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Liz Benston Gaming Guru - Page 22With Internet, dealers turn the tables on Wynn23 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Days after casino boss Steve Wynn notified dealers in a closed-door meeting that frontline supervisors would be included in their tip-pooling agreements, allegations were posted on a Web site popular among dealers that Wynn insulted them for taking huge tips from players.
The ... (read more)
Surprise offer a shrewd move23 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- To understand why billionaire dealmaker and MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian made a surprise offer Monday for the Bellagio and CityCenter - the most expensive and luxurious jewels in MGM Mirage's impressive crown - one need only look at recent deals occurring in the gaming industry's plainer, yet more visible, sister: the hotel industry. ... (read more)
Looking in on: Gaming14 May 2007
Remember the days when it was all about casino profit?
Last week executives with the Strip's dominant operator, bursting with pride, announced that 58 percent of the company's revenue the first three months of this year was generated from nongaming sources, up three percentage points from a year ago. ... (read more)
A new way to play the game on the Strip14 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A new business model is slowly but significantly unfolding along the Strip. Just watch what happens to the 26 acres that were the El Rancho hotel site in the 1940s but which have languished, vacant, since 1960.
In the 1990s the then - owner of Circus Circus rejected ... (read more)
Looking in on: Gaming7 May 2007
Terry Yungjen Wang's day went from bad to worse when he was arrested in Hong Kong a few years ago for attempting to exchange counterfeit dollars manufactured in North Korea and then made an agitated call for help to a colleague - whose husband happens to be a high-ranking member of the Chinese mafia. ... (read more)
Casino fight goes up in smoke6 May 2007
After years of actively opposing smoking bans, the casino industry's primary lobbying organization is backing off as a wave of states pass indoor smoking prohibitions that include casinos.
Since the mid-1990s, the American Gaming Association has pushed for national building code standards accommodating tobacco smoke, arguing that prohibiting smoking would be bad for business. ... (read more)
Bowling gets glamorous1 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With its deep-pocket casinos, Las Vegas is redefining the nightclub scene with increasingly posh and eclectic offerings.
But bowling?
The men who built the most expensive off-Strip casino in history, the nearly $1 billion Red Rock Resort, have taken their love of bling to the ... (read more)
Bowling gets a little glamorous30 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With its deep-pocket casinos, Las Vegas is redefining the nightclub scene with increasingly posh and eclectic offerings.
But bowling?
The men who built the most expensive off-Strip casino in history, the nearly $1 billion Red Rock Resort, have taken their love of bling ... (read more)
Looking in on Gaming: Smoking ban enforcement not board's job20 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The newest of the state Gaming Control Board's three members last month warned Nevada slot locations that selling "drug paraphernalia" is against the law. Not wanting to jeopardize their precious gaming licenses, many convenience stores did the smart thing and ditched marijuana bongs disguised as novelty items. ... (read more)
Looking in on: Gaming16 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Transport Workers Union, which primarily represents workers in the airline and railroad industries, has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a secret-ballot election to represent Wynn Las Vegas dealers.
The move indicates the level of anger Wynn dealers have ... (read more)
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