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One of Sin City's Last Original Casinos Bites the Dust

Tropicana is imploded in fireworks-heavy spectacle in Vegas

(Newser) - Out with the legendary casino, in with the baseball team. The Las Vegas Review-Journal heralds the "new era" in Las Vegas that started early Wednesday with the planned implosion of the Strip's Tropicana hotel-casino, in part to make way for a $1.5 billion domed arena for the...

Final Cards Dealt at Iconic Las Vegas Casino

There was a final volcano eruption at the Mirage

(Newser) - A final blast from the Mirage's signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort industry and reshape Las Vegas as a tourist destination. "What would the Mirage be...

Slot Machine Told Her She Won $2.5M. Casino Said No
Slot Machine Told
Her She Won $2.5M.
Casino Said No
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
May 25, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

Slot Machine Told Her She Won $2.5M. Casino Said No

Lawyer says he will file legal complaints against Bally's in Atlantic City

(Newser) - During a trip to Bally's Casino in Atlantic City at the end of February, Roney Beal says she'd put hundreds of dollars into a Wheel of Fortune slot machine when it suddenly "went off, says, 'you're a winner' and gold coins popped out." The...

Landmark Vegas Resort Is Closing Down in July

Mirage will be replaced by Hard Rock Las Vegas in 2027

(Newser) - The Las Vegas Strip will be losing a landmark on July 17. Joe Lupo, president of the Mirage resort, confirmed Wednesday that the hotel-casino will be permanently closing its doors on that day, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. He said the resort will reopen in May 2027 as the Hard...

A Sin City Landmark Will Be Razed
A Sin City
Landmark
Will Be Razed
Jan 31, 2024 6:39 AM CST

A Sin City Landmark Will Be Razed

Tropicana hotel and casino is making way for a baseball stadium

(Newser) - When the Tropicana Las Vegas opened in 1957, Nevada's lieutenant governor unlocked the door to what would become a Sin City landmark for more than a half-century. Then he threw away the key. "This was to signify that the Tropicana would always stay open," said historian Michael...

Vegas Police Officer Sentenced for Casino Heists

Caleb Rogers gets 12 years, plans to appeal

(Newser) - A Las Vegas police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison for stealing nearly $165,000 in a trio of casino heists , including one in which he was found guilty of brandishing a department-issued weapon. Caleb Rogers, who has been on unpaid suspension in a solo jail...

'Cybersecurity Issue' Hits MGM Resorts' Hotels, Casinos

Company's main website is down in 'ongoing' event

(Newser) - A "cybersecurity issue" led to the shutdown of some casino and hotel computer systems at MGM Resorts International properties across the US, a company official reported Monday. The incident began Sunday. The extent of its effect was not immediately known on reservation systems and casino floors in Las Vegas...

800K Maryland License Plates Feature a Very Odd URL

Website on older plates now lead to a site that promotes online casinos in the Philippines

(Newser) - Nearly 800,000 cars in Maryland are driving around with older license plates featuring a tribute to the War of 1812, as well as a URL that's causing the state's Motor Vehicle Administration a bit of a headache. Per WBAL , the plates feature a drawing of Fort McHenry,...

Roulette Is Impossible to Beat. Or Is It?
Roulette Is Impossible
to Beat. Or Is It?
longform
Apr 23, 2023 5:15 PM CDT

Roulette Is Impossible to Beat. Or Is It?

One man says he trained his brain to do it

(Newser) - The conventional wisdom had long been that roulette is an impossible game to beat. Thanks to the green 0 pocket (American wheels also have 00), all red and black bets have just under a 50% chance of success. "Everyone loses eventually," writes Kit Chellel for Bloomberg . "Except...

At Least 16 Dead in Cambodia Casino Fire
Death Toll Hits 25 in
High-Rise Casino Fire
UPDATED
Dec 30, 2022 4:15 AM CST

Death Toll Hits 25 in High-Rise Casino Fire

More than 60 were injured, Cambodian authorities say

(Newser) - The confirmed death toll from a massive fire at a casino hotel complex in Cambodia rose to 25 on Friday as the search resumed for victims, officials said. The blaze at the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in the town of Poipet on the Thai border started around midnight...

