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In his 31-page opinion, U.S. Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach cast light on the little-known court process that allowed the government to file civil forfeiture actions against Glen Cobb, his 82-year-old parents and his stepdaughter under “super seal” with no notice to anyone — not even the family it targeted.

All Westgate employees currently earning less than $10 per hour will receive a pay increase to the new level except commissioned and tipped employees or employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

Las Vegas Sands told investors its net income for the third quarter was $671.7 million, compared with $626.7 million in the same quarter a year ago.

Millennials currently outspend Baby Boomers in their trips to Las Vegas because they don’t have many of the expenses — mortgages and car payments, for example — that the city’s traditional visitor market has.

The layoffs took place over the last two months as the resort adjusted its staffing needs.

After a six-year development hiatus, Downtown Summerlin’s 1.6 million-square-foot shopping, restaurant and entertainment center opens at 10 a.m. Thursday.

The renovation of the Horizon will cost $60 million. Warner expects the property to reopen in January.

Culinary Local 226 spokeswoman Bethany Khan said it was “just a coincidence” the union rally was taking place Thursday, which is the grand opening celebration for the 1.6 million-square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment complex.

Even with Downloadable Game technology, casinos can't change slot paybacks on whim.

Boyd is the latest company to join the mobile wagering trend, following sports book operators William Hill and Cantor Gaming and local gaming rival Station Casinos.

The company acknowledged this week that it will close the club at the end of the month.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan joins Aaron Todd and Dan Podheiser to discuss the latest news from the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), including Sheldon Adelson's rant against Internet gambling. They'll also discuss the sale of Revel in Atlantic City for $110 million, "Spin and Go" tournaments at PokerStars, and pick every NFL game on the schedule.

Steve Wynn doesn't see the profit in Internet gaming in the U.S. currently and worries that a public relations crisis surrounding the activity would “invite additional regulation or oversight for land-based gambling.”

Sponsored by the American Gaming Association and produced by Reed Exhibitions, the 14th annual Global Gaming Expo is expected to attract 27,000 attendees.

Reyes’s New Year’s event, called Evolve Vegas NYE, is 20 months in the planning and has been about all her four-person staff has worked on since the doors of the Las Vegas Gay Visitors Bureau opened in mid-2013.

Statewide, Nevada gaming revenue fell 3.7 percent in August, ending five straight months of increases.

Don Thrasher was most recently president of Circus Circus Las Vegas.

The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Phil Pro of Las Vegas that dismissed the case.

The Clark County Aviation Department on Wednesday announced McCarran’s August count was 3.4 percent greater than the same month a year ago.

Bill McBeath, who once oversaw Bellagio and CityCenter’s centerpiece Aria, joins the private equity firm that controls 33.7 percent of Las Vegas-based Affinity, owner of 11 casinos in four states.