Golden Gaming OKs deal to manage four casinos

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Golden Gaming Group's slot machine route operation division has signed an agreement to manage four casinos for the Siegel Group, including the Gold Spike downtown.

Shuffle Master's third-quarter earnings up 14 percent

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The addition of table games to casinos in Delaware, Pennsylvania and the opening of gambling in Singapore, lifted Shuffle Master's third-quarter earnings.

Luxor's casino floor under review in Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The tower of Pisa leans. The sphinx of Egypt has lost its nose. And the Luxor pyramid on the Strip may be compacting itself, like the spine of a person with osteoporosis.

Nevada gaming revenues drop 4.9 percent

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Nevada gaming revenues fell 4.9 percent in July, the state's fifth consecutive monthly decline in the money casinos collected from gamblers.

Vegas casinos beef up security to protect cash cow -- baccarat

LAS VEGAS -- Baccarat -- the only Las Vegas game that is growing -- is attracting cash-rich Asians and leading to a spike in crime.To fight back, casinos are improving security and profit -- adding pre-shuffled packs of cards, "smart shoes" that hold shuffled cards and playing cards embedded with radio-frequency identification chips.Using chip readers built into tables, casinos can track each ...