Illegal gaming comes in many shapes and sizes, from offshore, online casinos and sportsbooks to unregulated slot machines and much more.

In so many ways, the Mirage Hotel & Casino changed the game when Steve Wynn opened it in 1989. The overall design, the free attractions and the attention to detail elevated the standard on the Las Vegas Strip forever.

A group of casino workers in Atlantic City, N.J., has asked a judge to ban smoking in casinos. Opponents of a ban warn the change could lead to steep economic declines.

Alan Feldman remembers the anxiety that reigned on Nov. 22, 1989, the evening when The Mirage first opened its doors. “There was the normal chaos that occurs anytime you open a new property with all the last-minute things that had to be done,” he recalled.

A beloved hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip is ceasing operations. The Hard Rock International said that The Mirage Hotel & Casino is scheduled to cease operations on July 17, 2024.

When a $1.4 billion lottery ticket was sold at a Neptune liquor store last month, the news spread across the Jersey Shore and beyond with the expected celebration that a local had won the enormous prize. But what didn’t get attention, and rarely does, was the fact that calls to the Council on Compulsive Gambling hotline sharply increased as they always do when a major jackpot is on the line.

When a $1.4 billion lottery ticket was sold at a Neptune liquor store last month, the news spread across the Jersey Shore and beyond with the expected celebration that a local had won the enormous prize. But what didn’t get attention, and rarely does, was the fact that calls to the Council on Compulsive Gambling hotline sharply increased as they always do when a major jackpot is on the line.

The Adelson family of Las Vegas purchased the Dallas Mavericks with the hopes of expanding their gambling empire beyond Nevada to the Lone Star State. Now their company, casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp., is backing a petition to legalize gambling by the Texas Destination Resort Alliance. The Texas Destination Resort Alliances was established and paid for by Sands in 2021, according to the coalition’s website.