Before 42-1, there was 27-1. That was the number that popped into oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro’s head in early February 1990, though at the time it didn’t seem ...
11 February 2020
By Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press
An old suite at Green Valley Ranch that hadn’t been rented out for nearly a decade was recently brought back to life, offering sweeping views of the Strip and ...
10 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The revived league owned by wrestling impresario Vince McMahon will consciously appeal to fans accustomed to betting on professional or college football ...
8 February 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Wynn Resorts is losing up to $2.6 million a day due to its luxury casinos in Macau being closed over coronavirus concerns. That’s according to Wynn CEO Matt Maddox, who said ...
6 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Nevada's hotel-casino industry wants a judge to halt a petition drive for a ballot initiative backed by the state's biggest teachers union that would raise taxes significantly on ...
5 February 2020
By Scott Sonner, Associated Press
Gamblers in Nevada wagered $154.7 million on this year's Super Bowl, an increase from last year but still below the high set in 2018. The Nevada Gaming Control Board ...
4 February 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The scene inside the Hard Rock Hotel late Monday afternoon was an unfamiliar sight. Not only were the property’s famous rock ‘n roll memorabilia cases empty, but restaurants were closed, TVs were gone from bar areas and only a few lonely patrons were among ...
4 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Jimmy Vaccaro, one of the deans of the Las Vegas bookmaking community, marvels at how popular and accepted sports betting has become. Now in his 46th year in the business ...
2 February 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Nevada casinos reaped more than $1 billion in winnings in December, pushing the tally for 2019 past $12 billion in a key index of state fiscal health. The statewide ...
30 January 2020
Associated Press
Five years after a Philadelphia developer bought an Atlantic City shopping and entertainment pier from Caesars Entertainment, he's selling it back to them so he can concentrate on his plan to return gambling to the former Showboat casino. Bart Blatstein told The Associated Press on Tuesday he has sold the ...
28 January 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
This past year proved, once again, that change is the only constant in the ever-evolving world of legal gaming. And, 2020 promises to bring even more disruption to the industry worldwide ...
27 January 2020
By Gregory A. Brower
A Rhode Island casino company said Friday it has completed the purchase of three casinos in Colorado. Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. said it closed on the Golden Gates, Golden Gulch and Mardi Gras casinos in ...
24 January 2020
Associated Press
When Jim Murren arrived in Las Vegas in 1998, the thought of a gaming company like MGM Resorts International becoming a partner with an NFL team was unthinkable. The divide between sports leagues like ...
24 January 2020
By Bryan Horwath
MGM is now the official gaming partner of the Las Vegas Raiders. MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren made the announcement this morning at Mandalay Bay with ...
23 January 2020
By Bryan Horwath
O.J. Simpson couldn’t have been defamed by accounts that he was drunk and disruptive before being banned from a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino, because his reputation was already ...
22 January 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
