Nevada
Nevada based gun manufacturer gets sued
BALTIMORE — The town of Baltimore filed a lawsuit towards one of many largest producers of “ghost gun” kits in america on Wednesday, the identical day Maryland’s ban on untraceable weapons went into impact, information shops reported.
Mayor Brandon Scott mentioned the swimsuit was filed in Baltimore Circuit Courtroom towards Nevada-based Polymer80, which sells kits for purchasers to assemble themselves, and Hanover Armory, an Anne Arundel County gun retailer. The swimsuit alleges that Polymer80 deliberately undermines federal and state firearms legal guidelines by designing, manufacturing, and offering kits and components with out serial numbers to patrons who don’t endure background checks.
“Takedowns aren’t sufficient. Laws just isn’t sufficient,” Scott mentioned throughout a information convention. “We’ve got to crack down on the businesses which are profiting off of destruction and loss of life in our communities.”
The brand new state legislation expands the definition of a firearm to incorporate “an unfinished body or receiver.” Anybody who sells or transfers a ghost gun faces as much as 5 years in jail and a tremendous of as much as $10,000. When a second part of the legislation takes impact in March 2023, an individual who possesses a ghost gun will face two years in jail and a tremendous of as much as $10,000.
Polymer80 President and CEO Loran Kelley Jr. declined to remark to The Related Press. An individual who answered the telephone at Hanover Armory declined to remark, information shops reported. It’s unclear whether or not both enterprise has been served.
The lawsuit was filed by town’s affirmative litigation division, the Brady Heart to Forestall Gun Violence and Sanford Heisler Sharp, a nationwide public-interest legislation agency. It’s just like ones filed by the cities of Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Whereas the swimsuit doesn’t specify what damages it seeks, Metropolis Solicitor James Shea mentioned officers are engaged on an estimate that will be “substantial.”
Metropolis police have mentioned ghost weapons have been utilized in an rising variety of shootings. No ghost weapons had been seized within the metropolis till 2018, however final 12 months police recovered 324, 14% of all firearms recovered, officers mentioned. Up to now this 12 months, ghost weapons accounted for 19% of all weapons seized. Ninety-one p.c of ghost weapons recovered by police in Baltimore from January 2020 till this April had been Polymer80 weapons, in line with the grievance.
“Ghost weapons are a devastating menace to the folks of Baltimore,” Scott mentioned. “This lawsuit shines a lightweight on Polymer80 and people who routinely create a market for lethal, untraceable weapons.”
Nevada
Real-money 5-card draw poker app launches in Nevada, more gaming news
JETT/Terrible’s Gaming announced the launch of Terrible’s Mobile Gaming, a new real-money five-card draw poker app available in Nevada, according to a press release.
The multi-player game includes features such as Royal Flush bonuses of up to $4,500 and four-of-a-kind payouts up to $175. To celebrate the app’s launch, Terrible’s Mobile Gaming is offering a deposit match of up to $500 each week.
Terrible’s Mobile Gaming is available for download on iOS and Android devices.
“JETT/Terrible’s Gaming and the Terrible’s brand in general have been making life more convenient for Nevadans for over 65 years,” said Tim Herbst, president of JETT Gaming & Terrible Herbst Inc. in a statement. “Now, we are excited to bring that same level of convenience to mobile gaming—delivering the excitement of Multi-Player 5 Card Draw Poker directly to our customers, wherever they are, and within the palm of their hand.”
The app is available in collaboration with Real Gaming, the igaming platform co-founded by South Point casino-hotel owner Michael Gaughan and tech entrepreneur Lawrence Vaughan.
“Nevada players know that both the JETT Gaming and Terrible’s Gaming brands mean convenience, and that’s exactly what we’ve delivered,” Vaughan said in the news release.
Culinary Local 226 ratifies Fontainebleau Las Vegas labor contract
Members of Culinary Union Local 226 recently voted to ratify a labor contract with Fontainebleau Las Vegas. According to the union, 99.6 percent voted in favor of the labor deal.
The new contract covers nearly 3,300 non-gaming employees at the Fontainebleau casino-hotel, located at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip. It is the first labor contract with the new resort, which opened in December 2023.
According to previous reports, the Culinary workers’ contract is for slightly less than five years, timed to match the span of the citywide contracts agreed to at the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024 with other Strip operators.
The deal with Fontainebleau comes as Culinary Local 226 workers at the off-Strip Virgin casino-hotel have been striking for more than seven weeks. The union rejected the casino-hotel’s invitation to arbitration in late December.
