Casinos

Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macao for decades, has died in Hong Kong at age 98.

Work on new casinos planned for upstate New York won’t begin until environmental reviews and casino executive background checks are completed—but state officials said Monday they’re moving as quickly as they can.

Vegas 98 Arrests: Members of Culinary Workers Local 226 blocked traffic on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, leading to 98 arrests. The planned act of civil disobedience comes after two years of negotiations with Cosmopolitan Casino.

A gigantic, 13,000-gallon aquarium suddenly burst early Sunday morning, spilling water all over the first and second floors of a Florida casino, forcing it to close two rooms.