Gaming - VEGAS INC

Palms shows off revamped guest rooms as part of $620M overhaul

An infinity pool overlooks the Las Vegas Strip at the Palms' newly renovated Sky Villas.

The $620 million overhaul of the Palms is coming into focus with the unveiling of its revamped hotel rooms, including a $40,000 per night villa that accommodates 52 guests ...

11 July 2018

By Mick Akers

Vdara employs a pair of robots to deliver room service

Vdara has added a pair of autonomous robots — named Fetch and Jett — to help with the delivery of room-service items.

When guests order an item to their room at one Las Vegas resort, a robot is likely to show up at their door ...

10 July 2018

By Mick Akers

Revisiting the place that put poker on the map

An exterior view of Binion's in Downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.

While thousands of people packed the Rio for the 49th edition of the World Series of Poker, some of the game’s biggest stars reflected on the place where it all started with just a single table at a Las Vegas gambling hall ...

8 July 2018

By Mick Akers

World Series of Poker Main Event draws second largest field of all time

Day 1 of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Monday July 2, 2018.

Players don’t appear to mind the tweaked format of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event. The world championship event drew the second most entrants in its history, with 7,874 players paying the $10,000 entry fee before registration closed at around 7 p.m. tonight at the Rio. ...

4 July 2018

By Case Keefer

'Here comes gambling': When sports betting is legal, the value of game data soars

Trader Scott Logan works at a William Hill sports book in Las Vegas, June 26, 2018. With the U.S. sports betting ban ended, should the gambling industry be required to use league-approved “official data”?

If gambling operators are to monetize sports betting fully, they have to offer wagers on far more than the outcomes of games. Data on the second-by-second action creates manifold betting opportunities ...

4 July 2018

By James Glanz and Agustin Armendariz, New York Times News Service

Union: Workers reach tentative labor deal with Plaza hotel

A union representing thousands of Las Vegas casino workers seeking new contracts has reached a tentative labor agreement with the operator of the Plaza ...

2 July 2018

Associated Press

Hard Rock still (distantly) eyes New Jersey casino near NYC

In this June 28, 2018 file photo, women dance on stage during the grand opening celebration at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Even after spending a half-billion dollars on an Atlantic City casino, Hard Rock still hopes to build one in northern New Jersey near New York City one day.

Even after spending a half-billion dollars on an Atlantic City casino, Hard Rock still hopes to build one in northern New Jersey near New York City one day ...

1 July 2018

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

The Rio offers esports experience with new Wall Gaming Lounge

The Wall Gaming Lounge at the Rio offers players an immersive gaming experience.

Marking Caesars Entertainment’s first foray into a permanent esports venue, the Wall Gaming Lounge at the Rio offers players an immersive gaming experience ...

30 June 2018

By Mick Akers

Nevada gaming revenue again tops $1 billion

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.

Nevada gaming revenue increased 5.29 percent to $1.04 billion in May compared to the same month last year, the fourth time in the last five months revenue has topped the ...

29 June 2018

By Mick Akers

Three Region casinos have stake in license changes approved by Indiana Gaming Commission

State regulators approved the sale of four Indiana casinos to new operators Thursday, including Ameristar East Chicago to Penn National Gaming and the Indianapolis-area horse track casinos to the ...

29 June 2018

By Dan Carden, The Times, Munster, Ind. (TNS)

Crazy day at Atlantic City sportsbook as Mark Wahlberg bets the Eagles, Patriots and ... Browns

Actor Mark Wahlberg shows reporters some sports bets he placed at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., Thursday, June 28, 2018.

It was the first day of sports betting at the Ocean Resort casino in Atlantic City and a customer walked up to Jim Leonard, a vice president of the sports book. "I got a question for you," said the patron, staring at the board, a vegetable soup-like mix of odds on ...

29 June 2018

By Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com (TNS)

Atlantic City welcomes 2 shuttered casinos back to life

Gamblers play slot machines inside the Ocean Resort Casino on Monday, June 25, 2018, the first day of so-called "soft play" in advance of the casino's formal opening on June 28. The property is the former Revel casino.

The reopenings have generated cautious optimism that better days are ahead for the seaside gambling resort that once was the only place in America outside Nevada with casinos ...

27 June 2018

By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Votes on Caesars' purchase of Hoosier Park, Indiana Grand this week

Hoosier Park Racing and Casino is set to be rebranded as Harrah's Hoosier Park if a proposed sale is approved by two gambling ...

27 June 2018

By Christopher Stephens, The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind. (TNS)

Union: Workers reach tentative labor deal with Stratosphere

The Stratosphere on Las Vegas Boulevard on Sept. 30, 2015.

A union representing more than 1,000 workers at the Stratosphere announced today it reached a tentative labor agreement with the property's operator Golden Entertainment. The ...

27 June 2018

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

New York expected to overtake Nevada as top U.S. sports betting market

In this Aug. 20, 2015, file photo, Therese Duenas counts money as she takes bets in the sports book at the South Point in Las Vegas.

The Supreme Court's recent overturning of a federal ban on sports betting could clear the path for New York to become the largest U.S. sports wagering market. By 2023, New York is projected to rake in $700 million annually from sports bets, according to new projections by GamblingCompliance, an independent service that ...