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The burgeoning nightclub scene has brought a new kind of money to Las Vegas — and an old kind of trouble.

Jeff Simpson on the folks who are suing MGM Mirage because they believe they were misled about their purchase of condo-hotel units at the Signature towers at MGM Grand.

Ben Mezrich's best-selling book about an MIT blackjack team has been adapted to the big screen as "21" premieres this week. Watch the movie's trailer and find out how the relationship between Mezrich and the book's main character - Jeff Ma - led to the creation of this motion picture and changed their lives forever.

Gamblers lost nearly $632.9 million in downtown Las Vegas casinos in 2007, slightly more than the year before, ending a three-year slide for the historic Glitter Gulch gambling market.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. reports that it and TLC Casino Enterprises have agreed to close the sale of Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel on or before March 7, 2008.

The Seminole Tribe has turned down an offer from Triple Five to purchase about 40 acres the company owns across from Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip

A hotel company and an investment firm have reached an agreement to save New York developer Bruce Eichner's financially troubled $3 billion Cosmopolitan from default, an official with the Strip project said Wednesday.

Show Partners returns to Las Vegas for the fourth straight year of production and show operations for the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

News Brief: The judge in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery case on Wednesday refused defense lawyers' requests to postpone his trial.

Further establishing Wynn Las Vegas as the pre-eminent luxury destination in Las Vegas, Encore Suites will premiere in December 2008.

Apple and Avid Technologies will no longer exhibit at the National Association of Broadcasters show, an annual television industry event that attracts about 100,000 guests.

Ago, the elegant Italian trattoria named after its celebrated executive chef partner, Agostino Sciandri, will officially open its doors at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

A hotel amenity became a fire hazard when safes to hold valuables were installed incorrectly in 15 percent of guest rooms at the Monte Carlo.

Clark County commissioners this week approved remodeling plans for the Sahara, which include a new high-rise hotel tower.

The Palms Place condominium tower received a temporary certificate of occupancy from Clark County inspectors Friday.

A $1 billion cash infusion from its joint venture partner gave MGM Mirage's fourth-quarter earnings a boost.

Bette Midler "The Showgirl Must Go On," created in partnership with AEG Live exclusively for The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, premiered to a sold-out crowd.

MicroStrategy reports that Silverton Casino Lodge has selected MicroStrategy's Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards for improved insights into its business performance.

Deal card wizards the same hands and see who can play ’em best, suggests Henderson’s Phil Zajac.