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Report shows Las Vegas Strip has Nevada’s tightest slots

When the state Gaming Control Board released its statewide gaming win statistics for 2017 in late January, the headline was the 2.8 percent increase from $11.26 billion in 2016 to $11.57 billion for the 336 nonrestricted locations across Nevada.

Lawmakers tweak policy on gaming applicants

Late in the recently concluded Nevada legislative session, lawmakers revisited and modified policy from an era of our state’s storied gambling past.

How will legalized recreational marijuana affect the gaming industry?

It’s a cinch that if you’re walking the Strip on New Year’s Eve, you’ll come across at least one person toking in the new year with a celebration of the arrival of legalized recreational marijuana in Nevada.

Check out these nine takeaways from our trip to Macau

Here are nine takeaways from the week photojournalist Erik Verduzco and I spent in Macau for Tuesday’s opening of the Parisian Macao. There’s a lot to be said for “everything under one roof.”

Kerkorian negotiated blockbuster deals but shunned limelight

Kirk Kerkorian, who died Monday at 98, was never comfortable in the spotlight. Despite his status as one of America’s most successful billionaires, Kerkorian was reserved, unpretentious and media-shy.

New Orleans readies smoking ban, but it won’t happen here

Caesars Entertainment Corp. can’t seem to catch a break. Next month, New Orleans will ban smoking in most public venues within Orleans Parish, including bars, hotels, sports stadiums and restaurants (where the activity has been curtailed since 2007).

Crumbled buildings, cannons symbolize current status of Macau

In Macau, there are spectacular images of the city’s downtown Peninsula skyline from the Ruins of St. Paul. Above the church site is Mount Fortress, built by Jesuits to protect the Portuguese colony. The crumbled buildings and cannons serve as a metaphor for the current state of the Chinese gaming enclave.

Once ignored, Multimedia Games now may see other suitors

Four years ago, Multimedia Games was all but kaput. Six months later, the company changed direction and last week, Las Vegas-based Global Cash Access agreed to pay $1.2 billion for Multimedia Games.

Strip land values react to deal for Frontier site

James Packer, CEO of Melbourne-based Crown Resorts Ltd., is forming a company with ex-Wynn Las Vegas President Andrew Pascal and investment firm Oaktree Capital Management to construct a hotel-casino on the 35-acre site where the New Frontier once was.