Gaming

Wynn Resorts announces Steve Wynn's role in Monaco joint venture

Wynn Resorts Ltd. today confirmed the new joint venture Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn is involved with is Monaco QD International Hotels and Resorts Management.

28 December 2010
By Steve Green

Steve Wynn gets citizenship from Monaco as part of joint venture

Steve Wynn has agreed to serve as an outside director for a joint venture between the governments of Monaco and Qatar, and in the process Prince Albert II of Monaco has conferred Monegasque citizenship upon Wynn.

27 December 2010
By Steve Green

Caesars fires back at Ben Roethlisberger accuser

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throws a football to a fan on the 17th hole during the American Century Golf Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nev., on Saturday, July 18, 2009.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas is fighting back in a lawsuit filed by Andrea McNulty, the former Lake Tahoe casino host who claims she was sexually assaulted by NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

27 December 2010
By Steve Green

Lawyer alleges evidence destroyed in sexual harassment case

The lawyer for a woman alleging sexual harassment against the N9NE Group and its top executive in Las Vegas is now claiming evidence has been destroyed in her case.

27 December 2010
By Steve Green

Airlines, an arena and a train might be talk of 2011

Usually around this time, we glance back at the year that was. But since there’s nothing we can do about it now, we might as well look ahead. Here’s my list of the Top 10 Southern Nevada tourism and gaming stories you’ll be reading about in 2011.

25 December 2010
By Richard N. Velotta

Woman hits $2.9 million jackpot on penny slot machine

Dorothy Reynolds, holding check, poses at Planet Hollywood with, from left, daughter Jill Crosswhite, son-in-law Gary Crosswhite and her husband, Don Reynolds, after hitting a $2.9 million jackpot on a penny slot machine.

A California woman got an early Christmas present this week when she hit a $2.9 million jackpot on a penny slot machine at Planet Hollywood. She had been playing about three hours and put $500 into the machine when she hit the jackpot.

23 December 2010
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Moody's predicts slight increase in U.S. gaming industry for 2011

Analysts at Moody's Investors Service are a bit more optimistic about the U.S. gaming industry, issuing a report Wednesday projecting gaming revenue will grow 1-2 percent and casino operator profits will increase 2-4 percent in 2011.

22 December 2010
By Steve Green

Sun wins national media award for telling the story of gambling addiction

The Las Vegas Sun has won a national broadcast journalism award for its examination of gambling addiction, becoming the first print-based news organization to receive the award for multimedia storytelling.

22 December 2010
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

County puts moratorium on new tavern licenses

Clark County will not issue any new business licenses for taverns for 70 days, as the county attempts to figure out what constitutes a “tavern” and considers an update to its code. The County commission, acting as the liquor and gaming board, voted 4-3 on Tuesday to implement on a moratorium on accepting new tavern applications.

22 December 2010
By Dylan Scott

Las Vegas expecting a bigger holiday crowd this year

A view of the Las Vegas Strip, which has suffered during the economic downturn.

While many people are staying close to home for the holiday, thousands of travelers are making Las Vegas their destination for the Christmas weekend. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority expects about 260,000 visitors over the holiday weekend, up 4.4 percent from 249,000 visitors during the same weekend last year.

22 December 2010
By Amanda Finnegan

Mystery gambler 'Robin Hood 702' offers $50,000 bounty for Bellagio bandit

Robin Hood 702, right, and Lady Greice.

The armed robbery at the Bellagio last week of $1.5 million in chips reads like a movie script: In a matter of just a few minutes, a helmeted motorcyclist strolls into the swanky Las Vegas Strip resort, brandishes a gun and sweeps up chips in denominations as high as $25,000.

22 December 2010
By Rich Coleman

Black Gaming settles age discrimination lawsuit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today said Black Gaming LLC has agreed to pay $60,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit involving one of its Mesquite casinos.

21 December 2010
By Steve Green

Northern Nevada casino firms sue FDIC, bankers

A company that lost six casino properties in Northern Nevada to foreclosure sued bank officials and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Monday, charging the bankers rigged the sale of a casino loan to favor the buyer.

21 December 2010
By Steve Green

Wynn fights demand for return of gambling debt payments

The bankruptcy liquidator for an Illinois company tainted by fraud is encountering resistance in his efforts to recover millions of dollars he says was wrongly sent to Las Vegas casinos to cover gambling debts.

19 December 2010
By Steve Green

Ex-CEO sues Pinnacle in legal battle over Louisiana casino resort

Dan Lee, former CEO of casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas, hit Pinnacle with a counterclaim this week in their legal battle over Lee's proposed casino resort in Louisiana.

17 December 2010
By Steve Green
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