Unsolved mystery: Sabotaging Hotels Sheets with dye bombs.
By Ed Komenda Las Vegas Sun For three months, someone has been dropping dye bombs into Marty Martin’s dirty laundry. Martin is the guy in charge of laundering thousands of pounds of sheets and towels soiled in Strip hotels. The…
Former Palms sports book manager pleads guilty in betting sc
By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Michael Albanese, a former manager at the Palms race and sports book, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday in a betting scheme authorities say defrauded the resort of more than $800,000. Albanese, 41, entered…
Las Vegas tourism flat for second month in a row
By LAURA CARROLL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas tourism is flat. Through September, tourism stayed relatively unchanged at 30 million visitors year-to-date compared to 30.06 million who visited during the same time period in 2012. The Las Vegas Convention and…
Bally Tech closing deal to acquire SHFL ent. by year end.
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Slot machine manufacturer Bally Technologies told investors on Wednesday its expects to close its $1.3 billion acquisition of gaming equipment rival SHFL entertainment by the end of the year. The company, which said its…
Nevada Supreme Court says tip sharing permitted
By SEAN WHALEY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court said in a unanimous decision on Thursday that tip sharing by casino dealers with employees of higher rank is permitted under state law. The decision…
COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN DISNEY’S WAR ON GAMBLING
Sunday’s New York Times carried a bombshell tucked quietly inside an otherwise pedestrian piece about Disney ramping up political efforts to thwart the further expansion of casinos in Florida. It seems that for the sake of ideological purity, Disney has…
15 Celebrities in Sexy Halloween Costumes
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Home prices rise again in August; Las Vegas leads nation
By PAUL WISEMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices rose in August from a year earlier at the fastest pace since February 2006, according to new data from a home price index. But the price gains slowed in…
Baccarat drives Strip revenues to 2nd straight double-digit
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Baccarat action helped boost Strip gaming revenues to a second-straight monthly double-digit increase during September, but analysts told investors not to read too much into the results. The house again played lucky. Fueled by…
Packers Macau investment of $600MM worth $6Billion now
MacauBusiness.com http://www.macaubusiness.com/news/packer%E2%80%99s-us600m-in-city-of-dreams-worth-billions.html Australian businessman James Packer says his US$600 million (MOP4.8 billion) investment in the City of Dreams is now worth US$6.2 billion, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. At an annual general meeting in Sydney today, the Melco Crown Entertainment…