Nevada News - Page 362

Total visitor volume was up 3.7 percent from the same month in 2011, marking the 25th consecutive gain in prior-year comparisons for the monthly Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority count.

The Cosmopolitan lost $23.4 million in the first quarter of 2012, compared with $56.8 million last year, when the resort was in its first quarter of operations.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that most of the state's gaming centers saw their revenues decline in March.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd whether the WSOP's $1 million Big One for One Drop will hit the 48-player cap, whether an online poker room can succeed in the U.S. in an unregulated environment, how casinos can gain local support, and the state of the horse racing industry.

The Silverton Casino Hotel has selected Lyris as its digital marketing partner to design, automate and optimize data-driven interactive campaigns.

The county will now start charging Fox Rent A Car and other off-airport rental car operations for a share of the shuttle bus expenses.

For the first quarter, the McCarran International Airport total passenger count of 9.9 million was 3 percent higher than in 2011.

Tourism officials want to double the number of international visitors who travel annually to Las Vegas.

Ask any gaming attorney in Las Vegas if they think Congress will pass a bill legalizing online poker anytime soon, and the answer you'll get is no.

J Todd discusses the one-year anniversary of black Friday, plus industry news from William Hill and Playtech.

British bookmaker William Hill PLC said it is confident about its prospects for the year ahead as it reassured analysts on Friday that gaming regulators would approve the company's $53 million purchase of three sports book operators in Nevada.

Before the economy tanked and the Strip's building boom went bust, the development of multibillion-dollar hotel-casino projects centered on Las Vegas. Now those resorts are being built elsewhere.

While state and federal lawmakers inch along toward legalization of online gaming,the casino industry's large slot machine makers are already lining up for a piece of the potential action.

Opening date of the CityCenter construction trial postponed by a month, to March 12.

No matter what stakes you play, with some organization and planning, you can raise enough money to send a player from your home poker game to play in a tournament at the World Series of Poker.

The off-strip M Resort is working to fill its DayDream venue with the same hard-partying youthful demographic the Vegas Strip attracts -- but with a twist. Instead of targeting tourists, M is focusing on locals.

Penn National Gaming Chairman tries to make light of the recent General Services Administration tax-payer funded junket controversy.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss PokerTableRatings complying with a cease and desist notice from PokerStars, Boyd Gaming, which operates The Borgata in Atlantic City and the Gold Coast in Las Vegas, integrating social gaming into their player loyalty program, tips on running a home game satellite tournament for the World Series of Poker, the best gambling scenes from non-gambling movies and make their best bets.

CityCenter developers are announcing a renewed effort to sell high-rise condominiums at the Strip development.

Plans approved for the Strip's next high-flying attraction, a set of zip lines running between the Luxor and Excalibur hotels.