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Cashless Gaming Device Installed at First Tribal Casino
Acres Manufacturing has debuted its Cashless Casino technology on every slot machine at Rolling Hills Casino & Resort in Corning, Calif. The tech allows cash-free wagering on any machine, regardless of its manufacturer. Cashless Casino is now in use in 11 states,...
A’s Ask to Play Unusually High Number of Home Games Away from Vegas Per Year
In a newly discovered stipulation in their 30-year non-relocation agreement with Las Vegas, the Oakland Athletics are requesting to play up to eight home games per year away from their proposed baseball stadium. That's more than double the number of “neutral-site home...
UH-OH: Vegas Hasn’t Broken a Low-Temp Record in 25 Years
Twenty-five years ago today, Las Vegas broke a low temperature record for the day. What most tourists, and even residents, haven't noticed is that it hasn’t done so since. That record, set on June 4, 1999, was 50° Fahrenheit. It broke a...
Electric Playhouse Concept to Plug into Las Vegas Strip
Electric Playhouse, an arcade whose sophisticated video games are projected on walls and activated entirely by human motion, will debut at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace this summer. “As guests move, the walls, floors, and tables react to their actions in...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Garth Honky-Tonk Takeover of Margaritaville Likely, Venetian Getting Michelin-Starred Korean BBQ
COTE Las Vegas, the first West Coast spinoff of Manhattan’s COTE Korean Steakhouse, will open next year in the Waterfall Atrium at The Venetian. COTE is America’s first and only Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse. “I went to UNLV and my first formative job...
MGM Resorts Debuts K-9 Security Officer Trading Cards in Vegas
Guests of any of MGM Resorts’ 12 Las Vegas Strip properties can now take home more than just the soap and shampoo. K-9 handlers for the hospitality corporation are currently handing out trading cards that spotlight their four-legged security personnel. And yes,...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Live Nation Cries Beyonce, Adele Misunderstands Heckler, Ringo Teases New ‘LOVE’
The answer to who will get the next big Las Vegas residency is … not Beyonce. Live Nation set music fans across the US up for the huge disappointment on Sunday by posting to Instagram a photo of a woman with...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Bugsy Introduced Mob to Vegas in 1946
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel is incorrectly blamed for introducing the mafia to Las Vegas in 1946. That's when the suspected murderer from Brooklyn exploited Flamingo founder Billy Wilkerson’s gambling addiction as the means to steal the under-construction casino resort out from under him....
BETTOR MAN: Pearl Jam Singer Shocked by Results After Staking Vegas Audience Member to Gamble
During Pearl Jam's recent two-night stint at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, singer Eddie Vedder staked a front-row audience member. “Here’s $500, just see if you can double it, I trust you,” Vedder told the fan, who identified herself as Erin. “If...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: J. Lo Cancels Tour & Lies About Why, Minaj Pt. 2
Jennifer Lopez has canceled her upcoming summer concert tour of the US. Promoter Live Nation issued a press release Friday explaining that the pop superstar is “taking time off to be with her children, family, and close friends.” If that explanation sounds...
