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Record spending over California's legal sports betting initiative

In this Oct. 29, 2013, photo is Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park, Calif. The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California has become the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in state history, pitting wealthy Indian tribes against online gambling companies in a contest over what could become the nation's most lucrative marketplace.

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

Rainbow Club celebrating 55 years in downtown Henderson

A view of the Rainbow Club on Water Street in downtown Henderson Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.

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’ Davante Adams named MGM Resorts brand ambassador

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams speaks at a news conference Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Henderson, Nev.

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

Panel discussion on Atlantic City casino smoking is scrapped

A gambler plays a slot machine in a smoking section of the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J on Aug. 8, 2022.

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 starts at 2 Station Casinos sites in Las Vegas area

This file photo shows signs for Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas.

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

Wins — and losses — can pile up with sped-up sports betting

A customer makes a sports bet at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 6, 2022.

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

Disappearing water aside, economic forecasters expect Strip to remain magical

Josh Swissman, left, founding partner of The Strategy Organization, and Alan Feldman, a distinguished fellow at UNLVs International Gaming Institute, speak during a NAIOP Southern Nevada breakfast meeting at the Orleans Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. STEVE MARCUS

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

Man wins nearly $880,000 at Las Vegas Strip casino

An exterior view of the Cromwell on the Las Vegas Strip, October 29, 2020.

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

Is $810 million worth a $2 Mega Millions ticket? It depends

A Mega Millions play-slip for those players preferring to choose the numbers they want to play is among the stacks of other lottery game play-slips displayed in Cranberry Township, Pa., Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.

Is $810 million worth $2? That’s a good question, given it costs $2 to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket that could pay off with an estimated $810 million prize — the nation's fourth-largest jackpot — after the game’s next ...

25 July 2022
By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press

Station Casinos buys 126 acres south of the Las Vegas Strip

This file photo shows signs for Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas.

Days after announcing the demolition of three shuttered casinos in the Las Vegas area, Station Casinos has purchased 126 acres of land south of the Strip that could be the future home of a new ...

20 July 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Pennsylvania casinos reach new record for gambling revenue

Casinos and other operators in Pennsylvania set a new annual record for gambling revenue, state regulators said Tuesday, rising above $5 billion for the first time amid surging betting on ...

19 July 2022
Associated Press

Raiders president resigns from Caesars Entertainment board

New Las Vegas RaidersPresident Sandra Douglass Morgan and team owner Mark Davis appear at a news conference at Allegiant Stadium on Thursday, July 7, 2022.

New Las Vegas Raiders President Sandra Douglass Morgan has resigned from the Caesars Entertainment board of directors, according to a Securities and ...

18 July 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Station Casinos tearing down 3 closed casinos, selling land

This file photo shows signs for Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas.

Station Casinos will tear down three shuttered casinos — Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson — and sell the land, parent company Red Rock Resorts announced today. The properties have been shut down since all Nevada casinos were ordered temporarily closed in March 2020 at the onset of the ...

15 July 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Beyond buffets and slots: Casinos double down on fine art

Spectators view an image from the "Beyond Van Gogh" exhibit at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, July 7, 2022.

The Louvre, The Museum of Modern Art and ... the Hard Rock? Hoping to expand their appeal beyond the slot machine and buffet crowd, some casinos are turning to fine art galleries or exhibitions to bring in new business from customers who might not ...

11 July 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Player hits $1 million jackpot at Laughlin casino

A gambler in Laughlin won a slot machine jackpot worth over $1 million Wednesday, according to a news release. The player, who chose to remain anonymous, won the ...

8 July 2022
By Bryan Horwath
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