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Last week's hearing on statewide smoking restrictions exposed a rift in relationship between slot bars and casinos.

Jeff Haney on a new book about gambling in Las Vegas that ultimately folds because of its use of fictitious names.

he supply of rooms in Las Vegas available for Dec. 31 is rapidly dwindling and likely to sell out.

Two years after Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish were acquitted in their retrial of killing casino boss Ted Binion, one of the most publicized criminal cases in Las Vegas history is back in the news.

South Point owner Michael Gaughan is a straight shooter. He doesn't waste a lot of words, and what he says, he means.

Morgans Hotel Group signed an agreement in May to buy the Hard Rock Hotel from Peter Morton and will forfeit $50 million if the $770 million deal doesn't close by Feb. 11.

Rod Smith's final column offering a selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Clark County leaders hope the man in charge of the nation's fifth-busiest airport isn't quite ready to give up his parking spot at McCarran International Airport.

Rod Smith, the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Gaming Wire editor whose varied 30-year career took him into the fields of economics, politics and business journalism, died Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer.

Former Las Vegas Mayor Bill Briare set the standard for those who would follow in that post - that of a walking billboard for the city.

More than 40,000 dentists and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers helped Las Vegas attract a record number of visitors in October.

Three men from Los Angeles sued Mandalay Bay in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas last week, claiming they were assaulted and falsely arrested two years ago by hotel security guards looking for gun-toting, mask-wearing men.

Successful business leaders don't shy away from changing their minds when circumstances change or perspectives evolve.

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

Allegiant, the airline that carries small town America to the bright lights of Las Vegas is about to touch down on Wall Street.

The Flop a Lock innovation is a side bet that allows hold 'em players to bet on the outcome of the first three community cards on the table, called the flop.

McCarran International Airport will become entirely smoke-free by Friday - a dramatic transformation for the smoker-friendly airport.

When Lee and Adrienne Vance join the herd of more than 40,000 people who come to Las Vegas for National Finals Rodeo, they shop.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. will venture into the world of online gambling through a partnership with fledgling wireless-gaming device provider Cantor Gaming.

Steve Wynn was feeling very good about Wynn Resorts when Jeff Simpson met with him last week at Wynn Las Vegas.