#Civella

The Tropicana hotel-casino, a once-glamorous resort that first opened in 1957 on the Las Vegas Strip, is set to close permanently Tuesday. The Trop, as it is known locally, is one of the last Mob-linked properties on the Strip with original construction intact. Meanwhile, a small, longtime Las Vegas Strip casino, Slots-A-Fun, is returning not to…

In the first 10 days of legal sports wagering in Kansas, people made almost $40 million in bets. While that may sound like a windfall for the state's treasury, it is not. "After the payment of player prizes and deductions for promotional play and the federal excise tax, net sports wagering revenue for the first 10 days was $233351, of which the…

One of the few remaining Las Vegas Strip resorts dating to the Mob era is getting a makeover. For the past three years, Circus Circus hotel-casino has embarked on a $30 million renovation to spruce up the property at the northwest end of the resort corridor, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. That section of the Strip has lagged in recent…

The former casino owner died of cancer at the age of 79, praised by his Las Vegas business leader for his clean business records before it became clear that he was actually a mob frontman. Allen R, CEO of Argent Corporation, who owned four casinos on the Las Vegas Strip during its heyday. Glick's family announced that they died of cancer on August…

Nevada casinos for years were run by Mob until the 1960s, two factors contributed to the decline of Mob infiltration into Las Vegas casinos, one the Black Book and two, the corporate casino ownership. An eight-series podcast hosted by Jeff German, the Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter, explains how Las Vegas casinos transitioned from…