The 45th annual World Series of Poker will kick off on May 28 at Paris Las Vegas with an all-new Champions Reunion Event, organizer Caesars Entertainment has announced.
Daniel Weinman bested a record field to take home the $12.1 million first prize last year. It was the biggest Main Event first-prize payout in WSOP history. Weinman will return to...Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Worth $36M Goes Unclaimed
A Mega Millions jackpot won in August has gone unclaimed.
The lottery player who won the $36 million Mega Millions jackpot for the Aug. 15, 2023, drawing failed to redeem the prize within the Florida Lottery’s 180-day redemption window. The funds will be instead returned to the participating lotteries that fueled the jackpot. (Image: Mega...Nevada Casinos Report Net Income of $3.44B in Fiscal Year 2023
Nevada casinos generated record revenue of $29.86 billion during the state’s 2023 fiscal year, but net income slid because of billowing inflation, interest, and overall administrative costs.
The Resorts World Las Vegas casino floor is bustling in a file photo. Nevada casinos reported net income of $3.44 billion during the state’s 2023...ACLU Sues Vegas Over Pedestrian Bridge Standing Ban
The ACLU of Nevada filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the new Clark County ordinance that bans stopping or standing on the Las Vegas Strip’s 15 pedestrian bridges.
What these people are doing, as pictured on the Nevada Department of Transportation’s own website, is now illegal. That’s according to a new Clark County...NCAA Punishes Former Women's Hoops Coach for Betting $93K
The NCAA this week announced its punishment of a former women’s basketball head coach who made over 400 bets totaling at least $93K on collegiate and professional sports during a 26-month period.
Former University of the South women’s basketball head coach Brody Curry admitted to betting on sports while coaching the Division III...Thrive Cannabis Las Vegas Consumption Lounge Ready to Open
Thrive Cannabis Marketplace’s Las Vegas dispensary near the Strip will soon open its on-site consumption lounge.
Thrive Cannabis Marketplace in Las Vegas just west of the Strip will soon offer an on-site consumption lounge where consumers can legally partake in their purchased products. The consumption lounge will be the first licensed...Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Vegas Apple Store -- Before and After Robbers Do
Probably the most bizarre story to emerge from Las Vegas during Super Bowl weekend went unreported by local media until Wednesday, and had little to do with the big game.
One of two thieves, unchallenged by terrified employees of a Las Vegas Apple Store, unplugs laptops and tablets that are then calmly walked out the front entrance during Super...SCOTUS Asked to Torpedo Seminole Sports Betting Deal in Florida
Two Florida cardrooms have petitioned the US Supreme Court to nullify the $2.5 billion gaming compact between the state and the Seminole tribe. The deal handed the latter a monopoly on statewide mobile sports betting. Should SCOTUS take the case, its decision could shape the future of online sports betting in the US.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida...Vegas Airport Screened Passengers Hit Record After Super Bowl
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport screened almost 104K passengers just hours after Super Bowl LVIII.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent patch, pictured above. TSA agents screened a record number of passengers on Monday at Harry Reid Airport. (Image: CNN)On Monday,...
Ex-Raiders Player Henry Ruggs In Prison Camp During Super Bowl
As Henry Ruggs III’s former Las Vegas Raiders teammates watched Super Bowl LVIII this past Sunday, he continues his sentence at a Nevada prison camp with dorms rather than jail cells.
Henry Ruggs III, pictured above in a Las Vegas courtroom. He’s now serving a sentence at a Nevada prison camp for a deadly DUI. (Image: La Presse)Ruggs, 25, is...
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