Gaming

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

Revamped down to the carpet, the El Cortez is positioned for a Las Vegas rebound

Adam Wiesberg, El Cortez general manager, poses in the High Limit room at the El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The El Cortez is nearly finished with a multi-year, $25 million renovation project.

When the El Cortez changed the carpet on its gaming floor January as part of ongoing renovations, officials sensed customers would be interested in having pieces of the matting pattern as memorabilia and made it for sale in the gift shop.

22 February 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Casino industry report charts sharp drop in 2020 revenues

In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, a woman sits at a slot machine in a casino in Las Vegas.

A national casino industry group said Wednesday the pandemic cut gambling revenue in the U.S. by 31% in 2020, compared with the year before. The American ...

17 February 2021
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Mandalay Bay, Park MGM, Mirage resuming 24/7 hotel operations

An exterior view of the Mirage Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.

MGM Resorts International will resume 24/7 hotel operations at Mandalay Bay, Park MGM and the Mirage starting March 3. The change comes as the ...

17 February 2021
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Rebranding the Eldorado: New owner modernizing popular landmark on Water Street

The Eldorado, which has remained shuttered since the government mandated coronavirus closure in March, is undergoing renovations in downtown Henderson, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.

In the side parking lot of the old Eldorado Casino site in Henderson’s Water Street District lay what’s left of the sign that used to hang on the back entrance of the property. New ownership is modernizing the building in a $5 million renovation, and that starts by ...

14 February 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Firm acquires Drew Las Vegas with plans to finish stalled resort project

A view of The Drew Las Vegas (formerly Fontainebleau Las Vegas) Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

A well-funded real estate firm has announced a deal to acquire a stalled casino-resort development on the north end of the Strip. Koch Real Estate Investments, an arm of Koch Industries, said it is teaming with Fontainebleau Development to complete the Drew Las Vegas, a long-planned ...

12 February 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas set to open March 25

Richard "Boz" Bosworth, president and CEO of JC Hospitality and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas porte cochere Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.

The twice-delayed opening of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has been reset for March 25, said Richard “Boz“ Bosworth, president and CEO of JC Hospitality, owner of the ...

11 February 2021
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Las Vegas man hits $905,000 jackpot at Ellis Island

A Las Vegas man won over $905,000 on a slot machine at an off-Strip casino this week. David Frys, a regular at Ellis Island, hit the Buffalo Grand jackpot on ...

3 February 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Virus aid, no new taxes top U.S. gambling industry 2021 goals

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

The U.S. gambling industry wants additional financial aid from the next round of coronavirus stimulus legislation, and promises to fight new or higher taxes on its operations as it works to ...

29 January 2021
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
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