Gaming

5 companies get extensions for online poker applications

Five companies were granted extensions by the Nevada Gaming Commission today on their applications for interactive gaming licenses.

24 October 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Online gaming called 'new frontier' for states hungry for tax revenue

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

Pennsylvania lawmakers might want to see how New Jersey and Delaware fare with their new Internet gambling operations before they seriously consider legalizing it here, the chairman of the state gambling board said Tuesday.

22 October 2013
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press

Joe Downtown: Hotels packed and pricey for inaugural Life is Beautiful festival

An exterior view of the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

With rooms at Fremont Street hotel-casinos going at rates several times higher than normal this weekend, it’s easy to see why operators might be pondering the beauty of life.

21 October 2013
By Joe Schoenmann

Caesars Palace investigated over allegations of money laundering

Caesars Palace is seen Thursday, July 25, 2013.

Caesars Palace is under federal investigation over allegations of money laundering, parent company Caesars Entertainment reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today.

21 October 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Macau is a winner for Las Vegas Sands, helping boost earnings by 80 percent

Macau led the way for increased earnings for Las Vegas Sands, which saw a drop in gaming revenue but an increase in occupancy and daily room rate.

17 October 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Executive vice president resigns from Station Casinos

Station Casinos Executive Vice President Kevin Kelley has resigned “to pursue other professional opportunities,” according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

11 October 2013
By Ed Komenda

Play progressive slots? Want more money? This regulation may help

Players of progressive slot machines may see bigger jackpots in the future thanks to some companies' desire to compete with large lottery payouts in other states.

10 October 2013
By Cy Ryan

Don’t expect much when Station's next Las Vegas casino opens

The Castaways and its marquee Thursday, June 26, 2003.

The newest casino to open in Las Vegas can’t be described as lavish. There will be no dancing fountains, fancy restaurants or clubs.

9 October 2013
By Cy Ryan

Culinary Union picketer verbally attacks tourists on Strip

The Alliance to Protect Nevada Jobs provided this image of the Culinary protest on Oct. 5, 2013 outside of the Cosmopolitan in which members of the union called tourists “losers” and “jerks” for going into the Cosmopolitan.

Video footage has surfaced showing a picketing Culinary Union member calling tourists “losers” and “jerks” for going into the Cosmopolitan. The Alliance to Protect Nevada Jobs captured the video at a Culinary protest Oct. 5 and today posted it on YouTube.

9 October 2013
By Ed Komenda

In Las Vegas, eye in the sky guards money, not guests

In this file photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, guests descend an escalator to the main casino floor of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. While casinos have thousands of cameras watching the gaming floors, entrances and some elevators, cameras are absent in the hallways of the guest room floors where thousands of crimes occur.

Hotel maid Brandi Patrick was chased down the hallway at the Flamingo casino last year by a nearly naked man. She said she had to lock herself in a cleaning closet and fumble around in her pockets to find her cellphone so she could call security.

8 October 2013
By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

Accused casino cheat held in Las Vegas will be extradited to California

A well-known professional gambler accused of cheating at cards at a Southern California casino has agreed to be extradited from Nevada to California.

4 October 2013
Associated Press

In Las Vegas, clubbing almost as popular as gambling

In this Jan. 20, 2013, file photo, revelers dance to the music played by DJ Afrojack inside the XS nightclub in Las Vegas.

The cannon at the Flutter Fetti booth near the front of the gambling trade show in Las Vegas last week delivered regular bursts of metallic and crepe paper cutouts, shooting them to the ceiling in big booms and carpeting the floor with shimmering hearts, stars and circles.

4 October 2013
By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

Former Pinnacle Entertainment CEO takes over at Palms

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

The Palms has a new boss. Daniel Lee, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, has taken over the off-strip resort as its new CEO. He replaces Joseph A. Magliarditi, who joined the Palms in June 2011 and recently resigned to pursue other business interests, according to Alex Acuna, the Palms’ spokesman.

3 October 2013
By Ed Komenda

Top Cantor gaming boss under federal scrutiny, Wall Street Journal reports

Lee Amaitis, President & CEO Cantor Gaming, makes a few remarks during the grand opening of The Cantor Sports Book at Silverton, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.

Federal prosecutors are probing whether Cantor Fitzgerald LP’s top gaming boss participated in his company taking illegal sports bets from a New York gambling ring called the “Jersey Boys.”

3 October 2013
By Ed Komenda

Jacobs tries to top Eldorado offer for MTR Gaming

Jacobs Entertainment is trying to buy West Virginia-based MTR Gaming Group, offering a deal it says is 10 percent richer for shareholders than MTR's planned merger with Eldorado Resorts.

3 October 2013
By Vicki Smith, Associated Press
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