$40 Cover? Lex in Reno Thinks Big

The Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, is spending $15 million for a 25,000-square-foot, high-end nightclub. It will be unlike anything in the Reno-Tahoe market, and the prices will...

Published March 24, 2014

Murder, They Wrote

Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority has ordered Irish bookmaking giant Paddy Power to pull an advertisement offering odds on the outcome of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. Paddy Power has...

Published March 17, 2014

Slot Keys on eBay

A Las Vegas newspaper was able to purchase two of the “2341 keys” at the center of the $1 million fine against Reno’s Peppermill simply by going on eBay.

Published March 17, 2014

Big Spenders

Sheldon Adelson (l.), the chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. made Forbes’ billionaires list for the first time in seven years. His net worth is now about $38...

Published March 10, 2014

Slot Machines Good For Indian Kids

A new study shows that adding slot machines to Native American casinos in California resulted in a modest reduction in tribal childhood obesity.

Published March 10, 2014

Drunken Stupor

Sports fan Mark Johnston, who lost a reported half-million dollars betting during a Super Bowl trip to Vegas, says he was too drunk to be held liable. Johnston played...

Published March 10, 2014

Some Timely Thoughts on New Jersey’s Sports-betting Push

Though taped more than a year ago, a recent Showtime report on sports betting quotes identified former bookies as saying that casino sports betting in Atlantic City will barely...

Published March 10, 2014

The Final Frontier?

World View Experience, a space-tourism company, has opened an office in Las Vegas. Its owners think the city’s reputation for luxury tourism make it a perfect location.

Published March 3, 2014

Gay Divorcee Gambled £1M. a Day

An aide to the ex-wife of the sultan of Brunei denies stealing jewelry from her. But she did help sell some of it, as she told a court in...

Published February 24, 2014

The Name Game

The name of Caesars Entertainment’s new boutique hotel in Las Vegas sounds very high-class. But so far, the name Cromwell has received jeers for recalling a bloody English ruler.

Published February 17, 2014

Trump for Governor?

Donald Trump, the billionaire former casino owner and “Apprentice” star is openly wooing the GOP in New York State. Trump says he would consider a run for governor if...

Published February 17, 2014

Who Will Win the Lion’s Share?

Why do people line up to play a 20-year-old slot machine at the MGM Grand in Vegas? Because the progressive Lion’s Share slot has never produced a jackpot. And...

Published February 17, 2014

Open & Honest

The decision by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement to release less information that the state has in the past is not only bad for professionals tracking this data,...

Published February 3, 2014

Sin & the GOP

Las Vegas tourism officials are in Washington, D.C., in hopes of luring the Republican National Convention to Las Vegas for the next convention. Some conservatives may not be persuaded.

Published February 3, 2014

Pony Up

Nevada gaming operators Steve Wynn, Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta recently donated the maximum allowed by law to Idaho Governor Butch Otter (l.), running for his third term....

Published February 3, 2014

Bet On It

Gambling opponent Greg Abbott, Texas' attorney general who's running for governor, invited potential donors to give $5 to his campaign and win prizes if they guessed the score of...

Published February 3, 2014

Look Up The Number

888 poker, which has just launched an online gaming site in New Jersey, has offered New York Giants wide receiver Offered Hakeem Nicks (l.)—who wears No. 88—an $88,000 payoff...

Published January 27, 2014

Who’s Got $142 Million to Spend on Art?

Elaine Wynn, that’s who. Steve Wynn’s extravagant ex thought nothing of dropping a small fortune for a painting by 19th century artist Francis Bacon.

Published January 27, 2014

Sinking SkyVue?

Work on the 500-foot observation wheel stopped back in the fall of 2012, but the developers insist the project near Mandalay Bay is still alive.

Published January 27, 2014

Chopstick Thief

Jay Newnum, an Indiana-based poker blogger has been sentenced to probation for using chopsticks to steal nearly $700 in dealer’s tips from a tip box at the Foxwoods Resort...

Published January 27, 2014