Gaming

Main event of Silva, Weidman at UFC 162 helps break record at sports book

Chris Weidman leaps up after knocking out Anderson Silva in the second round of their middleweight title fight at UFC 162 Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Weidman upset Silva with a second round knockout, taking the belt Silva has held since 2006.

Last weekend’s UFC 162 set a mixed martial arts handle record at William Hill sports books with gamblers combining to wager more than six figures alone on the main event between Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman.

Players to watch in the WSOP Main Event with 90 percent of the field gone

Greg Merson plays during the World Series of Poker Main Event on Thursday, July 11, 2013.

Since the World Series of Poker implemented its “November Nine” format five years ago, no player has advanced to the Main Event final table twice. Some have the chance to make tournament history this year with four days of play remaining this summer in poker’s world championship at the Rio.

Second bill to legalize Web poker in U.S. introduced

Casino industry representatives and exhibitors watch an online poker game during industry's G2E conference, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Las Vegas.

Rep. Joe Barton wants to help Poker-lovers stay on the couch. The Texas Republican introduced a bill in Congress Thursday that would pave the way for states to legalize online poker without fear of federal intervention.

Las Vegas slot cheat may be headed for Nevada's Black Book

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.

A Las Vegas man convicted of trying to rig slot machines with an electronic device may soon find himself in Nevada’s Black Book and barred from entering casinos.

Ultimate Gaming completes test run of online poker site

A screen shot of the new Ultimate Poker game being launched on Facebook Friday, June 22, 2012, by Las Vegas company Fertitta Interactive as seen demonstrated on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.

Ultimate Gaming has completed its 30-day field trial for Ultimate Poker, the first ever fully legal online gambling site in the United States.

Southern Nevada's economy is improving but is far from fully recovered

A house is shown for sale in Henderson.

Southern Nevada’s economy will continue to improve this year and next but will faces hurdles in real estate, finance and tourism, according to a new economic forecast for the region.

Welcome to the future of Las Vegas

In 20 years, will we be wearing digital clothes and playing blackjack with holographic dealers? It's certainly possible.

It’s 8 p.m. July 11, 2033. Hot and getting hotter. There’s a high of 117 outside McCarran International Airport, and you’re fighting the odd desire to crack an egg over the asphalt, Tweetagram it. You can see the Strip through the glass window at arrivals. It looks roughly the same as you remember—the iconic shapes of the Luxor, Paris and Wynn still cutting through the sky—but you’ve heard a lot has changed since your last visit. “You want in?” your girlfriend asks, sitting in a semicircle of friends. She’s put together a Texas hold ’em table on her tablet, connected ...

Caesars Entertainment changing corporate structure to raise new equity

The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday approved a juggling of the corporate structure of Caesars Entertainment to permit it to raise up to $1.5 billion to pursue future development.

The 10 most memorable hands I've covered at the World Series of Poker Main Event

Chips and cards are shown on a table during Day 1C of the World Series of Poker main event at the Rio Las Vegas Saturday, July 9, 2011 in this file photo.

Decisive hands in the World Series of Poker Main Event create an aura that rivals those belonging to the personalities that play them out.

WSOP Main Event numbers are in: 6,352 players out for $8.3 million title

WSOP Main Event numbers are in: 6,352 players out for $8.3 million title

What was on display at the Rio was the biggest single-day starting field in Main Event history as 3,467 players paid the $10,000 entry fee to compete in the final of three starting days for poker’s world championship.

Head of Gaming Control Board's enforcement division retiring

Jerry Markling, head of the state gaming unit that investigates criminal and regulation violations by Nevada casinos, is retiring.

Steve Wynn says federal officials end inquiry into Macau donation

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn, right, talks with Kazuo Okada during a Gaming Commission hearing Thursday, June 17, 2004, in Carson City, where Okada received approval for a license for his Japanese Aruze Corporation to manufacture and sell slot machines in Nevada.

Federal investigators are done looking into a $135 million donation casino giant Wynn Resorts gave to a university in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. The Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its investigation and is not pursuing enforcement action.

Tiny Chinese enclave remakes gambling world, Las Vegas

In this June 5, 2013 photo, mainland Chinese visitors gather at the lobby of the Galaxy casino in Macau. Macau is in the midst of one of the greatest gambling booms the world has ever known. To rival it, Las Vegas would have to attract six times as many visitors essentially every man, woman and child in America. Wynn Las Vegas now makes nearly three-quarters of its profits in Macau. Sands, which owns the Venetian and Palazzo, earns two-thirds of its revenue there.

Most people still think of the U.S. gambling industry as anchored in Las Vegas. They might think of vestiges of the mob, or the town's ill-advised flirtation with family-friendly branding in the 1990s. But they would be wrong.

Man hits $3.1 million jackpot at Palms in Las Vegas

A lucky Las Vegas local left the Palms last weekend a rich man.

A sign of the times: Terrible's rebranding officially completed with new marquee

The neon sign at Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino is ceremonially lit in Las Vegas on Monday, July 1, 2013. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino was formerly known as Terrible's Hotel and Casino.

Affinity Gaming officials activated the new Silver Sevens neon sign, marking the completion of a $5 million, 18-month renovation and official name change for the former Terrible’s Hotel and Casino.