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The $750 million expansion and renovation project that will double the Hard Rock Hotel's size and add 950 hotel rooms by mid-2009 is under way on the northwest corner of Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road.

Jeff Simpson looks forward to likely casino industry developments in 2008.

The investment group working to buy Hooters Hotel made a $500,000 nonrefundable, nonapplicable fee payment Monday to retain exclusive purchase rights for the property.

Between the WSOP and the famous cash games at the Bellagio, Las Vegas is the center of the poker world for glitz and glamour. But when the poker world is measured by how many tables are in a casino, California is king.

A decision to change where some of Macau's top junket operators bring their big-spending customers could be troublesome for Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Wynn Resorts Ltd.

Las Vegas tax adviser Marissa Chien's book, "Tax Help for Gamblers," co-written by gambling book author Jean Scott, just might be one of the biggest revelations about gambling in years.

News brief: The newest megaresort on the Las Vegas Strip may not open before New Year's Eve and is focusing instead on a grand opening Jan. 17.

PokerTek is also rolling out a poker game for bars, restaurants and other noncasino venues that plays like a video game.

Long-time Massachusetts resident Gary Loveman officially becomes part owner of the NBA team he has rooted for since the 1980s.

Sheldon Adelson and Gary Loveman attended a hearing at the State House on Tuesday with the hopes of encouraging the state's legislature to allow them to build resort-style casinos in their home state.

The show’s landmark run at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, grossed more than $400 million throughout 717 performances.

If for some reason you weren't one of the 3 million people who made it to Celine Dion's spectacular, you can catch one of the last two shows tonight or tomorrow.

Gaming experts expressed skepticism at Terri Lanni's forecast, saying evidence points toward growth in 2008.

Palazzo to make history as the first modern Las Vegas resort to enter a float in the annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in California.

If the effort to build an arena in Las Vegas is, as many believe, largely a race to see who gets a shovel in the ground first, this week's developments clearly left the city's preferred developer in second place.

News Brief: Four construction workers fell while working at a Las Vegas Strip high-rise site.

News Brief: Sin City is moving ahead with plans for a museum dedicated to its mobster past — with the approval and assistance of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

While most teenagers are happy for a job at McDonald's or the mall, a handful of high school students are being groomed for management jobs at Strip resorts.

If there's one thing that really irks Jeff Simpson as a consumer, it is lousy customer service.

Sometimes, slot machine makers think they've come up with a better mouse trap, and the mice don't bite.