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Bill Boyd said a 1983 decision to take over management of the troubled Stardust was an easy choice.

The only question is whether or not the betting would be allowed on all Summer and Winter Olympics events, or just a handful of popular competitions.

The pre-packaged filing covering Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. has been agreed upon by 80 percent of the company's senior bondholders.

40 million Las Vegas visitors indulged in over-the-top shows, extravagant meals and luxurious spa treatments, marking another impressive year.

An impressive variety of brand restaurants have debuted recently on the Strip, including Smashburger and New York City-based Shake Shack.

Paul Phua and his son, Darren Phua, were among eight defendants charged in a multimillion-dollar scheme that accepted wagers on the World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil last year.

The vote will be held at The Signature at MGM Grand Las Vegas.

The Cosmopolitan’s previous owners, Germany-based Deutsche Bank, wanted to sell the hotel-casino and didn’t want a union agreement potentially holding up a deal.

The career fair will be held in the MGM Grand Conference Center, 4701 Koval Lane, inside the marquee ballroom on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tonight will see some spectacular fireworks display in Las Vegas.

It’s abundantly clear Caesars Growth Partners is key to the planned bankruptcy restructuring of overly leveraged affiliate Caesars Entertainment Operating Co.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia’s minister of home affairs, sent a letter earlier this month to Deputy FBI Director Mark Giuliano in Washington rebutting FBI claims that the lead defendant in the high-stakes betting case is tied to a powerful Chinese crime syndicate

Caesars spelled out much of the reorganization plan, in which Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. would be restructured through a prepackaged bankruptcy in January.

Whatever this state does, it does big. When it booms, it leads the nation in growth. When it busts, well — that’s epic, too.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss Sen. Harry Reid's waffling on online gaming as he prepares for his demotion to Senate minority leader next year, the main operating unit of Caesars Entertainment announcing its decision to file for bankruptcy and the new World Series of Poker schedule, which includes a $565 tournament. And, as always, they close show by picking every NFL game this weekend against the spread.

The 2015 World Series of Poker will be held from May 27 - July 14, and this year the tournament series will feature a $565 buy-in "Colossus" with a $5 million guaranteed prize pool.

Lawyers for wealthy Malaysian businessman Paul Phua and his son, Darren Phua, are seeking to get evidence seized in a July 9 raid at luxury Caesars Palace villas tossed out of court.

The Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday signed off on the $1.73 billion purchase of Strip resort by Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII, a division of New York City-based Blackstone Group.

Sam Nazarian said he was sorry for past dealings with Derrick Armstrong, a convicted felon from Los Angeles who allegedly extorted $3 million from him by threatening his family and SBE employees.

Ricardo Lopez, who worked undercover for the FBI during the investigation, testified in federal court that a Caesars security officer who had tipped off authorities to the gambling operation told him a top company executive was complaining about not being in the loop of the investigation.