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In a statement Monday, Affinity said the company reached agreement with its lenders over a possible default on a portion of its $382.7 million in long-term debt.

Operators of 1,600-room Strip hotel-casino, which opens Aug. 23, aren’t letting memories of the Sahara fade away.

Moody’s Investors Service recently downgraded its view of the U.S. gaming market from “stable” to “negative,” putting all the blame on regional gaming destinations where weak results have investors sweating.

A man was booked Sunday morning into the Clark County jail as a John Doe after being arrested by police at a resort late Saturday.

Metro’s robbery detectives identified 32-year-old Jesse Jones as a “person of interest” in the incident.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Friday reported 3.46 million visitors to Southern Nevada for the month, a 3.1 percent increase from a year earlier.

The sale eliminated any conflict with a regulatory request that gaming license holders stay away from the business.

The resort agreed to the fine earlier this month in a stipulated settlement with the Gaming Control Board.

An additional refreshing drink available throughout the summer months is Third Street Tea, a refreshing compilation of Seagram’s Sweet Tea vodka, Absolut Apeach vodka, sweet-and-sour and iced tea.

Shania Twain to end her two-year residency SHANIA: STILL THE ONE at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with the final show set for Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014.

One gaming analyst has warned investors that a Strip smoking ban could become reality in the next 24 months — or sooner.

Aaron Todd, Dan Podheiser and Vin Narayanan discuss the WSOP's November Nine, how the WSOP can better market itself, and a California tribe's plan to launch PrivateTable.com, an online poker room, despite the lack of a regulatory structure to do so. They'll end the show with the results of their World Cup bets, and of course, make their best bets for the week, as well.

The casino operator Wednesday credited another strong quarter from the company’s casinos in Macau with producing double-digit increases in both revenues and earnings. But the figures didn’t meet analyst projections.

Authorities have linked one of the ringleaders, Paul Phua, to a well-known Chinese crime syndicate.

The El Cortez has entered into a marketing partnership with Ultimate Poker that makes UltimatePoker.com the online poker room for the downtown Las Vegas property.

This time around, he’s secured at least $730,725 for himself. But Newhouse won't settle for a ninth-place finish this time around. He wants the $10 million for first.

Mark Newhouse made his second straight World Series of Poker Main Event final table Monday night.

Jackpot hit on Megajackpots game, Wheel of Fortune at Flamingo Las Vegas.

Regulators said the technology, which is operated by Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings, could be the model for the planned system that would run the shared online gaming network between Nevada and Delaware.

The decision marks the first time gaming regulators have ruled on a licensing matter concerning a gaming business in light of the state’s fledgling medical pot industry.