Nevada News - Page 386

The Whopper Bar, an enhanced version of the Burger King fast-food chain, has been a major success at the Rio in Las Vegas.

Singapore predicted to overtake Las Vegas in revenue forecast.

ESPN told Bloomberg News on Tuesday that it will still carry the World Series of Poker this year.

Steve Sebelius says efforts to legalize online poker in Nevada are still alive because it may ultimately benefit the Nevada Resort Association.

Despite the fact that regional markets like riverboat casinos in the South and Midwest are recovering, the Las Vegas market is still struggling.

Most players wore logos featuring the two sites, and PokerStars.net even had several television advertisements during the broadcast.

Bally Technologies and WMS Industries reduced their quarterly earnings forecasts, saying casinos are not buying new machines.

Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn earned more than $14 million in 2010 from a compensation package.

A half-page provision in Washington, D.C.'s 2011 budget that never even uses the word poker made the city the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to adopt legislation regulating the industry.

Pinnacle Entertainment's "mychoice" guest loyalty program is a cross-marketing agreement with Wynn Resorts gives guests the opportunity to earn fantastic luxury benefits.

Gov. Brian Sandoval said he supported Congress approving online poker legislation rather than having the issue decided on a state-by-state basis.

With all the fumbling and fits and starts surrounding the online gambling debate, it led Aaron Todd to wonder what would be happening right now if the UIGEA had never been slipped into the Safe Ports Act by then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

Statewide casino revenues dipped nearly 7 percent in February, which was Nevada's fourth straight monthly decline.

"The Coal Miner's Daughter" will be performing on May 6 in the Celebrity Showroom of John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks.

The World Series of Poker will re-stage three famous two-player Main Event finals, which will be filmed by ESPN. A rematch between 2003 Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker and Sammy Farha headlines the event.

Intrepid Gaming said it has applied for licenses to operate Casino MonteLago at Lake Las Vegas, which has been closed since March 2010.

Marriott International plans to build a large hotel across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center but has not laid out a timeline.

Las Vegas revenues for the first quarter were estimated at $349.7 million, up from $331.8 million.

Case against Caesars Palace and Simon Property Group that they had unlawfully restricted access to Poetry nightclub dismissed.

The World Series of Poker will stage three legendary heads-up matches in a made-for-TV event. The event is headlined by a rematch between Chris Moneymaker and Sammy Farha.