Casino Gaming History and News

The resort was conceived and built by Tony Cornero, who died in 1955 before construction was completed. When the hotel opened, it had the largest casino in Nevada, the largest swimming pool in Nev...

When most people think of modern Las Vegas the first thing that will come to their mind is the glitz and glamour of the mega-casinos, such as the Bellagio,Wynn, and Mirage, or the classic casinos t...

The uniquely Japanese inspired Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino opened in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip in November of 1979. The architectural design is heavily influenced by Japanese temple des...

The Klondike Hotel and Casino, formally the Kona Kai Motel and then the Klondike Inn, was a modest sized 150 room motel with almost 8,000 square feet of casino space on the south end of the Las Veg...

The Palms Casino Resort broke ground in July 2000 the construction took fifteen months finishing on September 26, 2001, and the Palms Casino Resort officially opened its doors on November 15, 2001,...

Construction on what would become the Four Queens Hotel & Casino began in late 1964. The construction would take close to eighteen months and on June 2 of 1966, the same day the Surveyor 1space...

In 1989 the Majestic Realty Company owned by Ed Roski purchased an 80-acre parcel of land off the Las Vegas Strip along the west side of Interstate 15. This was originally intended to be an industr...

Although the first recorded casino was legalized in Venice in 1626 and gambling can be traced as far back as ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and early China the Casino Chip or Cheque is a rela...