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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating competition issues concerning Harrah's pending $1.46 billion acquisition of Horseshoe Gaming.

The newest hotel-casino to open in Las Vegas claimed several other firsts when it checked in its first guests Thursday afternoon.

Nearly half of Nevada's hotel-casinos have complied with a new state law requiring them to file emergency response plans with the state and local police and fire departments.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended approval of a gaming license for an officer of the Hard Rock hotel-casino, but took the opportunity to criticize the property's risque advertising.

Two contracts were approved last week for the design, construction and equipping of a planned 2.3-mile extension of the monorail into downtown Las Vegas from the Sahara hotel-casino along Main Street to a station near the Fremont Street Experience.

A subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. claims delays on the part of Nevada Power Co. are holding up plans to build a power plant at The Rio hotel-casino and have cost the company more than $1.5 million.

Imperial Palace owner Betty Engelstad and the property's two new trustees have made big investments in technology that are starting to pay off for the center Strip resort.

Donald Trump says his plans for Las Vegas aren't getting smaller; they're getting bigger. He’s just not sure where the site for his proposed development will be.

The Professional Bull Riders tour has enjoyed a remarkable surge in popularity and is bringing more visitors to Las Vegas.

News Brief: Casino developer Steve Wynn sold one of the 'season's sexiest' paintings for a record amount at a Christie's auction Tuesday night.

What's been a disappointing year for the local Asian travel sector could conclude on a positive note for Las Vegas, the convention authority's Japanese representative said Tuesday from Tokyo.

The oft-delayed redevelopment of the New Frontier is getting closer to reality, but plans to build Trump Tower Las Vegas on the site are now on hold, property owner Phil Ruffin said Monday.

A drop in the number of large conventions and dwindling attendance at major meetings toward the end of this year will hurt at least two major gaming operators, a new report from UBS Warburg says.

Inspection delays have pushed back indefinitely the opening of the Westin Casuarina Hotel and Spa, an approximately $80-million resort project built on the site of the former Maxim. The developer had hoped the hotel-casino would be open by now.

or a property with a small casino floor, a mere 657 rooms and roughly 1,200 parking spaces, the Hard Rock's influence extends far beyond its off-Strip location in the shadow of the city's megaresorts.

AirTran Airways, a discount passenger carrier that currently offers 12 nonstop round trips a week between McCarran International Airport and Atlanta, will link Las Vegas and Dallas with a pair of nonstop round trips early next year.

In 3 ½ years, Icahn Gaming Chief Executive Officer Rich Brown has seen a handful of smaller casinos more than quadruple their cash flow.

Las Vegas has replaced Columbus, Ohio, as the best city in the United States to conduct market research, an executive for NBC said Wednesday.

More than 260 of the nation's best slot players will gather at Harrah's Las Vegas on Nov. 3 to compete for $1 million and the title of National Champion of Slots at the finals of the ninth annual Harrah's Millionaire Maker.