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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Asian casino operator Genting Group has appointed industry veteran Edward Farrell to oversee the development of its coming Resorts World Las Vegas project while stating that the planned opening of the $4 billio...
Changes are afoot in regards to the World Series of Poker brand. As the WSOP gears up for the 48th running of the ever-popular poker tournament series, a few changes have been announced. A new four-year broadca...
The Cosmopolitan Of Las Vegas has become the latest Las Vegas casino to begin charging patrons for parking with The Blackstone Group-owned property reportedly revealing that the move was necessary due to simila...
In efforts to reach out to the millennial audience, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have focused their efforts on offering new skill-based games. Gamblit Gaming is a skill-based gaming developer who has c...
A New York man who filed suit against The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the Marquee nightclub, and Roof Deck Entertainment LLC, in 2014 for an attack that allegedly occurred in 2012 was awarded $160 million by a j...
According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s monthly revenue report released Wednesday, casinos in the state hauled in upwards of $991 million in March, an increase of nearly 7.5 percent from the same time la...
A new professional sports league may be looking to move to Sin City, after an announcement was made by Rob Manfred last week, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Manfred stated that the league is open to...
American Class II and Class III game supplier, AGS have begun the process with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that could result in a public offering of common stock.
Industry readers wi...
Friday night’s fire at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas was the city’s second casino fire within 24 hours.
Spokesman for the Nugget, Tim Szymanski, said that shortly after 8:40pm on Friday, Las Vegas Fire and Res...
A late night fire at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino on Thursday engulfed part of the roof of the MGM Resorts International property.
The blaze that engulfed the roof of a building at the south side of the B...
With the summer only a few months away, online poker rooms are preparing for the upcoming World Series of Poker. The popular poker series is set to take place starting on May 30th and continuing until July 17th...
Several current NFL players will reportedly be fined by the NFL for taking part in a sporting event at a Las Vegas casino over the weekend.
The MGM Grand Hotel & Casino was the stage for the Pro Football...
Las Vegas’ recent attempts at drawing a younger crowd are reportedly paying off after a recent study showed that more than a full third of visitors to the Nevada city last year were aged between 18 and 35 while...
The focus of casino gaming venues is shifting away from the traditional gambling game and moving towards a skill-based option in efforts to attract more millennial visitors to properties in Nevada as well as ac...
A betting ban hasn’t been requested by the NFL on Raiders games when the team leaves Oakland for Las Vegas, and league commissioner Roger Goodell said they have no plans to do so, according to the Las Vegas Rev...