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Today, bowling centers have emerged as revenue-generating amenities for local gaming companies seeking a different kind of high roller.

CIM Group, the largest commercial landlord in a Hollywood shopping and entertainment district, is scouting the shuttered Lady Luck casino as a potential investment.

To celebrate its seven new routes to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, AirTran Airways will send one winner and seven of his or her friends to Las Vegas, where they will stay at The Palms Casino Resort.

In this installment, Hoyt Corkins wins his second bracelet, the heads-up event is down to the final-eight, Negreanu makes another final table and the Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys tournament is a zoo.

When Corum, the official designer of this year's 55 World Series of Poker gold bracelets, took one look at the massive bracelets of old, they decided to create something players could actually wear in public.

A place where coinless slot machines are considered high technology is moving closer to the ranks of cities with widespread wireless Internet access.

Boyd Gaming unveiled details and renderings for the $4.8 billion Echelon, which will have five hotels surrounding a multiuse resort destination on 87 acres.

Katja Thater was the first woman to win a World Series of Poker tournament open to anyone since 2004, and Phil Hellmuth tied T.J. Cloutier by making his 39th career WSOP final table yesterday.

Stars Gina Gershon, Shannon Elizabeth, Willie Garson and Brad Garrett and top poker professional Jennifer Harman have joined the growing list of celebrities who plan to play in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament July 5 at the 38th annual World Series of Poker.

MGM Mirage and Kerzner International Holdings Limited report that the companies have entered into a letter of intent to form a 50/50 joint venture to develop a multi- billion dollar integrated resort property on the Las Vegas Strip.

Hellmuth's final table appearance in Event #28 moved him into a first-place tie for that mark, matching TJ Cloutier’s 39. Cloutier was in attendance Tuesday to congratulate Hellmuth.

Bill Boyd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Boyd Gaming and Bob Boughner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Gaming's Echelon Resorts, joined top company executives along with executives from its strategic partners, Morgans Hotel Group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, AEG Live and General Growth Properties at a groundbreaking ceremony.

Morgans Hotel Group Co. and Boyd Gaming Corporation announced their development and design plans for the new Mondrian and Delano hotels at Echelon in Las Vegas.

WSOP Hold’em final tables traditionally seat nine, meaning Phil Hellmuth will need to survive one more bust out to officially own a piece of the entire WSOP Triple Crown (most bracelets, most cashes, most final table appearances).

The talk of recruiting a National Hockey League franchise to Las Vegas couldn't have come at a better time for local tourism officials.

Operators of a televised poker venue dealt downtown Las Vegas a bad hand this week when they revealed plans to pull their stake out of the near-empty Neonopolis mall.

After a marathon negotiating session, Harrah's Entertainment early Friday became the first casino operator to reach a tentative accord on a new collective bargaining agreement with the state's largest labor union.

Amatuers Ben Ponzio and Ralph Schwartz secure their first bracelets, while Phil Hellmuth chases number 12 and reaches the 60-cash milestone in Event # 28.

Eli Elezra won his first gold bracelet in Saturday night’s Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship (Event #24), defeating the “Prince of Poker” Scotty Nguyen in an epic heads-up match. Scott Clements won his second title, while 21-year old James Mackey won his first.

With Kirk Kerkorian wanting to buy the Bellagio, you may want to buy a casino, too, and are wondering what's left.