Gaming

Nugget Casino Resort laying off over 150 employees

Sparks businesses are still feeling the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as more residents test positive and continue to ...

15 October 2020
Sparks Tribune

Springfield, MGM continue talks on $2.3 million underpayment from casino during coronavirus

This Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, photo shows the MGM Springfield casino's front facade on Main Street in Springfield, Mass.

City officials said this week that MGM Springfield continues to owe $2.3 million to the city, MassLive reports. The contractual payment has been delayed since ...

15 October 2020
MassLive

Slow business prompts Encore to close three days a week

A view of the Encore and Wynn on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

Citing weak customer demand, Wynn Resorts announced today it is cutting the operating schedule at the Encore to four days a week. The 2,034-room Strip resort will be open Thursdays through Sundays only. After closing at noon Monday, it will be closed until ...

13 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Gaming group: No federal help for Las Vegas casinos expected soon

People cross Casino Center Boulevard at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Friday, June 12, 2020.

An American Gaming Association official said election politics have likely torpedoed the chance for additional COVID-19 federal relief funds that could help the gaming industry ...

10 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath,
John Sadler

Wynn Resorts enhancing security measures in Las Vegas

A view of the Encore and Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Dec. 26, 2017.

Wynn Resorts will employ added security measures at the Wynn and Encore properties in Las Vegas on weekends in an effort to push back against ...

6 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Nevada casino winnings report charts sluggish August

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

Casino gambling remained slow in Nevada last month, according to a key index of casino activity that showed little improvement from the month before. The Nevada ...

30 September 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Caesars Entertainment buys bookmaker William Hill for $3.7B

A view of the William Hill Sports Book during the reopening of the Tropicana Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

Caesars Entertainment said Wednesday it is buying the British bookmaker William Hill for $3.7 billion in a deal aimed at binding its casinos ever closer to the ...

30 September 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Caesars says it has deal in place to acquire William Hill

An exterior view of Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

Caesars Entertainment has a deal in place to buy sports-betting firm William Hill.

30 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath

MGM Resorts outlines conference health screening option

An exterior view of the MGM Grand hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Casino giant MGM Resorts International is teaming with a firm that provided COVID-19 screenings for the National Hockey League playoffs and ...

29 September 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Will Park MGM no-smoking policy set a trend in Las Vegas?

An exterior view of the Park MGM, formerly the Monte Carlo, is shown from Toshiba Plaza Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

Public health advocates are praising MGM Resorts International for establishing the Strip’s first nonsmoking casino, but industry observers say it’s too early to know ...

27 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Planet Hollywood to reopen Oct. 8 in Las Vegas

An exterior view of Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

The gaming floor of the Caesars Entertainment property will be open daily, and the hotel will accommodate guests Thursdays-Sundays.

25 September 2020
By VEGAS INC Staff

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas set to open January 15

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. Bosworth announced a Jan. 15, 2021 opening for the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas (formerly the Hard Rock Hotel).

Virgin Hotels officials today announced a new opening date of Jan. 15 for the hospitality brand’s debut in Las Vegas just east of the Strip at the former Hard Rock Hotel site while also expressing support for the members of Southern Nevada’s most essential industry currently struggling through the pandemic.

24 September 2020
By Brock Radke

Ray of sunshine: Circa resort creating 1,500 jobs in Las Vegas amid pandemic

Derek Stevens, who owns The D and Golden Gate in Las Vegas, is shown in front of his newest resort property, Circa, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.

The first casino built downtown in four decades, Circa is providing some 1,500 jobs at a time the coronavirus pandemic has rocked the Las Vegas economy, sending ...

24 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Poker room at Encore reopening Sept. 30

An exterior view of the Encore hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

The poker room at Encore is set to open later this month, according to a news release Friday from Wynn Resorts. The 24-hour poker room will open at ...

18 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Wynn Resorts tallies 548 COVID-19 positives, 3 worker deaths

A view of the Encore and Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Dec. 26, 2017.

One Las Vegas Strip casino company said today that it tallied 548 positive tests for COVID-19 among its 12,000 employees since May, and three workers have died. Wynn Resorts reported that testing found 51 positive cases of the new coronavirus among ...

17 September 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
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