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Could Donald Trump sell his Las Vegas hotel to help pay fraud penalties?

Could the nongaming Trump International Hotel just off the Strip be sold to generate revenue for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's enormous civil fraud penalties? The people closest to the property's ownership - Trump and business partner Phil Ruffin - aren't saying, and lodging industry experts say they haven't heard anything about…

Land-based ・ 18 days

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Las Vegas casino was imploded years ago, but no word if new resort will be built

When the New Frontier was imploded in 2007, the spectacle featured a fireworks show, cheering onlookers and a chanted countdown to the resort's destruction. Approaching 17 years later, the Strip property is still waiting for a new resort to take shape - and there's no telling when that might happen. Casino operator Wynn Resorts, which acquired the…

Land-based ・ 22 days

Gambling

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…

Incidents ・ 24 days

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What is that vacant lot on the Las Vegas Strip?

While the Las Vegas Strip is packed with resort-casinos and activity, there's still large vacant lots on the famous thoroughfare. Some of those vacant lots are projects in the works, while others may be held for future development. Still others are spots for concerts and major events. Here's a list of the empty lots along Las Vegas Boulevard and…

Land-based ・ 13 March 2024

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1 Iconic Las Vegas Strip and 1 Off-Strip Resort Casino Face Wrecking Ball

One of the two huge names could disappear from the Las Vegas skyline sooner than you might expect. Nothing lasts forever in Las Vegas. With land on and near the Las Vegas Strip reaching record values, with no sign that prices will come down anytime soon, any struggling property will have its value questioned. That's why Hawaiian Marketplace, an…

Land-based ・ 22 February 2023

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A’s get ‘full support’ from Las Vegas casinos

If the Oakland Athletics relocate to Las Vegas, north Strip and downtown resort operators would strongly support the team building a $1 billion ballpark in their area. Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella confirmed that he and hotel owners from the north Strip and downtown Las Vegas met with A's brass Wednesday. They discussed the…

Land-based ・ 02 February 2023

The Street

Two Billionaires Have Huge Las Vegas Strip Casino Plans

Caesars Entertainment (CZR) - Get Free Report and MGM Resorts International (MGM) - Get Free Report dominate the south and central Las Vegas Strip but they do face challenges to their leadership. Basically, any casino owner and every major hotel operator look at the riches to be had on Las Vegas's iconic 4.2 mile stretch of road and at least…

Land-based ・ 10 January 2023

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Circus Circus adds more vintage coin-operated slot machines

Circus Circus has expanded on its status as the only Strip casino still offering coin-operated slot machines by installing $5 coin machines to go alongside its $1 machines. The slots are a throwback to vintage Las Vegas, when customers inserted coins in the machines and got coins back. Now almost every casino slot machine pays out winnings with a…

Winnings ・ 29 December 2022

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Two Billionaires Have Huge Las Vegas Strip Plans

Strip Leaders MGM and Caesars will face one outspoken billionaire and another more quiet one who both have plans to make a huge mark on Las Vegas' iconic road. Caesars Entertainment (CZR) - Get Free Report and MGM Resorts International (MGM) - Get Free Report dominate the south and central Las Vegas Strip but they do face challenges to their…

Land-based ・ 27 December 2022

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Tilman Fertitta takes Las Vegas

In a city long known for bigger-than-life figures such as mobster Bugsy Siegel, reclusive tycoon Howard Hughes and casino mogul Steve Wynn, Tilman Fertitta is the newest big player on the Las Vegas Strip. The billionaire Texas businessman and owner of Fertitta Entertainment, which owns more than 600 restaurants, hotels, casinos and other…

Industry ・ 14 December 2022

The Street

Surprising Las Vegas Strip Casino Getting Major Makeover

The Las Vegas covid comeback continues. Sin City has reported record visitor numbers and casino cash takes over the past few months. That's a huge comeback for a city that saw its casinos, hotels, and entertainment venues shutter during the worst days of the pandemic. Even after the reopening, crowds did not fully come back. Conventions were…

Land-based ・ 30 November 2022

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Iconic Las Vegas Strip Casino Brings Back Gambling's Past

For decades they were mechanical, with the three familiar reels. Now, they've largely become digital, and some slot games don't even vaguely look like their classic predecessors. This has enabled all sorts of new games with bonus features, video inserts, and more ways to tease players. With old-school reel slots, you pulled the arm and the game…

Land-based ・ 13 November 2022

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4 of America's wealthiest casino owners

