Gaming

Slot machine biz needs rebirth in Nevada, regulator says

The slot machines inside the Bally Technologies showroom at their headquarters in Las Vegas Monday, May 9, 2011

A top gaming regulator is on board with ushering in video game technology to revitalize the moribund slot machine business in Nevada ...

18 February 2015
By Cy Ryan

Station CFO optimistic about Las Vegas economy after strong 2014 performance

An exterior view of the Red Rock Resort in Summerlin Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

Locals gaming giant Station Casinos, whose properties in the valley include Palace Station, Red Rock Resort and Green Valley Ranch, reported its fourth quarter and full-year earnings ...

17 February 2015
By J.D. Morris

MGM revenue and losses worse in 4th quarter, better for year

An exterior view of the Bellagio, June 6, 2013.

MGM Resorts International, the casino company that operates such Strip properties as the Bellagio, MGM Grand and Aria, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings today. As with other casino companies that operate in Macau, MGM felt the effects of ...

17 February 2015
By J.D. Morris

Tourism authority plans to buy, tear down the historic Riviera

An exterior view of the Riviera on Monday, July 15, 2013.

What began as a rumor this month is now official: the Las Vegas tourism authority is moving forward with plans to purchase the Riviera so it can be demolished to make room for more convention space. The LVCVA board of directors will meet ...

17 February 2015
By J.D. Morris

Court won’t revive Caesars lawsuit against Mass. gaming regulator

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Caesars Entertainment against the state's top gambling regulator. The Las Vegas company said Massachusetts Gambling Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby violated ...

17 February 2015
Associated Press

In battle for Congress’ support, web gaming advocates have a lot to learn from Adelson

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.

"Click your mouse and lose your house," goes one of the slogans from opponents of Internet gaming. Those on the other side of the issue don't have a similarly cohesive message, which leaves them in danger of ...

17 February 2015
By Amber Phillips

New Jersey allows physical skill-based gambling

In this June 26, 2013, photo, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is seen in Atlantic City, N.J., with the nearby Water Club reflected in its gold glass facade.

An Atlantic City casino is about to redefine casino gambling by introducing a new style of wagering: competition based on a physical skill rather than luck. Executives at ...

13 February 2015
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Locals casinos, Borgata shine for Boyd in the latest quarter

In this June 26, 2013, photo, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is seen in Atlantic City, N.J., with the nearby Water Club reflected in its gold glass facade.

Boyd Gaming, the casino company that operates several Las Vegas properties including the California, the Orleans and Suncoast, announced its fourth quarter ...

12 February 2015
By J.D. Morris

Gaming industry aims to be heard in next presidential election

Jim Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International and chairman of the American Gaming Association, discusses key points after announcing the launching of a "national voting initiative in key presidential election states," during a press conference at Aristocrat Technologies on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.

If a Washington, D.C.-based casino trade group has anything to say about it, 2016 presidential candidates campaigning in battleground states with casinos won’t be able to avoid ...

12 February 2015
By J.D. Morris

Deadline passed, Revel sale is set to be killed

Crapped out: Atlantic City’s Revel closed after only two years, but it’s hardly the only victim of a recent wave of similar closures.

The owners of Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel say they will cancel a deal Tuesday morning to sell it to a Florida developer. Revel AC originally said it planned to ...

9 February 2015
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Las Vegas Strip too snooty? Stratosphere ad campaign says so

A view of the main entryway at the Stratosphere on Thursday, April 5, 2012.

Tear down your red velvet ropes, Las Vegas. The Stratosphere's new marketing campaign, which masquerades as a cause, is appealing to a crowd of likely Strip visitors who are less than keen on nightclub bottle service ...

9 February 2015
By Kimberly Pierceall, Associated Press

Revel casino sale could be at risk after appeals ruling

Crapped out: Atlantic City’s Revel closed after only two years, but it’s hardly the only victim of a recent wave of similar closures.

The bankruptcy sale of the shuttered Revel Hotel Casino in Atlantic City could be threatened by a ruling from a federal appeals court Friday supporting the owners of ...

6 February 2015
By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press

How Billy Walters became sports’ most successful and controversial bettor

For four decades, other gamblers have tried to be Billy Walters while investigators have tried to bring him down. And for four decades, the world's most successful ...

6 February 2015
ESPN The Magazine

Effort to ban online gambling revived in Congress

A Utah congressman is reviving an effort to ban online gambling throughout the United States. Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz reintroduced his Restoration of America's Wire Act bill on Wednesday. The measure ...

5 February 2015
Associated Press

Caesars’ Gary Loveman stepping down as CEO, staying as chairman

Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak listens as Gary Loveman, CEO and president of Caesars Entertainment, says a few words during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at The Cromwell on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The Cromwell is the first standalone boutique hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

Gary Loveman, the Harvard economist who led Caesars Entertainment’s explosive growth since 2003, will step down as CEO this summer. His departure comes as ...

4 February 2015
By J.D. Morris
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