Caesars acquisitions signal change in gaming
Two recent moves by Caesars Entertainment say a great deal about where the gambling industry is headed. In January, the company bought the non-gaming assets of the Atlantic Club, an Atlantic City casino that began life as Steve Wynn’s Golden…
Victor Drai’s at Cromwell will be ‘the most beautiful nightclub you have ever seen’
An artist’s rendering of Victor Drai’s Beach Club and Nightclub atop the Cromwell on the Strip, where the Barbary Coast used to be. By Robin Leach Wednesday, March 5, 2014 | 2 a.m. Victor Drai gives a tour of his…
Gambler sues, says he lost $500,000 playing drunk
A Southern California man is suing the Downtown Grand for loaning him money and allowing him to play while he was blackout drunk. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal file) By HANNAH DREIER ASSOCIATED PRESS A man who lost $500,000 playing table…
SLS Las Vegas to become part of Preferred Hotels Guests loyalty program
The new SLS Las Vegas, formerly the Sahara, will become part of the Preferred Hotels & Resorts guest loyalty program, which includes independent hotels and resorts worldwide. SLS Las Vegas is slated to open Labor Day weekend. (David Becker/Las Vegas…
Pa. casinos post monthly decline in slots revenue
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Regulators say bad winter weather once again kept gamblers away from Pennsylvania casinos. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Wednesday that revenue from slot machines in February totaled $181 million, down more than 7.5 percent. Ten…
(New York) Casino vote unanimous, but the take on what it means is not
SARATOGA SPRINGS >> The City Council’s unanimous vote against expanded casino gaming in the city means different things to different people — even to the commissioners themselves. For city Public Works Commissioner Anthony “Skip” Scirocco, the vote “sends the right…
Casino-funded marketing group buses in Philadelphians to party, tweet in Atlantic City
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The next Strip mega-resort is underway – it just doesn’t show yet
An artist’s rendering shows the Resorts World Las Vegas project Genting will build on the site of the stalled Echelon project on the Strip. Fitch Ratings Service gaming analyst Michael Paladino called the project, which will take at least three…
(Atlantic City)Why Caesers wants another loosing casino (video)
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson, whose net worth grew to $38 billion in 2013
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson, whose net worth grew to $38 billion in 2013, returned to the top 10 of the Forbes List of the World’s Billionaires for the first time since…