Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International each have rolled out programs in the last year to stop giving free drinks to visitors who do not gamble. Now, patrons must play to get a free cocktail. For decades, free drinks at Las Vegas casinos have been the standard. While players view
Nevada Democrats want a public hearing to look into the state's Republican Attorney General's interactions with Las Vegas Sands representatives. Democrats say Adam Laxalt's meetings with a Republican political donor's representatives may amount to corruption, because of the legal advice Laxalt provided. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt met with representatives
Resorts Casino plans to test the legality of daily fantasy sports in New Jersey. Resorts Casino signed a deal with Sports AD, a business-to-business (B2B) daily fantasy sports supplier. The Atlantic City casino will partner with the DFS supplier to launch FastPick, a daily fantasy sports product that will be
A casino company might soon hold naming rights to an NFL stadium. Gila River Gaming Enterprises, which owns four casinos in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Gila River Gaming might soon own the naming rights to the Arizona Cardinals' stadium, which originally was named Cardinals Stadium and currently is named University
A man who filed a lawsuit against the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in 2014 was awarded $160 million by a Las Vegas jury on Wednesday. The attack allegedly occured in 2012. The 5-week trial targeted The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the Marquee nightclub, and Roof Deck Entertainment LLC. The lawsuit
Problem gambling experts say the rate of gambling addiction women at-or-near retirement age is increasing "in scope and severity". Those experts say the women's compulsive gaming habits have caused many to lose significant amounts of money, while jeopardizing their retirement. Keith Whyte of the National Council on Problem Gambling said
The 2017 Kentucky Derby runs at Churchill Downs this Saturday. The race this year has 20 entries, which could cause problems for several of the favorites, who run from some of the outside gates. A number of relatively unknown or untouted horses have entered the field, including Untrapped (58-1), State
When a construction worker at a Saipanese casino development died on site in late March, U.S. investigators raided the construction company's headquarters. In the documents the FBI agents confiscated, they found evidence that hundreds of undocumented Chinese workers were a part of the project. In late April, U.S. prosectors filed
Acting U.S. Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall is rumored to be advising the US Supreme Court to deny New Jersey's sports betting appeal. Jeffrey Wall is an appointee who will serve in his position until Donald Trump's nominee, Noel Francisco, is confirmed by the US Congress. Michelle Minton, a fellow at
The Nevada Gaming Control Board approved NFL Draft proposition bets this year, so gamblers have a chance to wager on the 1st Round of tonight's NFL Draft. This year's slate of NFL prop bets appear to be fairly straightforward, but it is an experiment that might open the flood gates
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said his sports association would be open to an MLB franchise moving to Las Vegas. The announcement reverses a decades-long policy against having a franchise so close to the gambling capital of America. Commissioner Manfred said franchises like the Tampa Bay Rays or the
The Florida House of Representatives made several concessions this week which would allow a deal to be made between the state and the Seminole Tribe. The House appears to have changed course after the Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling which allows an anti-casino voter initiative on the 2018 mid-term
