The Gaming Nevada Control Board possibly making changes recommending legal language allowing for slot machines that would require skill for you to win. This would make slot machines more like video games instead of random luck.

Classic slot machines are on the decline, according to David G. Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; which is why many land-based casinos are seeking to add games of skill to their casino floors.

As recently as five years ago, Resorts Casino Hotel was near death, struggling to survive against bigger, newer Atlantic City casinos.

Classroom to casino
Writing papers, working on PowerPoint presentations … developing a new table game for a casino? That’s exactly what UNLV student Charlie Bao Wang did at the school’s Center for Gaming Innovation, creating “Pai Wow,” which hit the casino floor at Palace Station in July. Just two years after UNLV debuted the center and its gaming innovation course, students have filed 25 patent applications and founded three companies, with six gaming products in or on their way to the field.

Somewhere in the far corner of Las Vegas' famous Fremont Street, tucked away behind a stage, is the Las Vegas Club. Now almost empty, the tables shuttered, the sound of chips and dice just echoes of the ghosts that haunt the place.

Most people residing in the Las Vegas Valley today would not live here were it not for legalized gambling. It's the lifeblood of our this area and the economic driver for the entire state. But that wasn't always pre-ordained.

Many slot machines on casino floors bear images of faded but recognizable movies or TV shows such as “Sex and the City,” “Ghostbusters” or the still-running “Wheel of Fortune,” appealing to an older generation of players who reliably play the random games of chance.

Many slot machines on casino floors bear images of faded but recognizable movies or TV shows such as "Sex and the City," "Ghostbusters" or the still-running "Wheel of Fortune," appealing to an older generation of players who reliably play the random games of chance.

The Mirage volcano on the Las Vegas Strip is erupting less frequently, but not for any geological reason.

State and federal authorities are investigating a cyber-attack on four Atlantic City online casino gaming sites, which were apparently targeted by a hacker who promised more disruption unless a ransom was paid in Bitcoin, officials said today.

The monolithic hotel casinos that billionaire Kirk Kerkorian built on the sparkling Las Vegas Strip spoke for themselves.

How many people can say they built the world’s biggest hotel three times? Kirk Kerkorian can.