Gaming

Best month for New Jersey's internet gambling lifts casinos

Joseph Brennen of Ventnor, N.J., logs on to a Harrah's online casino on his laptop from a highway rest area in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, the first day of a test of Internet gambling in New Jersey.

There's no longer much of a debate about it: Internet gambling is helping to save Atlantic City's casinos. New Jersey's online gambling market had its best month ever ...

13 April 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

First e-sports arena coming to the Strip

Teams compete during the Dreamhack Masters e-sports tournament Feb. 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Las Vegas will be getting its second e-sports arena soon, in the space once occupied by the now-closed LAX nightclub at Luxor, according to an announcement Tuesday from Allied Esports, the company developing the facility.

12 April 2017
By Thomas Moore

Luxor transforming closed LAX nightclub into e-sports arena

Exterior of Luxor on Las Vegas Blvd on September 30, 2015.

The Las Vegas Strip is getting its first space dedicated to competitive gaming when the Luxor transforms its LAX nightclub Las Vegas into a multilevel e-sports arena.

11 April 2017
Associated Press

Human smuggling, money laundering probes surround Saipan casino

When FBI agents recently raided an office on the U.S. island of Saipan, they unlocked a cabinet full of Chinese passports belonging to construction laborers without work credentials. The agency, which made at least one arrest, said it was acting ...

10 April 2017
Bloomberg

Hospitality Hall nearly ready to enhance UNLV hotel college’s soaring reputation

An exterior view of Hospitality Hall, a new facility under construction at UNLV, Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

You can’t say the new $59 million, 93,500-square-foot building under construction at UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration signals a coming of age for the program if only because ...

10 April 2017
By Thomas Moore

Skill-based games’ early returns encourage Gamblit chief

People try out a "Brew Caps" game at the Gamblit booth during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) convention at the Sands Expo and Convention Center Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

Less than a week after some of the first skill-based gaming machines debuted in Nevada at Planet Hollywood, very preliminary returns look good, says the CEO of Gamblit Gaming, the company that built them. The games, Cannonbeard’s Treasure and Gamblit Poker, are the first fully skill-based casino games to go live in Nevada. They began operating at the Caesars property on March 30 as part of a field trial, made possible by ...

7 April 2017
By Thomas Moore

Reno casino remerges as nongaming, family-friendly hotel

Hotel owners have finished converting a Nevada casino and hotel into a non-gaming hotel. The Marriott Renaissance Hotel in downtown Reno was opened and fully functional as of Wednesday. The Renaissance Hotel replaces ...

6 April 2017
Associated Press

Guitars oust minarets as Hard Rock redoes Taj Mahal casino

The Trump Taj Mahal resort in Atlantic City is shown Oct. 24, 2014.

Donald Trump, domes and minarets are out. Rock 'n' roll and guitars — lots of guitars — are in as the Hard Rock chain re-does Atlantic City's former Trump Taj Mahal casino. The company owned by Florida's Seminole Indian tribe on Wednesday unveiled ...

5 April 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

MGM to increase parking fees April 12

Drivers stop for tickets as they enter the MGM Grand parking garage Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.

MGM Resorts International is increasing its parking fees less than a year since it was the first major Strip resort company to break the long-standing Las Vegas tradition of ...

4 April 2017
By Thomas Moore

Las Vegas oddsmakers favor Chicago Cubs to repeat this year

Chicago Cubs' Kris Bryant watches his home run during the fourth inning of Game 5 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, in Chicago.

The Chicago Cubs have already broken the curse and won a World Series. Now, oddsmakers in Las Vegas predict the team will become only the third in almost 40 years to win it a second straight time. The city's sports books like the team to ...

1 April 2017
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Sale of former Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock is finalized

The Trump Taj Mahal resort in Atlantic City is shown Oct. 24, 2014.

It's official: Atlantic City's former Trump Taj Mahal casino now belongs to Hard Rock International. The sale of the shuttered casino opened in 1990 by President Donald Trump was finalized Friday. The Florida-based Hard Rock, which manages ...

31 March 2017
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

How quickly could Trump build casino in Las Vegas?

The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is shown on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

With four acres of land a short walk from Las Vegas Boulevard, President Donald Trump and his business partner Phil Ruffin have an opportunity to build a casino near one of the busiest parts of the Strip. And, according to a recent Forbes article, that’s ...

31 March 2017
By Thomas Moore

Caesars Palace properties begin charging for parking

A parking payment machine is shown by the garage elevators in Caesars Palace Thursday, March 30, 2017.

Caesars Palace parking: As promised last year, Caesars Entertainment has begun charging for valet and self parking at its Las Vegas properties ...

30 March 2017
By Thomas Moore

Planet Hollywood hosts test run for first Las Vegas skill-based games

One of Gamblit Gaming's interactive skill-based games is shown in this promotional photo.

Interactive skill-based gambling is making its Las Vegas debut today at Planet Hollywood, where Gamblit Gaming will be conducting field trials of two of their games, Cannonbeard’s Treasure and Gamblit Poker. The games run on table gaming consoles, instead of the traditional vertical cabinets that house slot and video poker games. Players sit around a flat table that features a touch video screen. Players interact with the game in ...

30 March 2017
By Thomas Moore

Casino magnate Steve Wynn loses appeal in slander case

Steve Wynn makes a point during his keynote speech opening the International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking at the Mirage on Tuesday, June 7, 2016.

Billionaire casino magnate Steve Wynn went back for more, but yet again a court slapped down the notion that he was slandered by ...

29 March 2017
Business Insider
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