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Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air announced several special flights to bring opponent team’s fans to Las Vegas for games against the Raiders in Allegiant Stadium.
Live Nation, the top booking company in Las Vegas, says it is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates U.S. live event ticketing.
Here are five of the more memorable casino conquests this past month in the Las Vegas Valley (and beyond).
The downtown casino offering the smaller table says it can offer the popular game during the day shift using fewer workers.
Regulators and gaming industry leaders say they’d welcome daily fantasy sports operations in Nevada, but not under the framework offered in proposed legislation unveiled by Fan Duel and Draft Kings, the nation’s largest fantasy providers.
Rowing, shooting and judo — the U.S. might have won big gold medals in those Olympic events but some of the most prominent Las Vegas sports books didn’t even bother with them.
FanDuel and DraftKings, the largest daily fantasy sports operators in the country, are angling to return to the Nevada market and a representative will make a presentation to the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee next week.
Gov. Chris Christie thinks the U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether New Jersey can legalize sports betting. He commented Wednesday while co-hosting a sports-talk radio show.
Former National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, a supporter of legalized sports wagering, will address next month’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
New Jersey’s latest shot at legalized sports betting suffered a significant setback Tuesday, when the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the prohibition of sports gambling in that state by a 10-2 vote.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling invalidated a law enacted by New Jersey in 2014 that would have allowed sports betting at casinos and racetracks. The court found New Jersey’s law repealing prohibitions against sports gambling violated the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which forbids state-authorized sports gambling.
British bookmaker William Hill Plc rejected a 3.2 billion-pound ($4.2 billion) cash-and-stock offer from 888 Holdings and Rank Group, a deal that would take recent industry consolidation to a new level.
The president of the American Gaming Association says while casino revenue has leveled off in Mississippi and other states, sports betting could be that new amenity consumers want, which will keep tax money rolling in.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
In a ceremony with Clark County officials, José Manuel Carrera became the first sidewalk vendor to become licensed with the county.
A new report from Colliers says a new community has emerged as the top income earning spot in the Las Vegas Valley.
The surge in international traffic at Harry Reid International Airport continues with a 17.1 percent increase in April and a 23.6 percent jump for 2024 so far.
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.