Gaming - Las Vegas Sun

Okada gets favorable ruling in case against Wynn Resorts: Feb. 9, 2012; By Steve Green; Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member Kazuo Okada scored at least an interim legal victory Thursday in his lawsuit against the casino resort company.

Strip casinos post 5.1 percent boost in winnings during 2011: Feb. 9, 2012; By Cy Ryan; The 37 casinos on the Las Vegas Strip won $6 billion in 2011, an increase of 5.1 percent from the previous year, the state Gaming Control Board reported Thursday.

Owner weighing options for River Palms casino in Laughlin: Feb. 8, 2012; By Steve Green; Tropicana Entertainment Inc. disclosed Wednesday that it’s weighing strategic options for one of its three Nevada hotel-casinos.

A view of the Lady Luck hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Aug. 17, 2009.

Old Lady Luck slated to reopen next year as Downtown Grand: Feb. 8, 2012; By Cy Ryan; The 650-room Lady Luck hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas is completely gutted now but with renovations, it should be ready to open in April 2013. It will be renamed the Downtown Grand.

Gaming Control Board OKs sale including 2 Pahrump casinos: Feb. 8, 2012; By Cy Ryan; Veteran Las Vegas gaming figure Blake Sartini has gained preliminary state approval to become the biggest slot machine route operator in Nevada.

David Dang, right, of Anchorage roots for the New York Giants as he watches the Super Bowl at the Las Vegas Hotel's Superbook Sunday, February 5, 2012.

Super Bowl generates $93.8 million in bets to Nevada sports books: Feb. 7, 2012; By Cy Ryan; Gamblers bet $93.8 million on the Super Bowl, the second highest amount in the last ten years.

Brothers Lorenzo, left, and Frank Fertitta shown in this 2008 file photo.

Fertittas putting another $73 million into Station Casinos: Feb. 7, 2012; By Steve Green; Station Casinos LLC executives Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta plan to invest another $73 million in the Las Vegas company by buying out another shareholder. In another indication of the Fertitta brothers’ support for the company and their belief in the struggling locals gaming market, Station disclosed Monday that a company affiliated with the Fertittas plans to buy certain ownership units held by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

Jeffrey Aragon of Las Vegas searches among the 25 pages of proposition bets for Super Bowl XLVI on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

Gambling 101: A beginner’s guide to sports betting: Feb. 3, 2012; By Andrea Domanick; Sports betting can be a fun way to enhance the experience of watching the big game, but for those of us who don’t know our betting odds from ends, trying to get in on the action can be intimidating.

Illuminated by the lights of the game board, NFL fans kick back and relax while watching games at the Mirage Race & Sports Book on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.

Flush with money, visitors flooding Las Vegas for Super Bowl weekend: Feb. 3, 2012; By Conor Shine; With the Super Bowl kicking off in less than 72 hours, hundreds of thousands of visitors and the millions of dollars they bring with them are pouring into Las Vegas.

Hotels and casinos in Atlantic City are seen reflected in the water in this file image.

Atlantic City would receive upgrades under revival plan: Feb. 2, 2012; The Associated Press; A dazzling Boardwalk pulsating with light, music, recreation and entertainment, surrounded by pedestrian-friendly enclaves away from the casinos is the vision of Atlantic City's future adopted Wednesday by a state agency tasked with turning around the struggling seaside resort.

The French Market Buffet inside Boyd Gaming's Orleans resort. The Nevada Tax Commission ruled Monday that casinos must pay sales tax on comped meals given to gamblers.

Ruling rebuffs casinos seeking refund of taxes paid on comped meals: Jan. 24, 2012; By Cy Ryan; In a decision with far-reaching impact on the state budget and casino balance sheets, the Nevada Tax Commission ruled Monday that casinos must pay sales tax on comped meals given to players and their employees.

Former Nevada tourism official reflects on his stint at N. Korea casino: Jan. 14, 2012; By David McGrath Schwartz; For all the mystery engulfing North Korea, Robert E. Goodman knows what that isolated country and tourist-laden Las Vegas have in common. They both lust for Chinese gamblers.

Las Vegas-based casino companies such as MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment are pushing for federal legislative regulating online poker.

Lawmakers pushing for federal Internet poker law under pressure to act: Jan. 13, 2012; David Saleh Rauf, POLITICO; The gambling lobby has a message for Congress as states line up to cash in on a White House ruling that in-state online lotteries and poker won’t violate a federal Internet betting ban: Deal now or get stuck with a bad hand. A Justice Department opinion issued before Christmas has created a now-or-never dynamic on the Hill for lawmakers and lobbyists pushing for a federal Internet poker law as state and regional officials move ahead with online gambling plans.

Slot machine maker IGT purchases online gaming company: Jan. 12, 2012; By Dave Berns; Nevada-based slot machine maker International Game Technology has reached an agreement to purchase Double Down Interactive, gaining the infrastructure to potentially offer online wagering for money.

Once-dominant Las Vegas holds on as center of gambling universe shifts

Once-dominant Las Vegas holds on as center of gambling universe shifts: Jan. 6, 2012; By Dave Berns; This has all the makings of a potentially tumultuous year for the gaming industry. Union contracts expire for tens of thousands of Las Vegas casino industry workers this year, and if each side frames its position by the continuing recession, the negotiations may well be tense and drawn out.

A recently renovated room at the Bellagio. The resort underwent a $70 million upgrade of rooms in its main tower.

$70 million renovation completed at the Bellagio: Jan. 4, 2012; By Conor Shine; A major six-month renovation of thousands of rooms at the Bellagio has been completed, a hotel executive said Wednesday. The $70 million job started in June, and 2,568 rooms in the hotel’s main tower have been updated.

Mark Sullivan, a Foxborough town selectman, in his garage with his son Seamus, explains how the standoff over the casino is ripping his town apart, as he laments that the drama is bound to drag on at least another six months.

Why Steve Wynn's plan for Foxborough casino has been so divisive: Jan. 4, 2012; By Karoun Demirjian; Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has exported his gaming know-how to the Jersey Shore and the South China Sea. But those successes don’t seem to matter much to the residents of this sleepy enclave of 17,000 who are wary Wynn might turn their stretch of country highway into the Bay State Strip.

Bellagio hit with power outages New Year’s Eve: Jan. 2, 2012; By Dave Berns; The west wing of the Bellagio’s main tower had intermittent power outages throughout the afternoon and early evening Saturday, leading to the New Year’s Eve day closure of the buffet and the loss of power to several hundred hotel rooms.

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