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AGA hires congressional staffer, former congressman

The American Gaming Association hired longtime congressional staffer Eloy Martinez as senior director of government relations for the Washington, D.C.-based trade organization.The AGA has also added former Nevada Congressman Steven Horsford as a strategic communications consultant who will help with corporate social responsibility efforts, including diversity and workforce development.Martinez will work on the AGA's public policy, political and advocacy agendas...read more

Casino CEOs could become political husbands in Nevada congressional races

Dan Lee and Jim Murren might be bumping into each other in unfamiliar settings.Lee, CEO of regional casino company Full House Resorts, and Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, could soon be also known as political husbands...read more

2015 WSOP Main Event November Nine Profile: Federico Butteroni

Federico Butteroni Age: 25Hometown: Rome, ItalyFinal Table Position: 9thChip Count: 6,200,000Career WSOP Cashes: 3 (no bracelets)Favorite Poker Movie: Rounders"Definitely, Rounders. I have seen it many, many times."Favorite Poker Book: Phil Gordon’s Little Blue Book"It was the first book poker book I ever read...read more

State lawmakers to review status of daily fantasy sports

The number of states exploring the legalities surrounding the booming daily fantasy sports business is growing as fast as the business.Massachusetts and California have joined Nevada in taking a potential stand on the business that has inundated the television airwaves with advertisements and sparked possible hearings in Congress...read more

Ferrari dealership at Wynn Las Vegas to close

The Ferrari dealership inside Wynn Las Vegas will close sometime before the end of the year as the casino looks to bring in a different type of attraction.The closing ends the unusual marriage between a Strip hotel-casino and the high-end auto dealership, which is the only licensed Ferrari dealer in Nevada.Wynn Las Vegas spokesman Michael Weaver confirmed Monday the dealership's closing but said it was too early to announce what the property will do with the 10,000-square-foot space near the hotel's main entrance."It creates an opportunity to do something special," Weaver said.Penske Wynn Ferrari opened with the Strip resort in April 2005, offering new and used luxury Ferrari and Maserati vehicles at six-figure prices...read more

Inside Gaming: U.S. 'headed for a showdown' over sports betting, daily fantasy sports

Jimmy Vaccaro was booking legal sports wagers on the Strip long before ESPN came into existence.Forty years ago, he wrote the betting lines in chalk at the old Royal Inn. Today, the lines are updated electronically via mobile sports wagering applications.Vaccaro has managed sportsbooks for casinos owned by Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian and Michael Gaughan and has seen the sports gambling industry change dramatically over parts of five decades.So, naturally, he's long been skeptical when the conversation concerns sports betting coming out from the shadows and into the mainstream...read more

Deal Me In: Is there such a thing as a controlled shooter in craps?

Dear Mark: I am an avid craps player. My usual game is a Pass line bet with full odds plus one or two Come bets also with full odds. I also enjoy reading anything related to craps in hopes of gaining an "edge.” I just finished a book on controlled shooting...read more

IGT selects new slot machine executive

International Game Technology on Tuesday named Ken Bossingham to oversee global management of the company's slot machine division.Bossingham, who will be IGT's senior vice president of casino core product, will be based in Las Vegas. He will be responsible for development and sales of all classes of IGT's slot machines, including games shipped to commercial casinos, Indian casinos and various product lines.Bossingham was most recently chief operating officer for American Gaming Systems, a slot machine company recently purchased by private equity firm Apollo Global Management...read more

Golden Entertainment to add four taverns next year

The tavern division of Las Vegas-based Golden Entertainment said Thursday it will add four new locations in 2016, including the company's first craft beer brewery.The company, which merged in August with casino operator Lakes Entertainment, said the four taverns would add 100 employees to the Las Vegas market...read more

MGM Resorts donates $1 million to national African American History Museum

MGM Resorts International has donated $1 million to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture to support construction of the 19th museum in Washington, D.C. The building is scheduled to open in 2016.The nearly 400,000-square-foot museum is currently under construction on a 5-acre site adjacent to the Washington Monument...read more