Gaming

One suggestion for sports books officials in their football pick ’em contests

The Race & Sports Book at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. There had to be a mistake. A poster hung in the sports book at this local casino congratulating the winner of its NFL pick ’em contest, in which patrons paid $25 to select games each week of the regular season with no point spread. Winners could pocket up to $30,000 each week, or six figures for the overall winner at the end of the year. The champ wasn’t someone I expected — it was an elderly woman, someone who is usually stationed at the penny slot machines at the casino, not a handicapping specialist cashing ...

5 August 2013
By Ray Brewer

The cash cow that is Macau

Most of us have a hard time comprehending what a million dollars looks like stacked up in a neat pile on a table.

5 August 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Cosmopolitan posts $25 million loss, but execs remain optimistic

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

The Cosmopolitan lost $25.2 million in the second quarter, according to an earnings report released Friday afternoon. Casino revenue suffered most, generating $30.6 million compared with the $38.6 million pulled in the second quarter last year.

2 August 2013
By Ed Komenda

Nevada gaming revenue off 4.8 percent in June

Gaming win by Nevada casinos fell to $792.4 million in June, the lowest win in the last six months, and a major reason was a decline in baccarat play in Las Vegas.

2 August 2013
By Cy Ryan

Station turning two neighborhood bars into Wildfire Casinos

A exterior view of the Wildfire casino and sports book at the southwest corner of Sunset Road and Marks Street in Henderson Sunday, January 13, 2013.

Station Casinos has bought and closed a pair of popular Southern Nevada bars to open new Wildfire Casinos. The locals casino operator has shut down the Lift Bar, a popular joint at 3045 S. Valley View Blvd., and Doc Hollidays in Henderson.

1 August 2013
By Ed Komenda

Nevada Gaming Control Board names new chief of enforcement

An agent who has worked for the Nevada Gaming Control Board for 18 years has been named chief of the enforcement division that keeps mobsters out of Nevada casinos, stops cheating by clubs or players, and prevents money laundering.

30 July 2013
By Cy Ryan

Palace Station opens new video poker bar as part of renovations

An exterior view of Palace Station on Sahara Avenue Tuesday, December 13, 2011. .

Palace Station has opened a new gaming area called The Casino Bar. The bar is outfitted with 10 55-inch flat-screen televisions all tuned to sports, as well as 30 $1 and 25-cent video poker machines on the bar.

30 July 2013
By Ed Komenda

Boyd Gaming chief says company ‘moving in the right direction’

A view of the Orleans hotel-casino on Tropicana Avenue taken from a helicopter May 21, 2012.

Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming, which operates locals properties the Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast and Sam’s Town, downtown’s Main Street Station, California and Fremont and a total of 22 casinos in eight states, reported its second-quarter earnings Tuesday.

30 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Caesars Entertainment takes second-quarter loss, but CEO touts 'a number of key milestones' reached

Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment, which operates nine resorts in Las Vegas and a diversified portfolio of properties worldwide, reported its second-quarter earnings Monday. A loss of $212.2 million was an improvement of 12.2 percent from the second quarter of 2012.

29 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Steve Wynn reveals theme, design elements for new casino in Macau

Steve Wynn meets with the media in a villa at Wynn Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn gave more details about his planned $4 billion resort on Macau’s Cotai Strip today, including its name — Wynn Palace. In a conference call to discuss the company’s second-quarter earnings, Wynn said the new property would have a floral theme with colorful floats adorning the resort and changing monthly.

29 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Thousands to picket Cosmopolitan as contract talks wear on

Workers picket outside Cosmopolitan over the lack of a union contract, Friday, June 14, 2013.

The last time the Culinary Union protested outside the Cosmopolitan, members chanted: “We’ll be back! We’ll be back!”

29 July 2013
By Ed Komenda

Wynn Resorts earnings for 2nd quarter down at $129.8 million

The Wynn Macau is seen Aug. 17, 2011.

Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts, which operates Wynn Las Vegas and Encore on the Strip as well as two properties in Macau, reported its second-quarter earnings Monday.

29 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Station Casinos now offering sports book players betting on the go

Station Casinos has released a mobile sports wagering app.

26 July 2013
By Ed Komenda

Casino expansion pushes out 9/11 memorial at New York-New York

In this June 22, 2011, photo, a young boy peers at fire department shirts on display at the Sept. 11 memorial outside the New York-New York.

This city known for detonating its past to make way for gleaming new development is preparing to bulldoze its Sept. 11 memorial. The shrine on the Las Vegas Strip sprung up spontaneously under the ersatz skyline of the New York-New York casino in the days after the terrorist attacks.

26 July 2013
By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

Roderick William Dee II: No. 34 enemy of Las Vegas casinos

A Black Book, a State Gaming Control Board list of people excluded from Nevada casinos, is displayed at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. At right is a page on former mobster Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who was removed from the book only after his death.

Roderick William Dee II has been placed on the state Gaming Control Board's Excluded Person List — the so-called Black Book with the names of people not allowed to set foot in a casino.

25 July 2013
By Richard N. Velotta
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