Las Vegas News - Page 556

News Brief: Wynn Resorts fell more than 6% Tuesday following an analyst's downgrade and news the casino company will dilute its common stock.

Wynn Resorts, Limited has agreed to sell 7,500,000 shares of its common stock to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Wynn Resorts, Limited reports its intended expansion of its Wynn Las Vegas project on 20 acres of land adjacent to the existing site.

Anyone who has watched any television over the past year has likely stumbled upon a program or series related to casino gambling.

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.

News Brief: Manufacturers are rolling out new slot machines that have more in common with the latest video games than with the old one-armed bandits.

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

Slot Expert John Robison answers your slot and video poker questions.

Advantage gambler James Grosjean beat the odds by winning a $400,000 judgment against a Strip casino that a jury agreed violated his rights four years ago.

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.

The two airlines with the most flights at McCarran International Airport will add more operations early next year.

If nothing else, Las Vegas' ratio of stuffed game animals to residents is about to increase exponentially.

The success of Wynn Las Vegas's online recruiting program is palpable in the lack of people gathered outside its employment center.

With showgirls, Elvis and a British beefeater in the crowd, Sunday's arrival of Great Britain's second-largest airline at McCarran International Airport might have been mistaken for just another costume party on Halloween.

GSN, the network for games, is now expanding into the poker business with Poker Royale: The WPPA Championship, an exclusive six-episode series.

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

Wynn Las Vegas goes operational Monday with the opening of its employment center and what is thought to be the largest Internet recruiting program ever, anywhere.

With design work done, financing complete and shell construction wrapping up, the $2.5 billion project becomes operational Monday when it starts hiring an expected 9,000 line employees, developer Steve Wynn said.

Be it spooky ghouls and goblins or the prospect of four years under whichever polarizing presidential candidate has most drawn your ire, there's plenty to be afraid of over the next few days.

In the poker room of The Palms Casino where he plays regularly, he is known as Lucky Mickey and Michael Glass earned the moniker this afternoon when he won $13.6 million on Nevada Megabucks.