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World Series of Poker Kicks Off with Casino Employee Tourney

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013, 4:41pm
World Series of Poker Kicks Off with Casino Employee Tourney

The 44th annual World Series of Poker is underway.

The casino employees portion of the event kicked off the tournament Wednesday. It brought thousands of Las Vegas resort workers under one roof at the Rio Hotel and Casino for a $500 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament.           

This weekend the tournament continues with the $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. The winner of that part of the tournament will get $1 million check.

Those two events are just the beginning of several tournaments that will lead up to the final table.

"We have 62 individual WSOP gold-bracelet events, we call them. And we run over 1,000 tournaments this summer through out the seven weeks we'll be here," Seth Palansky with the World Series of Poker said.

The whole series ends with the World Series of Poker Main Event, featuring 7,000 players and $70 million up for grabs.

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Company Pours Footings for New Shuffle Master Headquarters

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor
Friday, February 15th, 2013, 3:49pm

Headquarters for a large gaming company are under construction now in the southwest part of the valley.

Panattoni Development is pouring footings for Shuffle Master's 130,000-square-foot headquarters near the southern Beltway and Jones Boulevard, one of the larger industrial projects under construction in Las Vegas Valley.

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Palms Casino in Las Vegas Faces $1M Fine in Drug Sting

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor
Friday, January 11th, 2013, 4:50pm

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Gambling regulators are fining the Palms casino in Las Vegas $1 million for providing undercover agents with prostitutes and drugs, including cocaine and the prescription painkiller oxycodone.

The state Gaming Control Board detailed the transactions in a complaint filed Friday after agents conducted more than a dozen stings last March.

Among other offenses, the complaint says employees of the Palms Casino Resort agreed to sell agents $18,000 worth of cocaine.

Palms spokesman Alex Acuna says in a statement that the company is concerned and disappointed.

Acuna says the Palms has implemented mandatory drug testing, set up a whistle-blower system and made changes in its security department to avoid future incidents.

The $1 million fine must be approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission.

The Palms will also pay $78,000 for investigation expenses.

 

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Cantor Gaming Opens New Silverton Sports Book

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW
Friday, November 30th, 2012, 9:59am

The company plans to focus on mobile gaming in 2013.

Cantor Gaming opened its eighth race and sports book on Thursday, as the company continues to invest millions of dollars to expand its lines of business in Southern Nevada to include sports books, poker rooms, mobile and self-service wagering stations in bars and restaurants.

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Cantor Gaming to Take Bets at Boulevard, Giuseppe's Restaurants

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 5:51pm

Three new restaurants are getting access to sports wagering kiosks.

Cantor Gaming is expanding its sports wagering sign-up station business with three new deals in Las Vegas and Henderson, the company said Monday.

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Images Rendered by Marine Life Painter Will Offer Undersea Experience

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 12:02pm

A unique partnership between artist and gambling company emerges.

Marine life artist Wyland figured if his paintings were destined for a slot machine, the sea creatures should come to life in a three-dimensional setting that replicates an underwater experience.

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South Point Could be Testing Online Poker by October

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor
Thursday, August 9th, 2012, 2:35pm

Gaming regulators gave the South Point permission to start poker website.

The South Point could be ready to shuffle up and deal on the Internet sometime this fall.

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