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No cards ... only computers

Poker players at Excalibur heading into the casino's poker room will find a fully automated poker room.

Gay festival heats up Las Vegas

The clock is ticking towards summer's end, but the heat keeps rising with the line up of gay events in Las Vegas.

Excalibur makes the move to electronic poker tables

The Excalibur in Las Vegas shut down its poker room Sunday night and will re-open it this Friday, but there will be no live dealers or real poker chips. Instead, 12 PokerPro tables will be in place, giving Las Vegas its first electronic poker room.

Planet Hollywood narrows 2Q losses

The $200 million-plus makeover of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino last year helped the property narrow its losses in the second quarter.

OnePass 21st Birthday poker tournament winner named

Continental Airlines reports that Bill Shiver took home 21 million frequent flier miles as the grand prize winner of its OnePass 21st Birthday Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

June gaming wins soft on Strip

Las Vegas strip casinos suffered through their sixth straight month of lower winnings, but casinos in most other parts of Clark County posted strong results in June.

Timing skewed casino results

Because of a quirk in the way Nevada casinos report slot revenue, the results of Nevada's May gambling revenue overstated the drop in the casinos' results.

Echelon not alone in cuts

With work on Echelon grinding to a halt, people are wondering what project might be next.

Top-10 pools in Las Vegas

In between the hustle and bustle of gambling in the casinos, betting the horses at the race and sports books and going to shows, it's probably a good idea to spend a few hours decompressing poolside during your visit to Las Vegas. With that in mind, Casino City presents its list of the best pools to choose from.

General Growth faces financial shortfall

Credit woes that disrupted General Growth Properties' participation in Boyd Gaming's $4.8 billion Echelon resort represent just a small portion of the financial challenges facing the mall company that owns some of the priciest real estate on the Strip.

Union rep in favor of drug test

Building contractors should be given authority to conduct random drug and alcohol tests of construction workers, either through legislation or through negotiations with unions, a spokesman for a construction trades group said.

Security experts meet in LV to discuss threats

Black Hat Briefings and Training conference in Caesars Palace is an annual gathering of computer hackers and other technology experts interested in identifying and exposing security flaws.

CityCenter project: Drinking workers lose jobs

Three of the 10 workers observed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal drinking at area bars before entering the CityCenter job site have been fired, an executive for Perini Corp. said Thursday

Tip sharing cloud forming over Encore

As Steve Wynn prepares to staff his new Encore, his reputation, at least among casino dealers, is still suffering nearly two years after he instituted a policy at Wynn Las Vegas that requires dealers share their tips with supervisors.

No Olympic odds at Vegas sports books

Enjoy the Beijing Games, but forget about betting on them in Nevada sports books.

CityCenter construction site: Safety issues raised

Several construction workers recently were observed drinking alcohol at nearby bars before they entered the CityCenter job site, a violation of company rules set by the general contractor.

Hard Rock holds steady

The financing is in place and construction on the Hard Rock Hotel's $760 million expansion is proceeding, Morgans Chief Executive Officer Fred Kleisner told investors during Wednesday conference call on the company's earnings.

Citycenter development: Financing fears 'overdone'

Wall Street's concerns about MGM Mirage's delay in completing financing for its massive CityCenter development are overblown, MGM Mirage executives said Tuesday.

Financing for Lake Las Vegas OK'd

Bankruptcy Judge Linda Riegle said she will sign an order today approving $127 million in post-bankruptcy financing for Lake Las Vegas.

Echelon delayed, Boyd decision hailed

The announcement by Boyd Gaming Corp. on Friday morning that the casino operator will delay construction of its $4.8 billion Echelon project on the Strip for up to a year was met with applause on Wall Street.

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