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Laid off when casinos closed, back to work with reopenings
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -
When Revel, Atlantic City's $2.4 billion casino shut down in 2014, Meg Timson wondered what would happen to a building that was only ... |
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Caesars workers in Las Vegas approve new contract deal
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:35:00 -
Housekeepers, bartenders and other unionized workers at Las Vegas casino-resorts operated by Caesars Entertainment approved a new five-year contract, ending the possibility of a strike at those properties. A few thousand members of the Culinary Union voted in ... |
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New Jersey set to begin taking legal sports bets
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:30:00 -
In 1978, the Democratic governor of New Jersey threw the first dice at an Atlantic City casino to kick off an era of legal gambling in the state. Forty years later ... |
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Borgata in Atlantic City will take sports bets Thursday morning
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:39:00 -
The casino told The Associated Press it will begin taking sports bets at 11 a.m. That's 30 minutes after Gov. Phil Murphy places the state's first legal sports ... |
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New Jersey governor signs bill allowing sports betting
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:52:00 -
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation allowing the state's casinos and racetracks to begin taking sports bets. Murphy signed the measure Monday, making New Jersey the second state after Delaware to allow ... |
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Gambler hits $1.1 million jackpot at Venetian
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:44:00 -
A lucky gambler hit a $1.1 million jackpot over the weekend on the Las Vegas Strip. The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, hit the jackpot while playing a $1 Wheel of Fortune slot machine early ... |
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New Jersey governor: No timetable to act on sports bets
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday his state will have sports betting "sooner rather than later," but gave himself no timetable to ... |
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New Jersey Legislature OKs bill to legalize sports betting
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 23:21:00 -
New Jersey's casinos and racetracks are waiting for the starter's gun to begin offering sports betting now that the state ... |
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Wynn, Encore first Strip resorts to dump parking fee
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 21:39:00 -
The Wynn Las Vegas and Encore have become the first major Strip resorts to back away from parking fees implemented last year. Wynn Resorts announced that ... |
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Caesars plans $375 million conference center on Las Vegas Strip
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 02:15:00 -
Caesars Entertainment is looking to add to the already jam-packed Las Vegas facility openings in 2020 with a planned convention space ... |
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Delaware draws $322,135 in wagers on Day 1 of full-scale sports betting
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 22:07:00 -
On a day without an NBA Finals game or Stanley Cup Final matchup, there was still plenty of betting action when ... |
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Woman hits $1.4 million jackpot at downtown Golden Gate
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:46:00 -
A Wisconsin woman is leaving Las Vegas a millionaire. The woman, who was in town for a bingo tournament, hit a $1.4 million jackpot this morning on the Million Degrees game at ... |
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Delaware launches sports betting, other states close behind
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:15:00 -
The market for legal sports gambling in the United States widened significantly on Tuesday with the expansion of single-game sports bets in Delaware, putting legal wagering within driving distance of three major East Coast cities less than a month after ... |
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Culinary turns focus to smaller Las Vegas casinos in contract talks
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 01:00:00 -
The union said Monday that it was now focusing on 15 properties on the Las Vegas Strip and in downtown not covered by the deals with Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts ... |
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DraftKings, Resorts Casino join on sports bets
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:15:00 -
One of the nation's largest daily fantasy sports companies is teaming up with an Atlantic City casino in the latest deal seeking to capitalize on ... |
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Union: Tentative labor deal struck with Caesars
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:02:00 -
Negotiators have reached a tentative labor agreement that would cover about a quarter of the 50,000 hotel and casino workers who are threatening to strike in Las Vegas. The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on Friday said ... |
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Casinos face threat of first worker strike in 3 decades
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 07:20:00 -
The possibility of 50,000 Las Vegas casino workers going on strike has drawn closer, with their contracts expiring at midnight and the prospects of ... |
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Delaware casinos to begin sports betting next week
Thu, 31 May 2018 21:25:00 -
Delaware will begin full-scale sports betting next week, wasting no time after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for states to implement ... |
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Nevada gaming revenue up 7.6 percent in April
Thu, 31 May 2018 18:53:00 -
Nevada gaming revenue jumped 7.6 percent to $953.7 million in April compared to the same month a year ago, the state Gaming Control Board reported today. The increase marks the ... |
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'It's in nobody's interest': Scholars say impact of a strike would bleed into local economy
Thu, 31 May 2018 09:00:00 -
If 50,000 Culinary Union workers in Las Vegas follow through on a proposed strike starting Friday, the economic impact would extend far beyond the 34 affected Strip and downtown resorts, scholars said Wednesday. UNLV's Stephen Miller, director of the school's Center for Business and Economic Research, said ... |
