Hotel-casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas said Wednesday that revenue increased in the fourth quarter, though the company posted a higher net loss from a year earlier.
29 February 2012
By Steve Green
The sports gambling site Bodog was shut down and four Canadians indicted, including founder Calvin Ayre, for illegal gambling that generated more than $100 million in winnings, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
28 February 2012
By Alex Dominguez, Associated Press
The buffet at Caesars Palace may be closed, but resort officials say a new one is on the way. The Cafe Lago Buffet closed last month.
28 February 2012
By Ron Sylvester
A couple of days before he hit a jackpot of nearly $3 million, Cpl. Alexander Degenhardt learned he’d been accepted as a bone marrow donor to an anonymous patient.
24 February 2012
By Ron Sylvester
He may have spent the latter part of his career in Atlantic City, but Dennis Gomes will always be remembered as a true “only-in-Las Vegas”-type character.
24 February 2012
By Steve Green
The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved the application of long-time Las Vegas gaming figure Jerry Herbst to buy slot machine operations in 86 convenience stores and to purchase Terrible’s Searchlight casino in Searchlight.
24 February 2012
By Cy Ryan
Ray Sheffer, who started the first police academy in the valley when he served as the Las Vegas police chief, was one of several local government officials who helped end segregation of Strip hotels, ran security for the Desert Inn and prompted the use of air conditioners in cabs, has died at age 87.
23 February 2012
By Ed Koch
The state Gaming Commission voted today to allow Las Vegas gaming figure Blake Sartini to become the largest slot-route operator in Nevada. Sartini and his Golden Gaming will acquire from Affinity Gaming 8,500 slot machines at 650 locations. The deal also includes the acquisition of Terrible's Lakeside casino and Terrible Town in Pahrump, giving the organization three casinos. It would give Affinity three casinos in Colorado in return for its Nevada holdings.
23 February 2012
By Cy Ryan
The Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino says its revenue soared during the fourth quarter of 2011 on a year-to-year basis, but higher expenses resulted in a loss for the period.
23 February 2012
By Steve Green
In a bid to stay ahead of the rapidly increasing pace of technological advancement, the state Gaming Control Board on Wednesday conducted its first public workshop to amend regulations to allow independent laboratories to test new casino games and wagering systems for licensing in the state.
22 February 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
The new Wynn Resorts Ltd. lawsuit against board member Kazuo Okada includes new, detailed allegations, including charges Okada misappropriated Wynn trade secrets for his own use.
21 February 2012
By Steve Green
Boyd Gaming Corp. reported Tuesday that is losses shrank in the fourth quarter of 2011 as results improved at its Las Vegas locals casinos.
21 February 2012
By Steve Green
Boyd Gaming Corp. reported Tuesday that its losses shrank in the fourth quarter of 2011 as results improved at its Las Vegas locals casinos.
21 February 2012
By Steve Green
Las Vegas-based casino resort operator MGM Resorts International said Tuesday it signed a joint-venture deal for development of a 200-room hotel in Shanghai that will be branded with MGM Resorts' luxury Bellagio name.
21 February 2012
By Steve Green
Wynn Resorts Ltd. shares opened higher Tuesday as investors absorbed the news from over the weekend that the Las Vegas casino company had involuntarily bought out shareholder Kazuo Okada with a 10-year, $1.9 billion note.
21 February 2012
By Steve Green
