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More than 60 executive- and management-level employees of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday moved one step closer to landing average salary range increases of approximately 14 percent to 15 percent.

Local travel leaders' decision Tuesday to commit $3.6 million over three years to promote an annual Arena Football League championship weekend illustrates their belief that top-tier special events will play an increased role in luring more visitors to Southern Nevada.

The leader of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said this city's message to would-be rivals remains remarkably simple: We're number one, and we're going to stay number one.

Gaming Partners International Corporation reports the appointment of Elisabeth Carrette to its board of directors.

A man won more than $3.9 million on a $20 investment while waiting for his departing flight from McCarran International Airport

Station Casinos has been named one of Fortune magazine's 100 best companies to work for in 2005, the first Nevada-based company and member of the gaming industry to appear on the list.

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. has reached agreements to acquire its partner's 18 percent interest in the company that owns and operates the Caesars Indiana casino resort.

A catfight between casino customers and a $1 million jackpot winner with terminal cancer were among the situations that unfolded on the latest reality television show in Las Vegas.

The New York-based travel and financial giant was introduced at Monday's centennial executive committee meeting as a national sponsor of this year's citywide birthday extravaganza.

Card Player magazine has launched a new Web site that offers expanded content, customization tools, and an enhanced version of its proprietary software.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. report that it is experiencing severe weather conditions at two of its casinos, Belterra Casino Resort and Boomtown Reno.

Card Player magazine reports that Daniel Negreanu has captured its prestigious 2004 Player of the Year title on the heels of a thrilling final shoot-out at Bellagio's Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Vivid Entertainment has entered into a licensing agreement with a subsidiary of ARK Restaurants Corp.to open VIVID, an upscale nightclub, at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino.

Reservations pour in furiously as Wynn Las Vegas' hotly anticipated opening nears.

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

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., owner of the World Series of Poker, has retained Pilson Communications, Inc., the sports television consulting firm run by former CBS Sports President Neal H. Pilson, to develop new broadcast extensions for the event.

Gracie Salinas had to borrow a dollar from her mother to play the $3 maximum on her second spin of the Wheel of Fortune dollar machine and, as a result, she says she'll split her $3.8 million jackpot with her parents.

Penn National Gaming Inc., the casino owner planning to buy Argosy Gaming Corp., will sell about $300 million of high-yield bonds this month to help fund the takeover, said a person familiar with the offering who declined to be identified.

Las Vegas Sands report that Brad Serwin has been named general counsel and secretary.

A legal and political battle between Strip titans Sheldon Adelson, owner of the Venetian, and Steve Wynn, owner of the as-yet-to-open Wynn Las Vegas, has entered the Clark County Commission chambers entered.