Gaming

Wynn expects Cotai Strip resort to be 'irresistible to our guests'

Steve Wynn meets with the media in a villa at Wynn Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

A 9.8 percent increase in revenue from Macau helped offset an 8.1 percent decline in Las Vegas, causing Wynn Resorts Ltd. to report lower profits in the first quarter of 2012. Maybe that’s why CEO Steve Wynn chose to whet the appetites of analysts with a few new details about his planned new resort on Macau’s Cotai Strip during this afternoon’s conference call on earnings.

7 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Tony Rodio named CEO of Tropicana Entertainment

The president of the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City has been promoted to CEO of the casino's parent company, Las Vegas-based Tropicana Entertainment Inc.

7 May 2012
Associated Press

Palms debuts poker room, sports book as part of $100 million remodel

This is the new race and sports book with attached poker room at the Palms Friday, May 4, 2012.

A new sports book and poker room opened today at the Palms. It is the first new feature to be unveiled in a series of upgrades taking place at the 10-year-old hotel-casino.

4 May 2012
By Delen Goldberg

Jai alai regulations are seen as useless in Nevada

Two players participate in a jai alai doubles match in 2008 in Dania Beach, Fla. While many have never seen or heard of jai alai, it maintains a position in pop culture, especially in Florida.

When Gov. Brian Sandoval ordered state agencies to find regulations that are in need of updating or no longer relevant, it didn't take long for the state Gaming Control Board to zero in on repealing a regulation for a game that hasn't been played in the state in more than 30 years.

3 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

MGM loss up in 1st quarter, despite jump in revenue

MGM Resorts International on Thursday reported a wider first-quarter loss than a year ago, though business picked up on the Las Vegas Strip.

3 May 2012
By Steve Green

Gaming Commission to consider candidate for executive secretary post

The state’s two gaming regulatory boards are close to getting a new executive secretary. Sally Elloyan, who has served in several capacities within the Gaming Control Board as well as in the industry, was recommended Wednesday for the position in a unanimous Control Board vote.

2 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

For a day, anyway, gambling likely to return to Moulin Rouge site

The Moulin Rouge, the first integrated hotel and casino in Las Vegas, lasted six months before closing down in 1955. Five years later it was the site of an accord to desegregate the Strip.

Gambling is expected to return to the site of the historic Moulin Rouge Casino — at least for a day.

2 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

$20 million in renovations planned for the Riviera

A view of the Riviera on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011.

Riviera Holdings Corp. will invest $20 million to $30 million to refurbish the Riviera on the Strip. The proceeds from the sale of Riviera’s property in Black Hawk, Colo., will be reinvested in the Las Vegas property, the company said.

2 May 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas Sands seeks to shut down alleged counterfeit website

Las Vegas Sands Corp. moved Tuesday to shut down what it says is a counterfeit website impersonating Sands’ home page.

2 May 2012
By Steve Green

Tropicana Entertainment loses $4.82 million in 1st quarter

Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas on Tuesday said its first-quarter loss widened on weakness in the Nevada market and unlucky play in Atlantic City.

1 May 2012
By Steve Green

Caesars’ loss widens as cost of interest on debt rises

Hotel-casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas on Tuesday said its first-quarter loss widened, even as business improved in Las Vegas. Caesars said it lost $280.6 million in the quarter ended March 31 vs. a loss in the year-ago quarter of $147.5 million.

1 May 2012
By Steve Green

Pai gow jackpots top $1 million through April at Station Casinos

Progressive pai gow poker is paying off at locals casinos across Las Vegas. Station Casinos said its progressive jackpot winnings surpassed $1 million in April, three months after linking games at 10 of its properties. Top winners included a $216,000 jackpot on Jan. 31 and $213,500 on Feb. 16.

1 May 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Rockhouse bar closing, access to Imperial Palace altered for construction

A section of the Las Vegas Strip will become a construction zone for the foreseeable future as Caesars Entertainment breaks ground on a $500 million entertainment promenade.

1 May 2012
By Delen Goldberg

MGM Resorts recognized as a top company for diversity

For the seventh consecutive year, MGM Resorts International has been named one of the top U.S. companies for diversity.

27 April 2012
By Delen Goldberg

Dr. Tony Alamo reappointed to Nevada Gaming Commission

Gov. Brian Sandoval has appointed Dr. Tony Alamo of Las Vegas to a second four-year term on the Nevada Gaming Commission, which regulates the gambling industry.

27 April 2012
By Cy Ryan
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