5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Nevada Energy Monopoly Faces Off Against Las Vegas Casino Giants in Battle of the Power Grids
Nevada Energy, the state's only power company, has been holding sway over Las Vegas casinos long enough. Now several of the city's biggest gaming giants are fighting back, and hard. Since they literally never turn their lights off, each Las Vegas Strip...
Bellagio Croupiers Indicted in $1 Million Craps Cheating Scandal
Two former Bellagio croupiers were indicted this week on charges of swindling their ex-employer for more than $1 million in a rigged craps game. James Russell Cooper Jr. and Mark William Branco will stand trial along with their pals Jeffrey D. Martin...
Las Vegas Having Huge Year, Even with Lower Room Rates Overall
Figures released this week by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) report that around 3.6 million people visited the city in August, up 1.6 percent over the previous year. August numbers were boosted by a healthy convention attendance, with 532,891...
eSports Innovator Rahul Sood Stresses Importance of Casinos Reaching New Demographic
Rahul Sood was yet another speaker at last week's Global Gaming Expo (G2E) that stressed the gambling industry's need to reach out and attract a new demographic of players, specifically a younger audience. His remarks came a day after Caesars CEO Mark...
Macau Junket Operator Neptune Group Pleads With Chinese Authorities as Revenues Plummet
Macau junket operators are folding faster than poker players with 7-2 offsuit, with one of the gambling mecca's largest operators stressing this week that times are indeed grim there. The Chinese government is on a crusade to crackdown on its residents, with...
Millennials Crucial to Casino Industry Growth, Executives Claim During G2E Roundtable
Millennials possess expendable income and are on the verge of settling down into their lifelong habitual behaviors, which is why this week several gambling executives stressed the importance of reaching that demographic in order to grow the casino industry. During a roundtable...
AGA Chief Geoff Freeman Attacks Illegal Gambling at G2E, Says It Is Not a Victimless Crime
Geoff Freeman, president of the American Gaming Association, kicked off the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas this week with a keynote speech that railed against illegal, unlicensed gambling and the threat it poses, not just to the casino industry, but...
Amaya Gets New Jersey DGE Regulatory Approvals, Meaning PokerStars and Full Tilt Can Now Move Full Steam Ahead
Amaya Inc. has at last received its New Jersey license, which means PokerStars and Full Tilt will be winging their way back to Garden State residents very soon. The regulatory approval comes almost four and a half years after the two sites'...
Las Vegas Culinary Workers Union Launches Anti-Station Casinos and Deutsche Bank Radio Spots
The Las Vegas Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has launched a local radio campaign in Nevada attacking Deutsche Bank, a major shareholder in Station Casinos, over its involvement with the Libor rate-rigging scandal. Deutsche Bank was forced to pay an unprecedented $2.5...
New Jersey DGE Grants Seal of Approval to Authorized iGaming Sites, But Controversy Remains
The New Jersey DGE, the state's gaming enforcement division, has released a seal of approval declaring that a given gaming website is an accredited and sanctioned online network for players. Accompanied by a die, the emblem reads, "DGE New Jersey Division of...
