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The Nevada Independent

Indy Gaming: Macau casinos bounce back after three years of depressed gaming revenue

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. - Howard Stutz With three months in the books, Macau's…

Industry ・ 07 April 2023

The Nevada Independent

Gaming regulators sign off on Century's purchase of the Sparks Nugget

The Nevada Gaming Commission approved Century Casino's $195 million purchase of the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks on Thursday, giving the Colorado-based company its first location in Nevada. Century executives said this month the transaction with Las Vegas-based Marnell Gaming is expected to close during the first week of April. The Nugget, one of…

Land-based ・ 24 March 2023

The Nevada Independent

Indy Gaming: Expanded multi-state online gaming may not benefit Nevada

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. - Howard Stutz The inclusion of Michigan into the…

Industry ・ 23 February 2023

Sparks Tribune

Century Casinos executive: ‘If you’re a gaming company, wouldn’t you want to be in Nevada?’

Home / News / Century Casinos executive: 'If you're a gaming company, wouldn't you want to be in Nevada?' By Howard Stutz Century Casinos' pending $195 million acquisition of the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks will rewrite the company's corporate profile. The regional casino operator, which began in Europe, doesn't have what gaming observers…

Travel ・ 20 September 2022

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The Nevada Independent

Indy Gaming: Three years later, no action in D.C. to raise jackpot tax threshold

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. - Howard Stutz Congressional representatives and the…

Winnings ・ 09 March 2022

Northern Nevada Business Weekly

Colorado casino company buying Nugget in Sparks for $195 million

Colorado-based Century Casinos said Wednesday it is buying the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks for $195 million, marking the company's first venture into Nevada. Century, which is headquartered in Colorado Springs, will pay $100 million for the operations of the Nugget and $95 million for 50 percent ownership of the real estate. Century has a…

Travel ・ 03 March 2022

Reno Gazette Journal

What is Century Casinos? What we know about Nugget hotel-casino buyer

With the Nugget Casino Resort poised to change hands yet again, many are likely wondering about its new out-of-state buyer, Century Casinos. Prior to Wednesday, not many in Reno-Sparks were familiar with the Colorado-based company. That changed during the early morning hours of Feb. 23, when Century Casinos announced an agreement to acquire the…

Covid ・ 01 March 2022

The Nevada Independent

Indy Gaming: Fitch Ratings revises its outlook toward Las Vegas casino recovery, sees rebound by 2023

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. Please to sign up and receive Indy Gaming in your inbox. Fitch Ratings gaming analyst Colin Mansfield waited in line patiently to sample a specialty item offered by Boon Tong Kee, one of the…

Land-based ・ 21 July 2021

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Northern Nevada gambling icon John Ascuaga dies at age 96

SPARKS, Nev. - John Ascuaga, the son of Basque sheepherders who became a northern Nevada gambling icon after he bought a small coffee shop with a few slot machines in Sparks in 1960 and turned it into a major hotel-casino he operated for more than a half century, has died. He was 96. Ascuaga was known for roaming the casino floor and greeting…

Travel ・ 04 July 2021

Los Angeles Times

John Ascuaga, Nevada casino icon, dies at 96

John Ascuaga, the son of Basque sheepherders who became a northern Nevada gambling icon after he bought a small coffee shop with a few slot machines in 1960 and turned it into a major hotel-casino he operated for more than a half century, has died at age 96. Ascuaga was known for roaming the floor and greeting patrons personally at the casino he…

Land-based ・ 30 June 2021

Review Journal

John Ascuaga, a Northern Nevada gambling icon, dies at age 96

SPARKS - John Ascuaga, the son of Basque sheepherders who became a northern Nevada gambling icon after he bought a small coffee shop with a few slot machines in Sparks in 1960 and turned it into a major hotel-casino he operated for more than a half century, has died. He was 96. Ascuaga was known for roaming the casino floor and greeting patrons…

Travel ・ 30 June 2021