Caesars Entertainment announced today that it has completed the $516.3 million sale of the Rio, which was announced earlier this year. The buyer is an ...
5 December 2019
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
Wynn Resorts agreed Wednesday to accept $41 million from former CEO and chairman Steve Wynn and insurance carriers as part of a settlement stemming from shareholder lawsuits accusing company directors ...
27 November 2019
By Scott Sonner, Associated Press
A woman from Hawaii hit a $1 million jackpot while playing a Wheel of Fortune slot machine Saturday night at the Fremont in downtown Las Vegas. The woman, who asked to ...
26 November 2019
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
Nevada casinos reaped more than $1 billion in winnings in October, marking the sixth time this year the state has topped the mark in a key index of fiscal health, regulators said Tuesday. Despite the ...
26 November 2019
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
Teresa Price was 22 when she quit college to become a table-games dealer, landing a job in 1978 on the Strip. At that time, smoking was allowed nearly everywhere — casinos were no exception.
24 November 2019
By Miranda Willson
As casinos try to lure younger customers, skill-based gaming has become a hot topic. One company bullish on skill-based games is Synergy Blue, which moved its operations ...
23 November 2019
By Bryan Horwath
A player at Paris Las Vegas hit a Face Up Pai Gow Poker progressive jackpot of $2.3 million on Thursday with a 7-card straight flush in ...
22 November 2019
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
Atlantic City’s nine casinos saw their collective gross operating profits increase by 12.5% in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period last year. The comparison was boosted by two new casinos that opened last summer doing much better in ...
22 November 2019
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A slot player at the Mirage turned a $5 bet into a $2.2 million payday after hitting the jackpot on a Wheel of Fortune machine. The player, who was not identified, hit the jackpot just after ...
21 November 2019
By Bryan Horwath
When technology works, it’s a wonderful thing. When it doesn’t, people are usually less than pleased, which is something that William Hill executives were reminded of over the weekend ...
18 November 2019
By Bryan Horwath
At separate meetings Friday, Eldorado Resorts and Caesars Entertainment Corp. shareholders approved a merger of the gaming companies, which is expected to ...
15 November 2019
By Bryan Horwath
Before heading off to play at their $2 billion Las Vegas stadium next season, Raiders players will rest their heads at the M Resort. That’s according to a corporate sponsorship ...
13 November 2019
By Bryan Horwath
Investors and sports betting companies are running up the score when it comes to sports betting, predicting the fast-growing industry will be a $7 billion to $8 billion business in ...
4 November 2019
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
The company completing the unfinished blue-glass Drew Las Vegas resort has named a former top MGM Resorts International official as its chief executive. Real estate firm ...
1 November 2019
Associated Press
As they played the popular video game "Fortnite" at the HyperX Esports Arena on Wednesday, middle schoolers Sasha Lira and Ruby Ramirez didn’t seem especially interested in pursuing careers in esports. The fact that neither eighth-grader expressed interest in ...
31 October 2019
By Bryan Horwath
