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Wynn gets no money in termination deal with casino company

This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass.

A termination agreement between embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn and the company bearing with his name released today leaves him without any severance or compensation and prohibits his involvement in any competing gambling business for two years. The Las Vegas billionaire resigned as ...

16 February 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Caesars to check 'Do Not Disturb' rooms daily

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

One of the world's largest casino companies will check its guests' hotel rooms every 24 hours, even if they have a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the doorknob. Caesars Entertainment told The Associated Press today it also is considering giving ...

16 February 2018
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Man hits $1.23 million jackpot at downtown Las Vegas casino

A Wisconsin man, center, who hit a $1.23 million jackpot on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at the Fremont Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas is pictured with the property's general manager, Jim Sullivan, and Slot Director Salinda Conklin.

A Wisconsin man’s $2 bet turned into a $1.23 million payday when he hit a Wheel of Fortune jackpot Sunday at the Fremont Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. The man, whose name was ...

15 February 2018
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

With ruling on national sports betting due, will Las Vegas ever be the same?

Football fans watch games during NFL opening day at the Red Rock Resort's race and sportsbook Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.

Back in the September of his years, Frank Sinatra would take the mic and command this little lounge stage. Still the headliner of all headliners at The Sands, four miles down The Strip, Sinatra would escape to this neighborhood joint, the ...

13 February 2018
ESPN

Familiar Palms marquee is going fully digital

Palms Casino Resort removes the 14 foot tall letters from their marquee in preperation for an all-new digatal replacement, Tues. Feb 13, 2018.

The times are changing at the Palms, and so is the familiar marquee outside the 17-year-old casino-resort on Flamingo Road. The sign, which partially featured old-style changeable ...

13 February 2018
By Mick Akers

MGM opens Macau casino resort as license renewal looms

People walk past MGM Cotai Resort in Macau Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. MGM Resorts is opening a lavish multibillion-dollar casino resort in Macau, in the latest big bet by foreign gambling companies on the southern Chinese gambling haven.

MGM Resorts is launching a lavish multibillion-dollar casino resort in Macau in the latest big bet by foreign gaming companies on the southern Chinese gambling haven. Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International opened its $3.4 billion resort's doors, watched over by a colossal statue of MGM's signature gold lion, Tuesday evening. It's a ...

13 February 2018
By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

Gaming regulators now accepting Steve Wynn harassment complaints online

This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has begun accepting harassment complaints online regarding Steve Wynn in response to an influx of communications regarding ...

12 February 2018
By Mick Akers

Stalled Fontainebleau casino-resort to open in 2020 with new name

A view of the stalled Fontainebleau resort, right, on Las Vegas Boulevard South on Dec. 30, 2014. Fontainebleau was sold to New York real estate firms Witkoff Group LLC and New Valley LLC for $600 million in August 2017.

The Fontainebleau is no more. Call it The Drew Las Vegas. The hulking, bluish casino-resort, which has sat unfinished on the Las Vegas Strip since 2009 and became a poster child of the Great Recession, is now ...

12 February 2018
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

After Steve Wynn, questions about his empire's future

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

As the chief architect of modern Las Vegas, and a visionary who did not understand the meaning of subdued, Steve Wynn spent more than three decades luring visitors to the Strip with his opulent hotels. But now, the question on everyone’s mind is: What is the $18 billion Wynn Resorts casino and hotel empire without Steve Wynn? Hours after an unscheduled meeting of Wynn Resorts’ board of directors on Tuesday, Wynn, a 76-year-old billionaire, suddenly ...

8 February 2018
By Julie Creswell, New York Times News Service

Steve Wynn resigns from company amid sexual misconduct allegations

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

Wynn, one of the most magnetic and polarizing figures in the gambling industry, was the subject of a recent investigation that found he had coerced female employees into ...

6 February 2018
By Maggie Astor and Julie Creswell, New York Times News Service

Conn. casino expansion bill resurrects push for open competition

A bill that would scrap the license for a casino in East Windsor, Conn., and open up competitive bidding for the state’s first casino off tribal lands is being proposed by legislators in Bridgeport, Conn. State lawmakers last year backed giving the ...

6 February 2018
By Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant (TNS)

Survey ranks 11 Las Vegas hotels among world’s best

The pool at Mandarin Oriental.

Eleven Las Vegas hotels are ranked among the world’s best, according to an annual survey by U.S. News & World Report. The publisher evaluated more than 24,000 ...

6 February 2018
By Mick Akers

311,000 visitors expected in Las Vegas for Super Bowl weekend

Richard Ornelas of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. cheers a Falcons score in Super Bowl 51 during the Big Game Bash at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. .

The agency responsible for promoting Las Vegas says 311,000 people are expected to visit the destination during Super Bowl weekend. Data released today by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority show ...

2 February 2018
Associated Press

UPenn scrubs Wynn name, rescinds his and Cosby's degrees

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

The University of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that it will remove casino mogul Steve Wynn's name from a campus plaza and revoke honorary degrees given to him and comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of ...

1 February 2018
By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

University of Iowa to remove Wynn name from institute

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

The University of Iowa has announced plans to remove casino mogul Steve Wynn's name from the school's Institute for Vision Research in light of sexual misconduct allegations against Wynn. The university in Iowa City announced ...

31 January 2018
Associated Press
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