Gaming

Coming soon to casinos: Betting on yourself

A man operates a joystick for a skill-based bonus game on an IGT slot machine during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at the Sands Expo Center on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

An attorney representing gaming manufacturers talks about regulating skills-based slot machines ...

MGM Resorts sued by ex-wellness coach company

All is not well at MGM Resorts according to a federal lawsuit from a wellness coach firm that says the casino company breached its contract to hire a cheaper vendor that attempted to steal away its coaches and trade secrets. Wellness Coaches USA had ...

Former Nevada Congressman Horsford among two political hires by gaming association

Former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford addresses Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., at a public meeting about the conservation of Southern Nevada's public lands on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015.

Horsford will be a strategic communications consultant for the gaming association, and his work will include helping the group’s efforts around diversity and workforce development. He was elected to represent Nevada’s 4th Congressional District in 2012 but ...

Wynn Interactive withdraws N.J. online license application

In this Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, photo, Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts, delivers the keynote address at Colliers International Annual Seminar at the Boston Convention Center in Boston. Wynn delivered the keynote speech Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, at a Las Vegas conference for printing technology company Electronics for Imaging.

Casino mogul Steve Wynn is passing on Atlantic City, again. In the decades since he left the Jersey shore for the more prosperous sands of Las Vegas ...

Gambler who turned $50 into $40 million added to Nevada ‘black book’

A Black Book, a State Gaming Control Board list of people excluded from Nevada casinos, is displayed at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. At right is a page on former mobster Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who was removed from the book only after his death.

The famous Nevada “black book,” a list of individuals barred from entering any of the state’s casinos, has received its latest entry. The Nevada Gaming Commission approved placing the well-known gambler ...

Gaming Commission approves regulations for skill-based slot machines

A man operates a joystick for a skill-based bonus game on an IGT slot machine during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at the Sands Expo Center on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

Nevada’s foray into skill-based slot machines took a big step forward today when state regulators gave final approval to the rules that will govern ...

Affinity Gaming elects new board chairman

The neon sign at Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino is shown in this, July 1, 2013, file photo.

Affinity Gaming, a Las Vegas-based casino company with properties in Nevada, Colorado and the Midwest, announced on Tuesday that it has elected a new board chairman. David Reganato has replaced ...

Construction of Lucky Dragon resort advancing on ‘aggressive schedule’

Construction continues at the Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino Site in Las Vegas, Nev. on September 11, 2015.

The Lucky Dragon has progressed largely under the radar, but Penta Building Group celebrated the completion of the hotel structure Friday and offered a glimpse inside ...

Idaho high court upholds law banning horse racing terminals

This March 5, 2015, photo shows video gaming terminals at Les Bois Park in Garden City, Idaho. Idaho's highest court says the state must enforce legislation banning lucrative instant horse racing terminals after ruling that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's veto of the bill was invalid.

Idaho's highest court says the state must enforce legislation banning lucrative instant horse racing terminals after ruling that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's veto of the bill was ...

Slot players hit $1 million-plus jackpots at Fiesta Henderson, Caesars Palace

A woman visiting the Fiesta Henderson for the first time last week hit a $1.9 million jackpot on the Zoltan’s Fortune slot machine. The ...

Union criticizes Palms decision to ‘outsource’ more than 200 jobs

An exterior view of the Palms Casino Resort, June 6, 2013.

A third party company will take over some of the food and beverage outlets at the Palms resort, a change a Las Vegas union says threatens the jobs of hundreds of people who ...

Caesars Palace to pay $9.5 million in fines for money laundering violations

One of the many sculptured angels is shown at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.

The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today announced Caesars Palace will pay $8 million for “willful and repeated violations” of federal anti-money laundering law. A.G. Burnett, chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, said Caesars Palace will pay the state a separate $1.5 million penalty for the same violations ...

Caesars Interactive can host Delaware lottery games online

Joseph Brennen of Ventnor, N.J., logs on to a Harrah's online casino on his laptop from a highway rest area in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, the first day of a test of Internet gambling in New Jersey.

New Jersey's Internet gambling industry is taking baby steps beyond the state's borders. The state Division of Gaming enforcement has approved Caesars Interactive Entertainment to host Internet gambling content from its Atlantic City server for the Delaware state lottery. The agreement ...

Skill-based slot machines inch closer to Nevada casinos

Arcade-style slot machines that might require skill to win could be in Nevada casinos as early as next year, according to one game maker's estimate now that a single regulatory vote remains. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended ...

Sands China recruits Alan Dershowitz for lawsuit appeal

Alan Dershowitz, a professor at Harvard Law School, sits in a hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, on Monday, April 11, 2011.

Lawyers for Sands China Ltd. are relying on well-known attorney Alan Dershowitz in arguing for the dismissal of a wrongful termination lawsuit being pursued against the company in ...