A leading proponent of skill-based video game slot machines and video game gambling in the state will need to regroup after the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday denied him a gaming license.
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The Las Vegas-based company reported $2.18 billion in revenues throughout 2020, down more than $1 billion from the 2019 total of $3.33 billion, according to financial reports.
“The hope is that we can make Las Vegas, the health (and) safety capital of the world,” said Jim Murren, head of the state’s COVID-19 Response, Relief and Recovery Task Force.
Billionaire Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn put his ultra-luxury Southern California mega-mansion on the market for $110 million.
Brin Gibson, on the job for three months, is ready to take on the daunting challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and updating the state’s gaming regulations.
It’s unclear what sort of changes could emerge under new leadership, but industry watchers say Las Vegas Sands likely will stay true to its roots, at least in the short term.
In certain parts of the U.S., placing a bet on a round of slots or roulette is as easy as pulling out a smartphone or booting up a computer. But not in Nevada.
When exactly the state crosses from pandemic to post-pandemic is hard to nail down, though experts have varying opinions of what that might look like.
Nevada’s casinos won’t need to overhaul their operating plans under new guidance issued Tuesday by gaming regulators.
Bartenders and patrons at The Timbers weren’t wearing masks when Gaming Control Board agents made an unannounced visit to the tavern in August.
Casinos in Michigan are closing for three weeks in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19 — a move that gaming experts see as potentially a sign of things to come for Las Vegas.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Tuesday his appointment of J. Brin Gibson as the board’s new chair and executive director.
About half of MGM Resorts International’s national pre-pandemic workforce is back. The company furloughed employees when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted nationwide shutdowns in March.
It’s a trend unlikely to reverse itself until casinos get back to full capacity and midweek visits with conventions and trade shows return.
Boyd attributed its downtown struggles to “significant travel restrictions in Hawaii and overall declines in Las Vegas visitation.”