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I have the world’s most difficult job. Sitting at my desk, trying to come up with interesting story ideas for my Casino City readers, I stumbled upon a link advertising poker lessons with World Series of Poker Champion Tom McEvoy.

The biggest casino operators have achieved their status not by building new resorts but through mergers and acquisitions.

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

Fuel prices are nearing a 'tipping point' that could deter Americans from taking summer vacations, the head of one of the nation's largest travel trade groups said Thursday.

Hollywood studios are lining up to cash in on the anticipated popularity of summer films featuring comic book heroes such as the X-Men mutants and Superman.

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

British vacationers have for years crossed the Atlantic to trade London fog for a brief run of Las Vegas sun and fun.

The Hard Rock Hotel is going to get a little pricier, as the new owner intends to grow earnings from $40 million to $50 million a year, the chief executive officer of New York-base

Proponents of downtown redevelopment are counting on new hotel-casinos to spice up an entertainment district proposed for Las Vegas' 61-acre Union Park site.

The Hard Rock Hotel, a pop icon in Las Vegas with its signature neon guitar and concert venue, The Joint, has been sold to New York-based Morgans Hotel Group for $770 million.

News Brief: Morgans Hotel Group Co. has agreed to buy the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for $770 million in cash from the property's founder and chairman.

The March winds blew yet another travel industry record into Las Vegas, this time the highest monthly visitor count in local history.

Timothy Poster and Tom Breitling, former owners of the Golden Nugget, and leads in The Casino reality show, will play in the CEO Poker event at The Palms, Oct 22-27, for the title of Chairman of Poker.

Another month, another $1 billion won by Nevada casinos. And it doesn't appear there will be any slowdown.

World Series Champion Tom McEvoy says he longs for the days when all he did was play poker. With large boxes of unread books and unwatched movies sitting in his Las Vegas home, 61-year McEvoy simply doesn’t have the time for basic pleasures.

In a town that thrives on size the Las Vegas civic ego may take a blow in a few years when the world's largest hotel opens in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

More than 500 people attended the grand opening of the VEGAS 888 sales center, with buyers and potential buyers arriving from both domestic and international addresses.

Jaes Grosjean describes himself as a 'professional advantage gambler' who has written articles and a book about gambling. Now he's asking the Supreme Court for a jackpot.

The possible design and cost of a proposed 320-acre equestrian park on Las Vegas' northern edge are beginning to take shape - but the plan still is many furlongs from the finish li

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