In a collaboration between MGM Resorts International, BetMGM and Las Vegas-based Everi Holdings Inc., the company launched a new slot machine game in casinos and online.
Richard N. Velotta
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Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
Golden Entertainment, owner of the PT’s franchise and the Strat, will sell its slot routes in Nevada and Montana to an Illinois company, J&J Ventures Gaming.
A policy that has been in place since 1977 has frustrated jackpot winners and casinos and Rep. Dina Titus and her new gaming caucus plan to do something about it.
Las Vegas’ rebounding convention business and new headliner shows at the property’s theater result in record occupancy and average daily room rates in the fourth quarter.
Following growth in January and February, Las Vegas gaming industry analysts say some estimates for gross gaming revenue and cash flow are conservative.
Southern Nevada tourism is off to a strong start in 2023 after Harry Reid International Airport reported a 39.5 percent increase in passengers in January.
Robust events calendar, strong comparison against Omicron-affected January 2022 led Clark County casinos to pace a $1.27 billion statewide win in January.
The Gaming Control Board has concluded that allegations made against Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella were unsubstantiated.
With capacity growing at Las Vegas’ airport, baggage systems at Terminals 1 and 3 will be upgraded, according to Rep. Dina Titus, who helped secure the grant.
Nevada Gaming Commission approves licensing of BetMGM sports wagering partner Entain Plc, which won’t be acquired by parent company MGM Resorts International.
Thousands of Southwest Airlines employees were in Las Vegas Tuesday for the company’s annual rally but at least one employee group wasn’t in the mood to celebrate.
Twice-weekly flights on the airline’s Airbus A320 fleet will begin in June for Harry Reid International Airport’s seventh busiest commercial air carrier.
With Super Bowl LVIII about a year away, Las Vegas may wrestle with highway transportation matters, in-town transit issues and more visitors than hotels can accommodate.
Officials confirmed the former MSG Sphere at The Venetian president who spoke at the Vegas Chamber’s Preview 2023 event in January is no longer with the company.
The Culinary union ramped up the pressure Thursday on the company that provides food services at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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