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The work was just a small part of the ongoing renovation project, which also calls for stripping down and remodeling two of the property’s three hotel towers and demolishing a low-rise hotel building.

The $3.9 billion resort posted its best quarter in terms of casino revenue, generating $40.87 million, a 32.6 percent increase from $30.83 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Danielle Gomes is now shining the spotlight on her father’s career as a Nevada gaming agent in the 1970s.

UNLV trustee Mark Yoseloff is concerned Las Vegas could be losing its well-deserved reputation as the center of innovation in the gaming industry.

Downtown Las Vegas continues a major transformation as investors and developers pour hundreds of millions of dollars into redevelopment.

The plaza will serve as a gateway into a 20,000-seat sports arena, which the company will build behind the two resorts with national arena developer AEG.

"Mobile Millions," a new casino game from Cantor Mobile Casino, now available to patrons of The Venetian and The Palazzo.

Rosemary from New York is the latest addition to the Caesars Entertainment circle of millionaires.

The record figures were the result of high-end baccarat play associated with the 10-day Chinese New Year holiday.

More than $500,000 was raised for charity as a result of the 2013 Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational hosted by ARIA Resort & Casino.

The hotel-casino spent millions of dollars in just more than eight months, renovating 428 rooms in its original Palms Tower, renamed the Ivory Tower, and demolishing old bars, restaurants and clubs and replacing them with new experiences.

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.