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NEWave’s Check Prove software is the most widely used payroll check-cashing software in southern Nevada, and the software will help Palms Casino Resort bolster the casino’s safeguards against payroll check-cashing fraud.

Near-term flight schedules show the number of seats that airlines will bring into McCarran growing about 2 percent a month through February, portending continued modest gains in passenger totals.

JCM has won over 80 percent of all new casino openings in North America over the past 24 months.

The company said its net revenue during the quarter fell 1.6 percent to $84.4 million.

Aaron Todd looks back on the most memorable moments from this year's World Series of Poker final table.

The hotel-casino on Friday posted a loss of $19.4 million for the third-quarter, but said it is moving closer to profitability.

The hotel-casino, owned by Deutsche Bank, has not signed a contract with the union almost three years after opening.

A jackpot hit for $12,463,147.70 on a Megabucks slot machine at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Ryan Riess was 14 years old when he started hosting $10 poker tournaments in his basement in Clarkston, Mich., on Friday nights. Ten years later, he claimed an $8.36 million first-place prize and the title World Champion at the 2013 World Series of Poker.

There isn't much that can distract Amir Lehavot at the poker table; not even a crazy bunch of French-Canadians chanting for him to fold.

If there's one thing you can't accuse Sylvain Loosli of being, it's impatient. The Frenchman didn't play any of the first 17 hands at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, and the strategy helped him climb the pay ladder to fourth place for nearly $2.8 million.

JC Tran was not only the most experienced player at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, he was also the chip leader. But sometimes, the cards just don't come your way.

The men and women dressed in green, covered in Shamrocks, and chanting in French at the Penn & Teller Theater in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Monday afternoon were friends of Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, one of the players at the World Series of Poker's final table.

Michiel Brummelhuis started the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event with one major goal in mind: Don't finish ninth.

David Benefield had some of the biggest lay downs in the early stages of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, but he also showed that he wasn't afraid to put his chips to use.

Mark Newhouse almost had one of the shortest November Nine experiences in history, but even though a fortunate flop kept him in the tournament, he was unable to use that luck to move up the pay ladder, finishing in ninth place in the World Series of Poker Main Event.

For two and a half years, Culinary union organizers and the resort’s owner, Deutsche Bank, have been unable to reach a deal on a contract

Scotty Nguyen and Tom McEvoy have distinctly different personalities. But when the two were inducted in the Poker Hall of Fame Sunday, they had one major characteristic in common -- emotion.

Whether you're a hard core poker fan planning to DVR every second of live coverage of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table or a casual fan that may flip back and forth between poker and Monday Night Football game, Aaron Todd provides the top-10 things to watch for during Monday's final table coverage.

Poker players were excited for the start of the NBA season.