Gaming

Ted Lee, casino owner, benefactor of UNLV, dies

Ted and Doris Lee chat with well-wishers before an announcement of a $15 million donation from the Ted and Doris Lee family to the UNLV business college on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.

Ted Lee and his family have had their hands in many types of businesses throughout Southern Nevada, from real estate to the Eureka Casinos brand, hotels, restaurants and more.

20 August 2021
By Ray Brewer

Slot player hits $1.5 million jackpot at Venetian

An exterior view of the Venetian in Las Vegas,Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

A guest at a Strip resort hit a $1.5 million jackpot while playing a slot machine Tuesday, according to a news release. The gambler, who chose to remain anonymous, hit the ...

12 August 2021
By Bryan Horwath

In-person gamblers lifting U.S. casino market to its best year

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

Gamblers anxious to hit the slot machines and table games in person after a year of coronavirus restrictions are lifting the U.S. casino industry to ...

10 August 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Downtown Las Vegas’ Main Street Station set to reopen next month

Traffic passes in front of the Main Street Station, downtown, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.

Main Street Station, closed since the coronavirus shutdown in March 2020, will reopen next month, according to a news release from Boyd Gaming. The downtown Las Vegas casino and hotel will return to ...

9 August 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Man hits $627,000 jackpot at downtown Las Vegas casino

Pedestrians walk down the Fremont Street Experience in front of the D Hotel & Casino, downtown, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

A man at a downtown Las Vegas casino turned a $3.75 bet into more than $600,000 on Sunday. The gambler, whose name was withheld, hit ...

27 July 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas Sands reports $192 million loss

Sands Cotai Central, which sits just across from Venetian Macau.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) on Wednesday reported a loss of $192 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Las Vegas-based company said it had a loss of 25 cents. Losses, adjusted to account for ...

21 July 2021
Associated Press

MGM resorts, Orix submit proposal to build first casino in Japan

An exterior view of the Bellagio on Aug. 28. 2016.

Reuters reports that U.S. casino operator MGM Resorts International and partner Orix Corp. have submitted a proposal to build their ...

21 July 2021
Reuters

Former gaming exec, education advocate Tom Gallagher dies at 76

Tom Gallagher was a lifelong advocate of education, something witnessed in the respected lawyer and business leader’s work with various causes in Southern Nevada. The former Caesars ...

20 July 2021
By Ray Brewer

Woman wins $646,000 at downtown Las Vegas casino

An exterior view of the Fremont casino in downtown Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

A woman from Hawaii won just over $646,000 on Thursday at the Fremont in downtown Las Vegas. The visitor hit a progressive jackpot while playing a Buffalo Inferno slot machine late ...

16 July 2021
By Bryan Horwath

California woman hits $481,000 jackpot on Las Vegas Strip

A California woman won $481,000 while playing a slot machine Sunday at a Las Vegas Strip resort. The woman from El Cajon, Calif., hit the jackpot on a $5.60 bet at the Venetian while playing a ...

6 July 2021
By Bryan Horwath

MGM selling Aria, Vdara real estate on Las Vegas Strip for $3.9 billion

An exterior view of Aria on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

MGM Resorts International announced today it is selling two of its Strip properties, although it will continue to operate them. MGM has entered into ...

1 July 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Nevada casinos take in record $1.23B in winnings in May

Gamblers place bets on roulette during the reopening of the Mirage Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020.

Nevada's tourism and gambling industry has come roaring back after the pandemic shuttered casinos and kept tourists away last year, with casinos setting a record in May ...

30 June 2021
By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Northern Nevada gambling icon John Ascuaga dies at age 96

John Ascuaga, right, founder of John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks, is applauded after accepting his induction into the Nevada Business Hall of Fame during a ceremony Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.

John Ascuaga, the son of Basque sheepherders who became a northern Nevada gambling icon after he bought a small coffee shop with a few slot machines in Sparks in 1960 and turned it into a major hotel-casino he operated for more than a half century, has died. He was 96. Ascuaga was known for roaming the casino floor and ...

29 June 2021
Associated Press

Slot player hits $1.5 million jackpot at Las Vegas Strip resort

A player hit a $1.5 million jackpot while playing a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the Venetian on Monday, June 28, 2021.

A gambler turned a $5 bet into $1.5 million Monday night while playing a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the Venetian, the Las Vegas Strip resort announced. The player, who wished to ...

29 June 2021
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Solar farm outside Las Vegas powering MGM resorts on the Strip

Solar panels are installed as part of the MGM Resorts Mega Solar Array, which launched Monday, June 28, 2021. The 100-megawatt solar power facility will produce up to 90% of MGM Resorts International’s Las Vegas daytime power.

When guests play a slot machine or turn on a light at an MGM Resorts International resort on the Las Vegas Strip, much of the electricity comes from a solar farm about ...

28 June 2021
By Bryan Horwath
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