Gambling

As many as 17% of people who struggle with problem gambling demonstrate suicidal gestures, attempt, or complete suicide, with an additional 32% who experience suicidal ideation, according to a study published by the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

Carson City area casinos had a 1.83 percent increase in gaming revenue this November compared to November 2019, while casinos in the Stateline area of Lake Tahoe saw gaming revenue jump 23.75 percent, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

A research project was recently published by the Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, indicating that 60 percent of Washoe County residents (and 74 percent of Washoe County non-smokers) would favor a law prohibiting smoking in all casinos in Washoe County.

A 33-year-old Carson City man was arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses after allegedly stealing his roommate's bank card in order to pay him rent, then gambling with the money and losing it.

Although most retail businesses in the state were allowed to open May 9 to in-person service with extra precautions as part of the state’s “Phase 1” reopening, casino resorts were noticeably excluded.

The Nevada Gaming Commission has ratified a set of health and safety policies that casinos and other gaming licensees will have to follow when they reopen to the public from coronavirus-related closures that have lasted nearly two months so far.

Members of Nevada’s congressional delegation celebrated the White House’s decision Friday to allow small casinos to access a Small Business Administration emergency loan program.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — In what's sure to be an ironic harbinger of things to come, the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Thursday published casino ...

Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued a broad emergency directive ordering, not asking, all non-essential businesses in the state to close effective midnight on Friday, the latest drastic step taken by the state to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s request Tuesday night for all non-essential businesses in the state, including casinos, to close their doors for 30 days in order to avoid further spread of the novel coronavirus has been met with some confusion over what is and isn’t an “essential” business.

CARSON CITY,Nev. — Nevada gambling licensees broke the $1 billion total win mark in January, reporting a 5.5 percent increase compared to ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — For the seventh time in the 2019 calendar year, Nevada's total gambling win topped $1 billion in December, finishing the year ...

Casinos in Carson City and Carson Valley saw a decrease in gaming generated revenue in December, the peak of the holiday season, however, statewide gambling profit was up nearly 6 percent, according to figures released Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

A 26-year-old Carson City man was arrested early Thursday in the 5600 block of South Carson Street for two misdemeanor counts probation violation.

A warmup is in the forecast this week as we head into Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Expect sunny skies with daytime highs in the upper 60s. But you'll want to bundle up after the sun sets as night time temperatures will be in the low 30s. Activities Monday include a lunch discussion with Nevada Appeal columnist Guy Farmer, the first of free Monday yoga classes offered through Partnership Carson City, art showings, West Coast swing dancing and more.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be veteran journalist and Nevada Appeal political columnist Guy Farmer. He will relate from first hand experience the story of Frank Sinastra's expulsion from and ultimate return to Nevada's gaming industry.

Joe D’Angelo says he has spent the majority his life helping people. After several failed attempts to bring large-scale community projects to different cities in Nevada, he has now set his sights on Carson City to make his “Joshua’s Community” dreams come to life with the purchase of the Ormsby House. 

A 22-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Tuesday in the 3200 block of Market Street for suspicion of drug possession with intent to sell and other charges, a sheriff's deputy said.

This month, Todd Morgan & the Emblems return for a third season and historian Dr. Michael Fischer will speak on the history of the Nevada Buckaroo at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park.

A 31-year-old man was arrested Sunday for felony possession of a stolen vehicle and drug charges after he was found at a gas station filling up his tank, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

CARSON CITY — Two notorious murders against the pristine backdrop of Lake Tahoe are the subject of this month’s American Gaming Archives Fireside Chat at the Nevada Historical Society.

A 33-year-old Carson City woman was arrested for suspicion of felony grand larceny and child endangerment after shoplifting nearly $1,000 worth of merchandise from a local department store with her four-year-old child in tow.

University of Nevada, Reno business major Ricardo Lucio-Galvan has been hitting the books for more than year, awaiting his chance to return to the sweet science of boxing.

A 26-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly providing false identification to avoid prosecution and two misdemeanor contempt of court warrants, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Most people forget that divorce wasn’t an easy thing to achieve up until the last part of the 20th century. So how is it that Reno, a tiny little railroad town in the middle of nowhere, became known as the place to flock to if you wanted to untie that knot?

A day after leaving office, former Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced he will be joining MGM Resorts as the casino giant’s President of Global Gaming Development.

Nevada Humanities has announced the book selections for the 2019 Nevada Reads program.

Throughout 2019, Nevada Reads will feature three books, two nonfiction memoirs and one novel:

Carson City and Carson Valley area casinos saw a nearly 3.3 percent increase in October gambling revenue compared to the same time last year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

On August 27, 1968, Richard Chartrand was going about his morning as usual in his Skyland Drive home in South Lake Tahoe, just north of Zephyr Cove, when things went horribly wrong, and a mystery began that is still unsolved today.

For more than three decades, the Nevada Day Powwow has been a concurrent celebration of Nevada statehood as well as the culture and heritage of the Silver State's native people.