Blog: Elsewhere

Las Vegas Sands launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign to push for casinos in Texas

The gaming empire Las Vegas Sands is launching a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to build support for its campaign to bring casinos to Texas …

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Report: Eldorado Resorts clinches $18 billion cash and stock deal for Caesars

U.S. casino operator Eldorado Resorts Inc has agreed to merge with Caesars Entertainment Corp in a cash and stock deal that values its peer at about $18 billion including debt …

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Oakland lining up lawsuit against Raiders, so team threatens to leave town early

The Oakland City Council has authorized a multimillion-dollar, antitrust lawsuit against the NFL and the Raiders over the team’s impending move …

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China trade war potential casualties include U.S. casinos in Asia

As the U.S. and China steam toward a full-fledged trade war, American casinos across the world could become collateral damage. “The risks for Sheldon Anderson’s Sands casinos are quite high,” says China Market Research Managing Director Shaun Rein. “It is quite possible that China will target his casinos specifically because he is a …

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Barrett-Jackson president to auction own car for L.V. first responders

Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction will go ahead as planned Oct. 19-21 at Mandalay Bay, but a special item has been added this year …

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UFC billionaire scores $70M penthouse knockout

Las Vegas-based billionaire Frank Fertitta is the secret buyer of a $70 million penthouse at …

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O.J. Simpson gets job offer from brothel; prostitutes threaten to quit

O.J. Simpson officially has his first post-prison job offer … from a Nevada brothel who says they’re willing to let the juice …

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Lawyer who killed Gawker is now suing on behalf of Las Vegas sports gambler

The lawyer who brought down Gawker is now going after the shuttered gossip website’s successor company Gizmodo Media Group …

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GOP health bill could slash Adelson’s tax bill by more than $40 million

A Business Insider analysis of the report determined that Adelson could see his tax bill decline by about $43.5 million in 2017 if the AHCA is passed and the tax effect is …

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Woman sues casino that offered her steak dinner instead of $43 million jackpot

Katrina Bookman captured national attention last year when she played a “Sphinx Slot Machine” at Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York, and it appeared as …

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Could legalized gambling save us from the insufferability of fantasy sports?

The rise of daily-fantasy sports (whose legality is accepted by many states) and the placement of NHL and NFL franchises in Las Vegas have diluted the spirit of the Sports Protection Act …

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Pat Mulroy on why ‘Lake Mead is scary right now’

The Colorado River system supplies water to more than 36 million people, but it is being threatened by overuse, long-term drought, and climate change. People who worry about the water shortage sometimes focus their scorn on Las Vegas, which appears culpable mainly because, of all the cities that draw …

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Faraday Future hit with $1.8 million lawsuit over new car debut

A visual effects company has claimed in a lawsuit that Faraday Future owes it $1.8 million for a graphic presentation that was designed to promote this month’s launch of …

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Congress provides platform for ambitious new members like Ruben Kihuen

While there is always a learning curve for new members of the House, some of the newly elected come to the institution with an enhanced profile …

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Dick Vitale: ‘I have one word of advice for UNLV fans: Patience’

It is going to take some time to rebuild the program. I think back to 1990, when Jerry Tarkanian led the Runnin’ Rebels to a 30-point victory over Duke in …

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