Nov 11 (PR): Of course, the majority of people are aware of the "casino whales" and "high rollers," extremely wealthy people who love nothing more than to spend hours gambling millions of dollars. But in casinos, the wealthiest patrons are typically the establishments' owners rather than the players. One or two of these owners are at the pinnacle…

UFC / MMA ・ 11 November 2022

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Circus Circus adds vintage coin-operated slot machines to gaming floor in Las Vegas

Circus Circus Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is adding slot machines that take coins. The move expands the venue's status as the only Strip casino still offering coin-operated slots by installing $5 coin machines to go alongside its $1 machines at a time in which most casinos use the ticket in/ticket, where only bills and tickets are accepted. There…

Land-based ・ 26 October 2022

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10 Of The Cheapest Hotels Found On The Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is the destination to be a part of the glitz and glam. Sin City has no shortage of Casino Hotels and Insta-worthy pools, especially smack-dabbed on the Strip. However, a trip to Las Vegas is not always a budget-friendly venture! With a city full of theater shows, all-you-can-eat buffets, casinos, and shopping boutiques, it's…

Strategy Guide ・ 22 October 2022

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Top 5 Richest Casino Owners In The US

In the UnitedStates, casinos are big money. Of course, most people know about the high rollers and casino whales, extremely rich individuals who love nothing more than gambling millions of dollars in a single session. However, therichest people at casinos are usually not the gamblers, but the casino ownersthemselves. Out of allthese owners there…

Top and Best ・ 21 October 2022

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Las Vegas Strip Loses One Legendary Casino, Keeps Another (for Now)

Another domino on the Las Vegas Strip has fallen, and that's only the beginning since dominoes generally ripple, sometimes with unintended consequences. Many of the major moves on the Strip are connected. MGM Resorts (MGM) sold the Mirage to Hard Rock International and that led to it buying the Cosmopolitan. MGM likely planned those two moves, but…

Land-based ・ 23 September 2022

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A’s in Vegas furthering ballpark talks with casino magnate

Oakland Athletics officials were in Las Vegas Tuesday meeting again with hotel magnate Phil Ruffin about a potential north Strip ballpark deal, sources told the Review-Journal. The meeting is the second to occur this month, with Ruffin previously making a trip on August 2 to Oakland regarding the 37-acre Las Vegas Festival Ground site he owns,…

Slot Name ・ 17 August 2022

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Nevada’s casino industry donates to both gubernatorial candidates

The gaming industry is playing both sides in the Nevada governor's race, donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to both incumbent Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak and his Republican challenger, Joe Lombardo, state campaign finance reports show. Between his campaign and his largest political action committee, Sisolak is taking the most from casinos…

Industry ・ 06 August 2022

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Hedging their bets: Casino industry donates to both gubernatorial candidates

The gaming industry is playing both sides in the Nevada governor's race, donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to both incumbent Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak and his Republican challenger, Joe Lombardo, state campaign finance reports show. Between his campaign and his largest political action committee, Sisolak is taking the most from casinos…

Industry ・ 05 August 2022

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Las Vegas bets big on DeSantis

Las Vegas millionaires are betting big on Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor's largest political action committee has taken in millions from the city's most influential donors, including a whopping $10 million from Budget Suites owner and aerospace entrepreneur Robert Bigelow. Bigelow's July 7 contribution is the largest ever received by the PAC,…

UFC / MMA ・ 16 July 2022

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Mob-Era Circus Circus Las Vegas Gets Facelift

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…

Travel ・ 07 June 2022

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Another Iconic Las Vegas Strip Casino Getting Major Makeover

The Las Vegas covid comeback continues. Sin City has reported record visitor numbers and casino cash takes over the past few months. That's a huge comeback for a city that saw its casinos, hotels, and entertainment venues shutter during the worst days of the pandemic. Even after the reopening, crowds did not fully come back. Conventions were…

Land-based ・ 04 June 2022

Gambling News

Boyd Gaming Sues Kansas for Damages, Asks for $25M

Boyd Gaming has decided to file a lawsuit against Kansas as the operator claims that with the newly-introduced sports betting regulation, the state is in direct violation of the contract that it signed with Boyd. According to the contract, if the state of Kansas introduces slot games similar to the ones that Boyd features at Kansas Star Casino, it…

Gaming Authorities ・ 16 May 2022

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Ruffin Companies responds to lawsuit filed by state-owned casino

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Almost immediately after sports betting became legal here in the state of Kansas on Thursday, the Kansas Star Casino filed a lawsuit against the state. It all stems from an unrelated part of the sports betting law which could revive businesses like the currently-closed Wichita Greyhound Park. For many years, owner Phil Ruffin…

