A casino worker injured when he fell out of his chair while trying to prop his feet on the desk has lost a round in his bid to collect worker's compensation insurance payments.
Gambling in downtown Las Vegas has been in a slump but brothers Derek and Gregory Stevens are betting business will pick up. The state Gaming Commission Thursday gave final approval to the brothers to buy Fitzgeralds Hotel and Casino.
The operator of the Fitzgeralds hotel-casinos in Las Vegas and around the country went to court Wednesday in hopes of shutting down a website it says is infringing on its trademarks.
Comedian Kevin Burke lumbers like an over-the-hill fullback, dodging taxi cabs and construction barriers on his one-block dash from the Golden Nugget to Fitzgeralds.
The owner of the Fitzgeralds hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas said he is hungrily eyeing the Strip to expand his gaming business but intends to wait several months before casino-shopping in the hope that skyrocketing prices stabilize.
Majestic Star officials last year said spinning off the Las Vegas property would free it from the restrictive covenants on bank and bond loans and would allow the company to more easily pursue upgrades and other capital spending projects downtown.