Nevada Casinos and Nevada Gambling

Las Vegas tourism mostly upbeat in March

Total visitor volume was up 3.7 percent from the same month in 2011, marking the 25th consecutive gain in prior-year comparisons for the monthly Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority count. read more

The Cosmopolitan posts smaller first-quarter loss

The Cosmopolitan lost $23.4 million in the first quarter of 2012, compared with $56.8 million last year, when the resort was in its first quarter of operations. read more

Nevada gaming revenues down nearly 11 percent in March

The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that most of the state's gaming centers saw their revenues decline in March. read more

Casino City Gang: Cornucopia edition

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd whether the WSOP's $1 million Big One for One Drop will hit the 48-player cap, whether an online poker room can succeed in the U.S. in an unregulated environment, how casinos can gain local support, and the state of the horse racing industry. read more

Silverton Casino implements Lyris HQ for digital marketing automation and analytics capabilities

The Silverton Casino Hotel has selected Lyris as its digital marketing partner to design, automate and optimize data-driven interactive campaigns. read more

Off-airport rental car companies will have to pay share of shuttle costs

The county will now start charging Fox Rent A Car and other off-airport rental car operations for a share of the shuttle bus expenses. read more

O'Sheas to raise final toast to current home on Strip

The property, which does not have hotel rooms and opened in 1989, is being demolished as part of the construction for the $550 million Project Linq, being built by Caesars. read more

McCarran flier count increases in March

For the first quarter, the McCarran International Airport total passenger count of 9.9 million was 3 percent higher than in 2011. read more

The final countdown to O'Sheas closure

O'Sheas Casino to party until it closes at noon on Monday. read more

Moody's downgrades Riviera Holdings, cites earnings decline

Moody's Investors Services on Monday downgraded Riviera Holdings Corp.'s company and debt ratings. read more

Gaming insider: Terminal 3 expected to boost international visits to LV

Tourism officials want to double the number of international visitors who travel annually to Las Vegas. read more

Ready for net gains - Law firms see business bump amid push toward online gaming

Ask any gaming attorney in Las Vegas if they think Congress will pass a bill legalizing online poker anytime soon, and the answer you'll get is no. read more

Perspectives Weekly: Black Friday One Year Later

J Todd discusses the one-year anniversary of black Friday, plus industry news from William Hill and Playtech. read more

Buyer says sports book application moving ahead

British bookmaker William Hill PLC said it is confident about its prospects for the year ahead as it reassured analysts on Friday that gaming regulators would approve the company's $53 million purchase of three sports book operators in Nevada. read more

Inside gaming: Gaming expansion elsewhere lifts Las Vegas

Before the economy tanked and the Strip's building boom went bust, the development of multibillion-dollar hotel-casino projects centered on Las Vegas. Now those resorts are being built elsewhere. read more