Gaming

South Point gambler hits nearly $500K jackpot on Wheel of Fortune game

A visitor to South Point walked away with close to a half-million dollars after playing a slot machine on Sunday. The player, who chose to remain anonymous ...

Slots player hits $5.5 million jackpot on Las Vegas Strip

This Twitter image shows a $5.5 million jackpot hit at Excalibur on a Wheel of Fortune machine on Jan. 12, 2020.

A slots player at the Excalibur hit a $5.5 million jackpot last weekend.

DraftKings opens office at Town Square to 'deepen ties to Las Vegas'

A look at the Las Vegas headquarters of DraftKings, the Boston-based daily fantasy sports and gaming company. The group opened a Las Vegas office at Town Square in January 2020.

Boston-based daily fantasy sports and gaming company DraftKings is opening a Las Vegas office in Town Square ...

MGM Resorts selling MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay for about $2.5B

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

MGM Resorts International is selling the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay resorts and casinos on the Las Vegas Strip to a joint venture for about $2.5 billion ...

Las Vegas hotel denies defaming OJ Simpson in reports of his ban

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

A Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino denied that O.J. Simpson was defamed when employees banned him from the property in 2017 and a celebrity news site reported the paroled former football hero had been drunk ...

After Super Bowl, sports books preparing for XFL bets

In this Nov. 18, 2019, photo, patrons visit the sports betting area of Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I. Gambling regulators and sports books in several U.S. states are preparing to allow gamblers to bet on XFL games once the league's season begins in early February.

While many sports fans are picking NFL playoff teams to bet on, or marshaling their cash for the Super Bowl, yet another opportunity to wager on football is right around the corner: the XFL.

As sports betting expands, MLB executive eyes prop wagering as a natural fit

Major League Baseball lines are displayed at the first Circa sports book at the Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas Friday, May 31, 2019.

Major League Baseball has long lagged behind other major leagues like the NFL and NBA as far as betting interest in local sports books. But baseball executives aren’t ready to ...

Canadian wins $775K jackpot at Pahrump casino

A woman, only identified as Cathy, won a $775,000 Saturday at a Pahrump casino on a $3 slot-machine wager.

A woman visiting from Canada won a $775,000 Saturday at a Pahrump casino on a ...

Jan Jones Blackhurst named to post with UNLV International Gaming Institute

Jan Jones Blackhurst was recently named chief executive in residence at the UNLV International Gaming Institute. Jones Blackhurst, who was the first woman elected mayor of Las Vegas and served two terms, has more than ...

Nevada casino winnings fall just short of $1B in November

The SuperBook at the Westgate in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Miranda Alam/Special to the Weekly

Nevada casinos brought in nearly $938 million in winnings in November, down slightly from the same month a year ago, regulators said Friday. A steep decline in baccarat winnings contributed to ...

Dustin Drai: 'The nightlife business is going to keep growing'

Dustin Drai, the vice president of entertainment for Drai's Beachclub, Nightclub and Afterhours at Cromwell, is pictured Friday, Dec. 20, 2019.

While the pressures of being the son of a well-known nightclub and restaurant mogul might get to some, that doesn’t seem to be the case with Dustin Drai ...

Sports betting's rapid expansion faces more tests in 2020

In this Nov. 18, 2019, photo, sportsbook shift manager Stuart Norsell, right, assists a patron, left, in the sports betting area of Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I.

The line for the ticket windows at a Rhode Island casino's sportsbook stretched to the door on one afternoon last month: Gamblers were cashing in their winnings from betting on the victorious New England Patriots the day before and ...

Player hits $1.1 million jackpot at Caesars Palace

A lucky slot machine player at Caesars Palace walked away with more than $1 million last week, according to a Caesars spokeswoman. The player, who elected to remain anonymous, played ...

Treasure Island joins Radisson hotels network

Visitors to Treasure Island can now use their Radisson rewards points to book rooms at the Las Vegas Strip property. And starting sometime next year, guests will start earning ...

Resorts World president: ‘This will be a property like nobody’s ever seen in Las Vegas’

Resorts World Las Vegas president Scott Sibella poses outside the 59-story resort and casino currently under construction on the Strip on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.

On the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, a head-turning monster of a resort with two hotel towers is being built on an 88-acre site. With a $4.3 billion price tag ...