El Cortez Hotel & Casino News - Page 4

Mark Pilarski explains the many reasons why dealers can make mistakes at a blackjack table.

Gaughan once controlled 25 percent of the downtown Las Vegas gaming market. For a time, he owned all or part of eight hotel-casinos, including the Flamingo, Union Plaza and Showboat.

Food & Beverage Director and MGM Grand veteran John Civitello primary concern is keeping gamblers happily fed.

A discrimination complaint filed against a chain of local gyms is almost sure to shake up the lucrative nightclub industry in Las Vegas casinos.

Longtime Las Vegas casino owner Jackie Gaughan is finally walking away from the tables and selling his stake in the El Cortez, Gaughan's signature property since 1963.

Owners of six downtown Las Vegas casinos struck tentative labor agreements that will keep about 2,000 unionized workers on the job.

Starting in March, El Cortez gamblers will be able to eat as they play slot machines and table games.

A judge threw out a conviction against an advantage gambler and professional personal trainer who was convicted earlier this year of disorderly conduct for allegedly resisting arrest while being detailed, handcuffed and roughed up at the El Cortez.