Contractors are putting the finishing touches on 400 refurbished hotel rooms at the Gold Coast. The rooms, which are expected to reopen in the next two weeks, feature new wall coverings, carpets, blackout drapes and furniture, including armoires, dressers and desks.
29 March 2013
By Ed Komenda
A retiring casino executive is trying to sell his Las Vegas penthouse condo for $9.8 million. Wynn Resorts Chief Operating Officer Marc Schorr listed his 9,000-square-foot, two-story condo this month.
29 March 2013
By Eli Segall
Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chief Operating Officer Marc Schorr will retire in June. The casino company announced that Schorr, who has held his position since 2002, will step down on June 1.
29 March 2013
Associated Press
For 23 years, Frank Citro Jr. has been included in Nevada’s Black Book, officially the “Excluded Person List,” an index of desert undesirables blackballed by the state’s casino regulators.
29 March 2013
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
If you’re a player with a preference for privacy, and you have a healthy pocketbook, the Bellagio may have the gambling parlor for you. The casino recently opened a new private gaming room named Villa Privé. But there’s a catch: access to the 2,600-square-foot salon is by invitation only and reserved for high rollers. The parlor is located far from the Bellagio’s main casino floor on the resort’s exclusive Villa level.
29 March 2013
By Ed Komenda
Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling in Washington, D.C., sees problem gamblers struggle every year at the peak of college basketball season. That’s a big reason March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month.
28 March 2013
James A. Fussell, The Kansas City Star
Smokers? No drinks? Tight slots? What's your biggest qualm with casinos? Publishers of the 2013 American Casino Guide recently sifted through thousands of visitor reviews to compile gamblers' top five complaints.
28 March 2013
By Ed Komenda
A key senator says he doesn’t think the small slot machine arcades and taverns that offer sports and horse race betting kiosks are siphoning off business from major casinos.
26 March 2013
By Cy Ryan
Red Rock Resort has been named Casino of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.
26 March 2013
By Ed Komenda
When the smoke clears from Revel's bankruptcy ... there will be smoke. Atlantic City's only smoke-free casino will soon allow patrons to light up on the gambling floor as part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing it made late Monday night.
26 March 2013
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
If you attend, they will apply. That's the thinking of recruiters from Bally Technologies as they prepare to hop on a plane this week and zip to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
26 March 2013
By Ed Komenda
Las Vegas Democratic Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, introduced a bill in the Nevada Legislature on Monday to legalize betting on federal elections.
25 March 2013
Kevin Robillard, Politico
Once the envy of Indian Country for its billion-dollar casino empire, the tribe that owns the Foxwoods Resort Casino has been struggling through a financial crisis and pursuing more revenue from an unlikely source: U.S. government grants. The money provided annually to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation through the Interior Department and the Department of Health and Human Services has risen over the last five years to more than $4.5 million, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act.
25 March 2013
By Michael Melia, Associated Press
Go ahead, take a spin. At the Venetian’s new high-limit slots salon, it could cost you $5,000 for a single spin. But a slew of perks comes with pushing around that much dough: these games come with a butler and big-screen TV.
25 March 2013
By Ed Komenda
Acting on recommendations from the state Gaming Control Board, the commission approved a series of licenses for 888 Holdings, which will partner with Treasure Island to offer online poker.
21 March 2013
By Richard N. Velotta
