L.A. nightclub operator Sam Nazarian bets on Las Vegas hotel-casino
Los Angeles nightclub operator Sam Nazarian bought the former Sahara Hotel and Casino, closed it, then renovated and reopened it as the SLS Las Vegas. Cleo is one of the signature restaurants inside the SLS Las Vegas. Sam Nazarian owns…
New Jersey on hunt for online gambling violators
ATLANTIC CITY — A red dot briefly popped up on the computer screen, indicating that someone in Long Island, New York, was trying to illegally gamble online in New Jersey. A few minutes later, another red dot flashed in eastern…
New Jersey on hunt for online gambling violators
ATLANTIC CITY — A red dot briefly popped up on the computer screen, indicating that someone in Long Island, New York, was trying to illegally gamble online in New Jersey. A few minutes later, another red dot flashed in eastern…
Sheldon Adelson Retains Hope for his Online Gambling Ban Bill
As the date for a Judiciary Committee hearing comes closer, Sheldon Adelson grows restless in his pursuit to ban internet gambling in the US. Sheldon Adelson is the chairman and CEO of the popular gaming center Las Vegas Sands, who…
N.J. sports betting: Critics worried lack of regulation might attract organized crime
TRENTON — In the late 1970s, shortly after New Jerseyans voted to allow casinos in Atlantic City, state lawmakers and officials put legislation in place to tightly monitor and regulate the gambling there. It was called the Casino Control Act,…
INSIDE GAMING: Recovery of Las Vegas locals gaming depends on a Strip development
The Las Vegas locals market is playing a game of “Waiting for Godot.” But unlike Vladimir and Estragon from the Samuel Beckett play, Boyd Gaming Corp. and Station Casinos aren’t waiting for some imaginary person. Genting Berhad will soon arrive…
Forget the AC, Vegas embraces the great outdoors for entertainment
Las Vegas Boulevard’s newest entertainment venues are using one of Nevada’s greatest resources — the great outdoors. Whether it’s a beer festival, country music concert or truck race on a dirt lot across from the Luxor on the Strip’s south…
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas trims loss, grows revenue
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas reduced its net loss and grew revenue in the third quarter, operators of the Strip resort said Friday. The hotel-casino, which operates as Nevada Property 1, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange…
James Packer Lures Deutsche Bank’s Rankin to Consolidated Press
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) — Australian billionaire James Packer persuaded Deutsche Bank AG’s co-head of corporate banking and securities, Robert Rankin, to run his family investment firm. Rankin, an Australian, will leave his job in London in January to become chief…
SugarHouse renews effort to kill 2nd Philly casino
Gambling regulators are nearing a decision on Philadelphia’s second and final casino license, with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board scheduling a Nov. 18 vote that will likely come under scrutiny no matter which of the applicants – if any –…