D Las Vegas hopes to break speed-dating record
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Officials at a downtown Las Vegas casino hope to break a world speed-dating record this Valentine’s Day. The D Las Vegas is hosting their free “D Date-a-Thon” event Friday night in partnership with two speed dating…
Get a bit of Las Vegas when .Vegas domain rolls out this summer
By this summer, Las Vegas will have an even larger virtual presence as .Vegas becomes a top-level domain on the Internet. Dot Vegas, Inc. joined with the City of Las Vegas to attain the .Vegas domain. The rollout will start…
Senator Whelan wants regulators to prohibit Caesars from restricting Atlantic Club's use as casino
By JENNIFER BOGDAN, Staff Writer A state senator is calling on New Jersey gambling regulators to stop the largest casino operator in the U.S. from ensuring that the former Atlantic Club Casino Hotel will never again function as a casino….
Wagers in mobile casinos and poker games to pass $60 billion in 2018
A sixfold increase from the $10 billion wagered last year. Annual wagers via mobiles and tablets on casino-type gambling and poker games is predicted to hit $62 billion by 2018, reports Juniper research. The main cause of this is expected…
Borgata chip counterfeiter is in running for dumbest criminal of 2014
Christian Lusardi who is accused of adding over two hundred $5,000 counterfeit tournament chips to a tournament at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City. By JENNIFER BOGDAN Staff Writer A North Carolina man who attempted to foil authorities by flushing…
Venetian, Palazzo casinos' websites down after apparent hacking
By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL For a brief time Tuesday, websites operated by Las Vegas Sands Corp. looked like scenes out of the 1983 movie “WarGames.” Those logging on to Venetian.com, Palazzo.com, and LasVegasSands.com, were greeted with various messages,…
Casino owners battle over online gambling
A debate over the future of internet gambling has created a rift among US casino industry titans, pitting advocates of expansion such as Jim Murran, chief executive of MGM Resorts, against billionaire opponents Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn. The split,…
Is this the beginning of the end of Caesars/Hurrah's?
Caesars Drops on Reports Lazard Will Advise on Refinancing Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Caesars Entertainment Corp., the largest owner of casinos in the U.S., fell after reports that the company had hired Lazard Ltd. for advice on a debt restructuring….
Atlantic City is on sale; City Alliance launches hotel packages, discounts
By MARTIN DeANGELIS Staff Writer Press of Atlantic City. Atlantic City is on sale. And this time, most of the hotel deals are good on weekends, too. The Atlantic City Alliance, the casino-marketing cooperative behind the DO AC campaign, launched…
China puts US businessman on trial for mob crimes
BEIJING (AP) – An American businessman stood trial in China on Monday for allegedly heading a violent mob that kidnapped rivals and operated illegal casinos, charges he’s said he was tortured into confessing. Authorities in southern China have accused Vincent…