COVER STORY: Buzz at past Global Gaming Expos centered on server-based games, but this year’s expo put the spotlight squarely on the games. Manufacturers unveiled a collection of new themed machines and some games that were part amusement ride, part gambling device.
There’s big money in Big Bird. VegasPBS, the region’s public broadcasting powerhouse associated with the Clark County School District, has grown into an $18 million-a-year diversified business, with nearly $63 million in net assets, up from $17 million in 2008.
Las Vegas has a reputation for being on the risqué side of fashion, but in business, it’s best to leave the leopard print at the door.
Racing team owner Sam Schmidt will leave Las Vegas Motor Speedway a winner regardless of how any of his teams does today in the inaugural IndyCar World Championships.
A Douglas County woman has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than $80,000 from her employer to support a penny-slot gambling habit.
State officials said a rash of collisions between vehicles and abandoned domestic horses on three rural highways in Northern Nevada is prompting the removal of as many as 100 of the animals from the range.
ELKO — A Nevada judge has sentenced an Iraq War veteran to up to 32 years in prison for the severe beating of a 71-year-old Spring Creek man at an Elko car wash two years ago.
Here’s the list of winners in the Nevada Press Association 2011 “Better Newspaper Contest,” announced Saturday night at the newspaper organization’s annual convention.
A longtime Henderson pediatrician was charged with participating in a scheme to defraud investors and chronically ill patients through the use of experimental stem cell implant procedures.
Anybody who has tracked the debate over who should operate the Regional Transportation Commission’s bus service has to be wondering what the heck is going on with the process, which has dragged on for six months.
An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department had an idea, a little over a decade ago, to form a special unit dedicated to investigating crimes against illegal immigrants and building trust between officers and the local Hispanic community.
As a successful businessman, Micah Duncan traveled in style and lived in upscale neighborhoods around the Las Vegas Valley.
WASHINGTON — Congress last week finalized free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, deals intended to increase exports and expand economic relationships with the U.S. allies.
New driving laws can be hard to get used to, even for those who write and pass them.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal won the top award Saturday in Carson City at the annual Nevada Press Association’s “Better Newspaper Contest,” taking the general excellence award for the third year in a row.
