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The parent company of the Palms, FP Holdings L.P., also agreed to pay $78,000 to cover the cost of the control board's investigation.

More than 3.1 million people visited Las Vegas in November, up 2.5 percent from 3 million a year earlier, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Thursday.

UNLV will ask the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority and Las Vegas's biggest casinos for about $125 million to help pay for a new domed football stadium on campus.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss the MGM offering free-wi in its Las Vegas Strip casnios, Erick Lindgren's battle with gambling addiciton and the fate/future of bar bets. They also pick this weekend's NFL playoff games against the spread.

The NBC Sports Group will air 12 hours of the 2013 National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by WSOP.com from Caesars Palace.

Angel Management Group takes over operation of Chateau nightclub at Paris Las Vegas.

Monday's total topped the previous high of 14,495 set on Jan. 4, 2011, followed closely by 14,471 on Jan. 9, 2012.

The LasVegas.com website is designed to increase the number of casual travelers to Las Vegas who want more transparency, authenticity and cost-certainty when booking trips.

The city known worldwide for its events hosts a stunning number of championships for a slew of niche sports that make Vegas America's ultimate Titletown USA.

When tourist hordes decamp Las Vegas on a Sunday or after a holiday weekend, the car lines quickly grow to lengths best measured by an odometer. Ten-mile backups are not unheard of.

The 60,000-square-foot casino was upgraded with nearly 1,000 new slot machines and a William Hill Race and Sports Book.

Shares of major Las Vegas-based casino companies and other companies with a Las Vegas presence rallied sharply Wednesday as the Dow Jones industrial average gained 308 points.

Passenger traffic into Las Vegas slipped by less than 1 percent compared to last November. International traffic into Las Vegas increased by 6 percent, but it wasn't enough to offset the drop in domestic travel.

Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss why Las Vegas struggles so much with attracting visitors during the holiday season, Aaron's quest for the right set of poker chips and the top gambling miracle. They also pick every game on the NFL schedule.

Colliers International issued the upbeat forecast to introduce its new gaming division.

Las Vegas has never quite figured out what to do with Santa and friends and shown little interest in trying.

While this isn't exactly a religious column, it seems like a good time to explore the 10 greatest miracles the gambling world has seen.

As of October, the last month for which statistics are available, 33.58 million visitors had come to the city year-to-date, leaving a difference of 6.42 million people needed to come in November and December for Vegas to hit its goal.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd are joined by noted advantage gambler Bill Krackomberger (aka "The Krackman"), who gives them the lowdown on sports betting in Las Vegas, including what will get you banned from making bets at the sportsbook. And as always, they pick every game of the NFL season.

Renovations of the 2,543-room hotel-casino began recently, and the changes are expected to be completed by late 2013.