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Woman hits $1.4 million jackpot at downtown Golden Gate

A view of the Golden Gate hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Jan. 24, 2015.

A Wisconsin woman is leaving Las Vegas a millionaire. The woman, who was in town for a bingo tournament, hit a $1.4 million jackpot this morning on the Million Degrees game at ...

5 June 2018
By Mick Akers

Delaware launches sports betting, other states close behind

In this May 14, 2018, file photo, men watch horse racing on an array of screens at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, N.J.

The market for legal sports gambling in the United States widened significantly on Tuesday with the expansion of single-game sports bets in Delaware, putting legal wagering within driving distance of three major East Coast cities less than a month after ...

5 June 2018
By Randall Chase and Ben Nuckols, Associated Press

Culinary turns focus to smaller Las Vegas casinos in contract talks

In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Culinary Union members exit a university arena after voting on whether to authorize a strike in Las Vegas.

The union said Monday that it was now focusing on 15 properties on the Las Vegas Strip and in downtown not covered by the deals with Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts ...

4 June 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

DraftKings, Resorts Casino join on sports bets

One of the nation's largest daily fantasy sports companies is teaming up with an Atlantic City casino in the latest deal seeking to capitalize on ...

1 June 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Union: Tentative labor deal struck with Caesars

Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, head into the Thomas & Mack Center to vote on whether to authorize a strike Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. A potential strike would affect 34 casino-hotels.

Negotiators have reached a tentative labor agreement that would cover about a quarter of the 50,000 hotel and casino workers who are threatening to strike in Las Vegas. The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on Friday said ...

1 June 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Casinos face threat of first worker strike in 3 decades

Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, head into the Thomas & Mack Center to vote on whether to authorize a strike Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. A potential strike would affect 34 casino-hotels.

The possibility of 50,000 Las Vegas casino workers going on strike has drawn closer, with their contracts expiring at midnight and the prospects of ...

1 June 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Delaware casinos to begin sports betting next week

Delaware will begin full-scale sports betting next week, wasting no time after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for states to implement ...

31 May 2018
By Randall Chase, Associated Press

'It’s in nobody’s interest': Scholars say impact of a strike would bleed into local economy

Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, applaud during a presentation before voting on whether to authorize a strike Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. A potential strike would affect 34 casino-hotels.

If 50,000 Culinary Union workers in Las Vegas follow through on a proposed strike starting Friday, the economic impact would extend far beyond the 34 affected Strip and downtown resorts, scholars said Wednesday. UNLV’s Stephen Miller, director of the school’s Center for Business and Economic Research, said ...

31 May 2018
By Chris Kudialis

Union: Strike would cost casinos over $300 million in first month

Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, applaud during a presentation before voting on whether to authorize a strike Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. A potential strike would affect 34 casino-hotels.

A threatened strike by 50,000 members of the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas starting Friday would cost 34 casinos on the Strip and downtown more than $300 million in ...

30 May 2018
By Chris Kudialis

World Series of Poker tournament kicks off at Rio

Scott Blumstein of the U.S. poses with his championship bracelet and cards after winning the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., July 23, 2017.

The 2018 edition of the World Series of Poker is kicking off in Las Vegas. The 50-day series opened today and is expected to again draw tens of thousands of players from around the world to compete for ...

29 May 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Man hits $1.3 million jackpot at Cosmopolitan

A Canadian man visiting Las Vegas over the weekend for one brother’s bachelor party and another’s birthday left town with a million other reasons to celebrate. He hit a $1.3 million jackpot Saturday while ...

29 May 2018
By Mick Akers

Silverton adding shopping center, Hyatt Place hotel

Construction is underway at Silverton Village, a $60 million dining and entertainment district under construction at Blue Diamond Road and Dean Martin Drive, Thursday, May 17, 2018.

he Silverton is undertaking a $60 million project that will include a 150-room Hyatt Place and an open-air shopping center with about a dozen retail stores, mostly food and beverage outlets such as Blaze Pizza and Starbucks. Silverton Village is being built on undeveloped land adjacent to the casino at Blue Diamond Road and Dean Martin Drive, company officials said. It should be finished ...

29 May 2018
By Mick Akers

The highest-paid CEOs by state

Casino mogul Steve Wynn during a news conference in Medford, Mass., Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

The survey considered only publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue that filed their proxy statements with federal regulators between ...

27 May 2018
By Associated Press

A Las Vegas strike would have a far-reaching effect, experts say

Union organizers Angie Qin, left, and David Saba hold signs as members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, file into the Thomas & Mack Center to vote on whether to authorize a strike Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. A potential strike would affect 34 casino-hotels.

What happens in Las Vegas could have a ripple effect across the country if 50,000 casino-hotel workers employed at more than 30 of the city's resorts go on strike at any time starting next week. If members of the union that includes ...

24 May 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Goodell details NFL's stance on sports gambling after ruling

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Congress should enact uniform standards for any states that plan to legislate sports betting. Goodell detailed the league's position in a statement Monday that ...

21 May 2018
Associated Press
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