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Joe McKeehen, Neil Blumenfield and Josh Beckley are all guaranteed a multimillion-dollar payday, with the winner set to pocket $7.68 million in prize money and their first WSOP gold bracelet. ESPN will carry all of Tuesday's final table action on a 30-minute delay at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT.

Gary Bettman is pumping the brakes on a potential expansion franchise in the NHL, which the city of Las Vegas was hoping to attain.

The local restaurant scene has begun to recover from the Great Recession and is now flourishing as one of the most competitive in the country.

The company said overall revenue increased during the third quarter.

Two hands into Monday night the atmosphere at the Rio was severely deflated when Tom Cannuli's aces were cracked, sending his spirited fan base to the exits along with him.

Chip leader Joe McKeehen's biggest (and loudest) fan has started a now infamous chant at the Rio that is ringing in the ears of those surrounding him, but don't expect it to go away anytime soon.

While the glacial pace annoyed spectators, there were still plenty of interesting stories to find at the WSOP Main Event at the Rio this weekend.

While the other November Niners play nice for their fans and the camera, Joe McKeehen is here for one reason and one reason only: to take everybody's chips.

Joe McKeehen padded his chip lead even further Sunday night, as the Pennsylvania-based poker pro knocked out the first three players from the November Nine.

Critics have labeled Dotty's, which serves food and drinks but makes most of its revenue from slot machines, as slot parlor operators.

The hotel company will take over one of three hotel towers at the SLS and convert it into the W Las Vegas, which will open by September 2016.

The accounting firm will be represented on several panels during the two-day conference at The Linq in Las Vegas.

Unlike the real estate investment trusts started over the last few years by Penn National, Pinnacle and Caesars, MGM's move into an REIT is a "different animal," according to one industry analyst.

John Juanda and Jennifer Harman were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame on Friday night, and Casino City was there to witness an evening full of shining moments for the World Series of Poker.

The Las Vegas-based airline began flights out of McCarran International Airport to and from Oklahoma City and St. Louis.

The LA Renegades are among the world's best players of the game "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive."

Following a near-death experience, the Belgium native left a flourishing career as a toy company executive to chase his dream of playing poker for a living. Now, with more than $3 million in career earnings on the felt, the 72-year-old is trying to make history as the oldest winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Beetle, the 12-year-old dolphin who lived in the Strip hotel and casino's aquatic habitat, died Tuesday.

The league's executive committee will not meet until the NHL's Board of Governors meetings, scheduled for Dec. 7 and 8.

Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in January, said its net revenue for September was $328.5 million.