Gaming

Final piece in comped meals settlement is approved

A state board Tuesday approved the final piece of a settlement to end a decade-long legal fight over taxation of free meals provided by casinos to patrons and employees, wiping away a potential multimillion-dollar taxpayer liability.

13 August 2013
By Sandra Chereb, Associated Press

Affinity Gaming reports 2nd-quarter earnings of $1.1 million

Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming, operator of 12 casinos, including the Silver Sevens in Las Vegas, three properties in Primm and one each in Henderson and Sparks, reported its second-quarter earnings today.

13 August 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Losing streak: Occupancy, casino revenue fall at Stratosphere during second quarter

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

American Casino & Entertainment Properties, operator of the Stratosphere, two Arizona Charlie's and the Aquarius in Laughlin, reported its second-quarter earnings today. Stronger casino revenue at the Aquarius offset lower occupancy and casino revenue at the Stratosphere.

13 August 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Woman hits $937,000 jackpot with 2 spins on slot machine

Mozelle Wallace won $937,608.36 on a Wheel of Fortune slot at the Riviera, Aug. 8, 2013.

All it took was two spins on a 25-cent slot machine for a lucky Delaware native to leave the Riviera with a pinch under $1 million on her birthday.

12 August 2013
By Ed Komenda

Power knocked out for hours to part of Flamingo on Las Vegas Strip

Power to part of the Flamingo on the Las Vegas Strip was knocked out for hours today as a result of ongoing construction at the adjacent Gansevoort, a company official said.

9 August 2013
By Ed Komenda,
Tovin Lapan

Andre Agassi, partner hit with fine by gaming board

Former tennis star Andre Agassi and the other owner of a Las Vegas restaurant with slot machines have agreed to pay a $15,000 fine for violating state gaming regulations.

9 August 2013
By Cy Ryan

Caesars to use $438 million from Macau golf course sale to pay debt

Caesars Entertainment Corp. is selling its Macau golf course to an Asian developer for $438 million. The gaming giant announced the sale Friday in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

9 August 2013
By Ed Komenda

Dotty's meets new law's requirements, gets OK to open two more taverns

Cherie Nepote plays a slot machine at Dotty's near Eastern and Serene in Henderson on Thursday, March 24, 2011.

Despite a new law sought by the Nevada Resort Association, Dotty’s slot taverns are continuing to spread.

8 August 2013
By Cy Ryan

In $25 million gift, casino mogul Steve Wynn bets on blindness cure

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn will donate $25 million to the University of Iowa to accelerate the search for cures to rare eye diseases including the one that hampers his own vision, the school announced Thursday.

8 August 2013
Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

Some companies waiting to enter online poker market despite regulatory approval

Some casinos that gained prior approval from state regulators are taking a go-slow approach in entering the online poker market.

7 August 2013
By Cy Ryan

Boosted by online poker, Station Casinos posts best 2nd quarter in 5 years

Red Rock Resort

Station Casinos, the largest locals casino company in Southern Nevada and operator of the Red Rock Resort, Green Valley Ranch, Station-, Fiesta- and Wildfire-branded casinos, reported second-quarter earnings Wednesday.

7 August 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em: Dotty’s to buy full-fledged casino

Cindy Clark plays a slot machine at Dotty's near Eastern and Serene in Henderson on Thursday, March 24, 2011.

Dotty’s wants to buy the Hacienda. If state regulators approve the sale, the resort would be Dotty’s first full-scale casino. The Hacienda sits about three miles from the Hoover Dam, just outside Boulder City, where gambling is illegal. Built on the former site of the Gold Strike Casino, it features 19,000 square feet of gaming space, a William Hill sports book, retail shops and a movie theater.

6 August 2013
By Ed Komenda

Caesars' Las Vegas exec shifting to Atlantic City

Rick Mazer, regional president of Caesars Entertainment, speaks at a press conference on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in which Caesars Entertainment Corporation and Caesars Foundation presented a $750,000, three-year grant to The Public Education Foundation to support the non-profit's Teacher Exchange initiative.

An executive from Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas is heading to Atlantic City to take on a top role in the casino company's East Coast operations.

6 August 2013
By Ed Komenda

M Resort shutters poker room, making way for slot-tourney area

A view of the poker room at the M Resort in Henderson Feb. 19, 2009. The hotel and casino property at St. Rose Parkway and Las Vegas Boulevard South opened the following month.

The M Resort has closed its poker room to make space for a new slots tournament area. The resorts previously held it slots tournaments in a conference style ballroom, but players were unhappy with the lack of space, according to Rina Foster, an M Resort spokeswoman.

5 August 2013
By Ed Komenda

Treasure Island plans to build mall on Las Vegas Strip

Treasure Island, shown here in a July 2012 file photo, wants to reduce the size of its Sirens of TI lagoon to make room for a 46,000-square-foot shopping center on the Las Vegas Strip.

Treasure Island wants build a three-story shopping center on the Las Vegas Strip. If approved by Clark County commissioners Wednesday, TI would have to eliminate a third of its Sirens of TI lagoon to make room for the 46,000-square-foot center. Spread over 19.5 acres, it would include a pharmacy, retail shops, restaurants and an automobile salesroom.

5 August 2013
By Ed Komenda
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