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Convention Center changes food vendors after 44 years

Monday, Oct. 24, 2016

For the first time in more than four decades, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will have a new vendor providing food and beverage services to the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Field. ...

Bar-top versions of table games introduced at PT's

Monday, Oct. 24, 2016

PT’s Entertainment will soon roll out bar-top video versions of craps, roulette, blackjack, and baccarat at their PT’s, Sean Patrick’s and Sierra Gold locations. Usually, gamblers have to travel downtown, to ...

Thanks to flux capacitor, Plaza revisits movie role

‘Back to the Future’ celebration today in downtown Las Vegas

Friday, Oct. 21, 2016

Las Vegas, like no other place in the U.S., blurs the line between what's considered passé and what’s considered retro and hip. Today, the Plaza celebrates the “future” arrival date of ...

Penn National Gaming CFO retires unexpectedly

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016

Saul Reibstein, CFO of Penn National Gaming, announced his retirement today, leaving an empty chair, not in his office, but in the office of the person named to replace him. ...

Lucky Dragon gets final approval

New rules to expedite field testing of games OK’d

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016

The Lucky Dragon, the first ground-up casino built near the Las Vegas Strip in several years, won final approvals from the Nevada Gaming Commission today ...

Tempting menu debuts at Guy Savoy's Caviar Room at Caesars Palace

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016

Foodies with expensive tastes can add the new Caviar Room at the Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace to their elite dining bucket list. The Caviar Room is in the restaurant’s lounge, a more relaxed place to ...

Gaming Commission aims to accelerate approval for new casino games

Field testing to come earlier in regulatory process

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016

Getting new casino games in front of gamblers faster is the idea behind a change in regulations being considered by the Nevada Gaming Commission. At present, game makers use field trials to see if ...

William Hill, Amaya end merger talks

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016

A potential merger of an English bookmaker William Hill with Canadian online poker company Amaya has been called off. ...

Palace Station workers reject bid to unionize by slim margin

Monday, Oct. 17, 2016

A majority of workers at Palace Station voted not to unionize over the weekend in the latest battle between Station Casinos and the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 ...

Miracle Mile sale points to bull Strip real estate market

Monday, Oct. 17, 2016

The sale of a prominent Las Vegas Strip shopping mall is proof, one local real estate professional said, that the smart money is now ready to bet on resort real estate in Las Vegas. ...

Treasure Island plans more convention space

Friday, Oct. 14, 2016

The house always has an edge, and the edge many Strip casinos have today is extensive convention space. And Treasure Island Las Vegas plans to increase its edge with a $6.5 million 12,500-square-foot expansion of its convention space.

‘W’ lifted into place on north Strip

First guests to the boutique hotel, a partnership with SLS, arrive Dec. 1

Friday, Oct. 14, 2016

It was too early to light up the giant letter “W,” some 13,500 pounds of sheet metal, lights and wiring lifted atop the large video sign of the SLS Las Vegas Friday morning. The letter was placed there to advertise the SLS’s relationship with ...

Hooters keeping the name amid management changes

Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016

The Hooters Casino Hotel, a property that’s seen a lot of name changes through the years, will likely remain Hooters even after the company currently managing ...

Q+A: Enforcement leaders outline their approach on e-sports, skill-based games

Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016

Ask an industry insider about the future of gaming and no doubt you’ll get an answer that includes some combination of e-sports, daily fantasy sports and skill-based gaming. The push is on to ...

Changing Skyline: Hotel wing coming to old-time casino

Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016

Walk into the Skyline Restaurant & Casino and you know. From the first few metallic clinks of coins splashing into a tray to the signs featuring big slabs of red meat, it’s obvious you’ve entered old-school Las Vegas (well, actually, old-school Henderson in this case). There is no talk of e-sports at the Skyline, 1741 N. Boulder Highway, about three miles south of Boyd Stadium. Instead ...

William Hill, Amaya confirm merger talks

Monday, Oct. 10, 2016

The potential merger of an English bookmaker with a Canadian online poker company may have a lot to do with online gaming in the U.S., one gaming analyst says ...

Hurricane Matthew affecting Las Vegas flights

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016

Hurricane Matthew may be on the other side of the country, but that doesn’t mean Las Vegas isn’t being affected. Airlines canceled hundreds of flights today and Friday as the hurricane pelted the Florida coast with high winds and heavy rain. The Fort Lauderdale airport shut down this morning, and farther north the ...

Free drinks for slot play? Not so fast

How casinos are using more automation to figure how much booze to comp players

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016

Like free parking, getting a free drink for throwing a few coins in a slot may become a thing of the past now that some Las Vegas resorts have started using ...

What a united Hard Rock brand means for customers

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016

It’s all one again. The Hard Rock brand, which had been split among different owners at different times for more than three decades, is now completely controlled by Hard Rock International, owned by ...

Cashing out: Poker notables auctioning Versailles-themed penthouse

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016

Depending on your taste, it’s either almost $8 million of baroque beauty or another example of over-the-top Las Vegas excess. But a three-floor penthouse condo owned by ...

CG Technology to pay $16.5 million to resolve federal gambling probe

Monday, Oct. 3, 2016

Sports book operator CG Technology has admitted guilt and agreed to pay $16.5 million to avoid criminal prosecution on illegal gambling and money laundering charges ...

Entrepreneurs make pitches at Governor’s Conference

Friday, Sept. 30, 2016

Young entrepreneurs, their stories and business pitches, were the focus of the fifth Governor’s Conference on Business at the Rio on Friday.

Making soft targets harder topic of G2E workshop

Friday, Sept. 30, 2016

Whirling around the clock and designed to be open and welcoming, casinos will probably always be soft targets for active shooters, so addressing the possibility of a mass shooting ...

UNLV gaming expert laments industry’s lack of innovation

Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016

Where is the innovation in casino gaming, Mark Yoseloff, executive director of UNLV’s Center for Gaming Innovation, asked repeatedly during his presentation at the Global Gaming Expo.

Challenging hotel-design assumptions a goal of UNLV students

Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016

Robert Rippee of UNLV’s International Gaming Institute recently asked his students two questions about hotel rooms and hotel room desks. “I quizzed the class, ‘How many of you have stayed in ...

Gaming industry’s expanding reach a theme of G2E

Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016

If this year’s Global Gaming Expo is about any one thing, it’s about the gaming industry’s expansion beyond the barriers it faces ...

Casino crimes vary from sophisticated to slapstick

Scams described at G2E session

Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016

They are the types of criminal activities usually seen only in movies about Las Vegas: stacks of $100 bills hidden in walls, special contact lenses used to see invisibly marked cards, hacked casino computer systems and outright ...

Volcano's creator to be inducted into Gaming Hall of Fame

Monday, Sept. 26, 2016

If the success of Las Vegas can be attributed to the spectacular escapism of the megaresorts, then Don Brinkerhoff can claim at least some of the credit for the city’s growth.