As transactions have steadily moved away from cash in nearly all facets of commerce in the U.S., the casino industry has generally been a bit slower to adapt.
17 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath
The attendance total for this year’s annual Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas nearly matched the convention’s 2019 pre-pandemic figure, according to show organizers.
13 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Mandalay Bay is spending $100 million to upgrade its convention center with new technology and create a “tropical ambiance,” according to parent company MGM Resorts International. "With Mandalay Bay home to ...
12 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Despite some high-profile crimes, including a mass stabbing last week, “it’s hard to find a safer location than the Las Vegas Strip,” a casino executive asserted Tuesday at a gaming conference.
12 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath
A woman from Hawaii hit a $717,000 slot machine jackpot Friday on her first spin at a downtown Las Vegas casino. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, hit the ...
10 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath
The owner of the M Resort announced plans today to add a $206 million, 384-room tower, nearly doubling the Henderson casino’s hotel capacity. “The next ...
10 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath
The COVID pandemic forced most U.S. casinos to close for months, causing payrolls, revenue and earnings to tumble. But the forced shutdowns and highly regulated recoveries also taught ...
24 September 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California is the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in U.S. history at about $400 million and counting, pitting wealthy ...
21 September 2022
By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press
The Rainbow Club in downtown Henderson, long one of the anchor businesses on Water Street, is turning 55 on Saturday. The casino will celebrate ...
16 September 2022
By Ray Brewer
Raiders star Davante Adams will be brand ambassador for MGM Resorts International, which will feature the first-year Las Vegas wide receiver in company marketing campaigns and ...
13 September 2022
By Ray Brewer
Whether casinos should continue to allow smoking is a contentious issue in numerous states, particularly New Jersey, where the governor and more than half the state Legislature supports a bill to ...
13 September 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Demolition has begun at two Las Vegas-area casino properties that remained shuttered since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. A spokesman for ...
12 September 2022
Associated Press
With legal sports betting in its fifth year in much of the U.S., things are getting much more intense, with increasing ways to bet and more opportunities to rapidly win — and lose — money. When the ...
7 September 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Gaming industry expert Alan Feldman sees the West’s water shortage as the biggest possible deterrent to what he projects as a banner upcoming decade of development along the Strip. Feldman, a distinguished fellow at the UNLV International Gaming Institute and a former ...
22 August 2022
By Bryan Horwath
A man hit an Ultimate Texas Hold’em jackpot worth nearly $880,000 early today at the Cromwell, according to a news release. Alan Davila, a vacationer from Mexico, said he ...
28 July 2022
By Bryan Horwath
