Everyone knows the casinos have plenty of illegal bookmakers in the house. Bookmakers historically are an integral part of the American gambling story, and outside of Nevada most of them were considered outlaws.

The new development raises serious questions about the level of casino compliance practiced at Resorts World Las Vegas. By regulation, larger customers are vetted to confirm their source of income.

Other areas of the investigation ought to give the Gaming Control Board’s Maytag repairmen pause. According to court documents, Nix frequently traveled from his California home to play at Strip casinos.

As the federal investigation heated up, sources say MGM managed to discover several other illegal bookmakers gambling and sent them packing. It makes me wonder whether they had been hiding in plain sight for years.

Walking through the resort corridor showcases the spirit of the holidays with glitter lights, oversize ornaments and a two-story-tall faux gingerbread house.

Culinary Workers Local 226 announced Wednesday it reached a three-year labor agreement with Resorts World Las Vegas.

The Nevada Gaming Commission approved the $1.6 billion sale of the operations of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas to MGM Resorts. The is expected to close next week.

Blackstone Group said its goodbye as the operator of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas by awarding all 5,400 employees a bonus of $5,000 - a $27 million payout.

Nevada gaming regulators tentatively approved MGM Resorts' $1.6 billion purchase of the operations of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Republican Las Vegas attorneys Sigal Chattah and Tisha Black battle for the chance to face Democrat incumbent Aaron Ford in November for the title of Nevada’s “top cop.”

MGM Resorts International put The Mirage on the market last week and Caesars Entertainment said it will one Strip resort. More than $30 billion in sales and mergers have been announced this year on the Strip.

This week's Indy Gaming: Station Casinos seeks dismissal of a regulatory complaint but scrapes its sports betting system. LVCVA sells some land, and Penn National shows a renewed interest in the Strip.

This week's Indy Gaming: MGM Resorts finally buys the Cosmopolitan; Tony Rodio back in Las Vegas?; A new GM for the Palms and much more.

This week's Indy Gaming includes BetMGM partnership with former MGM Resorts investor John Paulson in Puerto Rico; Caesars close to selling its European piece of William Hill; AGA says big money to be bet on the NFL: a co-CEO for Sightline and other news.

Mario Sandoval was a waiter at Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel’s steakhouse in downtown Las Vegas for 36 years but has not worked since mid-March of 2020 — when casinos were closed because of the pandemic — along with thousands of Nevadans in the tourism and hotel industry.

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Home Means Nevada political action committee raised more than $830,000 in the last three months of last year, including $500,000 from Nevada Gold Mines — a joint venture between mining giants Barrick and Newmont — and another $260,000 from the pharmaceutical lobbying group PhRMA, according to campaign finance documents filed Wednesday.

The program first debuted in Las Vegas in 2017 at the M Resort Spa Casino, but The Cosmopolitan was the first casino on the Strip to take part, starting in July 2019. Since then, there have been more than 124,000 donations, averaging $0.21 cents each.

Democratic presidential hopefuls pocketed more than half a million dollars in itemized contributions from Nevadans in the third quarter of the year as they prepare for a final push ahead of the early nominating contests in February.

Commission members have scheduled an agenda item for Tuesday’s meeting to discuss and possibly adopt the proposed contract, which would see it become at least the fourth government agency to receive direct cash payments from NV Energy in return for a promise not to consider leaving NV Energy for another electric provider.

The PUC’s quick discussion and 2-1 vote on Wednesday to deny NV Energy’s request to reconsider an earlier PUC order granting the casino’s request to depart the utility is perhaps the last nail in an effort by NV Energy to coax, delay or dispute efforts by nearly a dozen large companies to leave utility service.