Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas

Reporter at Las Vegas Review-Journal

Gaming-tourism reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Dabbling in transportation and economic development. I can be reached at [email protected].

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Articles

MGM Resorts agrees to pay $8.5M fine in case involving illegal bookmakers

6 days ago | reviewjournal.com | Richard N. Velotta

MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay an $8.5 million fine to settle a complaint filed by Nevada casinos regulators. The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced Friday that MGM had signed a stipulation of settlement on the 10-count, 29-page complaint that accuses the casino giant of permitting two illegal bookmakers to gamble from 2015 to 2018 at MGM Grand and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Want your own personal satellite? Here's how and what it'll cost

6 days ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Richard N. Velotta

The Las Vegas-based company that would operate the future Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city is offering wealthy customers a chance to own their own military-grade personal satellite.
Want your own personal satellite? Here’s how and what it’ll cost

6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Richard N. Velotta

The Las Vegas-based company that would operate the future Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city is offering wealthy customers a chance to own their own military-grade personal satellite.
Historic Vegas World took a wild promotional ride to become the Strat

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Richard N. Velotta

Magicians and their tricks abound on the Las Vegas Strip. But few could exceed the magic flamboyant casino operator Bob Stupak pulled off during his Las Vegas career when, over the course of three and a half decades, he turned what was first known as Bob Stupak’s World Famous Historic Gambling Museum to Bob Stupak’s Vegas World to the Stratosphere Hotel and Tower to what is now known as The Strat.
46 U.S. state have some form of casino gambling allowed

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Richard N. Velotta

Nevada Gov. Fred Balzar probably had no idea how significant his signing of Assembly Bill 98 into law in 1931 would be nearly a century later. Nevada became the first U.S. state to legalize gambling with the legislation that lifted a ban on gambling enacted in 1909 and was a measure designed to counter the Great Depression. Today, the Nevada Gaming Control Board says there are 435 licensed casinos operating in the state. Nevada didn’t operate the first known U.S. casino.
John Strzemp, longtime Wynn financial officer, dies after lengthy illness

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Richard N. Velotta

Former Treasure Island president and longtime Las Vegas gaming industry financial officer John Strzemp II died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 73. Strzemp, also a professional poker player that finished in the money in major tournaments 12 times, was a close associate of and worked with former Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn. Strzemp was the executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Wynn Resorts, a position he held since March 2008.
Inside Gaming: Casino operators asked to study impact of banning smoking, more news

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | David Danzis |Richard N. Velotta

Anti-smoking advocates are urging shareholders of major casino operators in the United States to force the publicly traded companies to study the economic impacts of indoor smoking bans. American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation (ANRF) and Trinity Health have filed shareholder resolutions with a handful of domestic gambling corporations that would require the operators to study the economic benefits of implementing smoke-free policies at their properties.
Las Vegas Spaceport operator planning sales of military-grade satellites

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Richard N. Velotta

The Las Vegas-based company that would operate the future Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city is offering wealthy customers a chance to own their own military-grade personal satellite.
Nevada judge rules against gaming regulators on sports-related event contracts

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Richard N. Velotta

A U.S. District Court judge has blocked state gaming regulators from enforcing sports wagering laws against a New York company that offers “event-based contracts” that look like sports bets. District Judge Andrew Gordon on Tuesday also granted KalshiEX LLC a preliminary injunction forbidding the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission from prosecuting Kalshi for offering contracts in Nevada.
Clark County jury awards California woman $15M judgment against The Cosmopolitan

2 weeks ago | reviewjournal.com | Richard N. Velotta

A Bakersfield, California woman was awarded a $15 million judgment in a negligence lawsuit filed against MGM Resorts International and The Cosmopolitan in Clark County District Court.