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Manhattan Suspect is Second Recent Shooter IDed as Las Vegas Casino Employee
Shane Tamura of Las Vegas was identified as the shooter who killed four people in a Manhattan office building on Monday before killing himself The motive behind the shootings remains under investigation On Tuesday, officials from Horseshoe Las Vegas confirmed that Tamura...
UPDATE: Reno Casino Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 3 Others Injured
UPDATE: A shooting outside the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno on Monday morning has left three people dead and at three wounded. The suspected gunman was shot by a responding police officer and taken to a hospital in critical condition....
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Strip Casinos Accept Competitors’ Chips
It's true that Las Vegas Strip casinos once accepted chips from competitor properties Like many things in Vegas, that practice has changed -- and become obsolete -- largely due to gaming and banking regulations Sister properties owned by the same conglomerate (eg,...
VIDEO: Beyoncé Reunites Destiny’s Child in Vegas
Fans attending Beyoncé's final "Cowboy Carter" show in Las Vegas were blown away on Saturday night when Queen Bey reunited Destiny’s Child, the ‘90s girl group that launched the singer to superstardom. The reunion -- the trio’s first since the 2018 Coachella festival...
LOST VEGAS: The Moulin Rouge
Fifteen years ago today, wrecking crews demolished the tower and main façade of the Moulin Rouge casino on Las Vegas's historic Westside. The property opened in May 1955 as the first racially integrated hotel casino in the nation. Yet casino didn’t live...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Las Vegas Strip’s Official Boundaries
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Dec. 18, 2023. Most people know where the Las Vegas Strip officially starts and ends. It runs from just south of Russell...
LOST VEGAS: More Secret Relics Vegas Won’t Let You See
What closes in Vegas sometimes stays in Vegas. Often, it’s more cost effective for Strip resorts to wall off and forget old attractions and rooms that have outlived their usefulness than conduct a full teardown and rebuild. Last year, Casino.org showed you...
Hulk Hogan, Professional Wrestling Legend, Dies at 71
Professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan died of an apparent heart attack at age 71 in Florida Hogan, a former wrestling world champion, is credited with helping turn professional wrestling into the multimillion-dollar spectacle it is today Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed icon of...
Cardi B, Drai’s Hit with Lawsuit by Woman Hit by Mic in Vegas
The woman Cardi B allegedly hit with a microphone two summers ago is hitting her back with a lawsuit She claims the rapper asked to be doused with a drink, so she complied The woman is also suing Drai's Beachclub, where it...
Treasure Island Ditches Hotel Operator Raddison for Accor
Treasure Island is switching hotel operators from Raddison to Accor By the end of the year, it will rebrand as the first Accor hotel in Las Vegas and the second in the US Accor is the largest hospitality company in Europe and...
