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  • Steve Wynn Buys Stepson $32M Mansion After Family Fallout – Casino.org

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    Posted on: February 3, 2026, 07:43h. 

    Last updated on: February 3, 2026, 08:19h.

    • Disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn reportedly ended a public family feud by gifting stepson Nick Hissom a $32M Palm Beach mansion
    • The reconciliation follows a clash over a music video from Hissom that was so racy, his mom and stepdad evicted him from their Beverly Hills mansion
    • Wynn bought the Everglades Island estate in 2024

    Former casino mogul Steve Wynn recently gifted a $32 million mansion to his stepson, Nick Hissom, in West Palm Beach, Fla. This was apparently more than just a small impulse buy for a billionaire, however. According to Page Six, at least, it signals the end of a particularly bitter family feud. 

    According to Page Six, this Palm Beach mansion was a $32 million makeup present from Steve Wynn to his step-son. (Images: Daniel Petroni/Margit Brandt of Premier Estate Properties; inset: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Gerry)
    Nick Hissom appears at the 2019 BMI Music Awards in Beverly Hills. (Image: Michel Kovac/Getty Images for BMI)

    The feud ignited last May, the New York Post gossip section reported, after Hissom — a 33‑year‑old British‑American model, singer, art dealer, and hospitality entrepreneur — released a music video that sent shockwaves through the Wynn household.

    The YouTube clip, for his song “So Cool Babe,” featured what Page Six described as “muscular porn stars in various raunchy scenes,” including a poolside make‑out session and a shower threesome.

    The tabloid outlet reported that the video infuriated Wynn and his wife, Andrea Hissom, enough to allegedly order staff at their $75 million Beverly Hills mansion to pack up Hissom’s belongings, load them into his car, and roll the vehicle out onto the street.

    That’s significantly short of a 100% on the Tomato-meter.

    All’s Wealth That Ends Well

    But now, the clip has been removed from YouTube and the Wynns have handed young  Nick the keys to a six-bedroom, nine-bathroom waterfront estate on uber-exclusive Everglades Island. They purchased it in 2024 for nearly $32 million from advertising executive Richard Schaps and his wife, Linda.

    Nick and his brother’s new home is located on the water on Everglades Island. (Image: Daniel Petroni/Margit Brandt of Premier Estate Properties)

    The pleasure palace has sweeping views, its own boat dock and is close enough to Mar-a-Lago to practically borrow the presidential Wi-Fi.

    A source told Page Six that Wynn “plans for his stepsons Alex and Nick Hissom to redevelop the property … into a one-of-a-kind Palm Beach manse.”

    The Wynns — who married in April 2011, one year after Steve finalized his 2010 divorce from Elaine Wynn — purchased their own mansion nearby that same year, for $12.9 million.

    Hissom, for his part, seems ready to close the chapter on the feud. Speaking to Page Six, he said: “I dropped the raciest video of the summer. Did it cause tension? Sure. But name me a family dinner table that hasn’t seen tension sometimes. Bottom line: I love my family and they love me.”

    A $32 million mansion is one way to say “all is forgiven.”

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  • Las Vegas’ Mirage Hotel And Casino Closing

    Las Vegas’ Mirage Hotel And Casino Closing

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    After 34 years, the iconic Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip will close its doors after it was bought by Hard Rock Las Vegas, which will completely renovate the building, removing its tropical theme and volcano attraction. What do you think?

    “Gentrification rears its ugly head once again.”

    Khalil Kavanagh, Window Defroster

    Who Can Stay Dead Longest Challenge

    “Good luck getting all the white tigers out of the air ducts.”

    Steven Odling, Barista Trainer

    “They had the nicest security protocol to escort you from the premises.”

    Chiara Mccray, Unemployed

     

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  • Nevada high court dismisses casino mogul Steve Wynn’s defamation suit against The Associated Press

    Nevada high court dismisses casino mogul Steve Wynn’s defamation suit against The Associated Press

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    LAS VEGAS – The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press over a story about two women’s accounts to police alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct.

    The court cited state anti-SLAPP law in rejecting Wynn’s claim that he was defamed in the February 2018 AP article, which cited police documents. SLAPP, or strategic lawsuits against public participation, refers to court filings made to intimidate or silence critics.

    “Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statutes were designed to limit precisely the type of claim at issue here, which involves a news organization publishing an article in a good faith effort to inform their readers regarding an issue of clear public interest,” the three-justice panel said in a unanimous opinion.

    Wynn had argued that the documents failed to fully describe elements of a woman’s account that would have cast doubt on her allegation that he raped her in the 1970s in Chicago and that she gave birth to their daughter in a gas station restroom.

    Lauren Easton, AP vice president of corporate communications said in a statement that the news organization is pleased with the ruling.

    “We believe the Nevada Supreme Court made the right decision,” Easton said.

    Attorney Todd Bice, representing Wynn, said he was “surprised that the Court would change Nevada law and disregard the Nevada Legislature in order to extend legal protections to a news report that was determined to be false.”

    He said Wynn’s legal team now is “considering all options.”

    Wynn, the 82-year-old developer of a decadeslong casino empire, filed the lawsuit in April 2018 against AP, one of its reporters and Halina Kuta, the woman who made the claim. Two months earlier he had resigned as chairman and chief executive of Wynn Resorts.

