Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino News - Page 16

The World Poker Tour reports that Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino has joined its roster of host casinos for a new event that will be staged as the second stop of the Season V calendar.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit in federal court on behalf of five kitchen workers at The Noodle Shop at Mandalay Bay.

A Strip casino has paid a fine for violating gaming regulations involving money-laundering.

Mandalay Bay today announced that Bathhouse Spa has been selected as the winner of the first annual Creative Achievement Award for best spa design by Hospitality Design Magazine.

Hotel employees from 25 Las Vegas properties took part in the hospitality competition at the International Hotel & Restaurant Show on Thursday. Contests included bedmaking, buffer pad tosses and vacuum relays.

Two Las Vegas properties have joined 22 others from Nevada on AAA's Four Diamond Award list.

The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the appeal of card dealer Raymond Buxsel, who sued Mandalay Bay and a security guard for the Strip resort after he was injured and could not return to his job.

About 320 maintenance workers at three Mandalay Resort Group properties voted to reject a two-tier wage and benefit contract offer from the company and could strike as soon as Wednesday.

A selections of news and views from inside the industry this week.

When gaming industry lobbyists persuaded the Nevada Legislature, the Nevada Gaming Commission and the state Gaming Control Board to approve a dramatic policy change allowing gamblers to bet behind closed doors, casino executives had dollar signs in their eyes.

News Brief: The possibility of a strike remains for about 320 members of the Operating Engineers Local 501 who work at three Mandalay Resort Group properties.

Caesars Palace and Mandalay Bay will be able to continue running private gaming salons but were chastised by gaming regulators for not bringing in enough high rollers.

A small trade show said it has filed a formal complaint with Mandalay Resort Group against a Mandalay board member, saying the board member violated the company's conflict of interest rules by attempting to obtain an equity interest in the show and then blocking the show's desired dates.

Startled Wall Street analysts, seeing estimated first-quarter earnings at Mandalay Resort Group revised upward 30 percent Monday, described Las Vegas as a boom town with bright prospects for the months ahead.

THEhotel at Mandalay Bay ushers in a new model of understated luxury to the Las Vegas Strip, affording guests a haven of sophistication and service on par with the best boutique hotels in the world.

An Oklahoma woman feels she's entitled to a $42.9 million payment after hitting a jackpot on a quarter machine at the Mandalay Bay Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Not one high-rolling gambler played in the Strip's three private casinos between March 1 and Nov. 30, the Gaming Control Board reported Monday.

News Brief: After more than two years in seclusion and doubts about whether it would survive in captivity, a great hammerhead shark was released this week into a massive aquarium at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.