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Hard Rock to buy, rebrand Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip

An exterior image of the Mirage May 15, 2020.

MGM Resorts International announced today it plans to sell the Mirage casino operations to Hard Rock International. The $1.075 billion deal, expected to close during the last half of next year, is pending the necessary regulatory approvals, according to a news release. Hard Rock plans to enter into a long-term ...

13 December 2021

By Bryan Horwath

Sports betting ads: Industry weighs how much is too much?

A clerk counts money at the sports book at Freehold Raceway on Oct. 24, 2020, in Freehold, N.J. With advertisements for sports betting blanketing the airwaves, some in the industry and their pro sports and technology partners are starting to ask how much is too much?

If you've turned on a television in the last three years, chances are you've been inundated with advertisements for sports betting, and not only during game broadcasts. Commercials featuring ...

3 December 2021

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Report: A’s looking at Tropicana resort site for Las Vegas ballpark

An exterior view of the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

The Oakland A’s are considering the Tropicana resort property on the Las Vegas Strip as a potential site for a new ballpark, according to a report today by CNBC, which ...

1 December 2021

By Bryan Horwath

9th Circuit sides with union in fight with Las Vegas casino

A view of the hotel tower at the Red Rock hotel-casino in Summerlin Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015.

A federal appeals court has upheld a U.S. judge’s ruling in Nevada requiring Station Casinos’ Red Rock Casino to bargain with the culinary and bartenders unions. The ruling by a ...

30 November 2021

Associated Press

Nevada casinos win $1.2B in October, matching record streak

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

Nevada casinos matched a record streak of eight straight months of $1 billion or more in house winnings in October, with travel, tourism and events returning to pre-pandemic levels in a state dependent on gambling revenues, according to ...

30 November 2021

Associated Press

Facade is rosy again: Can Bally's casino's future be, too?

This Oct. 1, 2020, photo shows the exterior of Bally's casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Perhaps nothing symbolized the spotty performance of Bally's casino in Atlantic City in recent years better than the mismatched replacement windows in its glass facade...

26 November 2021

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Flamingo Las Vegas joins El Cortez marking milestone dates

People are shown at one of the gaming tables at the Flamingo in Las Vegas on May 24, 1955.

Two iconic Las Vegas hotel-casinos are marking milestone dates — one on the Strip and one downtown. The Flamingo Las Vegas has begun celebrating its 75th birthday ahead of the Dec. 26 anniversary of the date in ...

20 November 2021

Associated Press

World Series of Poker moving to the Las Vegas Strip

Play begins at the final table during the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas Sunday, July 14, 2019.

The World Series of Poker is moving to Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas next year, with actor Vince Vaughn serving as master of ceremonies, Caesars Entertainment announced today. The series, which ...

17 November 2021

By Las Vegas Sun Staff

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

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

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 ...