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Wynn loses company president

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Wynn Resorts President Ron Kramer, who helped take Steve Wynn's startup casino company public in 2002, will leave the gaming operator March 31 to become CEO of a New York-based building-products maker. No replacement for Kramer, 49, was named...read more

Harrah's makes slight adjustments to WSOP rules

If you're entering this year's World Series of Poker and you plan on celebrating a winning hand by calling your friends from the table during an emphatic victory dance, the new additions to the WSOP rulebook may be on interest to you. Harrah's Entertainment has released the 2008 World Series of Poker rulebook with a few additions and modifications, most notably the one that will curtail excessive celebrations at the table...read more

Nevadan at work: Exec travels globe, helps companies widen their worlds

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- This profile should be renamed "Nevadan at Work Who Doesn't Work in Nevada." Jonathan Galaviz isn't spending much time in Las Vegas. He estimates his work-related travels have taken him some 300,000 miles by air -- roughly 12 times around the world. Galaviz is a partner in Las Vegas-based Globalysis Ltd., a research and consulting firm that advises tourism and travel companies on doing business internationally...read more

Herbst COO named company president

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Herbst Gaming said Thursday that Ferenc Szony has been named the gaming company's new president in addition to his current role as COO. Herbst Chairman Ed Herbst, who had been the company's president, will continue to be chairman and CEO. Szony joined Herbst Gaming in January 2007 when the company completed a $119 million buyout of Sands Regent, a Reno-area casino operator...read more

Deal Me In: This show will 'blue' you away

Dear Mark: Here in Detroit we have Las Vegas-style casinos so I have never found the need to travel there, at least until now. The company I work for is sending me to work a booth at a tradeshow this spring and I will have at least one evening free to take in a show...read more

Nevada Gaming Commission: Doctor tapped for gaming post

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A Las Vegas physician whose father was a longtime casino executive was chosen Wednesday to replace a former state legislator on the Nevada Gaming Commission. Gov. Jim Gibbons appointed Dr. Tony Alamo Jr. to a four-year term on the regulatory and policymaking panel...read more

Before you cry IRS, tax help is available

The last thing gamblers think about -- up until March or April -- is the IRS and taxes. Yet the annual task of preparing to file comes fast, and that's often the time that the panic starts. Fortunately, two different titles address myriad questions for gamblers and both belong in the gambler's library...read more

888 dives into the European sports betting market

888 Holdings continues to make its mark in the world of sports betting as it officially launched www.888sport.com (888sport) on Thursday. The new pan-European sports betting offering was developed with Blue Square, the interactive gaming and betting division of Rank Group...read more

UltimateBet charged with 'unfair play'

For the second time in the last six months, a popular online poker site has been charged with allegations of unfair play. According to a press release issued by UltimateBet, one of the 10 largest online poker rooms, the site was alerted to suspicions of a player exhibiting "abnormally high winnings statistics" and "having an unfair advantage during play." The allegations were made by concerned players on Jan...read more

Calvert Loses £2 Million Case against William Hil

Graham Calvert, the self-professed pathological gambler who sued William Hill to recover £2 million in betting losses, has been defeated in High Court. Justice Briggs ruled that it is Calvert's compulsive behavior, not William Hill, that led to his financial ruin, and that the bookmaker owes no duty of care to problem gamblers...read more