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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Following today’s announcement that Sandra Douglass Morgan has been named president of the Las Vegas Raiders, a top Caesars Entertainment official said Morgan would remain ...
7 July 2022
By Bryan Horwath
A trio of economic reports show that May was a good month for Nevada tourism and gambling, including passenger traffic characterized as the third-busiest ever at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that casinos statewide won $1.3 billion last month, the ...
30 June 2022
Associated Press
A gambler in downtown Las Vegas hit a jackpot worth over $500,000 last week, according to a news release. The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, won ...
20 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath
For decades, it was accepted wisdom in the casino industry that eliminating smoking would automatically lead to revenue declines and customer losses. But a new report examining how the coronavirus pandemic has changed gamblers' habits says that may no longer be the case. The report issued Friday by Las Vegas-based ...
17 June 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A table games player at Harrah’s Las Vegas landed a progressive jackpot worth just over $918,000 early Sunday, according to a news release. The gambler, a visitor from Arizona who ...
13 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath
A slot player at a downtown Las Vegas casino won a jackpot worth over $1.3 million Thursday, according to a social media post. The gambler hit the jackpot while playing ...
3 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers picketed outside the Tropicana on Wednesday, as the union for employees at nine casinos is pushing for a new contract giving them a share of gambling halls' post-COVID recovery. The picketing comes at an uncertain time in Atlantic City: The casinos and their online partners are ...
2 June 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Some dealers working the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas starting Tuesday won’t have far to commute to the event at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. With the rising cost of gas and housing in Southern Nevada, tournament officials secured ...
28 May 2022
By Bryan Horwath
