Gaming

Nevada casino winnings in December push 2019 total past $12B

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 ...

Atlantic City pier sold; return of gambling to Showboat eyed

This June 27, 2014, photo shows the Showboat casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

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 ...

Gaming in 2020: Five things to watch

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.

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 ...

Las Vegas company sells 3 casinos in Colorado

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 ...

Murren: Raiders, MGM have ‘perfect partnership’ in Las Vegas

Jim Murren, center, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, poses with Chuck Bowling, left, president and COO of Mandalay Bay, and Tony Gladney, vice president of community engagement for MGM Resorts, during a news conference at Mandalay Bay Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.

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 ...

MGM is gaming partner of Las Vegas Raiders

Jim Murren, right, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, poses with Marc Badain, president of the Las Vegas Raiders, during a news conference at Mandalay Bay Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. MGM Resorts International announced a founding partnership with the Las Vegas Raiders.

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 ...

Casino says O.J. Simpson too tarnished to defame

This photo provided by Didier J. Fabien shows O.J. Simpson in the garden of his Las Vegas area home on Monday, June 3, 2019.

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 ...

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 ...