Law ・ 14 May 2022

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Siegel Group acquires Las Vegas Strip land for $75M, has option for casino

The Siegel Group operates a popular deli on Convention Center Drive. The company has now purchased land sandwiched between several choice properties on the Strip. The Las Vegas-based company has acquired 10 acres just across the Strip from Resorts World Las Vegas, to the north of Encore/Wynn Las Vegas and to the south of Fontainebleau. The company…

Land-based ・ 06 April 2022

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Return To Las Vegas With A Six Hour Layover

Las Vegas is one of my favorite American cities. I've been visiting Las Vegas each year, sometimes multiple times a year, since 1988. But I haven't been able to return since the chaotic COVID days of March 2020. My 20-month absence was the longest time I've spent away from Sin City from when I was first introduced to it. I admit it. I'm a gambler.…

Religion ・ 09 November 2021

The Nevada Independent

A buyer’s market: Vegas Strip casinos a hot commodity

High-profile Las Vegas Strip resorts aren't put up for sale every day. Last week, however, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, the Strip's two largest operators with a combined 17 properties, each said they wanted to part ways with a hotel-casino. In a year that has seen more than $30 billion in announced mergers and acquisition…

Covid ・ 08 November 2021

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Undoubtedly, slots are the World's most popular gambling devices. Famous for their fruit symbols and jackpot alarms, these machines have been a staple at gaming establishments since the mid-1990s. All they require of players is for them to insert a coin and press the spin button. Once they perform these two actions, in a second or two, these games…

UFC / MMA ・ 22 October 2021

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MGM Closes Sale-Leaseback of Aria, Vdara in Las Vegas

MGM Resorts International has closed a sale-leaseback arrangement with Blackstone Group for a pair of Las Vegas hotels. The two parties initially agreed on details of the deal in July this year. In a Tuesday statement, the casino operator confirmed that it had purchased Infinity World's 50% interest in CityCenter Holdings. The $2.13bn deal gave MGM…

Covid ・ 04 October 2021

The Nevada Independent

‘What’s the endgame?’ No resolution projected as decades-long feud between Culinary and Station Casinos continues

A second-floor meeting hall in the aging downtown Las Vegas headquarters of Culinary Workers Local 226 has long attracted local, state and national candidates seeking support from the influential labor group's membership. Oftentimes, Station Casinos is a talking point. In November 2019, Vice President Kamala Harris, then a California senator who…

UFC / MMA ・ 19 September 2021

World Casino News

Synot Games online slots live in New Jersey

Online casino software developer Synot Games has further advanced its expansion plans in the United States, having inked a content supply agreement with global technology platform GAN Limited (NASDAQ: GAN) (GameAccount Network) for New Jersey's regulated market. The new partnership deal has seen the Czech Republic and Slovakia-based developer add a…

Land-based ・ 14 August 2021

The Nevada Independent

MGM Resorts still the Strip’s largest casino operator, just not its biggest landowner

Nearly a decade ago, MGM Resorts International owned much of the Las Vegas Strip. The company controlled more than 800 acres along the resort corridor, much of which housed 10 Strip resorts, the 67-acre CityCenter complex, a 33-acre concert venue and 23 acres that became The Park dining and retail space and T-Mobile Arena. "It's a good time to be…

Travel ・ 26 July 2021

Pahrump Valley Times

A’s Las Vegas ballpark sites list grows, 3rd trip planned

The list of possible sites for a major league ballpark in the Las Vegas Valley ballooned to more than 20 during a two-day stop in Southern Nevada for the Oakland Athletics ownership group. A's owner John Fisher and team president Dave Kaval toured sites around the valley in their second visit to Southern Nevada. But instead of narrowing the list of…

Land-based ・ 25 June 2021

Food And Beverage Magazine

Iconic Las Vegas Buffet Reopens

Las Vegas-based Feel Good Brands redevelops food court for opening in summer. By Debbie Hall The iconic Circus Circus Hotel & Casino Las Vegas buffet has returned, feeding the first explosion of tourists over the Memorial Day weekend. In 2020, many experts predicted the end of a staple of Las Vegas-buffets, considered a loss leader, but worth the…

Travel ・ 04 June 2021

Review Journal

Mask policies for Las Vegas casinos, stores, groceries

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance this week for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to stop wearing face coverings outdoors in crowds and in most indoor locations unless otherwise prohibited. It became effective immediately in Nevada. Businesses in the state may still require masks for customers and…

Land-based ・ 15 May 2021