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Hard Rock Hotel narrows loss, searches for president
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:32:00 -0000 -
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino said it narrowed its losses by about 34 percent last year, according to a filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment names CEO
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:15:00 -0000 -
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas said Monday that it named former Multimedia Games Inc. executive Anthony M. Sanfilippo as CEO and president. |
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A new hit for 'Sex and the City'
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0000 -
In an industry that seduces customers with gimmicks, perhaps no slot machine had ever been launched with such high expectations. |
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Nevada still at center of the gaming tech world
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0000 -
Although the United States has lost millions of manufacturing jobs, Nevada has remained the global leader in a manufacturing niche - gambling equipment. More than half of the global gaming supplier industry is in Nevada. |
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CityCenter, lead contractor dispute $492 million claim
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:34:00 -0000 -
MGM Mirage today disclosed that disputes have emerged involving hundreds of millions of dollars between its CityCenter joint venture and the $8.5 billion project's primary general contractor. Perini Building Co. on Thursday delivered a notice of its intent to file mechanics' liens totaling about $492 million against CityCenter. |
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MGM Mirage to sell its stake in Atlantic City's Borgata
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:45:00 -0000 -
MGM Mirage today said it entered into a settlement agreement with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement under which it will sell its 50 percent stake in the Borgata and related leased land in Atlantic City. |
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MGM Mirage, Cox recognized as leaders in diversity
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:05:00 -0000 -
Las Vegas-based MGM Mirage has once again landed on an important national list of the nation's top companies for diversity.
The casino-resort operator is the only Nevada-based company and the only gaming company on DiversityInc's 2010 Top 50 Companies For Diversity list issued Wednesday. |
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Coroner: Death of Hard Rock hotel chief a suicide
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:41 -0000 -
The Clark County Coroner's Office ruled that Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino President Randy Kwasniewski died Tuesday of a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. |
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Nevada casino win drops 3.2 percent in January
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:00 -0000 -
Gaming revenues dropped 3.2 percent in January compared to the same month a year ago, a figure that was better than expected. Nevada casinos reported a gaming win of $883 million in January, with casinos on the Las Vegas Strip down 3 percent. |
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Gaming Control Board must balance cuts with its reputation, oversight mission
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0000 -
The recession has slashed casino profits and taxes, and it has made the job of regulating Nevada's casino industry tougher. So legislators said they worried about how budget cuts would affect Nevada's reputation for casino regulation. |
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Nevada Resort Association chief Bill Bible leaves for MGM Mirage board
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:14:00 -0000 -
Former gaming regulator Bill Bible is resigning immediately as president of the Nevada Resort Association so he can become a board member of MGM Mirage. |
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Atlantic City's Tropicana sale to Carl Icahn done deal
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:20:14 -0000 -
It took more than two years, nearly $7.8 million in fees to lawyers and others and a billionaire's bargain-basement bid, but the Tropicana Casino and Resort has been salvaged by its sale to Carl Icahn, with a deal expected to close Monday afternoon. |
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Harrah's to clubs: Pay past-due expenses at Planet Hollywood or leave
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0000 -
The new owner of the Planet Hollywood resort in Las Vegas has been pressuring the bankrupt Privé and Living Room nightclubs there to either pay their past-due rent and expenses or vacate the premises. Owned by Miami nightclub company the Opium Group, Privé and Living Room filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Nov. 11 in Florida. |
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Aria, Bellagio coexisting just fine, MGM Mirage says
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0000 -
During MGM Mirage's fourth-quarter earnings conference call last month, the company's executives attempted to address questions that have dogged them since the recession began. Would Aria have to use extremely low rates to keep rooms occupied? |
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Fortune magazine: Wynn Resorts is gaming industry's most admired company
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:50:00 -0000 -
Wynn Resorts again ranks highest among large hotel-casino operators in Fortune magazine's annual rankings of the most admired companies in each industry. |
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Help for gambling addicts is salvaged in final state budget
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:01:00 -0000 -
Last-minute lobbying led to the Legislature's surprise reinstatement of a portion of slot machine taxes earmarked for problem gambling treatment, education and research.
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Q&A: Randall Fine, Managing Director, Fine Point Group
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0000 -
Randall A. Fine has accumulated a wealth of experience from big-time gaming operators in his eight-year casino career. |
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New Jersey hands over Tropicana control to Carl Icahn
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:40:00 -0000 -
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - New Jersey on Wednesday ended its conservatorship of Tropicana Casino and Resort after 27 months and gave final approval of its sale to billionaire Carl Icahn. |
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Oddsmaker: 'Avatar' the Best Picture favorite at Academy Awards
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:32:00 -0000 -
The Las Vegas line on the Academy Awards – or, more specifically, that set by Wynn Las Vegas oddsmaker Johnny Avello – has the epic blockbuster "Avatar" a slight favorite to win Best Picture over the independent film "The Hurt Locker." |
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Board backs slots license for former troubled payday loan operator
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:13:00 -0000 -
The state Gaming Control Board has recommended approval of a slot-route license for a Henderson company whose owners once operated payday loan stores that were closed voluntarily after being notified by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division that they were violating state lending laws. |
