Gaming

Las Vegas Sands: Ex-employee's claim dismissed

Casino-resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. says it has won a labor dispute in Israel against a former executive who said he gave billionaire CEO Sheldon Adelson the idea to invest in Macau.

28 January 2011
Associated Press

$650,000 settlement with Hard Rock Hotel gets OK

The valet entrance for the new HRH Tower at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas Monday, December 28, 2009.

The Hard Rock has built a reputation as one of the biggest party joints in a town full of them. And on Thursday it paid the price — a $650,000 fine — after conceding to state gaming authorities that it has had a hard time keeping its own employees in line, let alone the partyers who swarm the hotel and its notorious pool scene.

27 January 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Moody's says Herbst Gaming debt rating outlook stable, despite challenges

Herbst Gaming of Las Vegas continues to face financial challenges after emerging from bankruptcy, but its debt rating outlook is stable, Moody's Investors Service said today.

27 January 2011
By Steve Green

Texas company sues Las Vegas Sands over rights to 'Palazzo' name

The Palazzo is shown during the Epicurean Affair on Sept. 9, 2010.

Another trademark infringement lawsuit has been filed in a dispute between the Palazzo resort on the Las Vegas Strip and a Texas clothing company. On Tuesday, Palazzo Design Corp. sued Las Vegas Sands in federal court in Houston.

26 January 2011
By Steve Green

$8.5 million renovation a first for Primm Valley casinos

A recently remodeled room is shown at Buffalo Bill's in Primm on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Designer desks, chairs, dressers and night stands that were intended for the failed Fontainebleau project were picked up by Primm Valley Casino Resorts.

In a resort about 40 miles from the Las Vegas Strip sits a hotel room filled with sleek and modern remnants of the shuttered Fontainebleau project. If not for a painting on the wall of a horse grazing by a mountainside, for a moment, you’d almost forget you were inside Buffalo Bill’s at Primm Valley Resorts.

24 January 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

Caesars Entertainment sues man over $140,247 gambling debt

Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas is suing another bankrupt customer, charging he signed gambling markers at four casinos totaling $140,247 that turned out to be worthless.

23 January 2011
By Steve Green

Woman hits $12.7 million Megabucks jackpot at CityCenter's Aria

A gambler at a Strip casino turned $6 into more than $12.7 million when she hit the Megabucks Jackpot at Aria on Friday afternoon. The gambler, who wished to remain anonymous, was visiting Las Vegas for her niece’s birthday when she hit the jackpot.

21 January 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

Court denies claims of man in counterfeiting ring who lost $1.9 million at Caesars Palace

A federal appeals court has denied the petition of a man convicted in a counterfeiting ring who tried to make up for $1.9 million lost at a Las Vegas casino.

21 January 2011
By Cy Ryan

CityCenter raises $1.5 billion to reduce debt

The sweeping forms of Aria are visible from a two-bedroom apartment at Veer Towers at CityCenter.

The world's most expensive casino development has raised $1.5 billion to pay down existing debt.

21 January 2011
Associated Press

MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren attending state dinner

The White House says the chief executive of casino operator MGM Resorts International plans to attend a state dinner honoring Chinese President Hu Jintao.

19 January 2011
Associated Press

County to hold separate meetings for liquor, gaming licenses

Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved adding a new meeting to their schedule, one specifically to discuss liquor and gaming licenses.

18 January 2011
By Kyle B. Hansen

Lawsuit: Roadhouse casino owner interfered with proposed sale

A new lawsuit claims the owner of the closed Roadhouse casino in Henderson interfered with and blocked the proposed sale of the property for $14 million in 2007. Creekside Holdings Inc. filed suit last month against Roadhouse owner Robert McMackin and his company.

18 January 2011
By Steve Green

Primm Valley casinos betting on Hispanics

Maria Macedo, a Cuban-born table games supervisor, says the bilingual tables are among the most popular at Buffalo Bill's in Primm.

Last year, the head of marketing for Primm Valley resorts pitched his boss on an $85,000 entertainment act to fill the 6,500-seat arena at Buffalo Bill’s, one of three budget hotels the company operates in Primm.

18 January 2011
By Liz Benston

Rio ordered to return $471,000 in gambling losses

The administrator of a bankrupt Illinois company won a $471,250 judgment Thursday against a Las Vegas casino after complaining officials at the firm used company funds to pay gambling debts while it was insolvent.

14 January 2011
By Steve Green

Shuffle Master 4Q profit falls on charges

Casino equipment maker Shuffle Master Inc. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 8 percent, dragged down by a legal settlement and financing costs.

13 January 2011
Associated Press
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