    Wynn has consistently denied sexual misconduct allegations, which were first reported in January 2018 by the Wall Street Journal.

    The case went to the state high court twice, after Clark County District Court Judge Ronald Israel first dismissed AP from the case in August 2018 on the grounds that it “fairly reported” information based on an official document, a police complaint by Kuta, even though authorities never investigated the allegation.

    Las Vegas police said too much time had elapsed since Kuta said the events occurred in 1973 or 1974.

    Neither accuser was identified in the AP report. Their names and other identifying information were blacked out in documents obtained by AP under a public records request. Las Vegas police refused to provide additional details.

    The AP typically does not publish names of people who say they are victims of sexual assault, but Kuta agreed to be named in later news reports.

    The trial court judge later ruled that Kuta defamed Wynn with her claims, which the judge termed “totally fanciful,” and awarded Wynn a nominal amount of $1 in damages.

    Wynn appealed Israel’s ruling to the state Supreme Court, where Bice argued in July 2020 that AP omitted relevant elements of Kuta’s complaint that would lead people to doubt the veracity of her allegation.

    The high court reinstated the lawsuit in November 2020, saying Israel erred in dismissing AP from the case on fair report privilege grounds and instructing him to consider AP’s other arguments for dismissing the case under the Nevada anti-SLAPP statute.

    Israel then granted AP’s motion to dismiss, and Wynn appealed again. The Supreme Court accepted written briefings but did not hear oral arguments again before issuing Thursday’s ruling.

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  • Casino magnate Steve Wynn expected to agree to $10 million fine over workplace sexual misconduct claims

    Casino magnate Steve Wynn expected to agree to $10 million fine over workplace sexual misconduct claims

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    Casino mogul Steve Wynn’s long legal fight with Nevada gambling regulators over claims of workplace sexual misconduct is expected to end Thursday with a settlement calling for him to pay a $10 million fine and cut virtually all ties to the industry he helped shape in Las Vegas.

    The Nevada Gaming Commission was scheduled to meet in the state capital of Carson City and accept a deal in which the 81-year-old Wynn admits no wrongdoing.

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    Casino mogul Steve Wynn at a March 2016 news conference in Medford, Mass

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    The seven-page agreement that Wynn signed July 17 with members of the investigatory Nevada Gaming Control Board said he was accused of “failure to exercise discretion and sound judgment to prevent incidents that have reflected negatively on the reputation of the gaming industry and the State of Nevada.”

    Wynn, who now lives in Florida, will not attend the hearing, his attorney Colby Williams said Wednesday. Williams declined to comment about the proceedings until they are complete.

    Under terms of the deal, Wynn will be allowed to maintain “passive ownership” of up to 5% of “a publicly traded corporation” registered with the Gaming Commission, but no “control, authority, advisory role or decision making power.” Violating the pact could lead to a finding of “unsuitability” for association with Nevada casinos and an additional fine, it said.

    “Unsuitability” would be extraordinary for a man widely credited with starting a boom that grew Las Vegas Strip properties from gambling halls with all-you-can-eat buffets and showrooms into huge destination resorts featuring celebrity-chef restaurants, massive gambling floors, nightclubs and huge stage productions.

    Wynn developed luxury properties including the Golden Nugget, Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio, Wynn and Encore in Las Vegas; Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi; Wynn Macau in the Chinese gambling enclave; and Encore Boston Harbor in Massachusetts.

    He resigned as Wynn Resorts CEO after the Wall Street Journal published allegations by several women that he sexually harassed or assaulted them at his hotels. He divested company shares, quit the corporate board and resigned as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee.

    Wynn has consistently denied sexual misconduct allegations in multiple courts.

    In the Gaming Commission case, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled against him in March 2022, finding that a state judge in Las Vegas acted prematurely in late 2020 when she sided with Wynn’s lawyers and decided the state lacked authority to punish him.

    Wynn’s attorneys, including Donald Campbell, argued that the Gaming Control Board and its oversight panel, the Nevada Gaming Commission, no longer had legal jurisdiction over Wynn.

    State regulators launched their investigation after the allegations against Wynn emerged. The board said Wynn’s license had been placed on administrative hold and the commission moved in October 2019 to discipline or fine Wynn.

    At a December 2019 hearing, which Wynn did not attend, commissioners began considering a fine of up to $500,000 and a declaration that Wynn was unsuitable to renew ties to gambling in Nevada.

    Months earlier, the commission fined his former company, Wynn Resorts Ltd., a record $20 million for failing to investigate sexual misconduct claims made against Wynn.

    Massachusetts gambling regulators fined Wynn Resorts another $35 million and new company chief executive Matthew Maddox $500,000 for failing to disclose while applying for a license for the Boston-area resort that there had been sexual misconduct allegations against Wynn.

    Wynn Resorts agreed in November 2019 to accept $20 million in damages from Wynn and $21 million more from insurance carriers on behalf of current and former employees of Wynn Resorts to settle shareholder lawsuits accusing company directors of failing to disclose misconduct allegations.

    The agreements included no admission of wrongdoing. 

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