Gaming

Cannery Casinos selling Pennsylvania racetrack/casino for $465M

Las Vegas-based Cannery Casino Resorts is selling a Pittsburgh-area harness-racing track and casino in a $465 million deal. William Paulos, co-CEO of Cannery Casino Resorts, said proceeds from the sale would be used to …

Man fights for right to use medical pot in casino

The Revel casino is seen Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Atlantic City.

A New Jersey man is considering suing for the right to use medical marijuana in an Atlantic City casino. Daniel Price's lawyer, Michelle Douglass, says...

Think you’re a Vegas expert? Can you match the carpet to the right casino?

A view of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas, Nevada September 10, 2011.

How well do you know Las Vegas? Take this quick quiz to see how well you know some of Las Vegas' iconic casinos — based on their carpet.

Parking no longer free at these downtown Las Vegas properties

Parking no longer free at these downtown Las Vegas properties

Drivers who enjoyed free parking downtown at Main Street Station or the California now have to reach for their wallets. Boyd Gaming Corp. is charging daily rates of ...

U.S. casino billionaires place bets in Japan’s tale of two cities

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Stratosphere owner reports 3 percent increase in 1Q revenue

A view of the Stratosphere Tower Thursday, April 5, 2012.

American Casino & Entertainment Properties slashed its interest expenses and booked higher hotel, food and beverage, and retail and entertainment revenue, though it posted a slight dip …

Melbourne’s Crown casino chases down $8 million debt from elusive Chinese high-roller

Crown casino is chasing a high roller for about $8 million after the VIP punter allegedly blew a fortune during a two-week gambling binge. The gaming giant gave ­Chinese mystery man Zhao Li access to...

New York sets $350M minimum investment for new casinos

New York gambling regulators say developers proposing casinos in Orange or Dutchess counties must commit to investing more than $350 million in the project. The state's Gaming Facility Location Board on Monday...

You won’t believe what Sheldon Adelson said this time

Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies for a second day in Clark County district court, Friday, April 5, 2013, in Las Vegas. Attorneys for Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen say Sands owes him $328 million because he worked behind the scenes to help the company win a gambling license in the Chinese enclave of Macau.

Less than a week after spouting off about online gambling to a crowd at UNLV, Las Vegas Sands Corp. boss Sheldon Adelson stepped out from behind the curtain to speak again. This time, the GOP super-donor …

Caesars’ CEO says Atlantic City has too many casinos

The Revel casino is seen Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Atlantic City.

During an earnings conference call on Wednesday, Gary Loveman said that Atlantic City has been the biggest problem for his global casino company for the last several years and that one option is to reduce capacity. But what he didn't specify ...

Adelson: I'm not riding the Las Vegas Ferris wheel

Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson said he doesn't think Caesars Entertainment's new High Roller observation wheel is going to do well and...

Caesars posts loss, but Las Vegas a bright spot

An exterior view of Caesars Palace.

Caesars Entertainment has reported a wider first-quarter loss as gambling revenue fell and the company's casinos outside of Las Vegas faced stiffer competition and bad weather. The Las Vegas-based company lost...

$4 billion Strip casino project crosses major hurdle

$4 billion Strip casino project crosses major hurdle

A Malaysian conglomerate that hopes to build a $4 billion Asian-themed resort at the site of a long-stalled hotel construction project on the Las Vegas Strip crossed a major regulatory hurdle Wednesday. Officials with the Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended...

Longtime gaming executive Burton Cohen dies at age 90

Long-time friends of Jackie Gaughan arrive for the memorial mass for John Davis "Jackie" Gaughan held at St. Viator Catholic Church in Las Vegas on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2014. From right to left are  Burton Cohen, Gene Kilroy and an unidentified man.

Burton M. Cohen grew with Las Vegas and, over the last half century, he did his best to push the glittering gaming capital’s growth to unexpected heights. Despite his decades at the helm of some of Las Vegas’s most vital hotel-casinos, Cohen admitted to the Sun in 2005 that he did not foresee...

Casino operators advised to avoid medical marijuana industry

Nevada gambling regulators issued a notice Tuesday advising casino operators against investing in the state's nascent medical marijuana industry. Gaming Control Board member Terry Johnson sent a memo...