Zip Lining Vegas is a blast!

Zip lining Vegas? Yea, that’s now a thing. If you’re heading over to Las Vegas anytime soon, you’ll definitely want to check out the Fremont Street Experience downtown. We’ve been there a few times (most Vegas lovers have) and always enjoyed the free shows, deep-fried Oreos and 99c shrimp cocktails. This year they’re presenting the Rock of Vegas Summer Concert Series. Now, while you’re walking around downtown, you may hear screams of people Zip lining Vegas right over your head. Who wouldn’t want to “fly” for 800 feet above bystanders on Fremont Street below? We did it, and it was…

California Senate Approves New Tribal Casino

A compact that spells out the rules for a 305-acre tribal casino and resort project by the North Fork Mono Rancheria Indians along Highway 99 near Madera was approved Thursday by the California Senate. Senate support now leaves the governor, who already supports the tribal compact, and the U.S. Department of Interior in Washington, D.C., as the last two steps before groundbreaking near Highway 99 and Avenue 18. But lawsuits by some Madera residents, as well as several tribes, including the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, also are looming. The Senate vote Thursday was 22-11. Station Casinos, a major Las…

Gambling Revenue a Crapshoot in Big Gaming States

From The Fiscal Times States are still betting big on gambling. New York and Massachusetts are eyeing new, flashy resort-style casinos. The owner of one of the largest casinos in the country, Maryland Live! Casino, is among those vying for the final gambling license in Philadelphia and hopes to build a new $425 million casino there. But in nearby Delaware, lawmakers are considering the unusual step of giving $8 million to the state’s three struggling racetrack casinos. Crucial questions face states after years of gambling fever. Can they still enter the gambling fray and claim a hefty chunk of revenue? …

Sporting Solutions Adds Horse Racing In-Play Betting

Spreadbetting firm Sporting Index Group has announced that its Sporting Solutions business-to-business software and data services division has added horse racing in-play betting to trading and pricing offering. Utilized by a wide range of partner operators including WilliamHill.com, Skybet.com, YouWin.com and BetFred.com, Sporting Solutions’ service enables bookmakers to outsource their in-play betting odds via a single integration to its cloud-based Connect Platform. Sporting Solutions stated that its new horseracing product includes an early pricing ‘tissue’ service for the previous day’s events alongside ‘solid and responsive morning prices, show prices, results, derivatives and Racing Post content’. “To maximise the profitability of…

MGM to Build Sports Arena on Vegas Strip

From Poker News MGM Resorts International has proposed a $350 million project to build a 20,000-seat stadium between New York-New York and Monte Carlo. MGM has partnered with Los Angeles AEG to build the sports and entertainment venue. Populous, an architectural firm that specializes in the design of sports facilities and convention center, won the bid for designing the proposed arena. Its resume includes designing the Marlins Park baseball stadium in Miami, the 2014 Winter Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia; the 2014 Asian Games Stadium in Incheon, Korea; and Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. The site is 12 acres and…

Justin Bieber Banned From Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving Facility for Life

From eOnline You can’t fly unless you let yourself fall, sure, but even Justin Bieber might have gone a little too low in this case. The Biebs and some friends paid a visit to Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving on Sunday, June 16, but a source tells E! News exclusively he was such a bad customer, he’s been placed on the facility’s No Fly list—for life! (A rep for the facility confirmed to E! News that Justin is not allowed back.) According to a source, the 19-year-old pop star was joined by six people. The group reportedly arrived minutes before closing…