Regional casino operator Full House Resorts said it amended several credit agreements and selected a new chief financial officer as the Las Vegas-based company moves forward following its recent management shake-up.
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Triple Zeroes Drawn in PICK 3 Evening Game
Triple zeroes have been drawn a total of 20 times since the Lottery’s three-digit draw game began in Overall, triples have been drawn a total of 198 times – 151 times in the evening drawings and 47 times in the day drawings – since the debut of The Daily Number, now known as PICK 3. 2010 holds the record for the most triples drawn in a year with 14. per play. Players may play up to five panels on each playslip.
Former Wynn Exec Jennifer Dunne Joins Pascal Packer Project
Former Wynn Resorts Executive Vice President of Marketing and Advertising Jennifer Dunne announced today via Facebook that she has joined the team of Andrew Pascal’s venture with James Packer to build a multi-billion dollar resort on the land formerly occupied by the New Frontier. Ms. Dunne worked directly with other former Wynn executives Andrew Pascal and Rob Oseland to design, build, open and execute the opening of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.
BellTel retirees choose Dover Downs for annual meeting April 21
The Association of BellTel Retirees has selected Dover Downs Resort and Casino as the location for the 19th annual member meeting of the national telephone retirees’ organization. The gathering will take place April 21. The 130,000-member nonprofit advocacy group works for the protection of Verizon retirees’ pensions and benefits.
Dragon Age Wins Big at This Year's DICE Awards
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has declared BioWare’s Dragon Age: Inquisition Game of the Year in 2014 at its 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards in Las Vegas. The win was unexpected, as Monolith’s Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor won 8 out of the 9 awards it was nominated for .
Ministry proposal looks like sure bet for gaming industry groans
A balancing act between social and revenue goals has been trod by the Ministry of Finance in putting together a proposal for how to tax the multifaceted gaming sector. Not surprisingly, most of the main players do not appear too happy about the figures that it has come up with.
Powerball ticket worth $2 million sold in Hazelwood
The Pennsylvania Lottery said a winning ticket from Wednesday night’s drawing was sold at S & R Market on Second Avenue. WINNING NUMBERS, COMING UP NEXT.
A Big Win in Vegas
It may seem an odd admission from the director of Print and Mail Services at Station Casinos, one of Las Vegas’ most popular casinos for locals. But for Pearson, his 16 years at Station have been more about bringing gaming opportunities to others through printing and mailing monthly rewards booklets and other direct mail pieces.
Lottery: No jackpot winner in $317M Powerball drawing
Sue Dooley is the senior drawing manager for the Multi-State Lottery Association, which oversees Powerball. She says there will be another drawing Saturday after no one matched Wednesday’s winning numbers.
The most popular CEO in the gaming industry is also extremely accessible over email
Gabe Newell, the co-founder and CEO of the popular games company Valve Corporation, is arguably the most popular executive in the gaming industry. Valve makes the Steam network for distributing its massive library of online games, but one Steam customer said he sent his issue to the company’s support line but got no response for a week.
Cupcake Girls provide more than sweets to Las Vegas' sex industry workers
For better or worse, Nevada is synonymous with sex. According to a University of Nevada, Las Vegas study, there are more than 100,000 people employed in the industry in Las Vegas alone.
Bill to outlaw online gaming resurfaces in Congress
A Utah congressman on Wednesday reintroduced a bill that would reimpose a federal ban on wagering over the Internet, reigniting a debate that has split the gaming industry and sparked a broader discussion over the spread of gambling. The measure by Rep. Jason Chaffetz would roll back a Department of Justice opinion made public in December 2011 that held the Wire Act of 1961, the law that prohibits transmitting wagers, applies only to sports and not to other forms of gambling.
Powerball Jackpot Zooms to $317 Million
Got dreams of quitting the rat race and retiring to a tropical island or a remote mountaintop? If you’re the winner of the next Powerball lottery – and that’s a big if -you’ll take home $317 million. Here are the cold hard facts: Your odds of winning are 1 in 175,223,510, according to the folks at the Virginia Lottery.
Activision Earnings Preview: Success Of FPS Titles In Holiday Period To Drive Top-line Growth
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Powerball jackpot surges to $317M
Pennsylvania Lottery retailers are reporting brisk ticket sales for tonight’s $317 million PowerballA drawing, featuring the game’s largest jackpot offering in nearly a year. The cash prize is worth $220.6 million.
Northwest engineering firm falls into design giant's hands
Sparling, which employs 130 people in Portland and two other locations, is now the property of the design firm Stantec . Sparling specializes in technology, wireless, audiovisual, lighting and acoustic design.
Mount Horeb man claims 3 $350,000 lottery prizes
Wisconsin Lottery said Verlyn Adamson bought the tickets at Kwik Trip on West Mineral Point Road in Verona, Kwik Trip on Springdale Street in Mount Horeb and Cenex on Highway 18/151 in Mount Horeb. After taxes, Adamson received a payment of $707,175.
Powerball Jackpot At 317 Million For Wednesday
The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is expected to be 317 million dollars, and the Michigan Lottery is preparing for sales to start quickly climbing. Spokesperson Jeff Holyfield says that always happens when the jackpots surpass the 200 million dollar mark: Holyfield says that the odds of winning the Powerball may be one in 175 million, but most people just play for the fun of imagining themselves winning.
Wynn earnings were somehow worse than everyone imagined
Steve Wynn, chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, speaks at a panel discussion “CEO Conversation: Past, Present and Future of Las Vegas With Steve Wynn” at the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills,California, April 28, 2009. The company just released its fourth quarter 2014 earnings, and they were even worse than the mess analysts had pictured.