Three powerful women who carved out roles in Nevada’s gaming industry as it moved away from gambling halls to megaresorts shared their stories at the Mob Museum on Wednesday, riveting an audience with their substance and laughter.
Casinos & Gaming
Singapore’s two casinos experienced a 3.8 percent increase in gaming revenues during 2013, but it wasn’t enough to carry the island nation past the Strip.
State gaming regulators signed off on a $1 million fine Thursday against owners of the Peppermill Casino in Reno after the property’s owners admitted they allowed an employee to use a common slot machine “reset” key on games operated by competing Northern Nevada casinos to steal proprietary information.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved Gaughan Gaming’s acquisition of a 50 percent ownership position in the Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall in Ely. Gaughan Gaming, operated by John Gaughan in partnership with Paul Kellogg, will also oversee operations at the 85-year-old casino.
MGM Resorts International ended 2013 on an upbeat note. Company Chairman Jim Murren told investors Wednesday that 2014 is off to an equally good beginning.
An Internet poker website operated by the South Point has become Nevada’s third online gaming operation.
Dealers at Paris Las Vegas, Bally’s and Harrah’s voted 342 to 27 late Tuesday to approve the five-year deal, which retains grievance procedures, seniority rule and paid time off, among other issues, according to a union official.
Las Vegas-based Galaxy Gaming has been licensed in Arizona to place non-traditional table games and wagering enhancements in Indian casinos.
Someone claiming to be the hackers who knocked Las Vegas Sands Corp. off the Internet for nearly a week has posted an 11-minute video purporting to show stolen internal company information and taunting the international casino operator.
The 65,000-square-foot day-club and nightclub pool deck on the roof of the redeveloped Cromwell will open Memorial Day weekend, Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced Tuesday.
Las Vegas Sands Corp., owners of the Venetian and Palazzo on the Strip, has restored its websites about a week after they were apparently taken over by hackers.
William Hill PLC on Monday was forced to clarify media reports that its chief executive will leave the British bookmaker by the end of the year, saying a planned timetable to replace Ralph Topping at the end of next year is still on track.
If there’s one thing we learned from last week’s telephone press conference by the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling it’s that all five speakers “were honored” to be on the 45-minute call.
Pinnacle Entertainment CEO Anthony Sanfilippo drew upon his experience in corporate mergers in overseeing his company’s $2.8 billion acquisition of rival Ameristar Casinos in 2013.
Websites for casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. remained down for a fourth day on Friday, while company, state and federal investigators trace the origin and effect of a hacking intrusion.
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