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Paris Las Vegas, the city's newest mega-resort, has an idea that's radical only in Las Vegas: outside seating, facing the Strip, for one of its restaurants. It also dares to have large windows, so many gamblers -- if they ever look up -- can see whether it's day or night. Meanwhile, most of the Venetian is finally open, after some false starts. The $1.5 billion project features canals with singing gondoliers.

Nevada authorities approved the Sept. 1 opening of Las Vegas' newest mega-resort, Paris. The 2,914-room Strip property will operate as an extension of the adjacent Bally's. Both are owned by Park Place Entertainment.

Nevada authorities approved the Sept. 1 opening of Las Vegas' newest mega-resort, Paris. The 2,914-room Strip property will operate as an extension of the adjacent Bally's. Both are owned by Park Place Entertainment.

Nevada officials will investigate the problem of subcontractors not getting paid for their work on the Venetian hotel-casino, which has been slowly opening since May. Separately, Moody's said it's reviewing its ratings on $712.5 million of the Venetian's debt. In part because of liens filed by the subs and the delayed opening, Moody's said, it may downgrade the bonds.

Nevada officials will investigate the problem of subcontractors not getting paid for their work on the Venetian hotel-casino, which has been slowly opening since May. Separately, Moody's said it's reviewing its ratings on $712.5 million of the Venetian's debt. In part because of liens filed by the subs and the delayed opening, Moody's said, it may downgrade the bonds.

John Grochowski: "Dockside gaming is here, and, to nobody's surprise, it's popular."

Emeril Lagasse, the celebrity New Orleans chef, told officials he was embarrassed by the antics of Robin Leach and Leach's female companions at Lagasse's new restaurant, Delmonico's, in the Venetian hotel-casino. Leach's pals stripped after dinner, and one woman reportedly stretched out naked on the table while whipped cream and chocolate were spread across her body.

Emeril Lagasse, the celebrity New Orleans chef, told officials he was embarrassed by the antics of Robin Leach and Leach's female companions at Lagasse's new restaurant, Delmonico's, in the Venetian hotel-casino. Leach's pals stripped after dinner, and one woman reportedly stretched out naked on the table while whipped cream and chocolate were spread across her body.

Popular impressionist Danny Gans will perform at the Mirage, starting next spring. The Strip casino-hotel is building a theater that will have Gans' name on it. He will leave the Rio, which recently hired David Cassidy as its headline performer.

The French perfume retailer entered the U.S. market last year. With its first Las Vegas site having just opened at the Venetian, the company has announced that it will add two more stores on the Strip. The Showcase mall will have a Sephora, and so will the Aladdin.

Robert L. Johnson, founder of the Black Entertainment Television (BET) cable company, became the first African-American to own a restaurant in a major Strip hotel-casino. Clark County officials approved his Tres Jazz for opening next month in the Paris hotel-casino. They also approved actor Robert De Niro's restaurant planned for the Hard Rock Hotel.

Don Catlin: "I'm always amazed at how many people spend their money playing Keno.  I have tried to dissuade friends from playing Keno by telling them about the house edge on the game but my words fall on deaf ears. I'm not sure they even know what I'm talking about (or perhaps they don't think I know what I'm talking about)."

Mikohn Gaming Corp. said it's been licensed by Hasbro Inc. for development of a new casino table game based on Monopoly, the world's most popular board game. The Monopoly Poker casino game is expected to debut in casinos later this year.

Fitzgeralds Gaming Corp. has defaulted on $205 million in bonds, and now says it is likely to seek relief in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The company has casinos in downtown Las Vegas and in Tunica, Miss., and Black Hawk, Colo. It still hopes to expand the Tunica and Black Hawk facilities.

The famed wax museum opens at the Venetian, on the Strip. It will have a decidedly Las Vegas flavor here, featuring gaming legend Bugsy Siegel, Hollywood icons Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, and music stars Wayne Newton, Tom Jones and Liberace. There's Elvis too, of course

Craps aficionado Madeliene Bizub sings the praises of Tunica.

Harrah's Entertainment said it will sell the Las Vegas Showboat, an off-Strip property, for an undisclosed price. The company bought Showboat Inc. in June 1998. Harrah's put its name on the Showboat in East Chicago, Ind., and kept the Showboat in Atlantic City.

You'd think Steve Wynn, Las Vegas' most important casino mogul, would have a full plate between his casino business and his civic and political activities. But now Wynn, chairman of Mirage Resorts Inc., has become involved in a luxury condominium project.

The newest Las Vegas casino hotel is in a sprawling residential area more than 10 miles from the Strip. The upscale property intends to compete with golf resorts in Arizona and California.

Five reputed New York mobsters have been indicted on charges related to the control of the lucrative outcall business. An outcall service provides dancers to perform for customers in their hotel rooms or private residences. Law enforcement officials have long considered the industry a front for prostitution and other crimes.