Las Vegas Casinos

Lucky Dragon Back on Track After Finding $55 Million Under Couch Cushion

Lucky Dragon Back on Track After Finding $55 Million Under Couch Cushion

Backers of the beleaguered Lucky Dragon resort have stunned their detractors by announcing the project is fully funded, a result...

May 12 2016 — 2 min read — 7 comments

Alon Resort Prospects Falter as Project is Pushed Back Another Six Months

Alon Resort Prospects Falter as Project is Pushed Back Another Six Months

The struggle is real at Alon. Those involved with the ambitious resort have been informed the project has been pushed...

April 28 2016 — 2 min read — 26 comments

Demolition of Riviera Las Vegas Begins

Demolition of Riviera Las Vegas Begins

Demolition of the Riviera has begun in earnest at the shuttered Las Vegas hotel-casino. While specific dates for implosions of...

April 24 2016 — 2 min read — 19 comments

Derek Stevens Buys Glitter Gulch, Mermaids and La Bayou

Derek Stevens Buys Glitter Gulch, Mermaids and La Bayou

Downtown casino mogul Derek Stevens, with his brother Greg Stevens, has purchased three iconic downtown haunts: Glitter Gulch, Mermaids and...

April 20 2016 — 3 min read — 68 comments

Red Rock Resort Celebrates Turning 10 With Fireworks We Droned the Hell Out Of

Red Rock Resort Celebrates Turning 10 With Fireworks We Droned the Hell Out Of

Popular off-Strip casino Red Rock Resort celebrated its tenth anniversary with a fireworks display on April 16, 2016. This blog,...

April 17 2016 — 1 min read — 2 comments

Red Rock Resort Preps for 10th Anniversary Hoopla

Red Rock Resort Preps for 10th Anniversary Hoopla

Red Rock Resort, a popular hotel-casino about 10 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip, is about to celebrate its tenth...

April 14 2016 — 2 min read — 1 comment

Station Casinos Ban Bingo Call of “O-69” to Avoid Offending Sensitive Players

Station Casinos Ban Bingo Call of “O-69” to Avoid Offending Sensitive Players

Nine popular Las Vegas casinos have implemented a new policy to avoid offending "sensitive players." As of April 1, 2016,...

April 01 2016 — 2 min read — 5 comments

El Cortez and Ellis Island Make It Easy to Turn Spare Change Into Real Money, Fee-Free

El Cortez and Ellis Island Make It Easy to Turn Spare Change Into Real Money, Fee-Free

The need to turn in one's spare change for "real money" might not come up too frequently, but when it...

March 24 2016 — 2 min read — 6 comments

Downtown’s Bridger Building Purchased by Derek and Greg Stevens for $2.7 Million

Downtown’s Bridger Building Purchased by Derek and Greg Stevens for $2.7 Million

Casino owners Derek and Greg Stevens have further expanded their downtown Las Vegas empire with the purchase of the classic...

March 15 2016 — 3 min read — 9 comments

Gambling Basics: What the House Edge Means

Gambling Basics: What the House Edge Means

It probably comes as no surprise that in casinos, no matter what game you play, the casino has the advantage....

March 05 2016 — 2 min read — 14 comments

Progress Report: Las Vegas Arena, The Park and Monte Carlo Theater

Progress Report: Las Vegas Arena, The Park and Monte Carlo Theater

There's a dizzying number of new things coming to the space between New York-New York and Monte Carlo, so we...

February 25 2016 — 5 min read — 13 comments

Mystery Solved: Hooters Casino Las Vegas to Stay Hooters

Mystery Solved: Hooters Casino Las Vegas to Stay Hooters

Ever since Hooters Casino changed ownership in May 2015, there's been speculation about what the new incarnation of the hotel-casino...

February 23 2016 — 2 min read — 4 comments

Cosmopolitan’s Two Kick-Ass New Offerings: Clique Lounge, Race & Sports Book

Cosmopolitan’s Two Kick-Ass New Offerings: Clique Lounge, Race & Sports Book

Already one of the most popular and appealing resorts in Las Vegas, Cosmopolitan continues to unveil new offerings. Most recently,...

February 15 2016 — 4 min read — 14 comments

Lucky Dragon Construction Set to Halt Due to Lack of Funds

Lucky Dragon Construction Set to Halt Due to Lack of Funds

The plug's reportedly being pulled on construction at the boutique Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino on the beleaguered north end...

February 11 2016 — 3 min read — 9 comments

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