Nevada’s newly christened Internet gaming agreement with Delaware could launch this summer, and Gov. Brian Sandoval said he hopes to add more states to the compact.
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MGM Resorts Chairman Jim Murren wants the American Gaming Association to dial down its lobbying and advocacy efforts on behalf of legalizing Internet poker because the activity is splintering the organization.
State gaming regulators signed off Thursday on Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s plan to sell four of its resorts to the company’s Caesars Growth Partners affiliate for $2.2 billion.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday signed off on a $500,000 fine against the Mandalay Bay but also used the penalty to send a warning to the rest of the casino industry.
Up and down the Strip Thursday, college hoops fans from every corner of the U.S. were checking in to hotels, placing bets at bustling sports books and mixing testosterone with Bud Light and small hills of nachos. It’s big business for Las Vegas’ resort industry.
Early projections of a massive swell of cash from legalized online gaming may have been overly optimistic, but regulation launched a breakthrough in the gambling world, Ultimate Gaming’s top executives said Thursday.
Steve Wynn will have to come up with an extra $525,000 a year if he wants to continue to live at his golf course villa at Wynn Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Vice President of Government Affairs Andy Abboud was in decidedly unfriendly territory Wednesday during the opening session of iGaming North America at Planet Hollywood. Abboud has been the front person while Las Vegas Sands battled legalizing Internet gaming.
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.
Workers at the LVH reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with Culinary and Bartenders unions, it was announced Wednesday.
A joint venture involving Caesars Entertainment Corp. gained initial approval from the South Korean government to add gaming as part of a full-scale resort complex in Incheon, South Korea.
A who’s who of Las Vegas gaming turned out Monday to say goodbye to longtime casino owner Jackie Gaughan, who died last week at age 93.
It’s been eight years since Macau surpassed the Strip in annual gaming revenue. So it makes sense that the region — the only location in China with casinos — is creating more gaming industry billionaires than Las Vegas.
A New York-based hedge fund acquired a 5 percent ownership stake in Boyd Gaming Corp. last week and immediately fueled rampant speculation in the investment community.