Day 8 of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event began at noon Tuesday and quickly eliminated its first player at the Rio.
Lars Bonding, a 31-year-old poker player from Las Vegas was knocked out in 22nd place in the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em World Championship, winning $302,005.
The field, which began on July 7 with 6,865 players, will be reduced to the final table of nine players sometime early Wednesday morning.
Caesars’ Flamingo property is preparing for its 80th anniversary, and other gaming industry news.
Plus, a Las Vegas-based digital payment company has launched its app-based system at a California tribal casino.
Las Vegas housekeepers and custodial staff put their skills to the test Monday evening during the annual Housekeeping Olympics inside Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.
Robert “R.J.” Cipriani’s case will be reviewed, but his complaint against former Resorts World President Scott Sibella is dismissed, and other gaming industry news.
Currently, the only U.S. airports with slot machines are Harry Reid International in Las Vegas and Reno-Tahoe International in Reno. That could change soon. Plus, more gaming news.
Poker Palace Casino in North Las Vegas sold for more than $9.4 million, according to Clark County records. The sale price includes the land and building, not the gaming operations.
The major Strip operator also named four new general managers to lead five of its Las Vegas resorts.
Plus, Macao had its second-lowest month of gross gaming revenue for 2025 in September, thanks mostly to two typhoons that pummeled the region.
Plus, a new Las Vegas manufacturing company will make its debut at next week’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
Plus, Atlantic City casinos sees best summer in more than a decade, according to state gaming regulators.
