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Terrible's casino expects to begin construction next month on a new parking garage that will mark the first phase of a larger casino expansion.

With occupancy of Southern Nevada's resorts up and the average daily room rate increasing, room tax coffers are bulging.

The Hard Rock says it will no longer accept high-roller action from gamblers with million-dollar credit lines who have the potential to lose -- or win -- millions from the casino.

A flulike illness that has stricken employees and guests at the Flamingo is believed to be caused by a type of Noro virus but the Clark County Health District won't have a final determination until today, a spokeswoman said.

An out-of-town couple in their 80s driving in a rental car plowed through a steel-reinforced concrete barrier at the Golden Nugget's parking garage on Monday, sending them plunging 18 feet to the pavement below.

Aristocrat Technologies Inc. is adding about 40 new positions in Las Vegas to handle the company's growing slot manufacturing business in North America.

News Brief: Paris Hilton is designing her own personal suite at the Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip

A division of America Online and VEGAS.com have launched a new Web site to deliver Spanish-language content about Las Vegas to Hispanic customers.

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

Lorenzo Creighton, president of the Flamingo Las Vegas, is the king of the hill at the joint Bugsy Siegel started half a century ago, a casino he wouldn't even have been allowed to enter back when the mob was still in charge.

If scarcity truly determines an item's value, superlatives could be had on the cheap Friday morning at the Forum Shops at Caesars.

The Nevada Supreme Court heard arguments whether attorney Charles McCrea Jr. is owed more than $1.4 million from Mikohn Gaming Corp., which fired him last year.

Peter Eliades, owner of the Olympic Garden topless bar in Las Vegas, has agreed to pay a $113,000 fine on allegations he violated gaming regulations.

Las Vegas Sands Inc., which owns the Venetian and is building the 3,000-room Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip, has received final approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission to sell up to $575 million in common stock.

Frank Scoblete: It was the best of crews; it was the worst of crews.

Archon's 27-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip remains in the predevelopment stage.

The confrontation between Las Vegas’ Culinary Local 226 and Harrah's Entertainment's more than striking casino workers in Atlantic City is far more likely to intensify than end any time soon.

The announcement Phil Satre will retire as chairman of Harrah's Entertainment closes out a distinguished and colorful career in the gaming industry.

Alliance Gaming reports Q1 loss from continuing operations totaled $(6.4) million, or $(0.13) per diluted share, on revenues of $116.9 million.

Visitor volume was off slightly in August compared with the previous year, but analysts attributed the downturn to an aberration in the calendar and said tourism remains strong.