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Final jackpots: Mirage Hotel and Casino to pay out $1.6M before closing

LAS VEGAS - The Mirage Hotel and Casino will close soon -- but not before it pays out its final jackpots. The Las Vegas landmark will close July 17 after 34 years in business, but all those progressive jackpots that have been increasing over the years have to be won, according to Nevada Gaming Commission rules. The Mirage opened in 1989 by Steve…
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Final jackpots: Mirage Hotel and Casino to pay out $1.6M before closing
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Bellagio replacing trees that have died since Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Several trees that were installed in front of the Bellagio following the inaugural Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix have died. Trees were removed in front of the Bellagio casino in September as part of the "efforts to provide the best possible experience through improved visibility, mobility and pedestrian access and safety" for…
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One Mob-Era Casino Closes, Another Offers Old Vegas Prices

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…
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Mexican Mafia members run profitable illegal LA casinos from behind bars

Illegal casinos in Los Angeles are cropping up everywhere from warehouses to homes and are largely benefiting incarcerated members of a prison gang called the Mexican Mafia, authorities say. Richard Velasquez, a Los Angeles County sheriff's detective, told the Los Angeles Times that casitas, Spanish for "little houses," are "everywhere, to be…
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Alleged terror attack disables Las Vegas solar array

SOLAR: An alleged terror attack temporarily disables a 100 MW solar array in Nevada that provides power to 13 Las Vegas casinos. (Casino.org) GRID: •Heavy winds, rain and snow again damage utility equipment in California, leaving more than 420000 households without power. (Los Angeles Times) • Pacific Gas & Electric says it may be another week…
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Robbi Jade Lew Return to Hustler Casino Live in the Works?

Playing in Day 1a of the $15 million guaranteed WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas on Monday, Robbi Jade Lew hinted to PokerNews that a return to Hustler Casino Live could soon happen. The poker player from Southern California also reflected on how her life has changed since the infamous alleged cheating incident at Hustler Casino on Sep.…
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Winning ticket sold in California for record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot

Winning ticket sold in California for record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES (TNS) - One lucky winner bought the record-breaking Powerball jackpot ticket at a store in Altadena, becoming the state's first billionaire-by-lottery, according to California Lottery officials. Suspense had continued to mount Tuesday morning…
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Biggest Gambling Losses Ever

Humans are an odd species. We believe in stuff like beginner's luck and the luck of the Irish. We almost instinctively root for the underdog. And yet, with a mixture of awe and admiration, we watch a high roller place an impossible bet-and lose. Naturally, no one can ever entirely avoid loss while gambling, but we can ensure it happens less…
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Frank Cullotta, The Chicago Mobster Who Inspired 'Casino'

One of the most infamous members of the Chicago Outfit and the Hole in the Wall Gang burglary ring, mobster Frank Cullotta also ended up providing law enforcement with key information on the mob's activities in Vegas - and was one of the primary sources for the legendary book-turned-movie Casino. Although he had a reputation as a crackerjack thief…
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Casinos flood, roads turn into rivers as second flash storm strikes Las Vegas

Las Vegas was hit with flash floods that inundated the city's streets and casinos for the second time in a two-week span, making this year the wettest monsoon season in a decade in the arid city. Water gushed like rivers along streets and poured in through the ceiling of casinos, according to videos posted to social media. The National Weather…
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Casinos flood, roads turn into rivers as second flash storm strikes Las Vegas
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Flash flood hits Las Vegas strip, pouring into casinos

Las Vegas was inundated with "heaving downpours" Thursday night as the city's iconic strip flooded and water cascaded into casinos, according to videos shot by shocked bystanders. The usually-arid city in the country's driest state advised residents to look out for strong wind gusts, lightning and heavy rainfall around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Over the…
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Flash flood hits Las Vegas strip, pouring into casinos
New York Post

Man left puppy in hot car for hours at Las Vegas casino

A cold-hearted California man abandoned his puppy in a sweltering car outside a Las Vegas casino with its mouth taped shut for nearly two hours, police said. Raul Carbajal, 50, of Corona Del Mar, was busted on July 20 after security staffers spotted the 3-month-old husky trapped inside a locked car on the top floor of the parking garage of the…
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The Washington Post

Why Casinos Are Spying on Their Ultra-Rich Clients

You could easily miss the exclusive Les Ambassadeurs casino in London. Just off Hyde Park Corner, it sits at the end of a quiet side street populated only with chauffeured black vans waiting to whisk wealthy guests to five-star restaurants or soccer games. The casino's sole imposition on the street is a red awning above the door. A wall of…
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Nevada Public Radio

Problem gambling grew during pandemic; Nevada makes efforts to help

It's Problem Gambling Awareness Month, and yes, it's the time of March Madness - the NCAA basketball tournament - when many, many people make sports bets in office pools or online. But we're also talking about this because there are some indications that during the pandemic, problem gambling grew. Three months ago, the Los Angeles Times reported…
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New poll ranks Pechanga Resort best casino west of Vegas

echanga Resort and Casino in Southern California has been named the Best Casino West of Las Vegas, the second-best Hotel Casino Outside of Vegas and the fourth-best Casino Hotel, according to a USA Today series of polling on "Best Of" categories for US casinos. The top three venues in the category Best Casino Hotel were Mohegan Sun, in…
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Pechanga Named Best Casino West of Las Vegas

TEMECULA (CBSLA) - According to a USA Today series of polling, Pechanga Resort and Casino was named to a series of "Best Of" categories, for casinos in the United States. Voters from around the nation flooded the polling boxes, giving Pechanga all the support they needed in securing their spot as the second-best Hotel Casino Outside of Vegas, the…
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Santa Maria Times

Today in History: A gunman opened fire from the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas

Today is Friday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2021. There are 91 days left in the year. Highlight in History: On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22000 country music fans at a concert below, leaving 58 people dead and more than 800 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern…
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Indy Gaming: Casino operators and investors concerned about Macau plans for gaming license overhaul

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how they 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 Macau casino operators finally got an answer to…
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