Five months after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease was reported at the Rio, the number of confirmed cases of the pneumonia-like bacterial illness among guests has risen to seven, with 29 more cases suspected, the Southern Nevada Health District said Tuesday.
Eight Las Vegas Valley residents have made the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans released Tuesday.
The state Gaming Control Board is pitching in on the investigation of the person who shot hundreds of people from his hotel suite at Mandalay Bay and will deploy plainclothes officers at Strip casinos as a safety measure.
Edward Davis, the former commissioner that led the Boston Police Department during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, was a last-minute surprise speaker at the Tuesday opening of the 17th annual Global Gaming Expo at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
Someone could be $700 million richer when the Powerball numbers come up Wednesday night. But if the winner — or winners, for all you office pool lottery players — is a Nevada resident, they will have had to make a drive to get the lucky ticket.
Southern Nevada tourism leaders saw things in June that they rarely see in their tourism statistics — negative percentages.
Paige Lion will take over as the new vice president of information technology and chief information officer for Affinity Gaming, the company has announced.
Jaime K. Black, a former federal appeals court law clerk and a senior research specialist and Investigations Division agent for Nevada’s Control Board since 2014, was appointed to the position Friday by board Chairman A.G. Burnett.
A dip in convention traffic and one fewer weekend day in April compared with last year kept visitation flat for the month, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Wednesday.
The state’s top gaming regulator said Friday that he’s concerned about political influence on the oversight of Nevada’s dominant industry and has nothing against Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a prospective Republican candidate for governor.
