Sands Ups House Edge on Most Blackjack

The Las Vegas Sands Corp. has made changes to its blackjack payouts that give the house a substantially higher advantage, a poker website says. The change makes the Venetian...

Published April 7, 2014

Wynn: Pay Up

A new compensation structure at Wynn Resorts will no longer be directly tied to company profits. Head honcho Steve Wynn will have to pay for his own villa (l.),...

Published March 31, 2014

Nevada Regulators Eye Rolling Lounges

Silver State regulators are taking a closer look at the rules governing out-of-state “rolling ultra-lounges,” which can be outfitted with stripper poles and other nightclub-style amenities. Some of the...

Published March 31, 2014

Strip Sign for Sale

This space for rent: a giant sign at the Harmon Center in Las Vegas is up for lease. It will cost millions for a company to buy the naming...

Published March 31, 2014

South Carolina Senator Challenges Canasta Ban

South Caroline Senator Tom Davis says he’ll seek to have a state gaming law declared unconstitutional if it does not exclude poker and canasta games played at retirement communities.

Published March 31, 2014

Downtown Bar Fight

The Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas is tussling with a non-member casino owner over the right to sell alcohol in outdoor bars. When the dust clears, all...

Published March 24, 2014

Road Rage

It would seem simple enough. Atlantic City’s main casino drag, Pacific Avenue needs repaving. But nothing is ever simple in Atlantic City as 10 years of broken promises have...

Published March 24, 2014

Casino Hacking: Could It Happen Again?

In February, in a case that’s still unsolved, hackers attacked the international websites of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., stealing some customer data from the website of the Sands...

Published March 24, 2014

$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