A banker who stood up against an online gambling operation was the star of an anti-money-laundering conference in Las Vegas on Monday.
Casinos & Gaming
When the folks at Caesars Entertainment Corp. and W.A. Richardson Builders are done turning the former Barbary Coast/Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall into the Gansevoort Las Vegas next year, the Strip’s old- timers won’t recognize the building.
Time will tell if Ultimate Poker, which has been accepting wagers since April 30, and WSOP.com can generate enough players within the confines of Nevada’s borders to co-exist. Meanwhile, at least three other real money websites — 888 Poker, Treasure Island and the South Point — could go live by year’s end.
Tourists hoping to cruise along the Venetian hotel-casino’s indoor canals are out of luck until mid-October. The waterways were emptied for repainting earlier this month for the first time since the casino opened in 1999.
JCM Global executed a strategic supplier agreement with International Game Technology on Thursday, continuing a partnership that began in 1990, the Las Vegas-based gaming company said.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced a debt restructuring plan Wednesday that will retire more than $4 billion of the casino operator’s financial obligations that are coming due later this year.
Cantor Gaming has signed an online content agreement to provide Bally Technologies’ iGaming Platform with its sports wagering and mobile casino games, the Las Vegas-based bookmaker said Wednesday.
Scientific Games Corp. said Tuesday that it will retain many of the top executives of slot machine manufacturer WMS Industries after completion of the $1.5 billion buyout.
New Jersey’s law permitting bets on pro and college sports at Atlantic City casinos conflicts with federal statutes, a U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday, temporarily barring that state’s Legislature’s and its governor’s attempts to expand gambling in the state.
It didn’t take long for American Gaming Association CEO Geoff Freeman to comprehend one of the casino industry’s key dynamics.
As director of Race and Sports Operations at Wynn Las Vegas for close to a decade, Johnny Avello has set the odds on everything from the Super Bowl to Stanley Cup Finals, as well as the Oscars and reality television competitions.
The gaming industry is ready to climb Japan’s Mount Fuji.
A gaming management team headed by former executives of Las Vegas Sands Corp. was removed as operators of a $1.2 billion hotel-casino complex in the Philippines late Thursday.
The Stardust is coming back. Kind of.
Want lower taxes? More money for your schools? More jobs? A referendum on the November ballot promises all that and more to New Yorkers as politicians seek to change the state constitution to allow seven Las Vegas-style casinos.