The immigrants were among refugees fleeing the violence in Bosnia after a war that erupted in 1992 with the collapse of Yugoslavia.
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It’s been a year since American billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s casino company was hacked. Now the blame is officially being placed on Iran.
Legislation that would repeal a federal handle tax on Nevada sports books was reintroduced in Congress Friday by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., who said the levy places an undue burden on the state’s sports book industry.
Nevada casinos turned the corner in January. Gaming revenue increased 7.75 percent statewide while Strip casinos grew totals by 15.4 percent during the first month of 2015, the Gaming Control Board said Friday.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. on Thursday sold its 20 percent interest in three Ohio casinos to partner Detroit-based Rock Gaming.
The Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission, after more than three hours of special meetings in Las Vegas, signed off on Italy-based lottery giant GTECH Holdings $6.4 billion buyout of Nevada-based slot machine manufacturer International Game Technology.
It didn’t take long for Nevada sports books to begin offering betting lines on the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of the state’s “markers law” in a case involving a high roller who failed to pay off a combined $384,000 in markers he took from the Hard Rock Hotel, Caesars Palace, The Venetian and Palazzo in the fall of 2008.
Bank of America Corp. on Wednesday said it reached a $300 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by lenders that helped finance construction of the failed Fontainebleau, which filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2009.
There is no debate that Station Casinos had a strong finish to 2014, giving analysts hope that recovery in the Las Vegas locals gaming market is underway. Now, the investment community may want a piece of the action.
NEW YORK— The shuttered Revel in Atlantic City again has a buyer — and again it’s Florida developer Glenn Straub, who was lured back by a discounted price of $82 million.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. is getting used to saying no. For the second time in two weeks, the casino operator rejected a demand from an unsecured second level bond holder for payment of the obligations.
Scientific Games Corp. said a federal judge dismissed a more than five-year-old patent infringement lawsuit against a company subsidiary.
For a decade, north Strip casino operators anticipated a redevelopment of the area that would include new megaresorts and entertainment complexes rivaling projects underway on the boulevard’s southern end.
MGM Resorts International will hold a job fair Wednesday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center to hire more than 500 permanent positions at 13 of the company’s Strip-area resorts.
