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The closed Flamingo Road casino, which caught fire Thursday, opened in 1973 as the Ambassador. In the 1980s, it was renamed the La Mirage Casino.

The Strip hotel-casino on Friday reported that it posted a net loss of $106.5 million for 2012, up from the $96.9 million net loss posted in 2011.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss the odd debate surrounding sports betting kiosks in Nevada, the demise of budget hotels on the Las Vegas Strip and Revel's decision to allow smoking in their resort. They also recap their NCAA tournament brackets and make some more NCAA picks in the best bets segment.

The vote – conducted and monitored by the National Labor Relations Board on Friday – was 57 against the union and 34 in favor.

Business is brisk for March Madness in Las Vegas casinos.

Higher energy costs can hurt the gaming industry. Consumers would spend less on leisure activities, airlines would reduce capacity and the costs to operate large casinos would increase.

Many of us long for the days when hotel-casino names on the Strip were Stardust, Sahara, Frontier, International, Barbary Coast, Aladdin, Dunes and Imperial Palace. OK, maybe not so much Imperial Palace.

Hundreds of security officers at Las Vegas hotel-casinos and convention facilities roam sprawling parking lots and garages looking for the bad guys while also offering a helpful greeting to visitors.

In a memorandum from Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett and Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, resort leaders were told they are responsible for any criminal conduct in their venues, even if operated by a third-party vendor.

Two players hit large jackpots in the very same Bingo game Suncoast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Angel Management Group announced the opening schedule Tuesday for the Hakkasan Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.

Hiring managers will meet with candidates to discuss the many opportunities available for veterans at Caesars.

The company plans to unveil the 1,620-room SLS Las Vegas in fall 2014.

Gansevoort Hotel Group is joining Caesars in renovating the small, now-closed Bill's Gamblin' Hall at the corner of the Strip and Flamingo Road.

American Casino said net revenues in the quarter declined 3.1 percent to $79 million.

Bob Miller’s father, casino executive Ross Miller, allowed “a short, portly gentleman” to join the family’s traditional Sunday night dinner at the Riviera’s Hickory Room. The rotund gentleman was legendary casino developer Jay Sarno, who built Caesars Palace.

Caesars, Gansevoort Hotel Group and Victor Drai to launch an intimate urban resort at the location of Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon.

According to the Sun Herald in Biloxi, Gulf Coast players can earn trips to the Las Vegas Strip while Cosmopolitan players can try their luck in southern Mississippi.

On May 23, many of the best restaurants in Las Vegas will unite again poolside at The Palazzo for the Las Vegas Epicurean Affair.

Poster resigned less than a month after he was promoted to replace Maurice Wooden, who is now president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.