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Mississippi casinos may finally be treating jackpot disputes with respect.

Green Valley Ranch became the first Las Vegas-area locals casino to win the AAA Four Diamond Award, the motorist club announced Thursday.

Tuscany’s new casino is looking to attract a mix of locals and tourists.

New Frontier owner Phil Ruffin said he still hopes to find the funds necessary to build his planned San Francisco-themed megaresort on the site of his aging Strip casino.

Federal judges heard arguments today in a New York-New York hotel-casino case over worker rights to organize under a union.

Locals gaming goliath Station Casinos has reached a deal to buy the Wildfire, a small locals casino on Rancho Drive.

Tuscany majority owner Charles Heers bought the property from the Howard Hughes estate in 1988, but struggled to arrange financing for a themed megaresort he hoped to build.

Spurred by rising room rates that have been boosted by online room reservation programs, Park Place Entertainment Corp. this week is launching all-new resort Web sites.

I'd been alerted that Blue Chip Casino had opened a new poker room on the third level of its boat, and I wanted to check it out.

Las Vegans have long known that gaming giant William Bennett, one of America's richest men, was generous with his money.

Casino executives backing a gross receipts tax on business are willing to lobby the Legislature, setting up a potential battle between gaming and the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

News Brief: John Hessling is opening the Blue Moon Resort, the first hotel in Las Vegas to cater exclusively to the gay community.

The monthly state gaming revenue reports could come with a warning label. "Caution!" the label could exclaim. "May induce whiplash."

With the opening this week of the 1.8 million-square-foot Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas will further build its image as one of the nation's top destinations for business meetings.

America West Airlines will add seven round-trip flights to and from Las Vegas in March, including new service to Eugene, Ore.

OneCap Properties, a commercial property subsidiary of OneCap, a Nevada-based realty and mortgage company, said Monday it acquired 1.6 acres of land and a 16,000-square-foot building on the Las Vegas Strip.

On the Strip, it's all show and no go.

A memorial service for Sahara hotel owner William G. Bennett will be 10 a.m. Friday at Artemus Ham Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Sahara officials said today.