The Nevada Gaming Commission next week will consider a settlement with the operators of Resorts World for allowing illegal gamblers to play at the Strip casino.
Richard N. Velotta
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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.
When former truck driver John Breeding invented Let It Ride, he developed it as a game that would benefit from his earlier invention, Shuffle Master card shufflers.
Culinary Local 226 supports a bill in the Nevada Legislature that would require major Las Vegas and Reno hotels to clean their rooms daily.
MGM customers who believe their personal information was exposed in data breaches in July 2019 and September 2023 should fill out an online form by June 3.
One of Southwest Airlines’ rivals launches a promotion for free bags and low ticket prices to get passengers to “divorce your old airline.”
A report to investors by Barry Jonas of Truist Securities says, despite a tough comparison to February when Las Vegas hosted the Super Bowl, rates are stable.
Between Henderson Executive Airport and North Las Vegas Airport, there are 11 schools that offer flight training and experience for the next generation of pilots.
New York-based KalshiEX LLC, which offers “event-based contracts” that resemble sports bets, is getting a deadline extension from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board told a New York-based company it has until Friday to stop offering “event-based contracts” in Nevada.
The LVCVA’s report also said visitors are spending half the amount of time gambling than they did 30 years ago.
A company affiliated with the Las Vegas Spaceport has acquired land for an air taxi helipad near Allegiant Stadium to deliver people to games and concerts at the 65,000-seat home of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Jackpots won by players of IGT machines in February amounted to the largest payout month since August 2023, the company confirmed Monday.
The longtime executive who became chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp. in 2021 will be taking on a new role for the company next year.
Clark County District Court Judge Joanna Kishner said Light & Wonder breached a distribution agreement it had with The Talisman Group, the owners of EZ Baccarat.
The family of a woman who died of Legionnaires’ disease after bacteria was found at her apartment and at the casino she visited has filed a lawsuit in Clark County.