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The Clark County Commission has given The Venetian the go-ahead to build a temporary remote employee parking lot but extended its role in a long-simmering dispute between Venetian owner Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn.

Mirroring other local industries' attempts at growth through consolidation, Las Vegas-based marketing powerhouse R&R Partners will merge with a pair of influential Nevada players to compete more effectively on a regional and national level.

Alliance Gaming Corp. said its Bally Gaming and Systems business unit plans to present about 250 slot machines at the 2004 Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sands Inc., which recently opened a casino in Macau, said today that it has proposed a resort development on a nearby Chinese island, but without any casinos because they are illegal in the mainland.

The owners of the Hacienda -- the first hotel-casino U.S. 93 travelers from Arizona see after they cross Hoover Dam -- have ended negotiations to sell the property to the National Park Service.

News Brief: A preservationist who was active in efforts to bring a casino to southern Indiana's Orange County was killed along with his wife in a car crash.

News Brief: The state attorney general's office filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a court to stop the appointment of a Democratic state lawmaker to Pennsylvania's new gambling commission.

News Brief: The Blackfeet Indian Tribe is pleased with the trial run of a casino at a hotel next to Glacier National Park, but the hotel management sees slim odds the operation will continue next season.

Las Vegas' surprising convention strike continued with few new developments Tuesday, a status quo that belied the importance of what's quickly become a serious threat to this city's multibillion-trade show industry.

The ultimate impact of the strike by the Teamsters & Truck Drivers Local Union will depend on the strike's duration and intensity.

A group of pari-mutuel clerks at Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino went on strike after contract talks failed to resolve a dispute over health insurance and holiday pay.

Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway is asking the City Council to finance an advocate to track any sign of legislation that would decrease the city's share of casino taxes to help close state budget deficits.

Calls to a Wisconsin organization that helps people addicted to gambling have continued to increase during the last year and a half, but not nearly at the rate they went up in 2002.

A judge is deciding whether Georgetown County can refuse to let casino boats dock in its ports.

The attorney representing the Stratosphere said he wasn't sure what the hotel would do now that the Nevada Supreme Court has rejected its appeal of the decision that denied a thrill ride that would have swooped from the hotel across Las Vegas Boulevard.

Colorado Rampage played against Little Caesars' Drew Fortney during the first game played in Fiesta Rancho's Ice Arena on Friday.

News Brief: State police are forming a gambling unit to investigate crimes at slot machine parlors.

With an appetite for a different type of Chinese take-out service, the Clark County Commission will on Wednesday discuss a $360,000 consulting contract some hope will expedite the start of direct passenger flights between Las Vegas and China.

Members of Teamsters Local 631 on Saturday rejected a contract offer from two of the city's largest convention service companies and opted to strike just as Las Vegas' multibillion dollar convention industry enters its busy fall season.

Though it's been slowed in recent weeks by the traditional summer doldrums, Las Vegas' convention industry is again poised to heat up once local temperatures cool down.