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Amid an Internal Revenue Service investigation and media scrutiny of two of the Strip’s most popular nightclubs, state gaming regulators are launching an industrywide review of the lucrative business dealings between casinos and their nightclub partners.

New York-based FX Real Estate and Entertainment is planning an Elvis-themed hotel-casino development for nearly 18 acres on the Strip across from CityCenter, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing this week.

This week’s movie release of '21' might once again draw countless wannabes to Las Vegas who are convinced they’ve got what it takes to bring down the house.

News Brief: Las Vegas would like to hold on to one myth in particular these days: Gambling is recession proof.

Casino dealers in Las Vegas are cheering a landmark ruling last week by a California court against a tip-sharing policy at Starbucks they hope will build public support for a similar lawsuit filed by dealers at Wynn Las Vegas.

In the April issue of Men’s Vogue, Michael Kaplan visits the 12th annual Blackjack Ball in Las Vegas, where the world’s most skilled blackjack players very discreetly convene to imbibe and talk shop.

Proponents of two ballot initiatives that ask voters to reallocate hotel room tax dollars away from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority might not be finding much support.

Business at the Monte Carlo has mostly returned to normal after a rooftop fire two months ago, according to Monte Carlo President Anton Nikodemus said.

Basketball fans jam Las Vegas Strip spots like the 40/40 Club as the NCAA Tournament begins.

A 50 percent interest in Las Vegas' oldest hotel-casino was sold Thursday to an investment partnership controlled by two brothers whose family made their fortune manufacturing nuts and bolts in the Midwest.

After screening “21” at its premiere, Casino City finds that despite a plot and conclusion that differ from the book it is based on, the film will appeal to a variety of movie-goers, regardless of whether or not they have gambling in their blood.

Cosmopolitan Chief Operating Officer Scott Butera, a former investment banker specializing in reorganizing financially troubled companies, has left the troubled Strip project to take over as president of Tropicana Entertainment.

The Las Vegas County Commission approved Elad IDB Las Vegas LLC's Site Development Plan and Special Use Permit today giving the company all necessary entitlements to begin moving forward with their plans on expanding The Plaza brand to the Las Vegas Strip.

Foreclosure filing meant to push Strip project’s sale.

Luxor is picking up two nongaming attractions from the Tropicana.

Electrician who blew the whistle on illegal remodeling at the Rio hotel encouraged Clark County commissioners to push for thorough investigation of management at Harrah's Entertainment.

Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied The Venetian's appeal of last year's ruling by a federal circuit court that the casino violated U.S. labor law in March 1999.

Two multibillion-dollar Strip developments less than two miles apart could become victims of the tightening credit markets and rising construction costs.

Christine Binkley’s just-published book, “Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman and the Race to Own Las Vegas,” is yet another sign that the gaming business has arrived.

Perini Corporation reports that Deutsche Bank has begun the foreclosure process on the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino as a parallel track to its negotiations with Global Hyatt Corporation and New York-based Marathon Asset Management.