Gaming

Stratosphere revenue improves on more visitors, higher spending on rooms

The Stratosphere is seen Monday, December 21, 2009.

The owner of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas posted a smaller third-quarter loss Thursday as business picked up for the 2,427-room property.

10 November 2011
By Steve Green

Gaming win down again on Las Vegas Strip, statewide

A view of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, Sept. 16, 2011.

For the second straight month, gross gambling win fell in the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip due to poor showings in baccarat and at the sports books.

9 November 2011
By Cy Ryan

Slot-maker IGT reports doubled earnings for fiscal 4th quarter

International Game Technology, the world’s largest slot machine manufacturer, more than doubled earnings and boosted revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter thanks to strong North American machine sales.

8 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Tropicana Las Vegas 3rd-quarter losses narrow

A new entrance allows guests to bypass the casino and go straight to Nikki Beach/Club Nikki at the Tropicana Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

The Tropicana in Las Vegas posted a smaller quarterly loss Tuesday as business continued to pick up thanks to the completion of remodeling jobs.

8 November 2011
By Steve Green

Caesars Entertainment sees 3rd-quarter profits rise 12.8 percent

Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment joined the club of gaming companies boosted by improved Southern Nevada results, despite an overall third-quarter revenue decline primarily caused by Hurricane Irene.

8 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Regulators close bank tied to Internet poker, fraud case

A small Utah bank tied to a Las Vegas fraud lawsuit and April’s Internet poker crackdown failed on Friday.

4 November 2011
By Steve Green

Sandoval to revive Gaming Policy Committee

Gov. Brian Sandoval today said he will bring back the 11-member Gaming Policy Committee to advise regulators, legislators and him on how Nevada can maintain its edge as the leader of gaming regulatory policy at a time when technology is expanding industry boundaries.

4 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

New poker slot machine aims to simulate a human brain

Your poker opponent pauses to think, stalls, then raises. You aren’t sure if it’s a bluff. Good luck charms sit on the table. It sounds like virtually any poker game, and it is. Except for the fact that your opponent is a computer, and you’re playing on a slot machine.

4 November 2011
By Delen Goldberg

MGM Resorts says Las Vegas rebound continuing

MGM Resorts International executives today said a broad-based recovery is continuing in the Las Vegas hotel-casino market despite national economic worries.

3 November 2011
By Steve Green

'Girls Gone Wild' chief suing Wynn over Las Vegas debt

The founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire has upped the ante in a legal dispute over a $2 million casino debt with Las Vegas Strip casino mogul Steve Wynn and the Wynn Las Vegas resort.

2 November 2011
By Ken Ritter

State regulators recommend partnership to control Palms hotel-casino

The Palms Casino Resort and Palms Place.

The state Gaming Control Board today recommended the licensing of a private equity partnership as the controlling interest of the Palms hotel-casino.

2 November 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Hooters' creditor presses for quick sale or foreclosure

The Hooters resort-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Neither side is backing down in the Hooters Las Vegas casino resort bankruptcy case, with Hooters’ main creditor asserting again Wednesday it should be allowed to foreclose on and sell the property.

2 November 2011
By Steve Green

Tropicana Entertainment sees its profits improve

The Tropicana Laughlin.

Hotel-casino operator Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas on Wednesday posted a third quarter profit, even as its Nevada properties continued to struggle through the recession.

2 November 2011
By Steve Green

Permits OK'd for remodel of Sahara — minus roller coaster

The Sahara in Las Vegas on Friday, May 13, 2011.

The shuttered Sahara would reopen with a renovated casino floor and 1,622 hotel rooms, but minus its signature roller coaster, under plans unveiled on Wednesday. The plans, presented to the Clark County Commission, end speculation that owners of the 59-year-old building were going to implode it and start from scratch. Commissioners approved use permits to renovate the hotel’s interior, including the casino and 1,622 rooms. Plans also include demolition of the roller coaster.

2 November 2011
By Joe Schoenmann

Former NBA player Antoine Walker to get probation on bad check charges

Former NBA player Antoine Walker makes an initial appearance in District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

The sentencing for professional basketball player Antoine Walker, who pleaded guilty in June to felony bad check charges, has been delayed a week.

1 November 2011
By Conor Shine
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