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Wynn Resorts announces major Las Vegas expansion project

A massing model showing the general layout of a new project by Wynn Resorts that would include a 38-acre lagoon, 1,000-room hotel tower, small casino, restaurants, nightlife and meeting space.

Steve Wynn intends to transform the golf course behind his Las Vegas resorts into an expansive new development that includes a 38-acre lagoon attraction accompanied by a 1,000-room hotel tower, a small casino, restaurants, nightlife and meeting space. Wynn, chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd., revealed the plans ...

6 April 2016
By J.D. Morris

Marnell Gaming gets initial OK to buy Nugget casino in Sparks

In this Feb. 18, 2009, file photo, Anthony Marnell III is shown at the M Resort in Henderson.

Marnell Gaming LLC today received the first approval it needs from state gaming regulators to acquire the Nugget casino in Sparks. The Gaming Control Board ...

6 April 2016
By J.D. Morris

Former Sparks Nugget ownership fined $1 million over money laundering violations

The former ownership of the Nugget casino in Sparks has been hit with a $1 million civil penalty for “egregiously and willfully” violating ...

5 April 2016
By J.D. Morris

Wynn Resorts expects 1st-quarter revenue in Macau to be down again

The Wynn Macau is seen Aug. 17, 2011.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. said today it expected its first-quarter results to again show substantially lower revenue from the company’s Macau operations, though Las Vegas revenue could be slightly higher than a year ago. The company released preliminary earnings results ...

5 April 2016
By J.D. Morris

MGM celebrates opening of the Park entertainment district

Bubble Girls Olga Lagunsad, foreground, and Tsvetelina Tabakova perform Monday, April 4, 2016, during the grand opening of The Park. The new pocket park, lined with restaurants and seating for outdoor dining, runs from the Las Vegas Strip to the new T-Mobile Arena.

MGM Resorts International today celebrated the opening of its Park dining and entertainment district, which officials praised for bringing a new kind of public space to the bustle of ...

4 April 2016
By J.D. Morris

Monte Carlo partially without power after utility line damaged

A view of the Las Vegas Strip and Monte Carlo as seen from Rivea at Delano Las Vegas on Feb. 2, 2016.

Restaurants and casino table games were closed and about 1,000 hotel rooms were temporarily without power after an outage today at the Monte Carlo, according to ...

1 April 2016
By Kailyn Brown

Baccarat blues: How one game is affecting Las Vegas casino revenue

The Strip as seen from Rivea on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at Delano Las Vegas.

Statewide, February gaming revenue rose more than 8 percent compared to the year before in Nevada, as casinos benefited from a popular Super Bowl and an extra day ...

1 April 2016
By J.D. Morris

Smoking banned at largest Las Vegas sports book

Lines stretch toward the door for Super Bowl sports betting at the Westgate Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015.

Smoking is no longer allowed at one of Las Vegas's largest sports books. Westgate Las Vegas is instituting a new non-smoking policy inside all areas of the race and ...

31 March 2016
Associated Press

Miner to keep digging for gold despite $12.5M casino win

A Nevada gold miner intends to continue working underground despite winning more than $12.5 million. The Elko Daily Free Press reports that 64-year-old Efren Aguirre of Elko hit the megabucks jackpot at the ...

30 March 2016
Associated Press

Las Vegas Sands names Sheldon Adelson’s son-in-law CFO

Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced today that it has appointed Patrick Dumont, son-in-law of CEO Sheldon Adelson, as the company’s chief financial officer. Dumont, 41, has held various leadership roles since ...

30 March 2016
By J.D. Morris

Nevada gambling revenue up 8 percent in February

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

February was a lucky month for Nevada casinos, thanks to excitement over the Super Bowl and an extra day on the calendar for leap year. They won $990 million in February, up 8.1 percent compared with the same month ...

30 March 2016
By Michelle Rindels, Associated Press

Riviera too big to implode all at once, official says

Lights are shown on the Riviera facade Sunday, May 3, 2015, before the casino closed.

The hotel towers at the shuttered Riviera will likely each face two separate implosion dates: one in June and the other in August. That’s according to ...

29 March 2016
By J.D. Morris

State bills to allow fantasy sports could hurt smaller firms

Smaller companies in the exploding fantasy sports industry say they could be shut out of doing business in some states by legislation that is actually intended to recognize the games' legality ...

27 March 2016
By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Local woman hits $933,000 jackpot at Las Vegas airport

A local woman won a $933,080 jackpot on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at McCarran International Airport on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

Have you ever put money in a Wheel of Fortune slot machine while passing through McCarran International Airport? Did you expect to win? A Las Vegas Valley woman ...

25 March 2016
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Icahn: Taj Mahal future at risk amid benefits, expansion talks

A union member holds a sign critical of billionaire investor Carl Icahn during a demonstration outside the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on Wednesday March 23, 2016, to protest Icahn's refusal to reinstate health insurance and pension benefits that previous owners eliminated in bankruptcy court before Icahn acquired the casino last month. Icahn, the billionaire investor, accuses Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union, of trying to force the Taj Mahal to close by saddling it with unaffordable financial demands.

he name on the casino-hotel still says TRUMP in huge letters, but a different famous billionaire now owns the joint. And like his predecessor, Donald Trump, investor Carl Icahn knows a thing or two about getting attention — and the best deal possible. On Wednesday night, union members picketed the Trump Taj Mahal casino to protest the elimination of ...

24 March 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
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