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On-site vaccine shots offered to more Las Vegas casino workers

The Green Valley Ranch resort in Henderson.

A local casino operator has joined other Las Vegas companies offering on-site coronavirus vaccine shots to hospitality workers. Station Casinos vaccination clinics ...

1 April 2021
Associated Press

DraftKings buys VSiN sports betting video broadcast company

Legendary broadcaster Brent Musburger reveals the custom-built sports broadcasting studio and new home of VSiN (Vegas Stats and Information Network) within the South Point Hotel on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017.

DraftKings has bought Vegas Sports Information Network, a multiplatform broadcast and content company delivering sports betting news, analysis and data to U.S. customers, DraftKings announced Tuesday. The acquisition provides more content for DraftKings, which has retail or online sports ...

30 March 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Nevada casinos get more gamblers, but revenues still lag

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

Casinos are getting more gamblers back a year after the coronavirus pandemic began, but house revenue for the Las Vegas Strip still lagged in February, state regulators ...

25 March 2021
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Bill would create commission to regulate esports in Nevada

The HyperX Esports Arena is shown prior to its reopening at the Luxor Thursday, June 25, 2020. The front lobby is open daily for gaming. The main arena is open for tournaments on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Beneath the Luxor Sky Beam, video games have found a foothold. The Luxor is home to the 30,000-square-foot HyperX Esports Arena, the first of its kind on the Strip. It’s become ...

22 March 2021
By John Sadler

Rebranded Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has feel of desert oasis

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas is scheduled to open March 25. The reimagined and remodeled off-Strip resort features a desert theme instead of the former Hard Rock Hotel's rock ’n’ roll vibe.

The opening of a new or rebranded casino in Las Vegas is typically an over-the-top celebration with fireworks, bands and people lined up to get in. But the ...

19 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Rio to be remodeled, rebranded as Hyatt

An exterior view of the Rio Sunday Dec. 7, 2014.

Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to remodel the Rio’s roughly 2,500 rooms and rebrand the off-Strip resort under the Hyatt brand. The Rio’s gaming, retail, restaurant, spa ...

18 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

NCAA Tournament to provide ‘a shot in the arm’ to Las Vegas

A look at Hoops & Hops inside the 40,000-square-foot Belmont Ballroom at the Cosmopolitan on March 15, 2018.

Jay Kornegay, vice president of Westgate SuperBook, was unsure of what type of demand to expect when his property released viewing-party tickets and table reservations for the upcoming first weekend of ...

14 March 2021
By Case Keefer

Circa Sports opening at casinos off the Strip, in downtown Henderson

Invited guests check out the three-story sportsbook, billed as the worlds largest, before the opening of Circa in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.

Circa Sports is branching out in the Las Vegas Valley. The Derek Stevens sportsbook brand will debut books at the off-Strip Tuscany and the Pass, which is expected to be taking bets ...

14 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Man hits $892,000 jackpot at Cosmopolitan

A California man hit an $892,000 jackpot today while playing a Vacation slot machine at the Cosmopolitan. The player was in Las Vegas to celebrate a ...

12 March 2021
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Las Vegas casino, hospitality workers can get vaccinations

From left, Evan Savar, Nabu Reyes and dealer Leah Prerost are shown at a Red Rock Resort blackjack table just after the casino opened, Thursday, June 4, 2020.

Workers in the key Las Vegas restaurant, hospitality and casino sectors were told Thursday they can get a coronavirus vaccination. State COVID-19 response ...

11 March 2021
Associated Press

Las Vegas resort operator interested in proposed Chicago casino

The Chicago skyline is seen from the Museum Campus during a cold weather day in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021.

At least one Las Vegas gaming company has expressed interest in operating a proposed casino in Chicago. Wynn Resorts was among several Las Vegas-based ...

10 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Pandemic deals another blow to poker in Las Vegas

A view of the shuttered poker room during a tour of Caesars Palace Thursday, May 21, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.

When casinos reopened in June after the coronavirus shutdown, a number of poker rooms in Las Vegas remained dark, and it seems likely some will never return to action. The pandemic has wiped out about a third of an already dwindling number of poker tables in Clark County, mostly in ...

9 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas Sands sells the Venetian, Palazzo, Sands Expo for $6.25B

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

In the two-part deal, VICI Properties will buy the property and all assets associated with the Venetian Resort Las Vegas and the Sands Expo for $4 billion.

3 March 2021
From staff and wire reports

Lucky Las Vegas: Visitors from Texas, Colorado and Arizona win six-figure jackpots

A passenger plays a slot machine while waiting for flight in a newly renovated A-Gates cluster building at McCarran International Airport Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018.

Three players hit six-figure jackpots in recent days on a slot machine and table games in Las Vegas. Last week, a woman from Texas playing a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at ...

2 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Report: Las Vegas casinos still slumping, other markets improving

In this Feb. 4, 2021, file photo, a man walks in front of the Circus Circus hotel and casino in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Strip casinos are continuing to suffer effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a monthly report from state regulators, but Northern Nevada and parts of the state that attract local and drive-in gamblers are showing signs of recovery. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported ...

25 February 2021
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
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