Gaming

Guests at MGM properties in Las Vegas can access their room using smartphone

Digital keys through the MGM Resorts mobile app will be available for M Life Card members staying at Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Delano Las Vegas, Park MGM and Luxor.

Guests staying at some MGM Resorts International properties in Las Vegas will now be able to access their room using a smartphone. Digital keys through ...

Las Vegas: Charm will keep bettors coming for the Super Bowl

Gamblers make proposition bets on the 2019 Super Bowl at the Westgate SuperBook Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Thousands of football fans from around the country converge at Las Vegas casinos every February to place their bets on the Super Bowl's winner, MVP, first touchdown scorer and hundreds of other outcomes. They cheer, boo and ...

The Stratosphere is rebranding to the STRAT

The STRAT's rebranded porte cochere.

Two commercials set to air during the Super Bowl will announce the iconic Las Vegas property's new name.

Nevada casinos win $11.9B in 2018, up from 2017 revenue

A pay table on a slot machine displays a $1 million jackpot in the high-limit slot area at the Cosmopolitan on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016.

Casinos in Nevada reported $11.9 billion in revenues in 2018, the third-largest total in the state's history that inches the state closer to ...

Caesars revamping, renaming player loyalty program

One of the many sculptured angels is shown at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.

Caesars Entertainment is introducing Caesars Rewards as the next step in its player loyalty program effective Friday, capitalizing on the brand’s name recognition and replacing its ...

Resorts World to change design as part of Wynn settlement

A view of the Encore and Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Dec. 26, 2017.

Resorts World Las Vegas will change its design as part of a settlement with Wynn Resorts over the similarities of their buildings. KSNV-TV reports Wynn Resorts and ...

NASCAR bans drivers, team members from betting on races

NASCAR has banned all drivers and team members from betting on its races as part of new gambling guidelines established in this season's rulebook. NASCAR employees are prohibited from disclosing ...

Brent Musburger calls CBS Sports boss' line against Super Bowl gambling talk 'ridiculous' and 'stupid'

Brent Musburger tapes a show at the Vegas Stats & Information Network studio, at the South Point in Las Vegas on Aug. 11, 2017.

The Patriots are 2 1/2-point favorites against the Rams in Super Bowl LIII. See? That wasn't very hard, was it? Yet you apparently won't hear about that from Jim Nantz or ...

Prop bets popular for Super Bowl, but the NFL wants them gone

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds the championship trophy after the AFC title game against the Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo.

Many Americans in places where sports betting is legal for the first time are beginning to make wagers on the Super Bowl, including some bets on the performances of individual athletes. But if the National Football League had its way, bets on ...

Atlantic City casino revenue up, but newbies hurt others

In this Sept. 28, 2018, photo, a dealer pushes a stack of chips toward a gambler at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City N.J. The Ocean Resort and the Hard Rock casino both mark their 100th day of operation on Thursday, Oct. 4.

Two reopened casinos and half a year of sports betting helped push Atlantic City's casino revenue up 7.5 percent in 2018 to nearly $2.86 billion ...

Another big jackpot hits at the Cosmopolitan

A Minnesota man hit a $617,000 jackpot while playing a Seinfeld slot machine at the Cosmopolitan on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, the casino reported.

Another lucky slot player at the Cosmopolitan has hit a major jackpot. On Thursday evening, a Minnesota man hit the top prize of $617,000 on just his second spin on a ...

Maryland explores quick way to approve sports betting

Maryland lawmakers are exploring a quick way to approve sports betting this year, but it's unclear if they will be able to do it without voter approval in 2020. Voters endorsed a constitutional amendment allowing casinos in 2008, but any ...

Accelerating the evolution of the Las Vegas sports book

A rendering of the sports book at Circa, expected to open in 2020.

There were plenty of surprises last week when downtown developer Derek Stevens rolled out his ambitious plans for the Circa Resort & Casino, but the images and details surrounding its multi-level, stadium-style ...

U.S. gambling operators have 90 days to comply with new rules

The Department of Justice will wait 90 days to implement a legal opinion that will affect online gambling. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued a memo saying ...

Justice Department opinion could threaten online gambling

In this Nov. 26, 2013, photo, Jon Hernandez chooses from several games of online poker from his home in Roselle Park, N.J., the day after New Jersey began offering Internet gambling statewide.

A legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Justice made public Monday could threaten the viability of online gambling ...