Gaming

Ex-casino exec, waitress and gambler charged in slot scheme

Officials say a former casino vice president conspired with a cocktail waitress and a gambler to steal over $400,000 from a northeastern Pennsylvania casino. Court documents show Robert Pellegrini, a former executive at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Wilkes-Barre, was charged ...

20 January 2016
Associated Press

With aid nixed, Atlantic City to consider bankruptcy filing

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

Atlantic City officials are considering asking New Jersey to let the troubled gambling resort file for bankruptcy. Mayor Don Guardian, a Republican, and City Council President Marty Small, a Democrat, met Wednesday with the Democratic Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, asking him to ...

20 January 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Casino promotions: Jan. 17-23

Feeling lucky? Gaming establishments throughout Southern Nevada offer deals and promotions for gamers ...

17 January 2016

Governor reconvening committee to study gaming issues

Gov. Brian Sandoval sits in his office at the Capitol on Friday, April 17, 2015, in Carson City.

Gov. Brian Sandoval announced today he is reconvening the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee to look into ongoing issues in the gaming industry. The committee will bring together ...

15 January 2016
By Megan Messerly

Las Vegas man shares in $779,000 Powerball prize

A Las Vegas mail carrier has been identified as the winner of a $779,264 Powerball prize from a drawing last week. A news release from the California Lottery said ...

15 January 2016
By Ric Anderson

Pay-to-park in Las Vegas? We’re already doing it

Cars enter MGM Grand on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International announced Friday that it plans to begin charging visitors for parking this year at some of its properties in Las Vegas.

Over the holidays, I twice attended Nevada Ballet Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts at Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas. On my way to the valet lane ...

15 January 2016
By John Katsilometes

The Latest: Cosmopolitan says no parking fees like MGM

Cars enter MGM Grand on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International announced Friday that it plans to begin charging visitors for parking this year at some of its properties in Las Vegas.

The Cosmopolitan casino-hotel says it doesn't have plans to follow in MGM Resorts' footsteps and charge for parking on the Las Vegas Strip. The company said Friday that it had no changes planned but ...

15 January 2016
Associated Press

Court: Taj Mahal casino rightly ended worker benefits

The Trump Taj Mahal resort in Atlantic City is shown Oct. 24, 2014.

An appeals court ruled Friday that Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino was within its rights to end health insurance and pension benefits to its workers, removing the last major obstacle to billionaire Carl Icahn taking over. The court ruled in favor of the casino's parent company, Trump Entertainment Resorts, which ended ...

15 January 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Wynn Resorts expects 4th-quarter revenue drop in Macau, win in Las Vegas

The Wynn and Encore on Las Vegas Blvd. on September 30, 2015.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. said today it expected to report a steep decline in revenue from its China operations in the fourth quarter of 2015, though it would anticipate a stronger financial performance in ...

15 January 2016
By J.D. Morris

MGM to start charging for parking at Strip casinos

The entrance to parking at Bellagio on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, on the Las Vegas Strip.

In a city built on luring tourists with cheap thrills and free cocktails, a big part of the Las Vegas Strip will soon slash away its most basic freebie: parking. MGM Resorts International announced Friday that it will become the first ...

15 January 2016
By Sally Ho, Associated Press

MGM appoints CEO, CFO for new real estate investment trust

The exterior of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on December 8, 2015.

MGM Resorts International announced today it has chosen two businessmen with investment banking backgrounds to lead the real estate investment trust into ...

14 January 2016
By J.D. Morris

Three executives promoted, one retiring at Boyd Gaming

Boyd Gaming Corp. this week announced some major leadership changes, with three people promoted to higher-level positions and one longtime executive retiring later this year. The company said today ...

13 January 2016
By J.D. Morris

Nevada among a handful of states to shun Powerball

A woman shows Powerball tickets she purchased Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in San Lorenzo, Calif.

Lottery ticket buyers have to suspend their belief in math to drop $2 on an infinitesimal chance to win the Powerball jackpot, but in Nevada, they also have to drive across the desert and ...

12 January 2016
By Scott McFetridge and Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Court permits fantasy sports in New York amid appeal process

An electronic advertisement for DraftKings hangs on the side of Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in New York.

Daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel can continue operating in New York as they appeal a judge's order that they stop play in the state, a panel of appellate court judges ruled Monday. The decision by the state Supreme Court Appellate Division in Manhattan comes exactly a month after ...

12 January 2016
By Jake Pearson, Associated Press

Clemson shifts millions in Las Vegas with late cover in loss to Alabama

Alabama's O.J. Howard tries to get past Clemson's T.J. Green after a catch during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz.

A last-minute touchdown drive by Clemson in Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T didn't mean the difference in ...

12 January 2016
ESPN
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