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Resorts World: Resort Will Look Different From Wynn, Encore

Jan 14, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The company building a multibillion-dollar casino-resort with a modern Asian flair on the Las Vegas Strip defended itself in court filings this week arguing it is not copying its building design from two properties across the street.

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Resorts World: Resort Will Look Different From Wynn, Encore

Jan 12, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The company building a multibillion-dollar casino-resort with a modern Asian flair on the Las Vegas Strip defended itself in court filings this week arguing it is not copying its building design from two properties across the street.

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Wynn Las Vegas To End Dealer Tip Sharing

Oct 25, 2018

Wynn Las Vegas will end a 12-year policy of allowing other employees to share in the dealers’ tip pool.

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After Supreme Court Rejection, What's Next For Tip-Sharing At Wynn Casinos?

Jul 03, 2018

Wynn Resorts dealers, at least for now, don't have to share their tips with their supervisors. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition from the Las Vegas company to overturn a lower court’s ruling on tip pooling.

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Wynn Tip Sharing Case

Jun 26, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by Wynn Las Vegas to overturn a lower court’s ruling on tip sharing.

The lower court had ruled that the casino must end its practice of requiring dealers to share 15 percent of their tips with supervisors.

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Wynn Releases More Information About Lagoon Plans

Oct 27, 2017

Steve Wynn has released further details on his plans to open a lagoon on the golf course east of the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore towers.

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Wynn, Encore Begin Charging For Self-Parking

Aug 07, 2017

Another place for free parking on Strip disappeared today as paid self-parking began at The Wynn and The Encore Hotels.

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Suit Accuses Wynn Of Discriminating Against Worker With PTSD

Sep 19, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wynn Las Vegas is accused of discriminating against a U.S. Army veteran who was working for them as a security guard and had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Casino Magnate Wynn Envisions Water Paradise In Dry Nevada

May 25, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas casino magnate is proposing an extravagant water paradise in drought-stricken Nevada.

The Paradise Park development proposal unveiled by Wynn Resorts in April is anchored by a 38-acre man-made lake where an 18-hole golf course now sits in Las Vegas.

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Clark County Approves Plans For New Strip Development

Feb 04, 2016

The Las Vegas Strip is getting a new shopping center and a convention building with a rooftop pool as Clark County commissioners have approved the plans.

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PUC Says Casinos Can Leave NV Energy But Fees Remain

Jan 14, 2016

Three gaming companies who applied to unplug from NV Energy’s grid will be allowed to, but at a price.

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Ferrari Dealership Inside Wynn Las Vegas Casino To Close

Sep 24, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gambler's chance to win big and buy a luxury Ferrari or Maserati without ever leaving the Wynn Las Vegas resort-casino is speeding away.

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Wynn Las Vegas To Host Democratic Primary Debate

Sep 09, 2015

Wynn Resorts announced today in a statement the Wynn Las Vegas would host the first Democratic presidential primary debate.

The debate will be held on October 13, and will be broadcast on CNN.

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Avicii Cancels Rest Of 2015 Shows At Wynn Las Vegas Clubs

Sep 03, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wynn Las Vegas says its resident DJ Avicii is cancelling the remainder of his shows at XS and Encore Beach Club this year to take a break.

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Wedding Cake Champion

Oct 13, 2010

If you've seen "Cake Boss" or "Ace of Cakes" on TV, you know that today's creations are more than your Grandma's sheet cake. Little sugar roses don't cut it anymore.

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Wynn Dealers

Sep 21, 2010

The Nevada labor commissioner says Wynn Las Vegas' controversial policy on tip pooling between dealers and their supervisors is legal. So what does that mean for Wynn's dealers? We talk to two current and one former Wynn dealer about the ruling and where the case goes next.