Gaming

Texas woman hits $2.8 million jackpot at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas

A Texas woman hit a $2,832,044.74 jackpot Friday while playing a Bombs Away Bombshells slot machine at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, game developer International Game Technology said. The woman was shocked to find out she had won and immediately called her husband, officials said.

31 December 2012
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Eight changes coming to Hooters Casino Hotel

An exterior view of the Hooters hotel-casino on Tropicana Avenue, east of Las Vegas Boulevard South Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.

Hooters is getting a facelift. The casino and hotel on Tropicana Avenue has struggled since it opened. But the resort recently started its makeover and will begin major construction next month.

28 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester

The bigger Macau gets, the better for Las Vegas

The fountain of the Wynn Macau casino performs celebrating its opening with the backgroung of the Lisboa Casino in Macau, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006. American gaming mogul Stephen Wynn was ready to throw open the doors of his new US$1.2 billion casino to gamblers Wednesday in Macau _ the Chinese territory that's rivaling the Las Vegas Strip as the world's epicenter for gambling.

This is not a travel essay, and here’s why: Nobody expects you to ever go to Macau. They don’t need you. A bellboy said that when he sees Caucasian guests, he assumes they must be evaluators from a travel guide.

27 December 2012
By Steve Friess

9 things discovered at the bottom of Siren’s Cove at TI

A crew member paints the pirate ship used in "The Sirens of TI" during dry dock, when water is drained from the bay for maintenance and repairs, at Treasure Island.

Workers never know what they’re going to find at the bottom of the bay at Treasure Island. Shopping carts, baby strollers, even a heavy concrete trash receptacle are among the items found when workers drain the 1.5 million gallon Siren’s Cove for its annual maintenance. Since Dec. 3, the bay where "The Sirens of TI" plays nightly has been empty for painting and repairs.

27 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Downtown Las Vegas gambler hits $1.3 million jackpot Christmas Eve

A lucky gambler hit a $1.3 million jackpot on a Millionaire Sevens slot machine Dec. 24, 2012, at the Four Queens in downtown Las Vegas.

A downtown gambler got a $1.3 million Christmas gift, hitting a Millionaire Sevens slot machine jackpot at the Four Queens on Monday.

26 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester

The valley's top business stories of 2012

Employees work in cubicles at the Zappos temporary offices on Carson Avenue in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

Many of the topics that dominated the discussion in boardrooms and lunch rooms across the valley will continue to make headlines in 2013. So in case you missed them, or to give you a heads up for next year, here’s a look at some of this year’s biggest business stories.

24 December 2012
By VEGAS INC Staff

Grading my Las Vegas business predictions for this year

In baseball, you have to be successful only one at-bat out of three to be considered for the Hall of Fame. If I were a professional baseball player, I would have had a pretty good year when predicting the top stories of 2012. Here’s my scorecard on those predictions.

24 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Leagues poised to challenge New Jersey about sports betting

Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey's plans to allow sports gambling.

22 December 2012
By Bruce Shipkowski and David Porter, Associated Press

Committee wants more money to help problem gamblers

A state advisory committee wants the governor to restore funding to help problem gamblers that was cut in half in 2011. The committee says it “strongly urges you to recommend restoring this funding to the level intended by the Legislature when the revolving fund was established in 2005.”

21 December 2012
By Cy Ryan

Sports book fined $25,815 over illegal Derby wagers, software glitch

The Nevada Gaming Commission met in Las Vegas today to consider several licenses and a complaint against a Las Vegas sports book. MGM Resorts International requested a license to operate a private gaming salon at Bellagio.

20 December 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Megabucks winner used 'free play' credits to score jackpot

The newest Megabucks winner is a woman from the Las Vegas Valley who used her "free play" credits to hit the $17.3 million jackpot. The woman said she'd stopped into the M Resort on Friday night in Henderson to use her free play credits and dining vouchers.

17 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Las Vegas casino supplier SHFL reports record revenue, profits

SHFL entertainment Inc. reported a record-breaking year of revenue and profits today in its first quarterly earnings report since changing its name from Shuffle Master. The company set records for quarterly and year-end revenue, with double-digit increases over 2011.

17 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Slot player wins $17.3 million Megabucks jackpot

A player hit the biggest jackpot in the casino, $17.3 million on the Megabucks slot machine, Friday night in Henderson.

15 December 2012

Finger pointing turns to gaming industry as hopes dim for online poker bill

Sens. Dean Heller, left, and Harry Reid attend a Memorial Day ceremony in Boulder City on May 30, 2011.

The top policy-making senators on online poker are agreed: The chances that a federal online poker bill will pass before the end of 2012 are pretty much nil. But who's responsible for that failure?

14 December 2012
By Karoun Demirjian

Sunset Station looking for restaurant to replace Hooters

Station Casinos is looking for a new restaurant to replace Hooters, which closed at Sunset Station in Henderson. Hooters shut down its Sunset Station location Nov. 9, after 10 years of serving spicy chicken wings and sliders.

13 December 2012
By Ron Sylvester
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