Senator Marsha Blackburn has announced a landmark subcommittee hearing on prediction markets scheduled for May 20 - the first time any Senate body has directly and formally addressed the sector's proliferation and its growing intersection with sports wagering.
More than 50,000 Canadian visitors have taken advantage of the "At Par" currency parity promotion run by Derek Stevens' trio of downtown properties - Circa Resort, the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate Hotel and Casino - in the three months since it launched.
One of the Las Vegas Strip's most recognisable mid-range properties is getting a new identity. MGM Resorts has confirmed that Park MGM - the 2,700-room resort sitting at the heart of the Strip between New York-New York and T-Mobile Arena - is to be rebranded as The Reserve.
The most significant construction project on the Las Vegas Strip in two decades has reached a defining moment.
BetMGM has become the first major US operator to formally quantify the damage prediction markets are doing to its business.
After a bruising run through the second half of 2025 - marked by falling visitor numbers, sliding Strip revenues, and mounting affordability criticism - Caesars Entertainment CEO Tom Reeg offered a notably more optimistic assessment on Tuesday's Q1 earnings call.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Steve Hill revealed this week that February 2026 saw the first year-on-year increase in Southern Nevada visitation in 13 months - up 2.1% - with room occupancy rising 1.2% and revenue per available room climbing 5.3%.
The LVCVA is due to release its full Q1 statistics imminently, and Hill said the numbers will be "up meaningfully" from the first quarter of 2025.
Nevada casino regulators have adopted sweeping new anti-money laundering compliance rules that are set to fundamentally reshape how the state's casinos operate.