A trio of economic reports show that May was a good month for Nevada tourism and gambling, including passenger traffic characterized as the third-busiest ever at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that casinos statewide won $1.3 billion last month, the ...
30 June 2022
Associated Press
A gambler in downtown Las Vegas hit a jackpot worth over $500,000 last week, according to a news release. The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, won ...
20 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath
For decades, it was accepted wisdom in the casino industry that eliminating smoking would automatically lead to revenue declines and customer losses. But a new report examining how the coronavirus pandemic has changed gamblers' habits says that may no longer be the case. The report issued Friday by Las Vegas-based ...
17 June 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A table games player at Harrah’s Las Vegas landed a progressive jackpot worth just over $918,000 early Sunday, according to a news release. The gambler, a visitor from Arizona who ...
13 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath
A slot player at a downtown Las Vegas casino won a jackpot worth over $1.3 million Thursday, according to a social media post. The gambler hit the jackpot while playing ...
3 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers picketed outside the Tropicana on Wednesday, as the union for employees at nine casinos is pushing for a new contract giving them a share of gambling halls' post-COVID recovery. The picketing comes at an uncertain time in Atlantic City: The casinos and their online partners are ...
2 June 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Some dealers working the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas starting Tuesday won’t have far to commute to the event at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. With the rising cost of gas and housing in Southern Nevada, tournament officials secured ...
28 May 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Gambling in Nevada continued a 14-month hot streak in April and a return of international flights boosted travel nearly to levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic began more ...
26 May 2022
Associated Press
The Department of Justice on Monday filed a “civil enforcement action” against Steve Wynn that requires the former chairman of Wynn Resorts to register as a foreign agent. According to a news release, Wynn lobbied then-President Donald Trump in 2017 on behalf of the Chinese government to “cancel the visa or otherwise remove” a Chinese businessperson from the U.S. The action was ...
17 May 2022
By Bryan Horwath
The operator of the world’s largest sportsbook in Las Vegas is expanding into northern Nevada this year as part of a collaboration with what will be the first new casino built ...
16 May 2022
By Associated Press
Americans have bet more than $125 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for ...
13 May 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The manager of a casino at a central Las Vegas strip mall was killed Wednesday evening when run over by a man fleeing after snatching a purse from a patron playing ...
12 May 2022
Associated Press
Joyous bedlam erupted Wednesday at an employee appreciation and awards buffet at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas when the resort chief executive announced that all 5,400 people who work there will receive a $5,000 bonus. “It’s amazing!” said Edgar Rives, a cook for nine years in the employee ...
11 May 2022
Associated Press
Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won't go away, but America's casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in ...
11 May 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A gambler at a downtown Las Vegas casino won over $1 million Wednesday while playing a slot machine. The player won ...
5 May 2022
By Bryan Horwath
