Gaming

2 casinos begin to offer betting on virtual horse racing

A sports bettor takes down some notes at one of the booths inside the new William Hill Race & Sports Book at the Plaza Hotel after the grand opening on Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013.

Two Las Vegas casinos are now taking bets on horse races that never happen in real life ...

Strike at Taj Mahal casino raises questions about its future

A casino worker carries a picket sign on Thursday June 30, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J., as contract talks between his union, Local 54 of Unite-HERE, and the Trump Taj Mahal were underway to try to prevent a threatened Friday strike. Still seething from the cancellation of its members' health insurance and pension benefits nearly two years ago, Atlantic City's main casino workers union said early Friday it will go on strike against the Trump Taj Mahal casino.

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 ...

Union reaches deal with 3 of 5 Atlantic City casinos

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 ...

Nevada gaming revenue down 4.53 percent in May

Tapanee “Jib Jib” Songsee deals blackjack Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Cromwell.

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 ...

Prolific former slot cheat recounts how he honed spurious skills

Former slot cheat Dick Charlesworth speaks during a panel discussion on slot cheats at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

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 ...

The NHL is coming to Las Vegas because America is now a casino nation

New franchise owner Bill Foley, left, and Gary Bettman, NHL commissioner, pose after announcing Las Vegas' first professional sports franchise during a news conference at the Encore Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The NHL expansion team is expected to begin play in the 2017-18 season at T-Mobile Arena.

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 ...

Alabama tribe expanding gambling to Louisiana, Nevada

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 ...

Downtown Las Vegas transformation marches on as 3 throwback spots shut doors

The Mermaids Casino, as well as La Bayou and Glitter Gulch on the Fremont Street Experience, are set to close on Monday as Derek and Greg Stevens prepare to build a new casino there on Friday, June 24, 2016.

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 ...

NHL betting at T-Mobile is possible (there’s an app for it); no shakin’ in Elvis’ old theater

New York-New York and the Monte Carlo are reflected in the exterior glass of the T-Mobile Arena Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

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 …

Reno restaurant, Las Vegas casino battle over trademark

An exterior view of Palace Station on Sahara Avenue Tuesday, December 13, 2011.  .

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 ...

Brexit vote already has a winner: the gambling industry

A man watches the screens at a William Hill gambling shop in London, June 20, 2016. As Britain goes to the polls to determine whether to leave the European Union, bookmakers are anticipating record-setting gambling on the outcome.

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 ...

UNLV academic named to another gaming studies role at UNR

Bo Bernhard, executive director of UNLV’s International Gaming Institute, stands on campus at the Stan Fulton Building. Bernhard is a professor of sociology and hotel management who specializes in gambling.

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 ...

Cavs-Warriors Game 7 the most heavily bet NBA game ever

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, center, shoots against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday, June 19, 2016, during the first half of Game 7 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif.

Game 7 had everything: giant television ratings, record ticket prices and, in Las Vegas, historic ...

Nevada, New Jersey taking the lead in eSports

Unlike daily fantasy sports and traditional Internet gaming, eSports games are thriving without a gambling component.

Can pot smoking save Atlantic City? Lawmaker plans legalization

This July 11, 2014, aerial photo shows the Atlantic City, N.J., beachfront with many of its Boardwalk casinos.

Forget gambling, nightclubs or spas. One New Jersey lawmaker believes the future of Atlantic City may lie in pot ...