New Jersey's robust sports betting market broke the $1 billion mark for the sixth time last month in terms of the amount of bets taken. But the news was bad in March for seven of the nine casinos that ...
18 April 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
With the latest edition of the New York Post in one hand and a beer in the other, George Miller fumbled for a betting slip he feared might have been blown away on a blustery day at a ...
18 April 2022
By Bryan Horwath
As a casino dealer, Shamikah Townsend knows when the odds are in her favor. And they definitely are right now. While working at one Atlantic City casino last year, she went to a job fair held by a different one, and was surprised at how ...
15 April 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
On the 16th anniversary of a New Jersey law that banned indoor smoking in most public places — except in casinos — hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers called on state lawmakers Tuesday to ban ...
12 April 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The Palms, shuttered since the outset of pandemic in March 2020 and then sold to a new hospitality company, will reopen April 27, officials announced this morning. The resort, west of the Strip on ...
5 April 2022
By Ray Brewer,
Bryan Horwath
Nevada casino regulators could still impose a $500,000 fine and discipline former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn over allegations of workplace ...
1 April 2022
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
A man playing Let It Ride at a Las Vegas Strip casino won a $1 million jackpot Wednesday, according to a social media post. The Twitter post from ...
31 March 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Nevada’s tourism economy is putting the coronavirus pandemic behind it, with regulators reporting the best casino winnings ever for a February and the airport serving Las Vegas announcing plans to resume nonstop international flights in April. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday reported a 12th straight month of $1 billion or more in ...
30 March 2022
Associated Press
A woman from Hawaii won a $1.3 million slot machine jackpot Monday at a downtown Las Vegas casino, according to a news release. The woman won the progressive jackpot late Monday morning after ...
29 March 2022
By Bryan Horwath
A visitor from Illinois won a nearly $1.1 million jackpot while playing Pai Gow poker Tuesday at a Strip casino. Dennis Albers of Morton, Ill., won the prize while ...
16 March 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Scott Kreeger has been part of many of the planning meetings for the newest Station Casinos resort. He’s had a hand in helping shape everything from the entertainment and food options to the color scheme.
11 March 2022
By Ray Brewer
The new operator of the Venetian has created an “equity-like” sharing program that could be worth thousands of dollars for each employee at the Strip resort. Apollo Global Management Inc., which recently ...
2 March 2022
By Bryan Horwath
The sale of the Venetian from the Las Vegas Sands Corp. to a New York-based asset management firm is a done deal. A $6 billion deal to purchase the Strip resort, along with ...
23 February 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Legal betting on this year's Super Bowl was heavy in the four states that had reported results as of Tuesday. Nevada saw nearly $180 million in bets, New Jersey saw nearly $144 million, Mississippi saw ...
15 February 2022
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
When gaming officials contacted him by phone on Jan. 28, Robert Taylor said he thought it was a scam. “We were waiting for them to start asking for credit card numbers and stuff like that."
9 February 2022
By Bryan Horwath
