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Cantor Gaming on Tuesday debuted its latest race and sports book at The Venetian. The sports book features a 100-foot-long, high-definition 4-millimeter black video screen, one of the world’s largest. The 10,000-square-foot space includes surround sound, marble flooring, and 118 carrels, the most of any Cantor sports book.
Culinary Local 226 wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship, claiming the world’s largest promoter of mixed martial arts events is violating U.S. antitrust laws.
Zuffa LLC, which operates the UFC, is majority-owned by Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, the principals in Fertitta Gaming and operators of Station Casinos. The Culinary is trying to organize many of the company’s 13,000 employees.
The business concept is simple and unique — provide a delivery service for local residents tired of driving to California and Arizona for lottery tickets.
LAS VEGAS — An online poker company facing severe legal troubles says it has made a deal with the Department of Justice toward repaying deposits from players.
Frank Mercadante Jr. likes to wager on college football; it doesn’t really matter who is playing. He’ll bet $20 or $30 on a regular-season game, sometimes he’ll place $50 on the outcome of Bowl Championship Series bowl game.
If predictions are correct, this Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers will have a nongaming economic impact of $85.6 million locally, while sports books estimate a handle of $88 million to $90 million.
With National Football League owners threatening to lock out players next season if a new collective bargaining agreement isn’t reached by a March deadline, sports books in Las Vegas are bracing for a financial hit.
