Gaming - VEGAS INC

New South Pacific casino eyes Las Vegas, Atlantic City workers

Workers armed with casino licenses in Atlantic City are in demand — just not in the struggling New Jersey shore town. The Press of Atlantic City reports Renard International Hospitality Search Consultants is ...

25 June 2015

Associated Press

Regulators begin the tricky task of forming rules for skill-based slot games

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 effort to make casino floors feel more like arcades advanced Wednesday as gaming regulators started crafting the rules that will govern the introduction of skill into the state’s slot machines. The Gaming Control Board ...

24 June 2015

By J.D. Morris

Massachusetts’ first slots parlor opens to eager gamblers

The Heisman Trophy won in 1984 by Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie is displayed at Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Mass., Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The casino, a slot machine parlor, opened Wednesday, June, 24, 2015. The Plainridge Park Casino represents the first gambling destination to open since state lawmakers approved a casino law in 2011.

The start of casino gambling in Massachusetts kicked off Wednesday as the state's first slots parlor, Plainridge Park Casino, officially opened for business to a large and eager crowd of gamblers. Hundreds of special guests cheered as casino officials and state gambling regulators cut a ceremonial ribbon held by two women dressed like Las Vegas showgirls. "It's showtime!" state Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby declared, calling it ...

24 June 2015

By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

Merger deal involving Las Vegas-based Sartini Gaming moves ahead

Shareholders in the parent company of the Rocky Gap Casino Resort near Cumberland, Maryland, have approved a proposed merger with Las Vegas-based Sartini Gaming Inc. Lakes Entertainment Inc. of Minnetonka, Minnesota, announced ...

23 June 2015

Associated Press

Casinos are improving their efforts to fight money laundering, Treasury official says

The casino industry has improved its efforts to keep illegal money off the casino floor, said Stephanie Brooker, director of the enforcement division of the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

The gaming industry’s fight against criminals who want to use casinos to disguise illegal money was front and center Thursday at the Paris resort. There, industry leaders and ...

19 June 2015

By J.D. Morris

Boyd Gaming pledges $2.5 million for UNLV hotel college building

A look at the Boyd Gaming office building.

Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming announced today that it will spend $2.5 million to expand the hotel college at UNLV. The money will pay for ...

18 June 2015

By J.D. Morris

Kirk Kerkorian remembered as visionary businessman, philanthropist, loyal friend

Kirk Kerkorian at the annual old timers gathering at the Stardust Sept. 24, 2006.

Friends and business associates of billionaire builder and philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian talked today about the man who helped shape Las Vegas. Kerkorian, who built or owned some of the biggest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, died Monday at age 98 of natural causes at ...

16 June 2015

By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Kerkorian’s will calls for ‘orderly’ sale of his MGM Resorts stock

Billionaire Las Vegas builder and philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian on Aug. 20, 2008. Kerkorian died Monday, June 15, 2015, at age 98.

When casino mogul Kirk Kerkorian died on Monday, he left behind an unimpeachable legacy in Las Vegas, where he built a gaming empire. He also left behind a ...

16 June 2015

By J.D. Morris

Billionaire Las Vegas builder and philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian dies at 98

Kirk Kerkorian is shown in this 1992 file photo.

Billionaire businessman Kirk Kerkorian spent a lifetime outdoing himself, whether it was being the biggest studio boss in Hollywood or one of America’s leading automaker investors or by building spectacular Las Vegas resorts, each one grander than the previous. Three times he built what was heralded as “the world’s largest hotel” — the International Hotel ...

16 June 2015

By Ed Koch

Gambler indicted, wanted for owing Downtown Grand $500,000 in losses

A view of the the Downtown Grand in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013.

A Clark County grand jury has indicted a gambler who claimed he was so drunk he lost $500,000 playing table games at the Downtown Grand ...

12 June 2015

Associated Press

New executive appointed to oversee Tropicana, M Resort

The exterior of the Tropicana on the Las Vegas Strip.

The casino company that is buying the Tropicana today announced the appointment of a new executive to oversee that property and the M Resort in Henderson. Penn National Gaming said ...

10 June 2015

By J.D. Morris

NFL looking at Las Vegas events tied to players

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13038709/nfl-eyes-other-player-related-las-vegas-events

9 June 2015

ESPN

Most $2 win bets on American Pharoah in Belmont uncashed

In this June 8, 2013, file photo, people stand at a betting and cashing window at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., before the Belmont Stakes.

A $2 ticket on American Pharoah to win the Belmont Stakes may be worth a lot more money later than now. Or, people are hanging on to their own little piece of horse racing history ...

8 June 2015

By Richard Rosenblatt, Associated Press

Nevada law allows businesses, investors to bet on sports

Odds are posted at the LVH sports book during the second round of the NCAA basketball tournament Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Call it a mutual fund for sports bettors or maybe a legal framework for buddies to pool their money to bet on the big game. Nevada is the first in the nation to allow business entities to wager on sports on behalf of ...

8 June 2015

By Kimberly Pierceall, Associated Press

Downtown Grand switches up executives

The Downtown Grand announced some executive management changes today. Seth Schorr, the property’s former CEO, has transitioned to the new position of chairman, while ...