Las Vegas lawyer Rosa Solis-Rainey has been named to the Nevada Gaming Commission, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced today. Solis-Rainey will take the seat previously held by ...
30 April 2019
By Bryan Horwath
Las Vegas-based casino company MGM Resorts International says it expects to cut about 1,000 jobs by June. The layoffs announced Monday include the 254 jobs the company said last week it would ...
30 April 2019
Associated Press
Your success is our success, New Jersey. That’s the message from Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy noted that his state could soon overtake Nevada in betting volume. “Nevada is clearly in our sights,” Murphy said Wednesday at the ...
30 April 2019
By Bryan Horwath
A recent opinion by the U.S. Justice Department has put a handful of states in danger of losing at least $220 million in annual lottery profits that they use to fund college scholarships, senior citizen services and ...
26 April 2019
By Regina Garcia Cano and Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
Nevada casinos took in slightly less last month than they did in March 2018, according to a report. The state Gaming Control Board today listed Nevada’s casino win at just under ...
25 April 2019
By Bryan Horwath
MGM Resorts International is laying off more than 250 employees today across the U.S., according to a letter from the company’s CEO. Most of the employees are are in management positions and all are ...
25 April 2019
By Bryan Horwath
Casino owner and developer Derek Stevens is set to open his own Las Vegas sportsbook. Circa Sports, which got the go-ahead from the Nevada Gaming Commission today, is scheduled to open June 1 at ...
25 April 2019
By Bryan Horwath
Sin City? More like Sting City. Grammy-winning superstar Sting is heading to Las Vegas to launch a residency next year. Sixteen performances of "Sting: My Songs" will take place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, beginning May 22, 2020. Shows are also ...
25 April 2019
By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press
There's no truth to the rumor that James Holzhauer is a cyborg created to be the perfect "Jeopardy!" contestant. But given how he's made a level of excellence rarely seen on ...
24 April 2019
By David Bauder, Associated Press
Governors in Montana and Iowa are considering measures that would allow residents to wager on sports, while Indiana lawmakers are scheduled to approve ...
24 April 2019
By Matt Volz and Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
The gambler who hit it big on Tiger Woods' Masters victory has a lengthy criminal record in his home state of Wisconsin. James Adducci was presented with a check for more than ...
17 April 2019
Associated Press
Blackstone Group LP is exploring a sale of the Cosmopolitan hotel and casino, the rare instance of a major casino on the Las Vegas Strip coming to the market, according to ...
17 April 2019
The Wall Street Journal
Caesars Entertainment is appointing a gambling-industry veteran as its new chief executive. The casino giant named Tony Rodio as CEO Tuesday. He'll replace Mark Frissora, who guided the company through ...
16 April 2019
Associated Press
Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is back in the game to potentially merge his hospitality, casino and restaurant holdings with ...
12 April 2019
Houston Chronicle
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has hired longtime Station Casinos corporate communications executive Lori Nelson-Kraft. Nelson-Kraft, who will start her new job next month, will be ...
12 April 2019
By Bryan Horwath
