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Coming to Vegas: Slots That Withdraw From Your Bank Account
Las Vegas slots players who run out of money during a session may soon be able to reload without ever getting up from their favorite machines A new payment system will let players link slot machines directly to their bank accounts sometime...
AI Shows Signs of Gambling Addiction, Study Finds
A new study finds that AI internalizes human gambling cognitive biases In a slot machine simulation, four different large language models bet until they were broke The AIs chased their gambling wins and losses exactly like gambling-addicted humans A new study finds...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Strip to Get 3rd Country Star-Opened Honkytonk Restaurant, Gymkhana Sets Opening
Luke Combs announced Wednesday that he will open the second location of his Category 10 restaurant, bar and live country music venue in the Flamingo street frontage occupied until April 2024 by Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. When it opens next fall, the Nashville...
Suspended Former Detroit Lion Arrested in Vegas for DUI
A former Detroit Lions safety currently serving a league suspension now also faces a misdemeanor DUI charge in Las Vegas. Tracy Walker III was arrested early Monday, October 20, according to KLAS-TV/Las Vegas. Walker, 30, was pulled over around 2 a.m. Monday...
Sphere Follows Yellow Brick Road to Record Profits
According to Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR), its reimagining of “The Wizard of Oz” is generating blockbuster returns, with over $130 million in receipts from 1 million tickets sold as of October 17, just seven weeks after its August 28 premiere. The...
Measles Confirmed at Las Vegas Airport
A traveler passing through Harry Reid International Airport on Monday has tested positive for measles, according to a news release from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), which warned that others may have been exposed. The traveler, whose identity was not disclosed,...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: From 0 to 2 Sick New Worlds, Babyface & Kenny Chesney Return (Not Together)
This year’s Sick New World (SNW) nu metal festival -- which was supposed to be headlined by Metallica and Linkin Park at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on April 12 -- was canceled due to poor ticket sales. So why not schedule...
Billionaire Matthew Prince: ‘Ozempic is Killing Vegas’
Matthew Prince’s claim that Ozempic is “killing Vegas” is provocative Current data links Las Vegas’s tourism decline to factors including economic shifts and digital disruption No direct evidence links weight-loss drugs Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has a "pet theory" explaining the Las...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The ‘Penis on Pecos’ Was Built by a Porn Star
Built in 1975, the house known as the "Penis on Pecos" wasn't really designed by a porn star The house got its nickname after a pilot informed the owner of its phallic shape when viewed from the air The original owners sold...
Another Las Vegas Casino Suffered Major Cyberattack — Back in January
The OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas (formerly Hooters Hotel & Casino) suffered a significant cyberattack in January 2025, according to court filings first reported by Crain's New York Business on October 14, 2025. The resulting data breach reportedly compromised the personal...
