The FBI had to move up a raid on an international gambling operation at Caesars Palace in July because word had slipped out about the investigation, a state gaming agent testified Wednesday.
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Tutor Perini Corp., the general contractor behind CityCenter and a party in a massive construction defect case involving the development’s Harmon Hotel, said Wednesday it would receive “total net settlement proceeds” of approximately $189.5 million on its lien claims.
One of Nevada’s seven most-wanted cheats was recently taken into custody at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa. But six remain. Here are their stories. Bright red letters spelling “CAPTURED” now cross out Chahine’s mug shot on the most-wanted list of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, which alerted other states about Chahine’s past. Now six photos remain — criminals still at-large and responsible for thousands in casino theft.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced to three years probation Monday for his role in a lucrative illegal bookmaking operation.
The idea of a full-scale smoking ban in Nevada casinos seems out of place. The “No Smoking” concept doesn’t fit the Strip’s “do anything” reputation.
An appellate court on Monday upheld a $19 million judgment against “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis in a slander case filed over his claims that casino mogul Steve Wynn had threatened to kill him.
Gaming attorney Bob Faiss, whose 40-year career could serve as a documentary on the history of Nevada gaming law and the expansion of the casino industry, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer.
Bo Bernhard, executive director of the International Gaming Institute and professor of sociology and hotel management at UNLV, recently gave a TED Talk saying Las Vegas is a smart city. He’s not talking about book smarts but “social intelligence.”
Construction workers this week began dismantling a large crane that has sat unused atop the mothballed Fontainebleau on the North end of Strip for more than five years.
Gaming industry icon Burton Cohen died Monday at his home in the Regency Towers in the Las Vegas Country Club, sources tell the Review-Journal. During his 50 years in Las Vegas, Cohen ran a number of major casinos, including Desert Inn, Dunes and Frontier.
The food and beverage director at Texas Station filed a federal lawsuit Friday that accuses her employer of violating the Equal Pay Act.
Members of the Culinary and Bartenders unions voted Thursday to authorize a strike at 10 downtown Las Vegas casinos and two other properties, though they have not determined when strikes could begin. The authorization comes after a more than a year-and-a-half of negotiation with the casinos, said Culinary Local 226 spokeswoman Bethany Khan.
There’s a feudin’ and a fussin’ under the Fremont Street Experience canopy that’s pitting small casino owner Steve Burnstine against longtime downtown powerhouse properties the Golden Nugget and the Golden Gate, as well as the president of the Experience and Las Vegas city government.
A digital billboard paying tribute to the late Jackie Gaughan went up near downtown Las Vegas on Thursday. Gaughan, hailed as “A Las Vegas Legend and Pioneer” on the sign, died Wednesday at age 93.
Funeral services for Las Vegas casino pioneer Jackie Gaughan will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Viator Catholic Church at the corner of Flamingo Road and Eastern Avenue.
