Gaming

MGM, Wynn tamp down Boston casino intrigue

Executives for MGM and Wynn are tamping down speculation the companies are quietly in talks over Wynn's Boston-area casino. MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren said today it would have to be an "extremely unique situation" for officials to ...

MGM announces $214 million deal to sell Mandarin Oriental hotel

The pool at Mandarin Oriental.

The Mandarin Oriental hotel at CityCenter is being sold for $214 million, MGM Resorts International announced today. The buyer was not disclosed. CityCenter Holdings — a venture between MGM Resorts and Infinity World Development — has entered into ...

MGM sets August opening date for Massachusetts casino

This April 24, 2018, aerial photo shows construction progress on the MGM Casino complex in downtown Springfield, Mass.

The fate of Wynn's glitzy Boston-area casino may still be up in the air, but rival MGM says it is on track to open the first Las Vegas-style casino resort in ...

Las Vegas Sands sees record 1st-quarter earnings

An exterior view of the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. saw record first-quarter earnings, the company announced today. The company reported adjusted earnings of $1.5 billion, a 31 percent increase over the same ...

Caesars announces $200 million hotel in Mexico

An artist's rendering of a planned nongaming hotel that will be managed by Caesars Entertainment in Puerto Los Cabos, Mexico. The $200 million project is expected to break ground in the first half of 2019.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced plans today for a $200 million beachfront hotel in Puerto Los Cabos, Mexico. The nongaming property will feature 500 rooms and suites, a ...

Status of sports betting bills around the nation as sessions wind down

A view of the Caesars Palace sports book, March 13, 2012.

As the Supreme Court continues to mull over Murphy v NCAA, nearly 20 states across the U.S. have taken up the issue of legalizing sports betting in their respective legislatures. But so far, only ...

Gaming commission changes regulation to reflect state's legal pot

The way Nevada casinos regulate gamblers who exhibit signs of impairment was updated last week to include verbiage on drug use. Playing off guidelines that ...

Ocean Resort Casino bringing Topgolf Swing Suite to Atlantic City

This June 15, 2016 photo shows the exterior of the shuttered Revel casino in Atlantic City N.J. The new owners of the property, due to reopen under a new brand this summer, said Monday, April 23, 2018, it will offer the world's largest Top Golf Swing Suite.

Atlantic City's Ocean Resort Casino is starting to get into the swing of things. The former Revel property, due to reopen under a new brand this summer, is bringing ...

Suspect in casino picnic shooting fled in car he planted 3 days earlier, arrested at Texas rest stop

Las Vegas police Capt. Robert Plummer speaks during a news conference on the arrest of Anthony Wrobel, Thursday, April 19, 2018, in Las Vegas. Wrobel, a suspect in the fatal shooting of a casino executive and the wounding of another, was arrested Thursday in Texas.

Authorities in the Texas Panhandle this morning arrested a "disgruntled" dealer suspected of shooting two Strip hotel-casino executives. Anthony Wrobel, 42, was taken into custody without further incident in ...

Atlantic City's Hard Rock casino to open June 28

This April 18, 2018, photo shows Jim Allen, CEO of Hard Rock International, at a news conference in New York at which he announced the company's new casino in Atlantic City N.J. would open on June 28.

Hard Rock will open its Atlantic City casino resort on June 28. Jim Allen, the global entertainment and hospitality company's CEO, made the announcement today at Hard Rock's Times Square restaurant. The former Trump Taj Mahal casino is being rebranded as ...

Fix the TV in my Las Vegas hotel room? There's an app for that

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

When a guest at the Plaza in downtown has a request for maintenance, say for example to fix a television in their room, the hotel’s response is now quicker because of technology the ...

Caesars to manage 2 luxury hotels in Dubai

Dubai's Meraas Holding has tied up with the U.S.-based Caesars Entertainment to manage two luxury hotels, a conference centre and a beach club on Bluewaters in Dubai, adding another ...

Icahn's company strikes approximately $1.85B Tropicana deal

This Jan. 31, 2018, photo shows part of the casino floor at the Tropicana in Atlantic City N.J. On Monday April 16, Carl Icahn sold the real estate assets of Tropicana Entertainment to Gaming and Leisure Properties, and its casino operations to Eldorado Resorts in a $1.85 billion deal. Tropicana's casino in Aruba is not part of the deal.

Carl Icahn's company has struck an approximately $1.85 billion deal that would fuse the gaming and hotel operations of Tropicana Entertainment to ...

Slot player wins $620K at The Orleans in Las Vegas

An exterior view of the Orleans, 4500 W Tropicana Ave., in Las Vegas Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

The lucky woman was playing the Aristocrat's Buffalo Grand machine about 2:30 a.m. when she won ...

This Las Vegas casino is turning waste into profit through recycling

Glass bottles separated from the garbage at the Silver Sevens casino are stored in a bin for recycling. The Las Vegas property is expected to net a savings of about $25,000 a year.

Silver Sevens, looking to limit its environmental footprint, instituted a conservation and sustainability program last year. The first six months of the effort led to the recycling of ...