Proposal would convert Strip into pedestrian mall
By Bethany Barnes Las Vegas Review-Journal As the Clark County Commission weighs spending millions of dollars on new pedestrian bridges over the Las Vegas Strip, one commissioner wants to consider if the Las Vegas Boulevard of the future should be…
Harsh financial penalty leveled against PokerStars in Kentucky
By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal We know Kentucky has problems filling its budget gaps, but a state judge’s Christmas Eve gift was a little extreme. In essence, Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate is forcing owners of an online gaming…
Las Vegas smashes tourism record
Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal · December 30, 2015 at 6:00 am Las Vegas has broken its own visitation growth record, surpassing 42 million tourists with New Year’s Eve totals still uncounted. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority…
Bellagio craps scammers plead guilty (I remember this guy dealing to us)
By David Ferrara Las Vegas Review-Journal A former Bellagio craps dealer and a man who placed phantom bets at the casino pleaded guilty Thursday in what prosecutors called a million-dollar swindle. Mark M. Branco, 42, and Anthony G. Granito, 49,…
Casinos prepare for changes to draw next generation
By Mark Gruetze, Trib Live America’s biggest generation yet will succeed baby boomers as the primary group of casino customers, but that poses a problem for the gambling industry. Casino floors, in their current form, aren’t much of an attraction…
Borgata asks judge to order AC to refund taxes
Wayne Parry, Associated Press · ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The Borgata casino asked a judge Monday to order Atlantic City to pay more than $62 million in tax refunds that the court has already determined the casino should get…
Regulators license 3 new casinos for upstate New York
Michael Virtanen, Associated Press · ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – State gambling regulators on Monday approved licenses for three new casinos under construction in the Catskills, Schenectady and the Finger Lakes. The Gaming Commission’s five members unanimously approved each without comment,…
Jackpot-fixing investigation expands to more state lotteries
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The allegations read like a movie plot: a lottery industry insider installs undetectable software giving him advance knowledge of winning numbers, then enlists accomplices to play those numbers and collect the jackpots. And they secretly…
New York woman rejects plea offer in $25K casino chip theft
Associated Press · December 8, 2015 at 9:51 am 1 NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) – A New York woman charged with stealing a $25,000 casino chip at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun resort has rejected a plea deal. The Day of New…
New Csino opening in Washington State
http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/dec/08/cowlitz-tribe-secures-financing-for-its-casino-near-la-center/ Replies: Posted by: Dr Crapology on December 11, 2015, 12:07 am BTKk, is this anywhere near to you?? Doc