Las Vegas
Tiger Woods May Have Been Down $250,000 in Las Vegas
Word on the street is that Tiger Woods returned to Las Vegas this past weekend and may have been down as much as $250,000 at Mandalay Bay.
Las Vegas Hotels Bed Bugs: Who’s Got Them?
Heading to Las Vegas and looking to stay at a bed bug free hotel? There is a site that actually monitors Las Vegas hotel bed bugs activity, although it’s difficult to determine the accuracy of some commenting.
Land-based Poker Rooms Report Modest Increases Since Online Poker Crackdown
With last week’s crackdown on the three biggest online poker rooms, some of the biggest beneficiaries have been the Vegas card rooms.
Man Named in Online Poker Indictment Friday Marries Playboy Playmate Day Later
Wynn Terminates Alliance With PokerStars Following Indictments
Nevada Bill Would Expand Gambling to Hotel Rooms
(Associated Press) - Gamblers could take the games back to their hotel rooms if a new bill passes.
Full Tilt Poker Aligns Itself With Station Casinos, UFC Founders
A VCU Win at 2011 NCAA Championship “Bomb Waiting to Explode” Says Sportsbook Director
Wynn Partnership with PokerStars Would be Win-Win for Both Companies
The Vegas marriages are starting to heat up, only they’re not taking place in tiny little chapels with would be ministers.
Casino giant Wynn Resorts announced Thursday its newly formed alliance with online poker’s biggest firm, PokerStars, following word that the Nevada state regulatory body had approved a similar arrangement between European i-Gaming behemoth 888.com and Caesar’s Entertainment. PartyPoker and MGM had entered into a similar alliance last year.
Nevada State Regulators Approve Caesar’s Entertainment Corp. 888 Holdings Allliance
PokerStars Makes Little Headway With Its Backed Nevada Internet Poker Measure
Gambling Business: James Packer Won’t Pursue Vegas Again
The sharp as a sharks tooth James Packer has dismissed a return to the the embattled and politically red hot American gaming market. At least, for the near future, but never say never.
The likable executive chairman of Crown Limited issued the statement in the hard to forget aftermath of the firms horrendous AU$3 billion (US$2.99 billion) expansion into the United States before the global financial crisis. You know, the one that George W's leadership saw in, and the same one that Barack Omama inherited.
Fox News Las Vegas: Pawn Stars Missile Guidance System Purchase “Not Illegal”
One of the most popular shows on Cable Television, the History Channel’s Pawn Stars, is raising eyebrows once again.
Sources close to FOX411 out of Las Vegas confirm that the show (and local pawn shop institution) has purchased a missile guidance system used on F-4 Phantom fighter planes. That purchase is 100 percent “not illegal”, according to the show’s producer.
Las Vegas Strip January Casino Gambling Revenue Falls 2.5 Percent
(Bloomberg) - Las Vegas Strip gambling revenue fell 2.5 percent in January in the third straight monthly decline as the city faces an uneven recovery after a record gambling slump.Another Vegas Chip Robbery: This Time At The Rio
A fake-mustached man robbed the Rio Casino in Las Vegas out of $36,000 in chips just weeks after the alleged infamous Bellagio chip robber was arrested.
Authorities say that the man entered the Rio Casino Thursday morning wearing a fedora, sun glasses and fake mustache. He pulled out a gun after a dealer attempted to stop the holdup. The robber escaped via a taxi cab.
Bellagio Chip Bandit Hearing Suspended Until Next Month
A preliminary hearing for Anthony M. Carleo has been suspended until next month. Carleo is charged with a brazen $1.5 million armed chip robbery at the Bellagio Hotel in December.
Defense attorney Bill Terry was granted time to speak with an informant who was at several alleged meetings that took place between Carleo and an undercover Las Vegas Metro police officer.
Carleo was arrested on February 3 after attempting to sell the stolen chips to the undercover officer.
$87.5 Million Bet On This Year’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas
Online Poker Forum TwoPlusTwo.com Finds Itself Center Stage of National Crime Story
Vegas Sportsbooks Granted Permission to Offer Bets on Academy Awards
Bellagio Chip Bandit Arrested After Sending Private Messages on TwoPlusTwo Forum
Alleged Bellagio Chip Bandit Unmasked: We Have His Booking Photo
Judge’s Son Arrested in Brazen Bellagio Casino Chips Robbery
The son of a Las Vegas municipal judge was arrested during the overnight hours Wednesday in connection with the December's $1.5 million Bellagio casino heist.
