Nevada News - Page 572

To a large extent, where the Fertittas go, so goes Las Vegas beyond the Strip.

If you're looking for a complimentary cocktail in a casino, forget the Strip. Your best best is in the tiny northern Nevada town of West Wendover.

Long-time sports handicapper and Director of Odds for the free online sports picks game PicksPal, Tony Karpinski, earned an eighth place finish in the renowned Las Vegas Hilton 2005 NFL Super Book Contest.

Nevada's major hotel-casinos posted their highest net income ever in a fiscal year, generating more than $1.8 billion on revenue of $21.4 billion in 2005, a new report released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board Thursday shows.

News Brief: With the expansion of the Peppermill Hotel-Casino and plans by Las Vegas-based Station Casinos to move into the Reno market, Atlantis Casino Resort officials are laying the groundwork for a possible expansion of their Virginia Street property.

Bob Boughner, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa executive who ran Atlantic City's first Las Vegas-style megaresort, will head back to Nevada to oversee a $4 billion casino-hotel development for parent company Boyd Gaming Corp.

All football season, we have been hearing about how this was the year of the favorite in NFL betting, and how badly the sports books' bottom lines were damaged as a result.

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel group, announced today a management agreement with Boyd Gaming Corporation to operate the 400-room Shangri-La Hotel, Las Vegas.

Boyd Gaming Corporation reports that it will develop a multi-faceted, world-class resort complex on its 63-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip.

Dazzling the eye, deafening the ear and punishing the pocketbook, a new generation of nightclubs is seducing affluent partyers and winning over once-skeptical casino executives on the hunt for new profit centers.

A significant terrorist attack -- elsewhere or especially here -- could derail the gravy train Las Vegas has been riding in recent years.

During the coming weeks you can win a seat to the WPT Championship 2006, being held at The Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas from the 18th to the 24th April 2006.

Bit by bit, the expanding universe of digital entertainment will soon reconverge in Southern Nevada.

American Wagering, Inc. reports that AWI Gaming, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has obtained a financing commitment for the acquisition of Sturgeon's Inn & Casino in Lovelock, Nevada.

Las Vegas ranked among the nation's winningest brands in 2005 and will continue to rank high in the coming year, a survey by two marketing firms published Thursday suggests.

News Brief: A preliminary hearing was set for February for Justin Ready, a 24-year-old from the Bay Area accused of stabbing two casino security guards in the neck last month.

People who have seen the top-drawer production shows "O" and "Le Reve" can't resist comparing their aquatic and aerial themes.

Whether it's VIP parties, citywide fireworks or the chance to binge drink on the Strip, Las Vegas' worldwide appeal typically soars around New Year's Eve.

A Clark County activist attempted to file an initiative petition Tuesday that would significantly raise the gaming tax on Nevada's largest casinos and use the money to fully pay single-family homeowner property tax bills.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno’s web site continues to log guests onto Boomtown’s lowest Internet room specials.