Las Vegas News - Page 348

Federated Sports and Gaming has launched a new poker league at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas with Annie Duke at the helm.

Station Casinos will hire 1,000 employees over the next couple of months with all positions posted online.

Shuffle Master saw its earnings drop due to the company settling a lawsuit with rival Prime Table Games.

Casino operators like Caesars Entertainment have turned to Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and other sites to communicate with customers about deals.

Evidence deemed previously inadmissible in gambling debt case may prove admissible after all.

The visitor count for Las Vegas grew by just 1 percent compared to the same month in 2009, the lowest rate of increase since April.

Analysts say the dip in revenues is due to declines in volume, revenue and hold percentage for baccarat.

Shuffle Master Gaming’s former Interim CEO Phillip Peckman resigned his seat on the company’s board of directors last week.

Gaming industry proponents poked holes in a "60 Minutes" segment that claimed high-tech slots create problem gamblers and states prey on those individuals to provide gambling revenues.

After a successful 2010, Casino City's Vin Narayanan is ready to get 2011 off in the right direction. So here is his gambling to-do list for the New Year.

A jump in fuel prices could push airfare rates even higher, which is bad news for Nevada resorts.

There isn't much support from casinos for a proposal that would raise $28.7 million annually through additional fees.

A Morgan Joseph gaming analyst said he was encouraged by what he heard from his casino industry contacts.

Rooms rates in Las Vegas have skyrocketed due to the huge huge International Consumer Electronics Show and the Adult Entertainment Expo both opening.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has approved American Wagering's application that lets Nevada residents place sports bets from their BlackBerry smart phones.

The one change in the World Series of Poker tournament this year will be the addition of hard stop times for all bracelet events.

Hard Rock hotel and casino fined by Nevada Gaming Control Board for violations in areas of drugs, public sex acts and prostitution.

Stock prices for casino operators and slot machine manufacturers rebounded in 2010 following a disastrous 2009.

Wall Street and industry observers believe Las Vegas tourism is slowly coming back and Nevada's gaming industry seems to be loosening the grips of a two-year-long recession.

Moody's Investors Service projects U.S. gaming revenues to 1 to 2 percent and casino operator profits to increase 2 to 4 percent in 2011.