Employees at The Venetian are receiving $1,500 bonuses as part of an appreciation award program Tuesday.A total of $11 million is being distributed, and all 7,000 full-time and flex-time workers are...

Circa Sports, the wagering platform launched last summer by downtown Las Vegas casino owner Derek Stevens, has its first location outside Nevada.The company reached an agreement Thursday with Century...

Las Vegas based Red Rock Resorts pre-announced fourth quarter results Thursday when it unveiled plans to raise $500 million in new debt.Analysts focused their attention, however, on preliminary...

Bally's Corp. received approval Thursday to take over the operations of the Tropicana Las Vegas and the company said it’s evaluating “the potential for a significant redevelopment” of the Strip...

The south end of the Strip could get another resort-casino courtesy of MGM Resorts International, which is also working on a strategy to attract more of its regional customers to Las Vegas.MGM’s...

In a scenario far removed from the Hollywood-style robbery in the movie Ocean’s Eleven, industry security experts around the country are astonished that a scammer posing as a casino owner could have...

MGM Resorts International employees who are fully vaccinated can now remove their masks at work.The gaming operator released a statement May 14 that vaccinated customers would no longer have to don...

Orga Boone was eager to play slots at just-opened Rivers Casino Portsmouth in southeast Virginia, but her first visit was shorter than the drive there.Tobacco smoke throughout the gaming floor of...

Two media reports suggested Friday that Caesars Entertainment and Eldorado Resorts were close to creating the world’s largest casino company, but more negotiations are required to make the deal...

When and how the Tropicana hotel will be torn down is still up in the air as Bally’s Corp. executives wait for the Oakland Athletics to finalize their Las Vegas ballpark plans.With the A’s planning...

Award-winning journalist Howard Stutz has been appointed Executive Editor of CDC Gaming Reports. The longtime gaming reporter and commentator will oversee all editorial functions for the leading...

The long-rumored sale of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas came to fruition Monday when Caesars Entertainment announced that it had sold the resort to a New York-based real estate group...

Brent Musburger knew that adding bookmaker Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder to CBS’ The NFL Today would cause controversy in 1976. Snyder, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, had been a flamboyant character in...

The financial ties between MGM Resorts International and its late founder Kirk Kerkorian have ended.The casino giant said Monday that Tracinda Corp., Kerkorian’s privately held holding company, has...

Las Vegas continues to attract younger and more diverse visitors, and they’re spending more on their visit.Those are just a couple of the findings of the 2022 “Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study” issued...

Dianna Scina had a plan.She’d been working at the San Manuel Casino since she was young, starting as a bingo floor clerk. When she went to college to become a teacher, Scina figured her days at San...

Bally’s Corporation Monday announced that MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa has been renamed Bally's Lake Tahoe Casino & Hotel. The property-wide rebrand, which will include new Bally's dice, cards,...

Golden Entertainment said it’s spending $30 million to upgrade rooms and make other improvements at The Strat to bring in customers from conventions, F1 in November, and the Super Bowl next Februar...

Casino equipment manufacturers spent three days at last week’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas touting 21st century technology to engage customer interest, such as 3D and 4D slot machine graphics and...

Skill-based game maker Synergy Blue said Tuesday it will place arcade-style slot machines on field trial at two Station Casinos’ properties in Las Vegas over the next two to three weeks.Synergy Blue,...

How can casinos attract their best slot customers and entice them to play the game beyond a promotion?Introduce a slot machine from a classic movie title like The Wizard of Oz, have the manufacturer...

Wynn Resorts said Wednesday it will receive $41 million – which includes $20 million from former chairman and CEO Steve Wynn – to settle a derivative lawsuit filed on behalf of the company.In a...

The Fontainebleau Las Vegas has appointed two key executives to its leadership team in advance of its December 13 grand opening on the north end of the Strip.John Helderman, a 25-year veteran of the...

Aristocrat Technologies launched its first-ever Buffalo Bar in a Las Vegas casino to take advantage of its popular slot brand. The company is eyeing recreating the experience elsewhere in Nevada and...

