Gaming

Winter is coming: MGM teams with HBO to hype 'Game of Thrones'

The Luxor has paired with HBO for a "Game of Thrones" promotion to hype the series' third season.

Stand beside the obelisk inside the Luxor and look up: you'll see the shadow of a dragon stretched across one of the slanted pyramid walls. Look a few feet above its head, and you'll see the title of the television show it came from: HBO's "Game of Thrones." The image is part of a recently formed advertising partnership between MGM Resorts International, the Luxor and HBO.

20 March 2013
By Ed Komenda

Lucky local wins $50,000 playing bingo

It was a lucky St. Patrick’s Day weekend for two bingo players at the Suncoast casino.

20 March 2013
By Ed Komenda

Station Casinos ends year in black, despite $7.9 million 4th-quarter loss

Station Casinos LLC endured a sluggish fourth quarter to complete 2012 in the black, the company announced today.

19 March 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Plaza debuts sports book, just in time for March Madness

Seventeen state-of-the-art monitors illuminate one wall of the William Hill Race & Sports Book inside the Plaza Hotel, with dozens more mounted in seated stations, March 19, 2013.

A new William Hill Race & Sports Book opened at the Plaza casino Tuesday — just in time for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The completion of the downtown sports book follows on the heels of nearly two years of extensive Plaza renovations.

19 March 2013
By Ed Komenda

New Jersey fines Caesars Entertainment $225,000 in Las Vegas case

Caesars Entertainment has agreed to pay New Jersey casino regulators $225,000 to settle a case arising from the way company officials handled a high-roller in Las Vegas who became involved in a sex, drugs and gambling scandal.

18 March 2013
Associated Press

Stratosphere parent company reports quarterly loss of $8.3 million

Stratosphere.

An executive with the company that owns the Stratosphere hotel-casino said he expects the development of a new Strip resort by the Genting Group will expand the north Strip market and attract new business to the area.

18 March 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

New Jersey will let casinos accept bets on fantasy teams

Casino towers dot the skyline of Atlantic City, N.J.

Aaron Rodgers' touchdown passes, Adrian Peterson's first downs and Darrelle Revis' interceptions could combine to make someone rich this fall.

16 March 2013
By Wayne Parry, The Associated Press

Philippines set to open $1 billion casino-resort

Casino dealers work on their respective games during a media tour of the new Solaire Casino, one of the country's biggest casinos, Thursday March 14, 2013, at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines.

The Philippines will become one of the biggest gambling centers in the world, vying with Macau, Singapore and Las Vegas for Asia's high rollers, officials of a $1 billion casino resort opening in Manila this weekend said Thursday.

14 March 2013
By Oliver Teves, Associated Press

Small casino agrees to $3,500 fine over hiring errors

The state Gaming Control Board says a Las Vegas casino has agreed to pay a $3,500 fine for hiring workers and not notifying authorities.

11 March 2013
By Cy Ryan

Taking a closer look at Singapore

Interior of Resorts World Sentosa, Sunday Feb. 14, 2010 in Singapore. Resorts World Sentosa,built by Malaysia's Genting Bhd for $4.7 billion, opened Singapore's first casino Sunday.

When talking about gaming in Singapore, local media — myself included — have focused on Sheldon Adelson’s magnificent Marina Bay Sands. Last week’s surprising announcement that the Genting Group plans to build a 3,500-room megaresort on the Strip will lead us to take a closer look at Singapore’s other casino, which I happened to visit in 2011.

11 March 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Online poker bill in a holding pattern despite optimism for federal action

Congressman Joe Heck, R-Nev., smiles as someone's ringtone plays George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" during a town hall meeting with constituents at Pacific Pines Senior Apartments in Henderson on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013.

Though Nevada recently passed its own online gambling law, Nevada’s congressional delegation wants you to know it’s still talking about getting an Internet poker bill done at the federal level.

10 March 2013
By Karoun Demirjian

Bill would shield comped meals to casino workers from being taxed

The entrance to the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.

Gaming companies and restaurateurs could win a tax break from the Nevada Legislature. Assemblyman Harvey Munford, D-Las Vegas, wants companies to be able to serve their employees complimentary meals — or “comped” meals in Las Vegas parlance — tax free.

8 March 2013
By Andrew Doughman

Late Chinese New Year factors into 12.4 percent drop in gaming revenue

Nevada casinos suffered a 12.4 percent drop in their gaming win in January due in part to a loss in football betting and a later Chinese New Year’s.

8 March 2013
By Cy Ryan

Treasure Island hiring consultant for convention center project

The Strip-side property opened in 1993.

It will be summer, at the earliest, before Treasure Island knows if plans for a new convention center will get off the drawing board, officials said.

8 March 2013
By Ron Sylvester

Who stands to gain and lose from the Strip's new megaresort

Who stands to gain and lose from the Strip's new megaresort

It didn’t take long for the buzz to become a roar after the Genting Group announced plans Monday to develop a 3,500-room resort on the Strip. Here's a look at who stands to gain from the arrival of Resorts World Las Vegas and who stands to lose.

8 March 2013
By Eli Segall,
Richard N. Velotta
« Older Newer »