Is anyone going to CES this year? A long-simmering question in the tech world will finally get its answer as the influential gadget show returns to the Las Vegas Strip after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Like flashing lights, dings and coins splashing into a slot machine tray, an equally familiar — even stereotypical — casino experience involves plumes of smoke wafting skyward from patrons puffing on ash-tipped cigarettes.

Closed since the pandemic's onset in March 2020 and under new tribal ownership, the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas is expected to open in the spring.  

As a year in which normality has returned for many draws to a close, and increasingly fleeting glances begin to be taken towards what lies ahead, CasinoBeats is once again revisiting an unexpected 12 months full of ups, downs, and everything in between.  

Unlike more visible addictions, problem gambling is fairly easy to hide, yet nonetheless leaves about 2 million Americans annually feeling alone, ashamed and, in many cases, broke.

William S. Boyd School of Law, at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV), has teamed up with Entain to offer a new online training program in gaming law and regulation. The course is priced at $2,500 and starts on 10 January 2022.

MGM Resorts International will sell The Mirage, the iconic Strip resort that helped usher in the modern era of ultra-luxury in Las Vegas, to Hard Rock International, the companies announced Monday.

MGM Resorts International has agreed to sell the Las Vegas Strip’s first megaresort, the Mirage, to Hard Rock International for nearly $1.1 billion in cash.