Visitation from Canada fell dramatically over tariffs and Trump remarks. Could the same thing happen with European travelers with the Greenland annexation issue?
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Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
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A UNLV report says Nevada’s slot machines have gotten tighter over the past two decades, but regulators regularly monitor casinos to make sure they don’t take too much.
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Wynn Resorts Chief Financial Officer Julie Cameron-Doe will retire in mid-2026 and her replacement has been named.
The Las Vegas-based company has relationships in Southern Nevada, with tribal gaming and with a major European outlet to bring the cashless environment into casinos.