The ramp-up of the Monarch casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, went better than expected and the Reno-based company that owns the Atlantis had record results.
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Vici Properties plans to close on a deal to acquire The Venetian, Palazzo and the Sands Expo & Convention Center by early 2022.
State gaming win exceeded $1 billion for the fourth straight month in June, as Clark County casinos showed a 130 percent increase from 2020, bringing in $1.015 billion.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board will have a new self-exclusion list for players of interactive games soon, a new means to address problem gambling in the state.
There aren’t any solid estimates for how many people will visit Las Vegas during the traditional kickoff to summer, but visitors commented on smaller lines and shorter waits than in past years.
Las Vegas may have lowest number of tourists since before The Mirage opened its doors in 1989.
Dependent on fly-in traffic more than other markets across the state, Strip win was down 32.5 percent in November compared with the same month in 2019.
Citing a professional business opportunity that was too good to pass up, the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Sandra Douglass Morgan has resigned as board chairwoman and executive director.
Caesars Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday reached an agreement to purchase sports betting company William Hill PLC for $3.7 billion.
The state Gaming Control Board reported a 45.5 percent decline in win from June 2019 with the Strip off 61.4 percent.
Clark County win was down 99.5 percent from a year ago with the only win coming from scattered bets from companies with sports betting apps and online poker.
With the state’s casinos ordered closed in March by Gov. Steve Sisolak, the industry knew it was going to see a huge win decline. As bad as it is, April’s win will be worse.
The state Gaming Control Board could limit the number of people inside a casino at one time, but it probably won’t mandate temperature detectors at entrances.
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Company Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson said the inside of his Macao casino “looks like an operating room” because employees are wearing protective masks.