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Hundreds of the late Ralph Engelstad's friends and family members turned out Tuesday to pay their final respects to the Imperial Palace founder.

The bankrupt Aladdin hotel-casino has received another extension of a deadline to file a plan to sell the resort or produce a reorganization plan.

The Hoosier Park at Anderson 2002 meet featured a record number of racing programs that generated wagering in excess of one million dollars.

News Brief: One year after the ownership change of Summerlin's JW Marriott and its leased Rampart Casino, both hotel and casino operators say they couldn't be happier with their results.

Julius Charles `Sonny’ Reizner, the dean of Las Vegas bookmakers and one of the world's foremost experts on sports betting, died Saturday of Parkinson's disease in Las Vegas. He was 81.

When news of Ralph Louis Engelstad death surfaced on Wednesday, visitors started streaming into the $104 million arena he financed for the University of North Dakota. A short tribute is planned during tonight's hockey game there.

For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, revenue per available room at Las Vegas resorts was up almost 10 percent in September compared with the year before and compared with an rise of just more than 9 percent for the lodging industry nationwide.

News Brief: A man who describes himself as a professional bettor said he has been barred from sports wagering at Stations Casinos properties after he refused a request to void a bet he had made on an NBA game.

Las Vegas and Mississippi casino owner and University of North Dakota benefactor Ralph Engelstad has died, officials said today.

The Planet Hollywood brand and its entertainment theme are key elements in a new bid for the bankrupt Aladdin, industry sources said Monday.

Nevada regulators hyave approved a 24-hour sports and race betting kiosk concept that works somewhat like an ATM.

News Brief: A state tax study shows that Nevada has one of the least diversified economies in the nation.

Mandalay Resort Group and Park Place Entertainment today jointly launched a newly reconfigured Web site designed to ease travel to Las Vegas.

News Brief: A state tax study shows that Nevada has one of the least diversified economies in the nation.

Visitor volume in Las Vegas surged by 8.6 percent in September compared with the same month last year, but tourism is still off from 2000 levels.

The Palms and Green Valley Ranch Station casino have found successful strategies to bring in both locals and tourists.

The Venetian this week is wrapping up core construction on its new, $250 million, 1,013-suite second tower.

Come January, the Cannery Casino Hotel, a 50,000-square-foot casino with more than 1,200 slot machines, 21 table games and four restaurants will open and plans to target the local market.