13 kids, 5 adult guests at Rio Casino fall sick
By TOM RAGAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL The highly contagious norovirus might be to blame for the illness of more than a dozen children and at least a half dozen adults at the Rio on Friday morning. The virus is one…
Reviving Las Vegas With Less Sin, More City
Las Vegas, long known for its gambling-fueled revenue model, took a big hit in the financial crisis. The city is now trying to remake itself as more than a one-economy town. In Nevada, there is no income tax. And if…
Harmon Hotel demolishion halted by insurance questions
By TIM O’REILEY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Insurance questions have frozen plans to demolish CityCenter’s never-finished Harmon Hotel. At a Friday hearing, District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez withdrew the approval she granted on Aug. 23 for CityCenter, operated and half-owned by MGM…
Sirens of TI pirate show permanently canceled
By Michelle Rindels, Associated Press Published Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 | 1:14 p.m. Updated Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 | 2:13 p.m. Sirens of TI Actors perform in Launch slideshow » An open-air Las Vegas Strip pirate show that featured sirens…
Bally expects $30 million savings in takeover of Shfl Ent.
By Richard N. Velotta (contact)Monday, November 25, 2013 – 2 p.m. Shfl Entertainment’s 350 employees in Nevada and 900 worldwide began working for Bally Technologies today as Bally put the finishing touches on a $1.3 billion acquisition announced in July….
Atlantic City's hotel occupancy rate stays strong
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:52 am By JENNIFER BOGDAN, Staff Writer Follow Jennifer Bogdan on Twitter The Atlantic City casino industry’s gross operating profits are down 23 percent in the first nine months of the year, registering $349 million….
Online Poker Is Great for Us: Casino CEOs
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Steve Wynn compares effort to outlaw online poker to Prohibi
By CHRIS SIEROTY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chairman Steve Wynn said Monday he’s undecided whether New Jersey’s decision to legalize online gaming will have a major impact on efforts in Congress to pass any federal legislation legalizing online…
Gamblers in other states tried to bet online in NJ Read mor
This is the message players get if they are not within the NJ state lines. BY WAYNE PARRY ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Would-be gamblers from at least 23 states tried to log onto casino gambling websites in the…
All eyes on N.J. as state prepares to debut online gaming
This Nov. 19, 2013 photo taken from a computer screen in Atlantic City, N.J., shows a game of online poker in progress on the global partypoker.com site. The site’s parent company, bwin.party, is partnered with Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino…