Writer: John L. Smith

New Mexico officials find themselves in a surprisingly prickly political predicament these days: How to move forward with the issuance of a... more

Every year about this time I’m transported back to childhood by the smell of fresh-mown grass, the crack of the bat, and the many signs of... more

If ever a place needed an owner handy with his hands with a sharp eye for figures, it’s the lowly Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino just off... more

Gary Thompson was the cool one, that much I could tell as I began hustling as an intern at the Las Vegas Sun in the late 1970s. I knew next... more

These days it’s easy to get caught up in the legalized sports betting fever making its way across the country. In the wake of the U.S.... more

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has had its hands full lately with the fallout from the sexual harassment at Wynn Resorts. But there’s... more

Obscured in the many sensational elements of the 209-page final report by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in its investigation of the... more

Given the sordid nature of so much of the Steve Wynn sexual harassment mess, it’s hard to call anything shocking anymore. It’s like an epic... more

It isn’t Watergate, but I am reminded of the words of accidental President Gerald Ford whenever I’m forced to think about the gaming... more

Around Northern Nevada, William A. Douglass is probably best known as a writer and the co-founder of the University of Nevada, Reno’s... more