Ex-Deloitte Risk Chief Settles SEC Claim He Took Casino Markers
A former Deloitte LLP executive will be suspended from practicing as an accountant for two years after settling U.S. regulatory claims that he took thousands of dollars in markers while serving as an adviser on the firm’s audit of a…
Caesars completes sale of Harrah’s New Orleans
LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CZR) and Caesars Acquisition Company (CACQ) today announced the closing of the previously announced sale of Harrah’s New Orleans from Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. to Caesars Growth Partners after…
CA Online Poker: Tribal Unity Makes Online Poker Likely in California
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Experts: Online gambling slowed by illegal action
Wayne Parry, Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Internet gambling in the United States is off to a slower start than many had imagined, held back, experts say, by illegal offshore operators who are continuing to draw users and…
Las Vegas's Lucrative Nightclubs Pump Up the Spectacle
Champagne sparklers at Marquee At the Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, a $1,500 bottle of Champagne is topped with a sparkler and delivered by a waitress under a spotlight. Life, a competitor opening down the street in…
Suspect sought in armed robbery of Henderson casino
Henderson Police released this surveillance photo from an armed robbery May 4 at a Wildfire Casino in Henderson. Police are seeking clues to the identity of the man, who forced an employee to the floor at gunpoint while robbing the…
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas sold to Blackstone Group for $1.73 billion
Deutsche Bank announced Thursday that the The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has been sold to the Blackstone Group for $1.73 billion. By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL After nearly six years, Deutsche Bank announced Thursday it was parting ways with…
The Beatles Continue to “Hold Your Hand” and Touch Your Wallet
By Christopher G. Axelrod The Beatles broke up in 1970. Only two of the original band members are still living, and occasionally recording and touring. The band is considered to be a 1960′s phenomenon, yet its music and personalities enjoy…
Macau seeks curbs on China's UnionPay bank card in casinos: with $22.5Billion in transactions
(Reuters) – Macau authorities have urged banks to restrict the use of a Chinese state-backed bank card which racked up $22.5 billion in transactions last year, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a bid to…
NJ mayors in charity Internet poker tourney
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Mayors from around New Jersey will come to Atlantic City next week to do what some people say politicians love to do best: play with someone else’s money. The mayors will face off next Thursday…