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Soccer star Beckham will promote Sands casinos in China

Retired soccer star and sometime underwear model David Beckham has signed on to help promote Las Vegas Sands’ properties in Singapore and the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.

INSIDE GAMING: Customer panel praises IGT

Rather than having only International Game Technology executives tout the company’s products to the investment community, the company put its customers on the hot seat.

 
MGM Resorts wins license for Maryland casino; Murren credits team effort

MGM Resorts International won a license for a new casino near the nation’s capital in Maryland on Friday. A state commission voted 5-2 in favor of MGM’s proposal to build a $925 million resort near the Potomac River at National Harbor.

Affinity Gaming says credit card, debit card system hacked

Two days after national retailer Target said credit and debt card information for some 40 million customers was stolen in a security breach, casino operator Affinity Gaming said Friday it suffered a similar episode.

Hoover Dam Lodge gets ready to start renovations

The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved a gaming license for Nevada Restaurant Services Inc., which is remodeling the Hacienda into a national park-style lodge called the Hoover Dam Lodge overlooking Lake Mead outside Boulder City.

Caesars taps Live Nation to book The Axis at Planet Hollywood

Caesars Entertainment announced Thursday that Live Nation Entertainment will oversee booking the remodeled theater at Planet Hollywood, reopening as The Axis on Dec. 27 with the first date in Britney Spears’ exclusive concert run, “Britney: Piece Of Me.”

Poster to appeal rejection of suitability to Nevada Gaming Commission

Former Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster is appealing the Nevada Gaming Commission decision that blocked his chance to take the position of chief operating officer at Wynn Las Vegas. (File, Las Vegas Review-Journal)