Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin said he’d be interested in buying another Strip casino if a Caesars property becomes available in the company's just-announced merger with Eldorado Resorts. Eldorado said Monday it was buying Caesars in a $17.3 billion cash-and-stock deal that would create the largest ...
25 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath
A casino juggernaut was formed Monday when Eldorado Resorts announced it is buying Caesars in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $17.3 billion. The acquisition will ...
24 June 2019
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press
New Jersey lawmakers are considering loosening their sports betting restrictions to allow the owner of the Golden Nugget casino to accept bets on ...
18 June 2019
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Longtime Boyd Gaming executive Bill Noonan is set to retire. Noonan, 67, informed the company last week that he will step down July 31 from his position as ...
17 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath
A lucky player at the Palazzo added more than $1 million to their net worth this week. An anonymous gambler playing Ultimate Texas Hold'em this week made a diamond royal flush to win ...
14 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath
Some gambling and technology executives say 90% of sports betting in the United States will be done over mobile phones or the internet in the next five to 10 years ...
13 June 2019
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
At least $9 billion has been bet —legally— on sports in the U.S. in the year since New Jersey's Supreme Court victory cleared the way for other states to ...
12 June 2019
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
A table games player at Paris Las Vegas this morning hit a $1.64 million pai gow poker progressive jackpot.
6 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath
The World Series of Poker is more popular than ever. That’s based on the number of entries into the WSOP’s 50th anniversary opening weekend tournament, dubbed the Big 50. The $500 buy-in tournament had more than ...
6 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath
AECOM was the general contractor for Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena and built Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, which hosted the Super Bowl in February ...
3 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath
A federal judge ruled Monday that a law prohibiting interstate wagering applies only to sports gambling, setting aside a Justice Department opinion that some feared put states in danger of losing their lotteries and ...
3 June 2019
Associated Press
Pit boss Irving “Pete” Berger diligently walks around the table games area at Ellis Island monitoring the action with his hands clasped behind his back. Berger is in his element. He ...
3 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath
MGM Resorts International announced today it is eliminating 557 more jobs in a “second and final round” of layoffs as part of a company reorganization.
30 May 2019
By Bryan Horwath
Gambling regulators say April was down month for Nevada casino winnings compared with a year ago, coming in under $1 billion for ...
29 May 2019
Associated Press
The Wynn Resorts board of directors today fired back at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, which last month decided to fine Wynn CEO Matt Maddox. On April 30, the commission levied a ...
28 May 2019
By Bryan Horwath
