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Casinos & Gaming

Caesar’s titanic debt will go on

Caesars Entertainment Corp. has a bigger debt load than what Detroit owes its creditors.

Gambler accused of cheating extradited to California

A well-known professional gambler accused of cheating at cards at a San Diego-area casino has been extradited from Nevada to California.

Macau results propel Las Vegas Sands; earnings soar 79 percent

Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Thursday its financial performance for the third quarter rocketed past results from a year ago thanks to a growing business from the company’s casino holdings in Macau.

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Penn National Gaming reports profits down in third quarter

Penn National Gaming, which is spinning off its casino holdings into a separate publicly traded company, said quarterly profits declined due to soft gaming results in several markets.

American Gaming Association’s No. 2 person resigns

Judy Patterson has resigned as senior vice president and executive director of the Washington-based American Gaming Association, the organization she helped found. She will remain as a consultant over the next year.

As gaming unfolded, Faiss was there

Bob Faiss is considered one of the world’s leading gaming attorneys. His 40-year career could serve as a documentary on the history of Nevada gaming law and the expansion of the casino industry.

John Ascuaga’s Nugget sold to private investment group

John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks has been sold to a private investment group, which will end more than 50 years of family ownership in the Northern Nevada hotel-casino.

Fill your palace with Caesars decor

If you’re looking for a Price is Right chair, statues of lounging Greek goddesses or tiki huts for your backyard, you just hit the jackpot. Caesars Entertainment is unloading more than 14,000 chairs, lamp shades, metal bed frames and countless other items online and at the Rio this weekend.

MGM Resorts, Penn National win suitability ruling from Maryland regulators

Maryland gaming regulators ruled Thursday that three casino companies, including MGM Resorts International and Penn National Gaming, were suitable applicants to compete for a single gaming license that could place a multimillion-dollar casino complex near the nation’s capital.

One-day temporary casino known as Trailer Station to make return

Gaming regulators gave Station Casinos and United Coin Machine preliminary approval to operate a one-day temporary casino at the 26-acre site of the since-imploded Showboat/Castaways property on the edge of downtown near the Boulder Highway.

Randy Black out as COO of Mesquite Gaming

Randy Black, the face of Mesquite’s casino industry since the 1990s, is no longer associated with the casino company that he founded.

In Vegas, security cameras guard money, not guests

Las Vegas casinos — some of the most closely-watched spaces in the world — don’t have video cameras in guest room hallways, an absence that hotel workers, patrons and prosecutors say can act as a green light for crime.

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