The app has more than 7.5 million users in the United States and it's earning an estimated $1.6 million a day and has hundreds of people walking around parks and city streets.

In 1950, America was waking up to the problem of organized crime. U.S. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath convened a conference, primarily of big-city mayors, to discuss the root causes of the rackets (the word “mafia” had not yet entered the popular lexicon). Gambling, he said, was a fundamental nuisance in a country that was fundamentally opposed to the practice.

We knew it was coming. It was in January of this year we heard the first reports that certain hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip were going to begin what was described then as a "modest parking fee program for valet and self-parking."

David Schwartz gave a tour of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He showed items from the university archives' collection related to the history of gambling in Las Vegas and shared sotries of how the industry evolved over time.

The stadium is full of screaming fans. The players are on the big screen, going through their warm-ups, getting loose.

Station Casinos parent company, Red Rock Resorts, announced Tuesday it will buy the Palms Casino Resort.

In a city where buildings aren’t known for their longevity, Las Vegas will soon celebrate a milestone for its tallest landmark.

The Stratosphere Las Vegas is considered to be one of the iconic buildings in Las Vegas with its well known tower, which stands at 1,149 feet tall. The late Bob Stupak was a promoter, poker player and visionary, the man behind the Stratosphere who opened its doors to the public back in 1996.