Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis has been tapped to serve on a newly formed Illegal Gambling Advisory Board as part of the American Gaming Association’s “Stop Illegal Gambling – Play it Safe” initiative.  The five-member panel includes Davis, the Hub’s police commissioner from 2006-2013, and four other former ranking law enforcement officials. The board held its first meeting […]

When the Internal Revenue Service floated the idea of lowering the threshold for tax-reportable winnings from slot machines, the reaction from thousands of gamblers was a collective “Give us a break!” At an IRS public hearing Wednesday, the comments were a bit more formal. But a handful of casino executives, industry officials and tribal representatives delivered much […]

And now, something all Southern Nevadans can get behind: preventing more unwanted, costly IRS intrusion. Today in Washington, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service will hold a long-awaited public hearing on the tax agency’s plan to reduce the reporting threshold for slot, keno and bingo winnings. Under current IRS regulations, casinos must report […]

In the history of Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian’s name will be mentioned alongside Bugsy Siegel, Howard Hughes and Steve Wynn as key visionaries who helped shape the nation’s gambling mecca and tourist attraction. With his passing Monday at the age of 98, Kerkorian was hailed by Las Vegas business leaders and gaming experts as a […]

Friends and business associates of billionaire builder and philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian talked today about the man who helped shape Las Vegas. Kerkorian, who built or owned some of the biggest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, died Monday at age 98 of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. Here is some of what […]

Edward F. Davis, the former Boston police commissioner, has signed up to provide advice to law enforcement on how to prevent illegal gambling. The American Gaming Association named Davis along with four others to a newly appointed national advisory board on illegal gambling. The board is expected to help law enforcement agencies devise strategiesto disrupt […]

LAS VEGAS –  Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, who built massive hotels in Las Vegas and bought and sold the MGM movie studio multiple times, died Monday at age 98. A look at reaction to his death: ___ “I knew that Kirk was failing because he and I were supposed to go watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. … […]