Nevada News - Page 394

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.

Cantor Gaming opened a temporary sports and race book Wendesday morning at the Tropicana Las Vegas.

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas received positive reviews from analysts, casino executives and politicians who checked out the Strip resort on opening night.

A casino robber who stole $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio may have some problems cashing them.

Reno may have been included in the rankings of forgotten vacation spots -- but the conclusions were biting.

Herbst Gaming is expected to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the year -- without a Herbst at the helm.

Reno casinos are raising rewards through loyalty programs to attract more gamblers in the door.

The new Las Vegas Strip resort, which will debut Wednesday, includes gambling cabanas and a three-story chandelier.

A man wearing a white, full-face motorcycle helmet and a leather jacket robbed a craps table early Tuesday morning at the Vegas casino.

Ameristar Casinos said in a statement that "a sale is not in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders at this time."

The CityCenter megacomplex in Las Vegas will celebrate its first anniversary on Thursday and saw a number of highs and lows.

Sportsbook operators in the state collected gaming revenues of $35.7 million in October, a jump of 113.2 percent compared with last year.

The hotel-casino opens Wednesday amid hopes it will lure new visitors, not take them from neighbors on the Strip.

International Game Technology's American Idol video slots have arrived at MGM Resorts International properties as part of a 30-day exclusive partnership.

Gaming revenues in Nevada jumped 11 percent in October, the third straight monthly increase.

Downtown Las Vegas saw its gaming revenue in October jump 10.3 percent, its first double-digit increase since 2008.

Supporters of Sen. Harry Reid's online poker legislation were increasingly pessimistic Thursday about the prospects for passing the bill.

A gaming analyst at Sterne Agee was optimistic in a research note ahead of Thursday’s release of Nevada’s October statewide casino revenues.

Online booking service Travelocity recorded flat rates averaging $121 a night for the holiday period between Dec. 17 and Jan. 3 in Las Vegas.