Special events continued to propel visitors to Las Vegas gambling at record paces in May. A boxing title fight, Electric Daisy Carnival and two big concerts drew players.
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Despite producing the best quarterly revenue total and cash flow in its history, the company that operates Luxor’s HyperX Arena still showed a loss in 1Q22.
Oak View Group’s planned 2,000-room resort and 20,000-seat NBA-ready arena on the south Strip are scheduled for a groundbreaking next year and an expected opening in 2026.
In a two-count, 13-page complaint, Station Casinos is accused of failing to prevent wagering on sports events that had already begun, resulting in a fine of $80,000.
The Legends Bay Casino in Sparks was licensed Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Commission in a unanimous vote.
Online poker tournament winners from across the country won a free trip to Las Vegas and a five-night stay at Aria for the inaugural BetMGM Poker Championship.
Caesars Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday opened the largest freestanding sportsbook in Arizona and has a celebrity chef with Las Vegas connections serving food.
For decades, it was accepted wisdom in the casino industry that eliminating smoking would automatically lead to revenue declines and customer losses. But a new report says that may no longer be the case.
In the months ahead, BetMGM will offer sports wagering and iGaming on Carnival, Holland and Princess cruise ships after a partnership was formed with Carnival Corp.
Randy Morton, the former co-CEO of Foley Entertainment Group and longtime Bellagio executive, joins former Raiders President Marc Badain at new south Strip project.
While Nellis Air Force Base, Red Rock National Conservation Area and the local Bureau of Land Management office are requiring masks, the state’s casinos won’t for now.
Leaders across the country say the end of COVID-19 testing for passengers arriving in the United States from overseas should increase visitation and spending.
Venetian President and CEO George Markantonis will step down Aug. 1 and Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas executive Patrick Nichols will take over at the Strip resort property.
The Gold Strike Tunica will become the Cherokee Nation’s first casino outside Oklahoma and MGM will continue to have a Mississippi presence with Beau Rivage in Biloxi.
It’s taken a long time for Southern Nevada-based Olympia Gaming to get to licensing its Legends Bay Casino, but Chairman and CEO Garry Goett said it was worth the wait.