Gaming

Palms CEO resigns after less than 1 year on job

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

he CEO of the Palms resort in Las Vegas has resigned less than a year after he took the position. Resort spokesman Alex Acuna said Friday that Daniel Lee left to ...

Co-owner of Kentucky Derby winner cashes 200-1 race ticket

California Chrome owners Steven Coburn, right, and Perry Martin hold the trophy after Victor Espinoza rode California Chrome to victory in the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Louisville, Ky.

Steve Coburn, co-owner of Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome, keeps getting richer. On Jan. 2, the Nevadan bet an undisclosed amount at 200-1 odds that...

Police seek suspect in robbery at downtown casino

Metro Police are seeking a man suspected of a beating and robbery at a downtown casino last week. The incident happened about...

Gaming Commission OKs developer of $4 billion Strip casino

Gaming Commission OKs developer of $4 billion Strip casino

A Malaysian company received preliminary approval from the state Gaming Commission today for a $4 billion Asian-themed resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Commission members found Genting Berhad, the investment holding and management arm of Genting Group, suitable for...

Vice writer: Las Vegas is the most depressing place on earth to be alone

An aerial shot of the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas is an empty, impotent display of status in a barren, uncaring desert God abandoned eons ago. By sheer virtue of being there, you're...

Casino gaming cheats are increasingly sophisticated, panelists say

George Joseph performs sleight-of-hand techniques during a Courtroom Conversation at the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The Mob Museum is playing host to "Beating the Odds: An Inside Look at Casino Cheating" in its historic courtroom.

Casino security is more sophisticated and so are those looking to game the system. Three experts spoke Wednesday night at the Mob Museum about the decades-long arms race between cheaters and casinos. “As long as there has been casino gaming there have been people who have tried to cheat it,” said James Taylor, deputy chief of...

Wanna bet on who’s going to be president? You might get your chance at a Nevada casino

A gambler checks his notes before betting after Super Bowl 48 proposition bets were posted at the Las Vegas Hotel Superbook on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014.

What are the odds of Hillary Clinton being elected as the next president? Nevadans may get a chance to bet on who will be president and other federal elections under ...

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson leads charge against online gambling

Sheldon Adelson, chairman of the board and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., listens to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during the Republican Jewish Coalition Spring Leadership Meeting at the Venetian on Saturday, March 29, 2014.

Suddenly, the curtain of privacy dropped away, and there was billionaire Sheldon Adelson, one of the planet's most reclusive business magnates, taking a decidedly public stand on an issue he calls ...

Gambling returns to old Moulin Rouge — for a day

Babara Deveaux, her son Ebon, and Tanya Washington, right, look over the Moulin Rouge on February 14, 1999.

The historic Moulin Rouge casino is reopening — kind of, for eight hours anyway, and in a trailer. One day next month, a trailer with 16 slot machines will be rolled onto the site of the mostly demolished Moulin Rouge, allowing the owner to...

Need another chance? Here are more casino carpets to test your skills

Carpet-cleaning equipment is seen on the Venetian's casino floor between 5 and 6 a.m. Friday, March 8, 2013.

We asked last week how well you knew Las Vegas by seeing if you could match carpet samples to the correct casino. It wasn't easy. Many people didn't do well. If you were one of them, here's your chance to redeem yourself: 10 more carpets. How many can you match to the casino?

Experts: Online gambling slowed by illegal action

Ultimate Gaming began offering Internet gambling in Nevada in early 2013, but announced in November 2014 it planned to cease operations in Nevada.

Internet gambling in the United States is off to a slower start than many had imagined, held back, experts say, by illegal offshore operators who are continuing to ...

Gangster’s death prompts consideration of removal from Nevada’s ‘Black Book’

A Black Book, a State Gaming Control Board list of people that should be excluded from Nevada casinos, is displayed at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. At right is a page on Tony "The Ant" Spilotro.

The “Black Book” said Louis Tom Dragna was considered to be a boss of the Los Angeles organized crime family and

Union renews threat of strikes at 9 downtown casinos

An exterior view of Binon's casino in downtown Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

The Culinary and Bartenders unions in Las Vegas have issued another warning that they're prepared to launch a strike at downtown casinos if a contract isn't reached. Union officials said Monday that no date is set for the potential strikes, but a majority of the 3,000 union members at nine casinos along the Fremont Street Experience have signed up for strike benefits and picket line shifts. Contracts at the casinos...

Deutsche Bank sells Cosmopolitan to Blackstone for $1.7 billion

An exterior view of the Cosmopolitan hotel tower Monday, March 11, 2013.

Deutsche Bank AG is finally free of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort and casino after selling the high-rise complex on the Strip to Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII for $1.7 billion. The German investment bank...

Las Vegas company won’t buy Mississippi casino

as Vegas-based Full House Resorts won't buy Fitzgerald's Casino in Tunica from Majestic Star Casino LLC. The purchase was announced in March. However, in an earnings report released Wednesday...