A casino that could be one of the top employers in Carson City can build the city’s biggest hotel and tallest building as part of its resort project, the planning commission said Wednesday. Las Vegas-based Golden Gaming Inc. got permission to build the USD 100 million Sierra Gold on 4.5 acres at the corner of Highway 50 East and the Carson City freeway. It will have a 100,000-square-foot casino, an eight-story, 220-room hotel and stand 118 feet tall, passing the 110-foot Ormsby House.

Macao’s Venetian casino-hotel resort has recorded 2.5 million visitors over the past six weeks since its opening on August 28, local media reported last week. Macao Post Daily quoted sources from the casino management as saying that those from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland accounted for most of the casino visitors. The Venetian, boasts the world’s largest casino, is run by Las Vegas Sands, a giant United States gaming operator.

Investors wiped more than AUD 100 million off the value of major gaming companies Tabcorp Holdings Ltd and Tattersall's Ltd on Monday, after the pair warned earnings could be impacted by a horse racing industry shut down. Smaller rival, online betting firm Centrebet International Ltd also lost value after weekend thoroughbred and harness race meetings were cancelled in a bid to contain an outbreak of highly infectious equine influenza that has rattled the industry.

The California Senate approved the largest expansion of Indian gambling in the state since tribes were given the authority to operate casinos. The agreements now go to the Assembly. If passed, tribes would be allowed to operate an additional 22,500 new slots, the equivalent of more than 10 Las Vegas-sized casinos.