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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Evel Knievel Nearly Died Attempting to Jump Caesars Palace Fountain
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran June 16, 2025. Evel Knievel spectacularly failed to complete his jump of the Caesars Palace fountain 58 years ago this...
Vegas Music, Dining & Sports Events to Look Forward to in 2026
Mulling a trip to the entertainment capital of the world this year? Maybe you should also consider visiting the sports and dining capitals of the world, too, since they’re all the same place now. Here are the highlights we know so far about...
Vegas Gaming Surges Again as Tourism Slump Deepens With No End in Sight
Las Vegas’ casino gaming ended 2025 on the kind of high note that once would have signaled a booming economy, but visitor numbers told a starkly different story. The Nevada Gaming Control Board broke the good gaming news on Wednesday, reporting that...
Vegas Loop Surfaces from Underground for Airport Rides
Limited airport drop-offs are now available via the Vegas Loop, according to a social media post from Elon Musk’s the Boring Company. This marks the first time the subterranean system, in which Teslas are driven through small tunnels to circumvent street traffic,...
Top-Grossing Las Vegas Concert Residencies of All Time
Since we last published our annual list, Garth Brooks entered it for the first time, but the Eagles made the highest-ranking debut. Their addition nudged Lady Gaga and one of Elton John’s two Caesars Palace residencies off the list. Posting the highest...
Man Beaten and Robbed in Bathroom at Temporary Bally’s Chicago Casino
A 25‑year‑old man was beaten and robbed inside the temporary Bally’s Chicago casino early Monday morning, an incident that occurred just days before the property is scheduled to host a large New Year’s Eve celebration. According to Chicago police reports cited by...
Casino Gambling Exposes Apparent Health Insurance Fraud
Nearly 4,000 Bulgarians who reported themselves as hospitalized were logged entering casinos over 22,000 times during those hospitalizations Cross‑checks between casino ID scans and hospital records exposed widespread suspected insurance fraud The Eastern European country health insurance manager, which has launched an...
Remembering Those Las Vegas Lost in 2025
Before the stroke of midnight delivers us into yet another calendar year, Casino.org stops to remember the influential Las Vegas figures we left behind in this one. The contributions made by these people shaped the Las Vegas we know today, from its megaresorts...
VEGAS NEAR MYTHS: Stories So Wild, They Seem Like Urban Legends, but Aren’t
In the nearly four years since we began our weekly "Vegas Myths Busted" series, we've come across many wild stories that we thought for sure were myths. Most of the time, we were right. This is how we put to rest such...
Tori Spelling Cancels ‘90210’-Themed Backstreet Boys Afterparty in Las Vegas
Tori Spelling canceled a “Beverly Hills 90210” event at the Venetian The ’90s TV actress and her former co-star, Brian Austin Green, were scheduled to appear at an afterparty for a Backstreet Boys concert next door at the Sphere Spelling blamed an...
