22+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1758+ words) There’s a fair amount of chatter about who owns what on the Las Vegas Strip. That’s because Strip casinos often aren’t owned by the entities we think they’re owned by. One company may own the land (usually Vici Properties), but…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (391+ words) Station Casinos celebrated its 50th anniversary this week by doling out stock valued at more than $70 million. On Wednesday (Sept. 9), Las Vegas locals specialist Station Casinos said it’s giving nearly 10,000 full- and part-time workers shares of the organization’s publicly traded arm,…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (601+ words) Just days after abandoning its daily fantasy sports (DFS) licenses in seven states, Underdog has launched legal action against five, seeking a permanent injunction against the enforcement of state gaming laws against its prediction markets. On Tuesday (September 8), the operator…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (919+ words) The sportsbooks at two downtown institutions, Binion’s and Four Queens, have a new operator: Boomer’s Sportsbooks. We have a great deal of apathy toward sportsbooks due to our obsession with things that actually matter, but we are going to report…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (381+ words) Mark Keast Mark is a long-time, seasoned journalist, as a writer and editor, working for several Toronto daily newspapers, then moving over to the digital arena, covering both sports and business. Over the past few years he moved over to…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (797+ words) Northern Nevada’s gaming market is finally throwing off the rust, as illuminated by a new report in the Nevada Independent. Reno casino win is having its strongest run since California tribal mega-resorts hollowed out the drive-in trade in the 2000s, and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (505+ words) Fewer people in Las Vegas were unemployed in July than a year ago, with the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that 5.4% of the labor force didn’t have a job. The unemployment rate for the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas area…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (523+ words) This week, the FBI opened an investigation into a massive dark‑web marketplace selling more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s license scans that researchers say were likely stolen from IDScan, which has not named any company as a source…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (607+ words) Following recent, opposing rulings on prediction market cases by the Third and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, consensus is building in the investment and legal communities that it’s just a matter of time before the U.S. Supreme Court hears at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (545+ words) President Donald Trump welcomed tourism leaders to the White House on Wednesday (Sept. 2), with several of the casino industry’s biggest players among those at the table. Trump met with the US Travel Association, led by Geoff Freeman, who previously headed…...