When the new Caesars Racebook app is released in the spring, bettors will be able to wager on horse races from 250 tracks around the world.
Richard N. Velotta
Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
The companies are looking for a strong year, judging by the positive comments from executives during an investment forum this week at Wynn Las Vegas.
Financing for a $435 million renovation project for the North, Central and South halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center was approved Tuesday by the LVCVA board.
The founder of JetBlue Airways and Canadian discounter WestJet, David Neeleman, is bringing his newest air carrier, Breeze Airways, to Harry Reid International Airport.
Some think the impact of gasoline price spikes will be short-lived; others are wary that increases could drift into airfares and visitors will spend less while here.
The new Esports Technical Advisory Committee is charged with establishing policies about how to protect participants from potential match-fixing and other cheating.
The Las Vegas-based gaming equipment producer Scientific Games Corp. is re-branding with a new name and identity that it hopes will evoke a sense of magic and fun.
Resorts World president tells Gaming Control Board group business is starting to return and customers like the property’s intense focus on technology.
Experts say there are many hurdles to clear to improve the integrity of esports against match-fixers, cheaters and doping before betting on games should expand.
Billions of dollars in resort, entertainment and transportation construction projects are anticipated by the LVCVA, which issued a bulletin detailing the projects list.
IGT executives already are concerned about the impact of the omicron variant in certain markets, labor shortages, increases in supply-chain pressure and cost inflation.
Nevada lawmakers are expected to have another look in the next legislative session at a program that would take casino jackpots from child-support obligors.
The new political action committee, formed in January, already has give more than $500,000 to candidates who support Sands’ push for casino resorts in Texas.
Las Vegas in January had the lowest number of visitors and hotel occupancy rate since March, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Friday.
Clark County contributed 86.1 percent of the state’s gaming win with Strip casinos taking $567.2 million from players — a 76.4 percent increase over January 2021.