19 Dec 2014
Sam Nazarian said he was sorry for past dealings with Derrick Armstrong, a convicted felon from Los Angeles who allegedly extorted $3 million from him by threatening his family and SBE employees.
19 Dec 2014
The Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday signed off on the $1.73 billion purchase of Strip resort by Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII, a division of New York City-based Blackstone Group.
18 Dec 2014
Bill McBeath will take over the property once Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII takes ownership of the resort, possibly as soon as Friday.
17 Dec 2014
The move comes two days before Nazarian, 39, considered the visionary behind the SLS Las Vegas, meets with the Nevada Gaming Commission over his request for a gaming license for the Strip resort.
15 Dec 2014
“I think there will be efforts made to look at the Wire Act in a Republican-initiated Congress, yes I do,” Sen. Harry Reid said. “I think there will be efforts made to get rid of the Wire Act.”
15 Dec 2014
When he appears Thursday at the Nevada Gaming Commission meeting, Sam Nazarian — the visionary behind SLS Las Vegas — should accept the Dec. 3 recommendation by the Gaming Control Board for a one-year limited gaming license with about a half-dozen conditions.
9 Dec 2014
Attorney General-elect Adam Laxalt on Monday named J. Brin Gibson to oversee the division, which advises the Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission and regulatory matters.
8 Dec 2014
The Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended approval of the deal following a hearing in Carson City. The Nevada Gaming Commission will rule on the matter on Dec. 18.
8 Dec 2014
In a year, Gavin Isaacs went from unemployed to CEO of what has become the gaming industry’s most diversified global business with 10 components that touch all aspects of legalized gambling.
4 Dec 2014
The Gaming Control Board recommended that Blackstone Group be licensed to acquire the four-year-old Strip hotel-casino, which has never turned an annual profit.
4 Dec 2014
Sam Nazarian, 39, was recommended for a one-year, limited license by the Gaming Control Board following a more-than-3½-hour public hearing in Carson City.
21 Nov 2014
As early as Friday, Scientific Games will become the gaming industry’s most diversified global business with 10 different components that touch all aspects of legalized gambling.
20 Nov 2014
New York-based Scientific Games is paying $83.30 per share to acquire all outstanding shares of Las Vegas-based Bally, valued at $3.3 billion.
28 Oct 2014
The hotel-casino’s owners said Monday that Scott Kreeger would take over for Rob Oseland, who had been with the property since 2012, before the 18-month construction transition from the shuttered Sahara into SLS Las Vegas.
26 Sep 2014
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved an ownership change in the Mountain View Casino in Pahrump. But the discussion was more about medical marijuana.
28 Aug 2014
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