Former Wynn cocktail waitress Tiare Ramirez had a choice between taking a $27,000 payment or taking her chances in a new trial focusing on the $321,200 jury award.
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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.
With three public scoping meetings completed, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Bureau of Land Management and a consultant must next work on the EIS report.
The small locals casino, which has operated since 1974, will end jobs for 126 employees when it closes.
A group of environmental activists, many of them costumed as desert animals, questioned the need for the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport Wednesday.
Now with 37 inductees, the List of Excluded Persons includes mob associates, cheats, thieves and a human trafficker, all believed to be damaging to the casino industry.
The process of placing someone on Nevada’s List of Excluded Persons can take months. But once accomplished, it’s a designation that literally lasts a lifetime. Here’s how people land in the “Black Book.”
Few comments were received at Tuesday’s virtual scoping meeting, but environmentalists could make their voices heard at Wednesday’s Las Vegas meeting.
Plus, the state’s 438 largest casinos won $15.6 billion from gamblers in 2024-25, falling short of the record $15.7 billion won in 2023-24.
Red Rock Resorts’ Durango property has proven to be one of the most profitable of the Station Casinos’ outlets, catering to a young demographic of industry professionals.
The 92-year-old Marsh recently dazzled gaming regulators with his stories about operating casinos and bars in Goldfield, Pioche and the Amargosa Valley.
Plus, House members support changes to new gambling tax regulations.
The addition of the Suncoast’s new state-of-the-art bingo room is part of a major property renovation that won’t be completed until the first quarter of 2026.
The company reported Thursday that construction disruptions at its Suncoast property probably held back an even stronger locals performance for the Boyd Gaming.
Nevada Gaming Commission gives approval to Joe Asher’s sportsbook. It expects to have 10 outlets in the next year.
Sands is one of several gaming companies eyeing the prospect of developing casinos in Thailand.