Sports wagering
Two U.S. states that haven’t legalized sports wagering are making efforts to win approval in 2025.
Oklahoma state Sen. Dave Rader has introduced legislation in the Sooner state to modify the state’s compact with tribal casinos there to allow betting on sports. The bill’s first reading is scheduled Feb. 3.
Under Rader’s proposal, tribes would be required to pay the state 5 percent of the first $5 million in gross gaming revenue, 6 percent of the next $5 million and 7 percent for any revenue over $10 million as a fee.
A bill introduced in Oklahoma last year never made it out of committee.
In Minnesota, state Sen. Matt Klein said he will reintroduce a bill that failed to win approval last year early in that state’s legislative session. The session opens Jan. 14 in St. Paul.
Bill opponents have blocked passage because of fears of gambling addiction and family bankruptcies. Klein said his legislation has protections that would make it the safest sports-betting law in the country.
Washington D.C. and 38 U.S. states have legalized sports wagering and Missouri is establishing rules and regulations to begin this year.
Raising the age limit
New Hampshire lawmakers will consider raising the minimum age to place a sports bet from 18 to 21 under a bill that is expected to be reviewed Wednesday by the state’s House Ways and Means Committee.
New Hampshire is one of seven states and Washington D.C. that set the minimum gambling age at 18 and most neighboring states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, and New York — have 21 as their minimum age.
If signed into law, the bill would likely take effect in mid-2026. Lawmakers will take into consideration the possible loss of $640,000 a year in gaming revenue with the age increase.
DraftKings is the only online sports-betting option in the state.
Macao
Gross gaming revenue in Macao totaled $28.3 billion (U.S.) in 2024, a 23.9 percent increase over 2023, the special administrative region’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported last week.
December revenue of $2.3 billion was off 2 percent from a year ago and was the first month in 2024 to have less monthly revenue than in the previous year.
October was the strongest month of the year with revenue of $2.6 billion.
By comparison, Nevada’s October gaming revenue total was $1.286 billion.
Nevada
51-year-old North Las Vegas man dies in Red Rock Canyon crash
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Nevada State Police said a 51-year-old North Las Vegas man died in a crash at Red Rock Canyon.
The crash happened Thursday, Jan. 2 at 2:25 p.m. near Red Rock Canyon and Fossil Ridge roads.
Police say Shawn Raymond Pierson drove too fast during a curve and drove left of center into the eastbound travel lane as traffic approached.
Pierson struck a broken paddle marker base and overturned. Police say he died at the scene.
The investigation is being conducted by the Nevada State Police Highway Patrol – Traffic Homicide Unit.
2025 Year to date: The Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Region 1 (Southern Command) has investigated 1 fatal crashes resulting in 1 fatalities.
2025 fatalities details preliminary and may change/be updated based on final investigation.
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Missing teen who vanished after family dispute believed to be found dead in desert
A body found in the Nevada desert is believed to be a teenager who went missing last week after a family dispute.
Police in the city of Henderson said in a statement that the body matches the description of 17-year-old Jennaleah “Jenna” Hin.
Hin was reported missing on December 30, 2024, after she left the home in Henderson following a family issue.
“It’s just a normal family dispute, you know, that teenagers have with their parents. Nothing out of the ordinary,” Mark Speer, Red Rock Search & Rescue commander said.
She said something to the effect of, “You don’t have to worry about me anymore,” according to Speer, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Hin did not have a phone or money on her the night she disappeared, her family members said, according to CBS affiliate KLAS.
On Sunday, Henderson police responded to an area of the desert just east of Desert Sunflower Circle and Spanish Needle Street around 10:42 a.m. after a K-9 unit was alerted to her scent, officials said. They discovered a “deceased female” who they say matches the description of Hin.
According to their “preliminary investigations, there does not appear to be signs of foul play,” police said.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office will release official identification of the body, pending notification of next of kin.
A cause of death has not been revealed.
The discovery of the body comes just two days after her mother pleaded for the public’s help in finding the teen at a press conference on Friday.
“Jenna, wherever you are or whoever you’re with, I just want you to come home,” Hin’s mother, Jennifer Swanson, said, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “I want you safe. We love you so much — please come home.”
On Sunday afternoon, her mother shared a photo of Hin on her Facebook page, writing “Jenna, I love you… Where are you, who are you with, who has you, please come home…”
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