Casino Bomber Escapes Nevada Prison
He Bought Bus Ticket,
Then Was Recaptured
UPDATED
Sep 29, 2022 9:08 AM CDT

He Bought Bus Ticket, Then Was Recaptured

Police picked up Porfirio Duarte-Herrera days after he went missing from Nevada jail

(Newser) - Update: It was a quick flirtation with freedom for Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, but that liberation has now come to an end. After being discovered missing Tuesday from Nevada's Southern Desert Correctional Center, a manhunt was launched for the 42-year-old, who was serving a life sentence for a fatal 2007 bombing...

She Won Big at the Casino. Her Drive Home Was Terrifying

Authorities say Iowa man ran woman's car off road, stole the $18K she'd just won

(Newser) - What should've been a night of celebration turned into a night of terror for an Iowa woman who'd just won $18,000 at an Iowa casino. One suspect has since been arrested. According to a criminal complaint, 30-year-old Timothy Spencer of Berwick witnessed the woman hit it big...

In March, US Casinos Raked in a Record Sum

$5.3B was the highest single-month total ever, American Gaming Association says

(Newser) - Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled, and the coronavirus just won't go away, but America's casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March. The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry's national trade group, said Wednesday that US commercial casinos...

Cops: Banned Magician Entering Casino Was Just the Start

Shaun Benward accused of scamming Pennsylvania casino—and not for the first time

(Newser) - A self-described "magician" and "illusionist" with a long history of scamming casinos has allegedly struck again. Shaun Joseph Benward, 35, of Ocean Springs, Miss., is accused of working with 42-year-old Denielle Yvonne Derohan of Gulfport, Miss., to steal more than $10,000 from Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pa....

Restaurant's New Hire Talks, Plays Music, and Works for Free

Faced with worker shortage, Tin Lizzie's in Deadwood, SD, recruited a robot server

(Newser) - At the Tin Lizzie Gaming Resort in Deadwood, SD, a labor shortage left management scrambling to figure out a way to alleviate current workers' stresses. "We thought outside the box," Assistant General Manager Josh Thurmes tells Local 12 in introducing the casino eatery's newest staffer: a robot...

He Won $230K on Vegas Slots and Didn't Even Know It

After casino machine malfunction, Nevada gaming agency's meticulous detective work finds winner

(Newser) - A tourist who visited Las Vegas last month got lucky not once, but twice after he won a huge jackpot from a slot machine and never even realized it. CNN reports on the Nevada Gaming Control Board's "exhaustive" search for the Arizona man after the slot machine he...

Oneida Casino Gunman Can't Find Target, Kills Anyway

Gunman is dead, along with 2 others

(Newser) - A gunman killed two people at a Wisconsin casino restaurant and seriously wounded a third before he was killed by police late Saturday, in what authorities said appeared to be a targeted attack, per the AP . Brown County Sheriff's Lt. Kevin Pawlak said investigators believe the gunman was seeking...

City Is Auctioning Chance to Dynamite Trump Plaza

Funds will benefit Atlantic City charity

(Newser) - Part of President Trump's former empire is going to come crashing down next month—and Atlantic City wants to use the moment to raise money for a good cause. The former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino is being dynamited on Jan. 29, and the city is auctioning off the...

12-Year-Old's Parents Sneak Her Into Casino
Parents of Girl, 12, 
Sneak Her Into
Casino, Let Her Gamble
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Aug 22, 2020 12:00 PM CDT

Parents of Girl, 12, Sneak Her Into Casino, Let Her Gamble

Australia casino has been fined, heavily

(Newser) - Three minors were caught gambling at a casino in Sydney, Australia, that has now been fined $64,500 for the incidents. The youngest was a 12-year-old girl whose own mother is shown on surveillance video sneaking her into the Star casino via an exit door, CNN reports; the girl can...

Hundreds Went to the Casino. 200-Plus Got Sick

'How it started at this point doesn't really matter anymore': health official on La. norovirus outbreak

(Newser) - An outbreak of norovirus at a southwestern Louisiana casino has left at least 200 people sick and has prompted an investigation by state health officials. The Department of Health confirmed Thursday that the illnesses reported at L'Auberge Casino in Lake Charles last weekend were norovirus-related, news outlets report. The...

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