmaker believes the future of Atlantic City may lie in pot ...
17 June 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press