Gaming

Reality star Lisa Vanderpump opening lounge at Caesars Palace

From television star and restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump, Vanderpump Cocktail Garden is set to open at Caesars Palace in early 2019.

Lisa Vanderpump of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" fame is teaming with Caesars Palace to open a lounge early next year. Vanderpump Cocktail Garden will reflect her restaurants in California — Villa Blanca, SUR, Pump and Tom Tom — and “bring a taste of Los Angeles to Las Vegas.” It will be located between the Colosseum and the entrance to the Forum Shops. “I have always loved Las Vegas. It has always been a dream of mine to see our brand in ...

14 November 2018
By Ray Brewer

Wisconsin man wins $1.3 million at O’Sheas casino

Jon Oelke of Kenosha, Wis., won more than $1.3 million when he hit a royal flush while playing Three Card Poker Progressive on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at O'Sheas at the Linq. The casino did not identify everyone in the photo.

A Kenosha, Wis., man won more than $1.3 million over the weekend when he hit a royal flush while playing Three Card Poker Progressive at O’Sheas at ...

13 November 2018
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Wynn scraps lagoon project, will reopen golf course

An early rendering of Wynn Paradise Park.

The Wynn Resorts Paradise Park lagoon project has been shelved and will be replaced by a revamped 18-hole golf course, the company announced today during its third-quarter earnings call. Wynn contracted Tom Fazio, the original designer of the golf course, to ...

7 November 2018
By Mick Akers

Resorts see possibility of marijuana lounges as a dilemma

In this file photo, customers smoke marijuana while sitting in a booth in the smoking lounge at Barbary Coast Dispensary in San Francisco.

Hospitality industry leaders expressed mixed feelings about the prospect of marijuana lounges here, which on one hand would give guests a place to legally consume and on the other compete with resorts for tourist money ...

3 November 2018
By Mick Akers

Frissora leaving as president, CEO of Caesars Entertainment

Mark Frissora, CEO and president of Caesars Entertainment, takes part in a CEO round table at the Global Gaming Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Sands Expo Center.

Mark Frissora is leaving Caesars Entertainment. The casino giant’s president and chief executive officer, who helped guide it through bankruptcy reorganization, will stay with the company until Feb. 8. Frissora is also credited with ...

1 November 2018
From staff and wire reports

Caesars enters partnership with new NFL stadium

Rendering of the Las Vegas Raiders stadium.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. has entered a partnership with the Las Vegas stadium making the gaming giant the first founding partner of the future home of the ...

1 November 2018
By Mick Akers

Gold Strike casino in Jean being rebranded as Terrible’s

The Gold Strike hotel and casino in Jean is shown in this file photo.

Motorists traveling on Interstate 15 between Las Vegas and Southern California will notice a change to the lone hotel-casino in Jean. The Gold Strike will be rebranded Thursday as Terrible’s Hotel and Casino after JETT Gaming, a division of Terrible Herbst, recently renovated the property. JETT Gaming, which purchased the property in 2015, has updated the hotel rooms, slot areas, lounge and ...

31 October 2018
By Mick Akers

'Quite remarkable': Park MGM overhaul wraps up by year's end

Britney Spears appears in front of the Park MGM Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, to announce her new residency at the Park Theater beginning in February.

MGM Resorts is eagerly looking forward to the last few months of the year as their major revamp project converting the old Monte Carlo to Park MGM nears completion ...

31 October 2018
By Mick Akers

Nevada gaming revenue up 1.26 percent in September

Nevada gaming revenue increased 1.26 percent to $991.2 million in September compared to the same month a year ago, the state ...

30 October 2018
By Mick Akers

Shuttered Lucky Dragon sells at auction for $35 million

The Lucky Dragon resort is seen on Sahara Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, ahead of its grand opening on Dec. 3, 2016.

The auction of the Lucky Dragon this morning opened and closed with a single bid. Snow Covered Capital, the shuttered casino-resort’s main lender, placed an opening bid of $35 million for the 2-year-old property. No other bids were made by the ...

30 October 2018
By Mick Akers

NHL partners with MGM Resorts to share data for sports betting

Ottawa Senators players celebrate after Ottawa Senators right wing Bobby Ryan, not pictured, scored on Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, in Las Vegas.

The NHL announced a multiyear agreement Monday to provide MGM Resorts International with data for use in betting, the second major U.S. professional sports league to ...

29 October 2018
By Denis Gorman, Associated Press

Las Vegas casino offering free play for Mega Millions losers

An exterior view of the Plaza casino in downtown Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

One downtown Las Vegas casino is giving a second chance to those who don’t strike it rich in tonight’s $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery ...

23 October 2018
By Mick Akers

Atlantic City's new Call of Duty: Dominate esports tourneys

This March 31, 2017, file photo shows a competitive video game tournament under way at Caesars casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Atlantic City's new Call Of Duty is this: To become the East Coast center of competitive video game tournaments, also known as esports. The activity is rapidly growing in popularity across the country and around the world, and the ...

18 October 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

New slot machine features Willie Nelson, marijuana references

A new slot machine featuring Willie Nelson and references to marijuana is on display at the Global Gaming Expo on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Las Vegas.

A new Willie Nelson-themed slot machine really puts the pot in jackpot, with electronic reels featuring images of marijuana leaves and other nods to the cannabis subculture. Las Vegas-based slot maker Everi Holdings debuted the machine featuring the country music legend ...

13 October 2018
By Mick Akers

Closed Lucky Dragon resort going up for auction

The Lucky Dragon resort is seen on Sahara Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, ahead of its grand opening on Dec. 3, 2016.

The shuttered Lucky Dragon hotel-casino near the north end of the Strip is set to be sold to the highest bidder later this month. Built for $160 million in 2016, the property is going up for auction Oct. 30. The ...

12 October 2018
By Mick Akers
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