Location: Nevada

02/13/24 7:37 PM

EDITORIAL: Las Vegas is now chomping on Chicago’s sports lunch. What can be done?

  • Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas attracted more than 123 million viewers, per Nielsen, a simply... more
02/13/24 2:42 PM

Usher’s Super Bowl encore? Marrying Jenn Goicoechea at Las Vegas chapel

  • Ken Ritter, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Usher and longtime partner Jenn Goicoechea married in Las Vegas just hours after the R&B superstar’s headline... more
02/12/24 11:14 PM

Nevada sportsbooks handle a record $185.6M in Super Bowl bets with Las Vegas as host, winning $6.8M

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
Las Vegas hosting the Super Bowl for the first time helped Nevada set a record, as expected, by taking $185.6 million in wagers on the... more
02/12/24 7:50 PM

Leaving Las Vegas to high rollers, some 49ers fans chose Reno

  • Ken Belson, The New York Times
Every Super Bowl Sunday, thousands of gamblers head to the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, the largest of its kind in northern Nevada, to... more
02/12/24 7:18 PM

Light & Wonder to supply systems for slot concessions at Las Vegas’ Reid Airport

  • Rege Behe, CDC Gaming
Light & Wonder Monday announced that its system will be used to manage the Michael J Gaughan Airport Slot Concession at Harry Reid... more
02/12/24 3:18 PM

Super Bowl overtime delivers big swing for betting public

  • David Purdum, ESPN
As kickoff approached Sunday, sportsbooks were almost unanimously rooting for the favored San Francisco 49ers to win in a low-scoring Super... more
02/12/24 11:17 AM

Wall Street Bets: Red Rock Resorts, gambling vote in Alabama, Wynn Resorts

  • Rege Behe, CDC Gaming
Red Rock Resorts Red Rock Resorts’s 2023 4th quarter results were generally positive, according to analysts. According to J. P. Morgan... more
02/11/24 8:57 AM

Bruno Mars’ cocktail lounge at Bellagio Las Vegas opens Monday

  • Caitlin Lilly, Las Vegas Review-Journal
The highly-anticipated cocktail lounge from superstar Bruno Mars has an opening date on the Las Vegas Strip. According to a news release,... more
02/10/24 2:02 PM

Will hosting the ‘Big Game’ be lucrative for Las Vegas?

  • Howard Stutz, The Nevada Independent
The Super Bowl and Las Vegas have long been intertwined. If you couldn’t attend the NFL championship contest in person, you came to the... more
02/10/24 1:54 PM

Analyst: Taylor Swift expected to elevate Super Bowl betting; records will fall

  • Buck Wargo, CDC Gaming
A Wall Street analyst is predicting a “Taylor Swift effect” for the Super Bowl that will help Las Vegas and sportsbooks nationwide generate... more