Nevada Gaming Control Board inquiry into Colbert, Cantor Gaming continues
The Nevada Gaming Control Board confirmed Monday that it is investigating Cantor Gaming and the Las Vegas-based company’s former sports book director, Mike Colbert.
Casinos & Gaming
Cowboy out, Silver Sevens on the way
The signs at Terrible’s Hotel & Casino are changing as the property shifts directions to go with a new identity.
Culinary voting on dues increase for strike fund
Culinary Union Local 226 members were voting Monday to increase dues for a worker strike fund, two weeks before contracts between Strip casino operators and the union expire.
Equity-firm sports betting bill dies in Nevada
CARSON CITY — A bill that would have allowed private equity groups to place large bets at Nevada sports books appears dead this legislative session after it failed to get a vote Friday in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
Las Vegas' Downtown Grand to hire 800
Fifth Street Gaming is looking to hire more than 800 people for the Downtown Grand hotel, the company’s chief executive said Monday. The company expects the hiring process to take four months.
INTEL: Google Glass ban, Canvas Pop expansion and a slip of the tongue
Caesars won’t have any of that. And we’d bet most other casinos won’t, either.
Philadelphia's current operators appear unfazed over prospects of new competition
Pennsylvania gaming regulators by the end of the year should decide which of six proposals will be awarded the state’s final gaming license, for the Philadelphia area. The winner could be open for business two years later.
Derek Stevens integral to downtown revival
If Tony Hsieh is the savior of downtown Las Vegas, then Derek Stevens is at least the savior of Fremont Street.
Battered Atlantic City seeks to reinvent itself as destination resort
The Boardwalk can’t catch a break. For the past two decades, Atlantic City’s casino industry has been under siege from gaming competition in neighboring states.
Renovation of Golden Nugget Atlantic City spurs widespread praise
Landry’s Inc. paid $38 million two years ago to acquire the rundown, money-losing Trump Marina, and analysts immediately predicted the gaming market’s demise. A few years earlier Trump Marina had been valued as high as $315 million.
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Shareholders of Affinity Gaming voted Tuesday to expand the Las Vegas-based casino operator’s board of directors from five members to seven.
Station Casinos reports loss, sees revenues dip
Station Casinos said Tuesday the company’s net revenues fell 2 percent in the first quarter as customers, feeling the effects of increased taxes and delays to federal tax refunds, gambled less.
William Hill to operate sports book at Downtown Grand
Fifth Street Gaming, developer and operator of the Downtown Grand, has signed a long-term agreement with William Hill to operate a race and sports book at the downtown Las Vegas casino, the company said Tuesday.
Challenge emerges after jurors return $70 million verdict against Las Vegas Sands
In a verdict challenged just four minutes after it was read, a 12-person jury awarded Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen $70 million for the consulting work he did a dozen years ago to help Las Vegas Sands Corp. enter the booming Macau market.
Dubai World official says it would be willing to sell shares in MGM Resorts
One of the largest shareholders in MGM Resorts International said Tuesday it would be willing to sell its stake in the hotel-casino operator for the right price.
Ultimate Poker, unlicensed service provider relationship probed
State gaming regulators are looking into the relationship between 2-week-old Internet poker website Ultimate Poker and an unlicensed service provider used to identify new players.
Affinity Gaming gains breathing room in shareholder fight
Affinity Gaming gained limited breathing space Monday in its on-going legal battle with largest shareholder Z Capital Partners.
Juror in Las Vegas Sands trial asks to be kept separate
Jury deliberations in the Richard Suen case were interrupted on Monday afternoon after one of the jurors sent Clark County District Judge Rob Bare a note asking to be kept separate from the rest of the jury.
Long way to go to find an impartial jury
With all the publicity that has followed the CityCenter construction defects case, it never figured to be easy to find an impartial jury.
The Business Press honors 10 women who mean business
Keeping your business afloat in a tough economy is one thing. Keeping your business afloat in a tough economy while finding time to volunteer at an animal shelter, compete in triathlons, help a child through a kidney transplant or battle cancer? That’s another level of achievement altogether.
