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Businessman sees growth in pari-mutuel based fantasy sports

Vic Salerno’s bid to fill the gap created by the absence of daily fantasy sports play in Nevada has grown exponentially during the football season and is making even greater strides outside the state.

Gaming regulators place convicted card cheat in Black Book

The Nevada Gaming Commission has banned from the state’s casinos a notorious card cheat who marked cards with invisible ink that he could see while wearing special contact lenses.

Licensing of Cannery properties to Boyd Gaming approved

The Cannery and Eastside Cannery properties officially became part of Boyd Gaming Corp.’s network of locals casinos Monday following two votes by two regulatory bodies that took less than an hour.

 
Fireworks greet opening of $2.7B Parisian resort in Macau

Las Vegas Sands Corp. said “bonjour” to Southeast Asia on Tuesday, opening the 3,000-room, $2.7 billion Parisian Macao with a flurry of fireworks and an electrifying lighting of its half-scale Eiffel Tower on the Cotai Strip.

Poker pro Phil Ivey, friend must repay Borgata $10.1M in cards case

Poker pro Phil Ivey and a companion must return more than $10 million they won from an Atlantic City casino while playing cards that were arranged in a certain way to give the players an edge

Laughlin’s abandoned Emerald River resort remains an eyesore

With the Colorado River steps from her house, Susan Martinolich can soak up a serene landscape from her back patio. There’s so much beauty outside, she says, she isn’t bothered much by the abandoned concrete towers standing across the water in Laughlin — leftovers of the failed Emerald River resort.

How will legalized recreational marijuana affect the gaming industry?

It’s a cinch that if you’re walking the Strip on New Year’s Eve, you’ll come across at least one person toking in the new year with a celebration of the arrival of legalized recreational marijuana in Nevada.

Top executive at SLS Las Vegas leaving his post

Scott Kreeger, who stepped in as president and chief operating officer of the SLS Las Vegas just over two years ago, is leaving the 1,616-room resort to accept a senior position at an undisclosed gaming company.