Harrah's Entertainment Employee Volunteers Help School Embrace Environmental Sustainability for Make a Difference Day
Marketwire
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - October 24, 2009) - Employee volunteers from Harrah's Entertainment , Inc., brought environmentally sustainable upgrades to George E. Harris Elementary School for Make a Difference Day. H.E.R.O (Harrah's Enterta...
City may cut license fee to spur arts area nightlife
Las Vegas Sun
Three years ago, Las Vegas created a new business designation — the “urban lounge,” a kind of cross between a bar and a nightclub tailored to the downtown arts crowd. But no such lounges have opened, even though at least four have been appr...
Feds asked to shut down blackjack, card games at Seminole casinos
ABC Action News Tampa Bay
House Speaker Larry Cretul wants the federal agency regulating Indian gambling to force the Seminole Tribe to shut down blackjack and other card games at its Tampa and Immokalee casinos.
Captain feels for former running mate
Boston Herald
But with Pierce about to start his 12th season, the only sign of Walker now appears in off-the-court news. He has been charged with writing bad checks and running up a debt of $822,500 in three different Las Vegas casinos, and is due back i...
Michael Hiltzik
Chicago Tribune
No issue brings out America's talent for self-deception like gambling. To persuade ourselves that we can keep this particular sin under control, we sequestered casinos in isolated places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City reachable only by .....
Highlights at Online Casinos and Poker
Online Casino Reports
Online casinos and poker rooms prepare for winter's peak business. Are you ready? Here a new casino game. There a new casino. October is an exciting time for online gambling, as winter is expected to be even more so.
Las Vegas hopes run of bad luck is behind it
Financial Times
But Mr Baldwin is confident that CityCenter will not hit demand for other casinos owned by MGM Mirage. “There’s plenty of room in the market,” he says. “The number one competitor to [MGM’s] Bellagio is the Wynn Las Vegas hotel. But when the...
Casinos retain lead with voters
Cincinnati.com
Casinos retain lead with voters Poll also finds Ohio support for delay on income tax cut By Darrel Rowland ... The 53-year-old materials director from North Royalton has played the odds in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Detroit casinos and In...
Casino backers outspending foes 5-1
The Toledo Blade
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - The backers of the latest effort to bring Las Vegas-style casinos to Toledo and three other Ohio cities have already wagered nearly $32 million on the campaign. The other side - primari...
Developers urge government to gamble on casinos
Vietnam Net
VietNamNet Bridge – Real estate investors are urging the Government to allow casino development saying it would serve as an effective measure to lure tourism investment.
Casino bosses driven by intense personal rivalry
Financial Times
Both men have had a lasting impact on Las Vegas. Mr Wynn is the architect of the modern Las Vegas experience, building resort casinos and luring visitors to increasingly glitzy, upmarket venues. He opened his latest gambling palace, Encore,...
Majority of Ohio voters favor casinos, Issue 3, poll says
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pollster Eric Rademacher said he senses an air of "inevitability" among voters that gambling will wind up in Ohio, and he cites Strickland's support of electronic slot machines at horse race tracks as a key factor. The governor's turnaround...
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
Silicon.com
When you think of gambling, smoky casinos populated by tough guys chewing cigars and nursing their whiskey probably come to mind. UK online gamblers might not quite fit this image but they can increasingly get into the spirit of their Vegas...