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Most Gaming Companies Have No Plan for Managing AI: UNLV Study
A new UNLV report found that few companies have a plan for managing AI While 80% of firms use generative AI, most lack dedicated teams for oversight and control Regulators expressed low confidence and limited visibility into how licensees currently deploy AI...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Sphere’s 1st Cancellation As Jack White Bans Phones
Kenny Chesney has canceled two of his upcoming Las Vegas Sphere dates, becoming the first headliner in the Sphere’s nearly three-year history to do so. Ticketholders to the country singer’s July 3 and 4 performances received a message from Chesney this week...
Offset Sued for $100K Casino Debt Prior to Separate Casino Shooting
Rapper Offset faces a $100,000 lawsuit from Detroit's MotorCity Casino for an unpaid credit line The civil complaint was filed shortly before Offset was shot outside a Florida casino MotorCity alleges breach of contract after a failed attempt to withdraw the funds...
Report: Vegas Casinos Chase Celine Dion in ‘Blank Check Moment’
Las Vegas casino companies are offering record-breaking sums to land Celine Dion's return, according to the National Enquirer The superstar's 2026 Paris residency is viewed as a medical litmus test for her third Las Vegas residency Dion's two Caesars Palace residencies were...
LOST VEGAS: The Kit Carson Club
The Sands Hotel was built around the bones of a 1940s roadside gambling joint originally called the Kit Carson Club Mob-connected former LAPD vice cop Guy McAfee and Flamingo founder Billy Wilkerson both saw their dreams fail at the site The old...
Report: Binion’s Las Vegas Employees Accused of Skimming $300K
Three Binion’s employees allegedly used unauthorized "manual discounts" on cash transactions to steal nearly $300,000 An internal audit uncovered the scheme, conducted between 2022-23, after finding a 30% gap between food inventory costs and revenue The suspects reportedly laundered the stolen cash...
Mayweather-Pacquiao Rematch at Vegas Sphere on the Ropes Amid Legal Row
A high-stakes Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch at the Sphere faces a major legal battle over contract breaches. Floyd Mayweather Jr. claims the bout is an exhibition, contradicting signed agreements for a professional fight Promoters warn of nine-figure damages as the September event’s status moves...
UPDATE: Rio in Las Vegas Has New Owner & Leaders
UPDATE: The Rio on Monday announced that Patrick Miller, its president and CEO, has been replaced by Rod Turlan, whose title is president and GM. Turlan brings decades of leadership experience from Caesars Entertainment, the Rio's former owner. In addition, the Rio announced...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Marching to Mars, Keith Urban Renewal
Las Vegas will honor Bruno Mars with a parade down the Strip on Friday afternoon, April 10, hours before he opens his “Romantic” tour at Allegiant Stadium. The procession begins at 1 p.m. on the north side of the Bellagio and moves...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Gondoliers Propel The Venetian’s Gondolas
Every so often, someone wanders into Las Vegas with enough childlike innocence to believe that the Venetian's gondolas are really human-powered. Case in point: TripAdvisor user USHis2ry Teacher from Springdale, Ark., who recently wrote: “It is very romantic to have a real...
