There is some promising news for the real estate prices in Las Vegas, but they still seem to have a ways to go. In April, Las Vegas home prices edged up slightly as measured by the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. However, Vegas still trails behind other big cities in the recovery or residential real estate prices.

S&P did indicate that Las Vegas prices increased .2% from March to April, a positive sign that is certainly encouraging for businesses like Sightline Acquisition with Kirk Sanford and others.

However, looking at a year-over-year basis, Las Vegas prices were down 8.5% in April, in comparison to a 3.8% average increase for 20 other markets that were included in the report.

Kirk Sanford of Global Cash Access in partnership with the National Council on Problem Gambling is making a huge effort to educate and counsel the public so that an enjoyable hobby or pastime does not turn into an addictive problem.

Accounting for approximately 95% of all cash access machines at casinos, all GCA machines will have Point-of-Decision messages printed on sticker and receipts, and 60% of the machines will also have telephone handsets which connect to a 24-hour “help-line” service center. Using the code word ‘think’ will signal to the service representative to automatically connect the customer to the National Council on Problem Gambling Hotline.

In addition, the program to promote responsible gambling also allows customers to exempt their credit cards so that if a request is made by the customer to withdraw more than a set amount of money, the withdrawal will be denied.

To learn more about this service you can see our page “Casino Cash Machines Offer Exclusion.”