Gaming

World Series of Poker Main Event draws 6,420 players for $60.4 million prize pool

A player's distinctive hat stands out during first day of play in the World Series of Poker's Main Event on Sunday, July 5, 2015, at the Rio.

Nine poker players will leave the Rio as instant millionaires next week. Everyone who advances to the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, which will be contested over ...

Hacker attacks gambling websites, demands Bitcoin ransom

This Jan. 31, 2014, photo shows a game of Texas Hold 'Em under way on a computer screen in Atlantic City.

A hacker shut down four New Jersey Internet gambling sites for half an hour last week and threatened more cyberattacks over the holiday weekend unless ...

MGM selling two Reno casinos to Eldorado Resorts

Eldorado Resorts will acquire MGM’s 50 percent interest in the Silver Legacy Resort as well as the entirety of Circus Circus Reno. Eldorado plans to pay ...

Atlantic City betting big on nongambling attractions

In this June 26, 2015, photo, customers leave the Playground, developer Bart Blatstein's $52 million remake of the former Pier Shops complex, in Atlantic City, N.J. Atlantic City's efforts to recapture some of the tourism dollars it has lost to casino competition in recent years finally appear to be working.

Atlantic City's efforts to recapture some of the tourism dollars it has lost to casino competition in recent years finally appear to be working. Nine years ago, the city's casinos started realizing they needed to offer more than just gambling if they still wanted visitors. They doubled down on expensive investments like ...

Las Vegas man tied to Bitcoin poker site pleads guilty

Professional poker player Bryan Micon.

Bryan Micon, pursued by Nevada gaming officials for his involvement with an unlicensed gambling website, pleaded guilty to the charge against him today. Micon appeared this morning ...

Las Vegas still wrestling with rules for tavern gaming

Dotty's near Eastern and Serene in Henderson is shown Thursday, March 24, 2011.

The Las Vegas City Council decided today to tackle a technically complicated and politically charged issue that has vexed state and local officials in Nevada for years — how to regulate slot machine gaming in bars. The decision arose ...

Women players at World Series of Poker still rare sight

In this June 27, 2015, photo, Lacy Jones plays in the Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship during the World Series of Poker at the Rio.

Women at the World Series of Poker are like a royal flush: rare. Last year, the gender split for the Main Event of the weeks-long tournament in Las Vegas was almost 24 to 1. This year's highly popular Colossus event ...

Law firm accuses Cosmopolitan of keeping $3.35 million

The Cosmopolitan.

An Atlanta law firm says the Cosmopolitan should return $3.35 million an attorney for the firm wired to the casino-hotel without its knowledge. Real estate law firm ...

New Caesars CEO starts today, replacing Gary Loveman

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment has a new chief executive starting today. Mark Frissora, who formerly led the rental car company Hertz, has replaced Gary Loveman as CEO of Caesars, which operates ...

Congressional push to ban online gaming gains prominence with Rubio

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio speaks to the media while stopping at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop during his first visit to Las Vegas as declared candidate Thursday, May 28, 2015.

The GOP senator's support for an effort to ban gambling on the Internet makes him a key champion for a cause close to the heart of ...

Aliante Gaming leader: Innovation adds to casino’s success

Terry Downey, president and general manager of Aliante, has little time or patience for pessimism.

Terry Downey had retired after a long and successful career with Station Casinos. But he was talked back into working and became president and general manager of Aliante Gaming, which runs Aliante Casino and Hotel in North Las Vegas ...

Vision for Alon Las Vegas, resort on former New Frontier site, is filed with county

A photo of a rendering of Alon, presented in June 2015, is shown.

Plans filed with Clark County late last month show a two-tower, 1,100-room project called Alon Las Vegas to be built on the 34.6-acre site just north of Fashion Show mall ...

Nevada gaming revenue passes the $1 billion mark in May

Gamblers play roulette at the Eastside Cannery on Boulder Highway in this file photo.

Nevada gaming revenue topped $1 billion in May, with Clark County boasting a particularly good month, the state said today. The Gaming Control Board said ...

Steve Wynn to pay $422,380 in legal fees in lost defamation claim

Steve Wynn gives a keynote address during the Global Gaming Expo at the Sands Expo on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.

A California judge has ordered casino mogul Steve Wynn to pay $422,380 in legal fees and costs to the Wall Street hedge fund manager Wynn sued for defamation. Las week District Judge William H. Orrick reduced ...

Man charged with running Bitcoin poker site agrees to guilty plea

Professional poker player Bryan Micon.

Bryan Micon, the man targeted by state officials for allegedly running an illegal online gambling website, appeared in a Las Vegas court today and agreed to plead guilty to the charge against him. Micon’s plea will allow him to ...