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Downtown Las Vegas casino player hits $1 million jackpot

An exterior view of Main Street Station in downtown Las Vegas Nov. 4, 2015

A guest at a downtown Las Vegas casino won a $1 million slot machine jackpot Tuesday. The gambler, a woman visiting from Hawaii who wished to remain anonymous, hit the ...

17 November 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Slot builder in payout flap says it took 'corrective action'

This Nov. 12, 2021, photo shows a screen shot of a demonstration version of the Capital Gains online slot game.

The manufacturer of a popular online slots game at the center of a lawsuit over how much a Pennsylvania woman should be paid for ...

15 November 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Player hits $1.4 million Pai Gow jackpot in Las Vegas

An exterior view of Harrah's on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

A man from Washington won nearly $1.4 million over the weekend while playing Pai Gow poker at ...

15 November 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Woman sues over slot game payout; 13 others make same claim

This Nov. 12, 2021, photo shows a screen shot of a demonstration version of the Capital Gains online slot game.

A Pennsylvania woman is suing the manufacturer of a popular online slots game, claiming it wrongly refused to pay her a $100,000 jackpot due to “a bug” in the ...

12 November 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox stepping down in January

Wynn Resorts' new CEO Matt Maddox reacts as he speaks during an interview at Wynn Las Vegas, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox will step down from his post in January, according to a news release from the company. Craig Billings, president and chief financial officer, will ...

9 November 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Casinos have best quarter ever; 2020 total exceeded already

Gamblers play Pai Gow poker at the Mohegan Sun casino inside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas Thursday, March 25, 2021.

The nation's commercial casinos won nearly $14 billion in the third quarter of this year, marking the industry's best quarter ever, and pushing U.S. casino revenue past what it was for all of ...

9 November 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Stalled Fontainebleau resort on north Strip expected to open in late 2023

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak attends a ceremony to mark the commencement of development on the long dormant Fontainebleau building at the north end of the Strip Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

A 63-story casino resort is planned for the blue-glass building near the recently opened Resorts World Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall expansion ...

9 November 2021
By Bryan Horwath

MGM Resorts recognizes wounded veterans with free trip to Las Vegas

U.S. Army Capt. Luis Avila, who was injured in Afghanistan, moves with a procession Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, during the United Service Organizations' Salute to the Troops event hosted by MGM Resorts International.

As dozens of wounded military veterans made their way down a hallway at the Mirage, onlookers waved small American flags and held up signs. The signs — most featuring red, white and blue lettering — relayed messages such as “Thank you” and “We love our vets.”

9 November 2021
By Bryan Horwath

MGM planning to sell Mirage resort operations

An exterior view of the Mirage Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.

MGM Resorts International has announced plans to sell the casino and resort operations of the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip. In a letter to MGM employees dated ...

3 November 2021
By Bryan Horwath

When Las Vegas casinos see green today, it’s more than just money

Workers Rigoberto Nieto-Gutierrez, left, and Angelica Aguilar fish out plastic bottles, cans and other recyclables from trash at the Caesars Palace recycling dock Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.

At a loading dock in the bowels of Caesars Palace, workers sift through bags of trash as they look for recyclable items. Crews work around the clock fishing out plastic bottles, cans and other recyclables from ...

2 November 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas hotel room rates highest since onset of pandemic

A view looking northbound on the Las Vegas Strip from Tropicana Avenue Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Average daily hotel room rates in Las Vegas reached their highest point in September since the start of the pandemic, according to a report from the ...

27 October 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Casinos report winnings as Nevada tourists and events return

Strip casinos are viewed at sunset from the outdoor patio of the Legacy Club, a rooftop lounge, at Circa in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020.

Tourists are returning, events are expanding and a wave of wagering is washing over Nevada, where a September casino winnings report showed ...

27 October 2021
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

New Jersey has its first $1 billion month in sports betting

In this Sept. 9, 2018, photo, customers watch sports on a giant screen at the sports book of the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

New Jersey's sports betting industry became the first in the United States to take in more than a billion dollars' worth of bets in a single month, in September, as football season sent more gamblers to sports books and, crucially, their phones, according to figures released Monday. Figures from the ...

18 October 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Caesars Entertainment, Spiegelworld ink $75M theaters deal

"The Gazillionaire,” left, a character from the Spiegelworld show "Absinthe," joins in a toast with Anthony Carano, center, president/COO of Caesars Entertainment, and Ross Mollison, founder of Spiegelworld, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Caesars Entertainment and Spiegelworld announced a nearly $75 million deal to create new live theater projects at casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and New Orleans.

Caesars Entertainment and the company that produces the show “Absinthe” in Las Vegas are teaming up on theater and dining projects in three states that will cost nearly $75 million. Caesars ...

14 October 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

California developer acquires Tahoe Biltmore for $56.8M

A California developer has acquired the 75-year-old Tahoe Biltmore Lodge & Casino at Crystal Bay along the California-Nevada line on the north shore of ...

12 October 2021
Associated Press
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