ALBANY, N.Y. — Applicants for the four upstate New York casino licenses must provide resolutions of support from local lawmakers and be able to pay licensing fees that will run as high as $70 million, state gambling regulators said Monday.
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Members of the Culinary and Bartenders unions voted Thursday to authorize a strike at 10 downtown Las Vegas casinos and two other properties, though they have not determined when strikes could begin. The authorization comes after a more than a year-and-a-half of negotiation with the casinos, said Culinary Local 226 spokeswoman Bethany Khan.
A bill to outlaw online gaming was introduced Wednesday in Congress, adding another layer to the big-money debate over how or even whether the Internet should be utilized for gambling.
House of Blues Foundation Room managers have fired the employees who provided illegal narcotics and prostitutes to undercover investigators last year that led to a $500,000 fine levied against MGM Resorts International.
U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is preparing to introduce a bill that would restore a pre-2011 federal ban on gambling over the Internet, a spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.
There’s a feudin’ and a fussin’ under the Fremont Street Experience canopy that’s pitting small casino owner Steve Burnstine against longtime downtown powerhouse properties the Golden Nugget and the Golden Gate, as well as the president of the Experience and Las Vegas city government.
A digital billboard paying tribute to the late Jackie Gaughan went up near downtown Las Vegas on Thursday. Gaughan, hailed as “A Las Vegas Legend and Pioneer” on the sign, died Wednesday at age 93.
Funeral services for Las Vegas casino pioneer Jackie Gaughan will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Viator Catholic Church at the corner of Flamingo Road and Eastern Avenue.
A subsidiary of MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine to settle a complaint filed by the state Gaming Control Board alleging that employees of the House of Blues Foundation Room provided illegal narcotics and prostitutes to undercover officers several times over a two-month period.
The elder Gaughan, who once controlled 25 percent of the downtown gaming market and owned portions of some of the city’s most historic casinos, died Wednesday at age 93.