Hotel and convention cancellations are up at Las Vegas resort properties due to the coronavirus, according to MGM’s top executive. In a news release today, MGM Resorts International Chairman and CEO Jim Murren said the company is “actively managing ...
12 March 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Buffets at MGM Resorts International properties on the Strip will temporarily close starting Sunday as concerns over the spread of the coronavirus persist. “These changes ...
10 March 2020
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez
A lucky slot player at a Strip casino won nearly $1.3 million Wednesday on a Wheel of Fortune machine. The player was playing a Wild Red Sevens Wheel of Fortune game at ...
6 March 2020
By Bryan Horwath
In the next few years, Scott Butera expects digital wagering to represent nearly 90% of the sports betting market. Butera, president of interactive gaming for MGM Resorts, made ...
6 March 2020
By Bryan Horwath
A slot player from Hawaii won more than $400,000 Saturday night at a downtown Las Vegas casino. A woman playing a $100 slot machine hit a progressive jackpot for ...
4 March 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Nevada casinos continued a hot streak in January, topping $1 billion in house winnings for the second consecutive month and eighth time in the last year. The state ...
28 February 2020
Associated Press
Caesars Entertainment has been largely unscathed by reaction to the coronavirus outbreak, which has caused a dramatic two-day pullback on ...
25 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The first annual Circa Sports Million football handicapping contest exceeded all expectations, so the newest local sports book operator is doubling the guarantee for next year’s iteration. ...
25 February 2020
By Case Keefer
UNLV today announced a $9 million gift from the California-based San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to support the Harrah College of Hospitality and Boyd School of Law. “As tribal gaming ...
21 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
During his playing days, former Chicago Bears star linebacker Brian Urlacher said he didn’t think about Las Vegas as a realistic home for an NFL team. But the Raiders’ move ...
19 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The Chinese territory of Macao will allow casinos to reopen Friday after a 15-day closure imposed to help block the spread of China's virus outbreak. The territory’s ...
17 February 2020
Associated Press
A Wheel of Fortune slots player hit it big at Wynn Las Vegas on Monday. The player, whose name was not released, won just over ...
12 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Bob Cashell, a three-term former Reno mayor, civic booster and casino owner was remembered Tuesday for his personality and his legacy of development in the ...
11 February 2020
Associated Press
Slot machines, the bread and butter of the casino industry, long ago lost their nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufacturers did away with the lever gamblers had to pull in order to activate the machine, replacing it with buttons ...
11 February 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A new undersea virtual reality experience is set to open next month next to Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef Aquarium. MGM Resorts International is working with ...
11 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
