Their race and sports books may still say Cantor Gaming over the entrance. But the recently renamed CG Technology said Tuesday its eight sports books generated 16 percent of Nevada’s total handle and captured an 11.8 percent win on Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Casinos & Gaming
We all know Las Vegas isn’t only for the tourists. Here’s a look at the Top 10 casinos for locals, based on the Best of Las Vegas rankings as of Tuesday.
New Jersey gaming regulators have given Wynn Resorts Ltd. approval to offer an Internet wagering website within the state’s boundaries, but a spokesman for the Las Vegas-based casino operator said the company’s online gambling efforts are on hold.
Bally Technologies announced a systems agreement Monday with Boyd Gaming Corp. to operate the casino company’s slot machine in 18 casinos across seven states.
After six weeks of back-and-forth rhetoric, a new 10-year agreement was announced Jan. 24 to keep the NFR in Las Vegas — its home for 29 years — through 2024.
Nevada’s casino industry experienced its fourth consecutive annual increase in 2013, cracking the $11 billion barrier for the first time since 2008.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. Friday announced a third name in less than a year for the Strip casino that originally was opened as the Barbary Coast.
Wynn Resorts Ltd., the casino company that expects to open its Wynn Palace resort on Macau’s Cotai Strip during the first half of 2016, reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that easily beat analyst expectations. And the company’s revenues from its two Macau casinos increased by double-digits.
Buoyed by a 28 percent increase in revenue from its Macau subsidiary during the fourth quarter, Las Vegas Sands Corp. grew profits by 32.8 percent companywide for the three-month period ended Dec. 31.
An expanding market helped slot machine provider Multimedia Games increase profits in revenues in the company’s first quarter.
Some 13,000 Caesars Entertainment Corp. resort employees covered by Culinary Workers Local 226 overwhelmingly approved a new five-year contract between the union and casino company Tuesday.
Ram Chary has been appointed chief executive office of Global Cash Access Holdings Inc., the Las Vegas-based cash management company said Monday.
Pure Romance, a woman-to-woman direct sales company specializing in intimacy products, acquired Slumber Parties Inc. The deal adds 104 Las Vegas consultants to Pure Romance’s 10.
A casino in suburban Philadelphia operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp. could face closure by Pennsylvania gaming regulators after its adjoining harness racing track was shut down by state authorities.
New casino development in Las Vegas is on lockdown.
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