Las Vegas

Chinese investors favor Las Vegas real estate

Nevada is becoming an attractive place for Chinese investors to park their money. Some real estate professionals expects a trend to bring more jobs and economic growth to Las Vegas in the next 10 to 20 years. Chinese investors rank ...

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Experts: Gambling addiction services for Asians lacking

Casinos spare no expense trying to attract Asian gamblers, sending shuttle buses to Chinatowns, building gourmet Chinese restaurants and incorporating feng shui into their layouts. But problem gambling experts say casinos fall woefully short when it comes to treating Asians ...

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Bill Clinton defends Hillary Clinton’s honesty at Asian American town hall forum

Trying to swat away complaints that Hillary Clinton is not trustworthy, former president Bill Clinton told a group of Asian Americans in Las Vegas Friday that only his wife could be trusted to ensure that “you and everyone else who ...

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Fremont street performers speak out against restrictive laws

As the summer tourist crowd descends on Las Vegas, street performers along the city’s old casino strip of Fremont Street are chafing at rules passed late last year meant to tamp down activities.

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AAJA Sports Task Force creates mentorship opportunities

It started with 20 members. In the two years since, the Sports Task Force’s membership has more than 100 members in the group hailing from sports media outlets across the country.

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Korean American population growth in Vegas

Living in California demanded a deep pocket from Douglas Lee, a 40-year-old Korean American health care professional living in Los Angeles. Then he and his wife, also in the medical industry, hit their breaking point. They started looking for another ...

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MGM Resorts tosses longtime Vegas freebie: parking

While many metropolitan cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York charge astronomical hourly fees for parking, it has been a tradition for hotels on the Las Vegas Strip to offer free parking to their guests since it was ...

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Casinos turn to feng shui to lure Chinese high rollers

As Asian bettors swell the ranks of the casino VIP, gambling houses are increasingly reflecting the ancient Chinese principles of feng shui in their design, from flourishes of red and gold in color schemes, avoiding exposed lightbulbs to incorporating the ...

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Nevada’s new rules for fantasy sports

Blackjack tables, slot machines and poker rooms fill Las Vegas’ world-famous casinos, but Nevada residents aren’t allowed to play one of the fastest-growing games in the country: daily fantasy sports. The state ruled in late 2015 that daily fantasy sites—where ...

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ACLU: Las Vegas police policy shows power of body-worn cameras

Despite tensions over recent police killings of black people, police departments across the U.S. have been slow to equip officers with a tool civil rights activists say can help avert future tragedies: body-worn cameras. “It’s happening, we always wish it ...

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