Writer could only dream how growth would change gaming industry
When my journalism career landed me in Las Vegas in 1991, The Mirage and the Excalibur had recently opened. At that time, I could only imagine the explosive growth on the horizon for the Strip and how...
View ArticleConference brings out tales of historic opening of The Mirage
With several presentations vying for attention at the same time at last week’s 16th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking, it wasn’t too surprising that it was a small and mostly local...
View ArticleBefore the puck drops in Las Vegas, challenges will arise
We’ll have to endure the summer heat twice before we get to see the puck drop at T-Mobile Arena for the Las Vegas Whatever-We’re-Going-to-Call-Them hockey team competing in the National Hockey...
View ArticleGaming win statistics a roller-coaster ride in Southern Nevada
Anyone who has studied the numbers regularly knows that the gaming win statistics for Southern Nevada’s geographic regions are extremely volatile. One month, an area may be up by double-digit...
View ArticleUNLV’s International Gaming Institute is world’s most respected center of...
“Accounting for the Gaming Industry,” “Sociology of Gambling” and “Casino Marketing” are courses offered through programs coordinated by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ International Gaming...
View ArticleLively questions addressed in new book on Nevada gaming law, procedures
Those are some provoking questions addressed in the new edition of the “Nevada Gaming Law Practice and Procedure Manual,” unveiled last month in a reception during a gaming law conference at UNLV.
View ArticleTakeaways from our trip to Macau
Here are nine takeaways from our trip to Macau for Tuesday’s opening of the Parisian Macao.
View ArticleLas Vegas should take a spirited approach and capitalize on Halloween
It’s time for Las Vegas to stake a claim on Halloween and turn it into one of those holidays you have to be here at least once in your life.
View ArticleNew York’s gaming tax revenue may surpass Nevada’s
New York is on track to collect more casino tax revenue than Nevada this year. If that happens, Nevada will become the No. 3 state in the union for collecting tax revenue from the casinos within its...
View ArticleMGM Resorts’ controversial parking policy still on local minds
After a great Sunday afternoon at the Bellagio, I recalled that MGM indicated it may revisit parking policies at the end of the year.
View ArticleStay tuned for e-sports betting in Las Vegas casinos
So would you take Team Liquid in a head-to-head World of WarCraft matchup against the Evil Geniuses?
View ArticleLucky Dragon, Las Vegas’ newest resort, firing up casino market
Casino openings excite us because we long to enjoy something we’ve never seen before.
View ArticleDon’t like Strip casino parking fees? Blame the airlines
Tourism is a copycat business world with few original ideas so it isn’t hard to look at what airlines have done over the past decade to see the Strip parking correlation.
View ArticleMGM National Harbor shines as brightly as any Strip property
MGM Resorts International’s $1.4 billion Maryland property opened Thursday night. So how would MGM National Harbor fare if it were plopped down on the Strip? It would hold up quite favorably.
View ArticleHow will legalized recreational marijuana affect the gaming industry?
It’s a cinch that if you’re walking the Strip on New Year’s Eve, you’ll come across at least one person toking in the new year with a celebration of the arrival of legalized recreational marijuana in...
View ArticleAfter New Year’s, the next big show in Las Vegas is CES
Just as New Year’s Eve revelers begin rolling out of town after next week’s big party, their hotel rooms will be filled with thousands of people who will be gathering in Las Vegas for the 50th CES.
View ArticleBig business stories to watch in 2017
There are plenty of fascinating stories on the horizon for 2017. Here are some of the things you’ll be reading about in the next 12 months, with a touch of prognostication.
View ArticleLook for further ‘Vegasization’ of Macau in 2017
Lost in some of the commentary about what’s ahead for the gaming industry in 2017 is the ongoing “Las Vegasization” of Macau.
View ArticleInventor suggests embedding slots with player-friendly images
As gaming companies attempt to unlock the secrets of how to persuade millennials to gamble in casinos, mom-and-pop inventor Darryl Rosenblatt thinks he has the answer — embed slot machines with...
View ArticleFree Las Vegas attractions? Not when you factor in parking
We’d laugh it weren’t so sad to see articles in some of the national travel publications touting “30 things you can do for free in Vegas.” Unless you plan to walk a ways to some of these attractions,...
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