Gaming

Players, fans take new Michael Jackson slot machine for a spin

Victoria Falcon (in red) and Cecilia Isberg (in black) donned Michael Jackson costumes July 7, 2012, at Treasure Island to help Bally promote a new slot machine themed after the King of Pop. The Michael Jackson slot just began hitting the Las Vegas casinos within the past two weeks.

Tete Johnson let out a squeal like she'd won a progressive jackpot, which on the new Michael Jackson slot was worth more than $465,000.

7 July 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Casino ATM operators sued amid questions about plaintiffs' motives

Two patrons of the Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino play slots next to one of several ATMs in 1999 in Elgin, Ill.

Even as questions swirl about their validity, more lawsuits were filed Friday over Nevada casino ATMs that may have lacked notices about surcharges.

7 July 2012
By Steve Green

Macau gaming company in $1 billion Philippine casino project

Macau gambling company Melco Crown Entertainment is teaming up with the Philippines' richest man to develop a $1 billion casino resort in Manila in a sign of the industry's plans for rapid expansion in Asia.

6 July 2012
By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

Moody's downgrades Riviera debt rating again

The Riviera, May 16, 2012.

Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday downgraded key Riviera Holdings Corp. debt ratings — the second such downgrade since April. Moody’s cited “heightened concern” that the company, owner of the 2,075-room Riviera hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, has been producing negative EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

5 July 2012
By Steve Green

Judge rules Flamingo violated labor law during unionization drive

Flamingo Las Vegas security officers have voted against joining a union, but the union’s dispute with the property likely will continue for some time.

5 July 2012
By Steve Green

Mesquite casino pitchman Randy Black Sr. files for bankruptcy

Mesquite casino manager and pitchman Robert ''Randy'' Black Sr. is heading back to bankruptcy court — this time apparently over problems related to a Las Vegas office building. Black and his wife, Kathy, voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday.

4 July 2012
By Steve Green

County tables proposed changes to ordinance regulating Dotty's-style slot rooms

Dotty's near Eastern and Serene in Henderson is shown Thursday, March 24, 2011.

The introduction of a bill that aimed to provide more elbow room for slot halls like Dotty’s was tabled indefinitely this morning by the Clark County Commission.

3 July 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

Proposed ordinance change brings contentious Dotty’s issue back to fore

Cindy Clark plays a slot machine at Dotty's near Eastern and Serene in Henderson on Thursday, March 24, 2011.

You could practically feel the dark cloud settle over the Clark County Government Center when the agenda for next week’s County Commission went out. County staff and elected officials are stunned, to put it mildly, that the issue of regulating joints like Dotty’s is back.

1 July 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

Happy birthday, Eldorado! Henderson casino turns 50

Bingo at the Eldorado Casino in downtown Henderson on Friday, June 22, 2012.

The Eldorado marked the beginning of Boyd Gaming, which now owns 17 casinos. It was one of the first casinos to market itself to locals. And it was among the first casinos in the valley to hire women dealers. The casino turns 50 today and now features many of the blinking casino signs that hung on its walls during the 1960s. Antiques emblazoned with the casino’s logo decorate shelves. Old-fashioned mechanical slot machines line the main gaming floor. They no longer work, but they remind visitors of the casino’s history. A large part of the Eldorado’s charm remains its intimate ...

1 July 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Widow of casino magnate William Harrah dies

Verna Harrah, widow of casino magnate Bill Harrah, died Friday.

30 June 2012
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

How a magic carpet ride became a slot machine game

Chicago-based WMS had a casting call and hired actors who served as the artistic basis for characters in the slot machine Aladdin & the Magic Quest, which recently debuted in casinos.

Aladdin & the Magic Quest is as much a ride as it is a slot machine. The penny slot that began appearing in casinos two weeks ago gives players the sensation of riding a magic carpet. A moving seat sways and bobs as a virtual carpet flies through a castle.

30 June 2012
By Ron Sylvester

William Hill, Affinity in long-term sports betting deal

William Hill Race & Sports Book on Thursday said it has entered into a long-term agreement to operate the sports books of the Affinity Gaming casinos throughout Nevada, following its acquisitions of the Brandywine Bookmaking LLC, Club Cal Neva and American Wagering Inc. sports book businesses.

28 June 2012
By Steve Green

Moody’s: Rebound in gaming industry likely to stall

Moody’s Investors Service today warned that the stagnant U.S. economy could hurt the casino industry and that some newly opened casinos appear to be taking market share from competitors as opposed to growing the market.

27 June 2012
By Steve Green

Shuffle Master folds plan to buy Internet poker company

Citing the slowing European economy, Las Vegas-based casino supplier Shuffle Master Inc. today said it canceled its deal to buy Internet poker company Ongame Network Ltd. for about $26 million.

27 June 2012
By Steve Green

Business owners and executives weigh in with ideas for creating a diverse workplace

Business owners and executives weigh in with ideas for creating a diverse workplace

Diversity. It’s something most employers strive for but often find difficult to achieve. It’s a buzzword that gets tossed around workplaces but remains difficult to define. Most employers say they favor it, but fewer prioritize it. Diversity goes beyond hiring workers of different colors, ages, sexualities and abilities. To be truly diverse, a workplace needs to be full of people with different personalities, life experiences and worldviews.

25 June 2012
By VEGAS INC Staff
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