Carter Cruise, Robin Leach and Dana DeArmond attend Day 1 of the 2015 AVN/Adult Entertainment Expo on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Interviewing on the red carpet of the 2015 AVN Awards porn parade at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel is cause for pause because you learn things you never expect.

Las Vegas Sands said MBS achieved adjusted property EBITDA of US$518.5 million – an increase of 100.3 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2013. SINGAPORE: The Marina Bay Sands integrated resort reported a doubling in gross profit in the fourth quarter of 2014, helped by a tax benefit and a higher-than-usual win percentage at its tables for high rollers.

The Powerball winning numbers for Jan. 28, 2015, will be announced at 11 p.m. MLive will have the results when they come in. The jackpot is worth $261 million.

On a per-share basis, the Las Vegas-based company said it had profit of 90 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 92 cents per share.

Amjad Malik, 45, is one of two players each to win $149,345 from the Jan. 20 Fantasy 5 drawing. Ameri-Mart at 1153 Burnt Hickory Road S.E. in Cartersville sold the winning Quik Pik ticket.

The new Remote Gambling Act, which outlaws remote gambling activities here, does not cover games so long as players cannot win cash prizes from them. The Media Development Authority of Singapore said on Wednesday that online games which do not have any in-game facility to convert virtual goods and currency into real money will not fall afoul of the new regulations.

Marilyn Katke bought her winning ticket on Monday at the Kwik Trip at 2311 East Main Street in Merrill. She will take home more than $673,000 after taxes.

Kentucky Lottery officials say the man showed up at their headquarters with the Million Dollar Powerball ticket from last Saturday’s drawing. The winner, who did not want to be identified, told them he has been playing the same numbers for a couple of years.

NEWS 8 AT 5:30 STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING. STARTING TONIGHT ON WGAL YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME OF THE LONGEST RUNNING PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY GAMES CALLED NEW NAMES DURING THE DRAWINGS.

Macau gaming stocks surged Monday after analysts at Union Gaming Research Macau suggested that now is the time for investors to start buying the stocks of battered Macau casino operators. With the stocks down an average of 50 percent in the last year, analysts believe that they have finally reached a bottom.

The chairman of Pearson, the FTSE-100 education and media group which owns the Financial Times, is to step down after a decade at the helm. Sky News can reveal that Glen Moreno, one of the most widely respected figures in British business, is preparing to leave the company later this year.

The victim’s name has not been released, but the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office says the victim is 25-year-old Aaron Miles of Louisville. The victim’s name has not been released, but the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office says the victim is 25-year-old Aaron Miles of Louisville.

The new game is Pick 2, a twice-daily draw game that will allow players to choose any two-digit number. Other daily drawings will also bear the “Pick” game name followed by the number of digits being chosen — three, four or five.

The owner of three Pahrump, Nevada casinos west of Las Vegas and 48 taverns across the state says it plans to merge with a Minnesota-based casino company. Lakes Entertainment owns the Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Cumberland, Maryland.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. saw some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Traders bought 7,163 call options on the company, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports.

President Barack Obama listens at right as U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, where the president announced he would nominate Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder. Seeking a federal crackdown on illegal gambling, the gaming industry’s leading Capitol Hill lobby is wading into the debate over President Obama’s pick to be America’s top law enforcement officer.

Parag Vora is a name that has been heard on many occasions on Wall Street in the last couple of years. His fund, HG Vora Capital Management , with an equity portfolio of around $880, has been betting on real estate investment trusts.

Louisville’s win at Pitt Sunday helped the Cards vault over Iowa State in the AP college basketball poll, but Kansas jumped over U of L. Kentucky remains number one, while Indiana is ranked 22nd. Louisville’s win at Pitt Sunday helped the Cards vault over Iowa State in the AP college basketball poll, but Kansas jumped over U of L. Kentucky remains number one, while Indiana is ranked 22nd.

Friedel and Michele Djordjevic went to Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive on Friday to turn in the ticket that Friedel Djordjevic bought at a Johnston convenience store. Once he and his wife were certain that five of the six numbers on the ticket matched the numbers pulled Dec. 31, they put the ticket in a fireproof box and began planning what to do with their winnings.