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Las Vegas can be an intimidating town for first-time visitors and gamblers. So if you're headed to the Strip in the near future and want to make the most of the trip, take these tips to heart and you'll definitely have a good time.

News Brief: As economic slowdown hits casinos, Atlantic city's 11 gambling halls are split on how desirable it is to continue to hand out free meals, hotel rooms or show tickets to gamblers.

News Brief: Man stabbed outside Atlantic City casino Saturday died from a wound to the left cheek that severed a carotid artery and caused him to bleed to death.

Taking on the biggest names in poker goes with the territory when you decide to compete in a World Poker Tour event. Find out how three players dealt with the challenge of being seated at the same table as Full Tilt poker pro Phil Ivey during Day 1 of the Foxwoods Poker Classic last week in Connecticut.

News Brief: A downstate entity is reportedly offering $1 billion for the Sault Tribe's Greektown casino property.

News Brief: California charities' plan to revolutionize conventional bingo with interconnected games that could offer six-figure prizes is meeting opposition.

Derek Stevens, whose family owns the Las Vegas 51s baseball team and a stake in the Riviera, recently made his first public appearance at the Golden Gate since buying into the 102-year-old property on Fremont Street in March.

The ownership of the Westin Casuarina is standing behind a decision to charge attendees of an October dental conference for the organizer's unpaid bill.

Joe Piscopo, Victoria Jackson and Father Guido Sarducci are coming together for one night of fun and laughter at Spotlight 29 Casino in the 'Saturday Night Live Reunion Tour.'

Concluding its first official season, the World Poker Tour Ladies tour arrives at Bellagio this month for the inaugural WPT Ladies Championship.

Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage and Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs are the two top spots for gaming, according to readers of Desert Magazine.

News Brief: State Controller John Chiang turned up the heat Thursday on California Lottery Director Joan Borucki, demanding to know how she plans to repay $46,336 used for an employee party.

News Brief: Michigan's newest multi-millionaire, David Sneath of Livonia, stopped by the state Lottery headquarters a little after 3 p.m. today to cash in his $136 million Mega Millions jackpot ticket.

News Brief: The Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, district attorney's office sat a fifth grand jury, but prosecutors say it isn't looking at how casino licenses were handed out.

News Brief: The bill that would give tax credits to casinos to build non-gambling related amenities is headed to conference so the Mississippi Senate and the House of Representatives can work out differences.

News Brief: Unlike the Sands’ spectacular, fireworks-choreographed nighttime implosion in October, the casino’s old 10-story garage came down Thursday without fanfare.

Golden Gate casino owner Mark Brandenburg sees his 107-room property attracting Strip customers who are increasingly frustrated and exhausted by the size and scope of the Strip’s ever-growing megaresort empire.

Members of Ironworkers Union Local 433 and friends and relatives of some accident victims say the union leadership isn’t fighting hard enough to ensure safety at Las Vegas Strip building sites.

News Brief: West Virginia candidates running in the 30th District House of Delegates race were split on whether they'd vote to renew the 9,000 permits for video slot machines found in neighborhood gambling parlors.

News Brief: The Silver Reef Casino is ready to grow again, with an 8,000-squarefoot expansion set to break ground in May.