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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According to a CNN report, France’s foreign minister’s son Thomas Fabius, 33, allegedly passed bad checks to casinos in Las Vegas and faces criminal charges in the United States for his actions.
A criminal c...
While MGM China Holdings Ltd profits showed a more than 30% decline over the same quarter a year ago, MGM Resorts International (MGM) did better overall with US operations compensating for the losses overseas. ...
After spending the past three months in a losing streak with casino gaming, the state of Nevada has now caught a break. Thanks to the return of the pro football season as well as the game of baccarat, the casin...
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada is turning the big 5-0 and plans on celebrating by spending $75 million in upgrades. The owner of the casino, Caesars Entertainment Corp. is due to announce today that they p...
Describing the property as a dormitory, the new owners of the Tropicana Las Vegas are planning on making a few changes since paying $360 million for the property. Tim Wilmott, the CEO of Penn National Gaming, t...
Kazuo Okada formerly held the director position at the top gambling company, Wynn Resorts Ltd., before he was fired from his position, reportedly by Steve Wynn himself. Okada was removed from the board of the c...
The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is under siege from all quarters. Wednesday the Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are investigati...
On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board ( NGCB) decided to rule that daily fantasy sports will require a license if companies are going to operate in the state. The board ruled the activity a form of gambl...
Hillary Clinton, who is running for president of the Unites States, stopped at a union rally right in front of Donald Trump’s hotel on the Las Vegas Strip to mock him on the day of the first Democratic presiden...
US Representative Dina Titus of Nevada wants a congressional hearing to explore the legalities of daily fantasy sports (DFS). In a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursda...
This year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E), the industry’s biggest trade show that began last week in Las Vegas is all abuzz with talk of fantasy sports, the business that’s gowning exponentially, but whose action re...
Two Bellagio craps dealers along with their accomplices have been indicting in Las Vegas on multiple counts of theft and cheating at gambling, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney J. P. Raman, the Las Ve...
Mark Frissora is the latest member of the Caesars Entertainment Corp. team, earning the position as the company’s CEO. After taking on the position, Frissora attended the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada...
Four years in the making, on Monday developers broke ground on a $30 million motorsports complex named SpeedVegas on South Las Vegas Boulevard in Sloan.
Inspired by Formula One racetracks and as the name imp...
Thursday, September 17 the Nevada Gaming Commission in Las Vegas approved changes in the regulations allowing the introduction of skill elements into the normally 100% random slot machines found in Las Vegas an...