Although Macau surpassed the Las Vegas Strip in 2006 and is still the reining revenue champion, Las Vegas is still king of the game in many ways with more visitors arriving each year, as well as pioneering the concept of integrated casino resorts. Three of the four US-listed companies that operate in China also call Las Vegas home - Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts Ltd., and MGM Resorts International. Any move by the big players in Sin City has an effect on operations all over the world. World Casino News covers The Strip and Glitter Gulch as casinos open and close, C-Suite Executives rise and fall, and as Downtown is revitalized by important operators into a more sophisticated gambling and entertainment zone.
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In Las Vegas, the Local 226 chapter of the Culinary Workers Union has reportedly reached a tentative agreement with the firm behind the Plaza Hotel and Casino that should see the downtown venue avoid a strike b...
The gaming win reports are in for May in the state of Nevada, with just over $1b earned for the month, marking a 5.3% increase when comparing year-over-year totals. The $1.04 billion generated in May was the fo...
The 2018 World Series of Poker continues at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, offering players a prime opportunity to take part in premium poker gaming. One of the most recent tournamen...
One of the latest tournaments of the 2018 World Series of Poker to finish up is Event #44, the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship. The tournament saw 109 players competing with a prize pool gene...
Located off-Strip, Palace Station Hotel & Casino will soon debut a 220,000 sq ft expansion, the result of a $192 million investment and nearly a year of construction work. The massive overhaul increases the...
The 2018 World Series of Poker continues to see event after event finish up at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas. The series has been fruitful for some, while others have had to settle for finis...
The 2018 World Series of Poker continues to offer quality poker gaming options each week, with several events finishing up over this past weekend. Event #18 was one such event, a $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed...
After in August 2017, the self-parking garages at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore began to charge visitors and registered hotel guests for parking, Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), recently announced that effective ...
The World Series of Poker has announced that the nomination process for the 2018 class of the Poker Hall of Fame is now open. Nominees can be made by the public online, with each individual nominated having to ...
Las Vegas-based developer and operator of high-end hotels and casinos, Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), has named Erik Hansen (pictured) its first Chief Sustainability Officer. The newly created position will ...
The 2018 World Series of Poker is in full swing with poker pros and amateurs descending upon Las Vegas, Nevada to take part in the 49th running of the popular poker tournament series. Event #3 of the 2018 serie...
In Las Vegas, the Local 226 chapter of the Culinary Workers Union has reportedly reached a tentative agreement with casino operator, MGM Resorts International, only a day after coming to a similar arrangement w...
Early today, the Culinary Union communicated that hospitality workers, including bartenders, cooks, porters, along with food and cocktail servers are planning to start making “thousands of strike picket signs,”...
In Las Vegas, yesterday reportedly saw some 25,000 members of two local trade unions overwhelmingly vote to authorize strike action if their leadership cannot agree on new five-year employment contracts with so...
Today at 5pm in Las Vegas, Palms Casino Resort will begin to showcase a collection of new entertainment venues and restaurants, along with a completely transformed casino floor and property-wide contemporary ar...