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Affinity Gaming announces new CEO

LAS VEGAS -- Affinity Gaming completed the remake of its corporate leadership Tuesday, naming a long-time Caesars Entertainment Corp. executive as CEO and appointing three new board members.The Las Vegas-based casino operator, which owns 11 properties in four states, selected Michael Silberling as CEO, replacing David Ross, who announced earlier this year he would leave the company at the end of July.Silberling will also take Ross’s position on the company’s board.Silberling spent two decades with Caesars, which included casino operation roles when the company was known as Harrah’s Entertainment...read more

Gaming attorney Clayton joins Greenberg Traurig law firm

LAS VEGAS -- Gaming attorney Mark Clayton, who represented several high-profile clients in their Nevada regulatory matters in the past year, has switched law firms.Clayton, 49, left Lionel Sawyer & Collins, one of the state’s oldest law firms, for a position with Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm with three dozen offices worldwide.He began work Monday with Greenberg Traurig’s global gaming practice in Las Vegas.Clayton was a member of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board from 2005 to 2009 and also has worked as the in-house general counsel for several gaming corporations.“It is this platform, along with the firm’s presence, culture and reputation that attracted me,” Clayton said in a statement...read more

Uniform provider an important part of resort industry

LAS VEGAS -- How important are the uniforms and outfits worn by casino industry cocktail servers, dealers, valets and other front-of-the-house resort personnel?Often, it’s a multi-million-dollar marketing decision.It’s not unusual to see some of the Strip’s top gaming executives visiting the Henderson offices and showroom of uniform provider Cintas.The company’s offices on Valle Verde Drive serve as a factory, warehouse and studio for Cintas’ gaming products.In 2013, Cintas split the casino business away from its hospitality operation and moved its gaming headquarters from Chicago to Henderson...read more

Top-10 bets for the 2014 NFL season

The NFL is back! The NFL is back! The NFL is back!Okay, so as of the time I'm writing this column, we still have another 10 days until the 2014 National Football League season *officially* begins. But damn it, I'm just too freakin' excited.The NFL is back!If you enjoy betting on sports, the NFL provides a smorgasbord of wagering opportunities every single week for 17 straight weeks...read more

Gaming Insider: Borgata may gain from shrinking market

LAS VEGAS -- Boyd Gaming Corp. told investors last month it planned to change out a few of the restaurants, nightlife spots and other nongaming attractions inside several of the company’s area casinos to boost overall revenue.This particular plan has been met with success along the Strip, but has been slow to be embraced by regional markets...read more

Inside Gaming: Titus's bill would repeal handle tax

LAS VEGAS -- CG Technology CEO Lee Amaitis wanted to know the whereabouts of about $9 million that Nevada sportsbook operators paid to the federal government last year through a tax on all sports wagers.It seemed like a simple question.Amaitis asked Rep Dina Titus, D-Nev., if she could find out.The Internal Revenue Service took several months to answer the query posed by Titus’s legislative director, David Rosenbaum.The question seemed to perplex the agency...read more

Capacity crowd packs opening of SLS Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- Less than 30 minutes after opening to the public, the SLS Las Vegas Hotel Casino was packed.Every table inside the Griddle Cafe was filled. There wasn’t an empty seat in the lobby’s Monkey Bar. A line snaked through the casino for customers waiting to sign up for “The Code,” the SLS Las Vegas’ player loyalty program...read more

Nevadan at Work: Manufacturing CEO credits mentors over 20 years

LAS VEGAS -- Mike Dreitzer credits his success to the mentors he has had in 20 years as an attorney and gaming executive in Nevada.Folks such as former Nevada Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, ex-Gaming Control Board Chairman Bill Bible, former Gov...read more

VIP reception, fireworks herald debut of $415 million SLS Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- Rob Oseland spent close to two decades in gaming and took a much-needed time out in early 2011.It wasn’t a long break.By the end of the year, Oseland joined the team at SBE Entertainment and began planning for what has become the $415 million SLS Las Vegas Hotel Casino.The 1,620-room Strip resort, a renovation of the aging Sahara, opened just after midnight following a lavish VIP reception for 3,600 guests and a fireworks display.Oseland spent Friday visiting with dignitaries and planning the final stages of the opening.Earlier this week, the 3,400 employees of the SLS were put through a series of “play days,” in which the hotel, casino, restaurants and amenities went through a testing period for the workers’ family and friends...read more

Deal Me In: No disparity in payoffs on this terrible bet

Dear Mark: As a person having an interest in numerical odds and veracity in casino payout according to what's true and correct — as posted on the craps' green felt — I am perplexed by a particular issue.On 'Any Seven' in the Indian casinos of California, the payout is as indicated, 4:1; you receive $4 for every $1 bet...read more