Las Vegas Sun – About the only thing former President Ronald Reagan doesn’t have named after him is a mountain, not one recognized by the federal government anyway. Now, Republican Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada is pushing a bill that would name a part of Frenchman Mountain, located just east of Las Vegas, after the nation’s 40th president. The House Natural Resources Committee approved Heck’s bill by voice vote Wednesday, but not before some Democrats on the committee had fun with the issue. Democratic Rep. Pete DeFazio of Oregon said a more fitting tribute would be to name Yucca Mountain…

USA Today – This is the month in Las Vegas you’ve been waiting for. Starting this weekend, everything college basketball takes over this town. The Orleans Arena hosts both the West Coast Conference (March 6-11) and Western Athletic Conference (March 12-15), the Pac-12 (March 12-15) plays at the MGM Grand Garden Arena while Mountain West (March 12-15) tips off at Thomas & Mack. After that, things start to get serious, when thousands of college basketball aficionados take over Las Vegas (and its sports books). Here are a couple of choice spots to catch all the action (plus, bonus baseball!) and…

To the naked eye, not much has changed in the year that passed since Malaysia-based Genting Group announced plans to build the $2 billion to $7 billion Resorts World Las Vegas on 87 acres on the Strip. The concrete-and-steel structure — remnants of the unfinished Echelon development mothballed by Boyd Gaming Corp. in 2008 — remain standing. A year later, other than a few signs touting the coming of the hotel-casino, the site appears unchanged. But Resorts World Las Vegas is alive and well. Genting representatives and government officials say the development — the Strip’s first new resort complex since…

Fox 5 – A man from the United Kingdom was hit by a truck while crossing a street near the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday morning. The crash happened about 9:15 a.m. at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Linq Lane. Las Vegas Metro police said the 54-year-old British man was crossing Flamingo in a crosswalk when the driver of a flatbed truck turned left onto Flamingo on a green light. They said the truck driver didn’t see the man in the crosswalk and hit him. They said the pedestrian was thrown to the ground. Police said the victim of…

Yahoo – Planning a trip to Vegas to party and strike it rich? Here’s a tip: you’ll have a better chance of winning if you avoid roulette. That’s because casinos have a big advantage in roulette. There are 38 numbers on a standard American roulette wheel: 1 though 36, plus 0 and 00. That means you have a 1 in 38 chance of picking the right number. But, if you bet a dollar and win, you don’t get $38 – you win $35 and keep the original dollar you bet, for a total of $36. That $2 difference between $36…

The topic of betting on the Olympics is back again, with the Sochi Winter Games begin this week, and while betting on the events will take place at sports books all over the world, you won’t find a single wagering option available on the Games here in Nevada. That’s because of a small stipulation in Nevada Gaming regulation 22.120-1(a) that states no wagers may be accepted or paid by any book on ‘any amateur non-collegiate sport or athletic event’. That specifically means no betting on the Olympics, a prohibition that resulted from a trade off in early 2001, as Sen….