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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
Texas’ Largest and Most Popular Poker Club Raided by Police
On Sunday, the largest and most popular poker club in Texas was raided in the middle of a tournament. Police fined at least 49 players, arrested six staff members, and seized $132,840 in guaranteed prize money at the Watauga Social Lounge near...
Las Vegas’ M Resort to Double in Size
Penn Entertainment on Monday announced a new $206 million tower that will double the capacity of its M Resort, located 10 miles south of the Las Vegas Strip. The project is part of an $850 million expansion of four Penn properties in ...
Las Vegas Strip Stabbing Suspect Escaped Bungled L.A. Prosecution – Report
According to London’s Daily Mail, Thursday’s tragic mass stabbing on the Las Vegas Strip, which killed two and wounded six, could probably have been avoided had a Los Angeles district attorney not bungled an earlier prosecution of the suspect. Yoni Barrios, an...
Poker Cheating Scandal Gets $15K Weirder
Robbi Jade Lew – the woman accused in the cheating scandal still rocking the world of poker – was robbed of $15K in chips following the game in which she was accused of cheating. And she doesn't seem to care. A statement...
Las Vegas Strip Stabbing: Two Dead, Six Injured
An updated version of this story appears here. Two people were killed and six more were injured after a stabbing attack on the Las Vegas Strip Thursday morning. Las Vegas police are investigating the incident, which was reported around 11:42 a.m. in...
World-Famous Las Vegas Nightclub Abruptly Closes
Light Nightclub at Mandalay Bay suddenly and permanently closed yesterday. It was one of the best-known and longest-lasting brands in Las Vegas nightlife history. No reason for the closure was provided by Clique Hospitality, which operated the club. Employees were informed of...
LeBron James Badly Wants to Own Las Vegas NBA Team
It wasn’t the first time Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has stated his desire to own an NBA team in Vegas. But Wednesday night, following a preseason game against the Phoenix Suns in Las Vegas, he phrased it in his clearest...
Nevada Cannabis Sales Slightly Off High, But Still About $1B Yearly
Sales from legal cannabis brought about $1B in taxable revenue into Nevada this past fiscal year, according to the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB), funding the state's K-12 public schools to the tune of $147M. More than $89M of this budgetary boon...
Las Vegas Mass Shooting Survivors Wed on Incident’s 5th Anniversary
Robert Aguilar and Rosa Miranda survived the worst mass shooting in US history together. But on Oct. 1, the long-time couple reclaimed the anniversary of the ill-fated Route 91 Harvest Festival as their own by getting married. Aguilar and Miranda stood near...
Oscar De La Hoya to Become Las Vegas Resident, Joining Archrival
Oscar De La Hoya is about to join his former boxing archrival, Floyd Mayweather, as a resident of Las Vegas. The former champ, who currently resides in Los Angeles, is building a mansion in the MacDonald Highlands community, 17 miles southeast of...
