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Accused Poker Cheater Denies All Allegations
Ye Shen (aka Tony Mars) denies all allegations of cheating a private Southern California poker game out of $3M. The charges were leveled by fellow poker pros Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot and Wesley “Wes Side” Fei on X/Twitter this weekend. According to...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: New Foodie Options Open Along with Durango Casino
Station Casinos opened its $780M Durango Casino Resort southwest of the Las Vegas Strip at 6915 S. Durango Drive on Tuesday. And while its 83K square-foot casino boasts the latest in slot machines and table games, the selection for foodies is no...
Las Vegas-SoCal High-Speed Rail Secures $3B in New Funding
The high-speed train proposed by Brightline West to connect Las Vegas and Southern California chugged another step closer to reality on Tuesday. That’s when U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that $3B in funding is now secured to begin construction. According to...
Las Vegas Lassos National Finals Rodeo for 10 More Years
A new agreement will keep the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas through 2035, according to an announcement made by Las Vegas Events (LVE) on Monday, three days before NFR 2023 debuts across town. “This is a truly historic day...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Miranda & U2 Announce New Final Residency Dates, Free Nelly/TLC Show
Country star Miranda Lambert has announced the final nine shows for her “Velvet Rodeo” residency. Opening at Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater in September 2022, it will now close on April 6. “As someone who’s lived on a bus and toured from city...
Poker Pro Accused of Cheating to Win $3M
Ye “Tony Mars” Shen has been accused of cheating a private Southern California poker game out of millions. Fellow poker pros Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot and Wesley “Wes Side” Fei made their allegations on X/Twitter this weekend. According to the “Hustler Casino...
OSHA Fines Cirque for Injury at ‘O’ in Vegas
Cirque du Soleil has been cited for two "serious" violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The violations, which come with fines totaling more than $30K, result from an OSHA investigation into a...
Pac-Man Game Sets Guinness World Record at Resorts World
The Guinness World Record for “largest digital video game display” was set on Thursday night at Resorts World Las Vegas. More accurately, it was set on Resorts World, which has a tower that doubles as a 100K square-foot video screen. The record...
Vegas Officials Release Facial Approximation for Body Found in Lake Mead Barrel
The infamous Lake Mead “body in a barrel” now has a face. And Clark County and Las Vegas police hope that this will finally lead to a name. The face was created by the FBI using facial approximation software at its lab...
Google Maps Routes Cars from Las Vegas into Desert Trap
While driving home to L.A. from the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix earlier this month, Shelby Easler and her family saw an unusual Google Maps notification. It advised them that southwest on Interstate 15, the straightest route faced an impending dust storm....