Caesars Entertainment has sued its insurers over non-coverage of losses associated with COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns and is seeking more than $2 billion.In the lawsuit filed Friday with the Clark...

Noted Las Vegas gambler and philanthropist Billy Walters, who was convicted of insider trading in 2017, had the final years of his prison sentence commuted Wednesday by President Donald Trump.Walters...

LAS VEGAS – Craps tables that illuminate winning wagers from beneath the felt. A sports book with self-serve beer taps and individual fan-caves with video game consoles. A full-service bar lined with...

Macau gaming revenues fell 79.7% in March as the Chinese casino market continues to deal with the fallout from the country’s coronavirus pandemic.The Gaming Inspection & Coordination Bureau said We...

El Cortez Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas opened its first-ever high-limit room in time for Super Bowl weekend. Previously part of the slot floor, the newly converted room has two high-limit...

New York opened 2022 with $1.6 billion in handle. Fittingly, the state closed with it as well.With $1.62 billion in accepted bets, the 10th month exceeding $1 billion, NY sports betting ended its...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mobile sports betting is coming to New York.The state's gaming commission announced Thursday that four of the nine mobile sports wagering operators selected in November have been...

MGM Resorts International shook up its property management structure, reducing the number of resort presidents and giving new leadership the oversite of multiple properties in the company’s regions...

The inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix is projected to have an overall economic impact to the tune of almost $1.3 billion.The figure for the race taking place Nov. 16-18 comes from an...

In 2019, the first full year of legal sports betting in the U.S., Americans wagered $13 billion on sports, according to an accounting by the American Gaming Association. The accounting covered 11...

Even as casinos look for ways to attract the eSports community to gamble on slot machines themed on popular video games, skill-based game makers lament the challenges facing their small sector of the...

After being closed for 78 days, some Las Vegas casinos aren’t wasting a single minute in their plans to reopen.Under the state's Phase Two plan that goes into effect today, casinos can reopen at...

Penn National Gaming said Monday it will open a sportsbook at the company’s Indiana casino that is roughly a 40-minute drive from downtown Chicago.Pending regulatory approval, the sportsbook at...

Twin River Worldwide Holdings boosted its relevance in the regional gaming sector with casino acquisitions Friday at bargain-basement prices.For a combined $180 million, the Rhode Island-based casino...

The head of a major gambling industry group said Friday that he is hoping charges will be laid against operators of illegal sportsbooks and casinos shortly, a move that would send a severe message to...

Brett Abarbanel was raised in San Diego near the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. She was fascinated by the track — mostly because people leaving the facility seemed to snarl up traffic.But as she got...

New Jersey has moved ahead of Nevada in the realm of esports wagering, but a newly formed advisory committee could change that and make Las Vegas a tournament capital with a menu of betting options...

MGM Resorts International’s new chairman was one of four directors and executives who acquired stock in the casino giant Monday and Tuesday in an effort to boost the company’s share price, which has...

Casino executives should heed the lesson from electronic table games when it comes their evaluation of skill-based slots, according to Next Gaming CEO Michael Darley.The Las Vegas-based company,...

A southern state, absent a casino industry but soon to launch mobile-only sports wagering, intrigued Nevada gaming attorney Jennifer Roberts.The concept – mobile sports betting without a traditional...

Tilman Fertitta has acquired a big ownership stake in Wynn Resorts Ltd., giving him an immediate foothold in the Las Vegas Strip’s casino industry as the billionaire sets out to build a towering...

Sightline Payments said Thursday it closed on $100 million in funding that will support the Las Vegas-based financial technology company’s growth efforts in several gaming markets, focusing on the...

A proposed $3 billion hotel, gaming and entertainment district that would include a 20,000-seat sports and entertainment arena for an NBA team has raised questions about market saturation.Las Vegas...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The gambling industry and some of its allies in Congress are renewing a push to decrease the number of slot machine jackpots that get reported to the IRS.Legislation...

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended that the state license Betfred Sportsbook after a two-hour hearing Wednesday in which the UK-based operator was questioned over regulatory failure,...