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Casino Offers Drink to Boost Anti-Yucca Mountain Campaign

14 April 2002

News Brief: Bellying up to the bar at Jerry's Nugget Casino will get you more than just a hangover. It'll help a campaign to keep nuclear waste out of Nevada.

Stratosphere Thrill Ride Delayed Another Month

12 April 2002

News Brief: The Stratosphere will wait another month for a verdict from the Las Vegas Planning Commission on a controversial roller coaster that nearby residents believe will hurt the quality of life in their neighborhoods.

Holy Cow! Casino, Cafe and Brewery Fights Eviction

12 April 2002

The Holy Cow! Casino, Cafe and Brewery, which closed its casino operations on March 22 but is still operating its brewery on the premises, is fighting its landlord's eviction efforts.

North Las Vegas Casino Project Approved

11 April 2002

The North Las Vegas Planning Commission has unanimously approved a five-story, 300-room hotel-casino project to be built.

Union Seeks Sands Arbitration

11 April 2002

Culinary Workers Local 226 is trying to force the Las Vegas Sands Inc. to go to arbitration to resolve claims that the union violated an old contract between the union and the Las Vegas Sands.

Court Rejects Binion's Petition

11 April 2002

The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected the petition of Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas to lift a $1.9 million lien filed against it by the Fremont Street Experience.

Arizona Moves Against Cheaters

10 April 2002

News Brief: Nearly a decade after Indian casinos first opened in Arizona, the state may make it illegal to cheat while gambling.

Stratosphere Dealers Reject Union

9 April 2002

Stratosphere table games dealers have at least temporarily ended their relationship with a New York-based union in a move that one organizer argues is the result of a stacked deck.

Aladdin Utility Company Files for Bankruptcy

8 April 2002

The majority owner of a heating and cooling plant at the Aladdin resort on the Las Vegas Strip has filed for bankruptcy, a move it says is necessary to prevent possible foreclosure.

MGM Grand Only Private Casino Applicant

5 April 2002

Three months after the Nevada Gaming Commission approved rules allowing the state's casinos to build private casino areas, only the MGM Grand has applied to open a private casino.

PT Pub Purchase Approved

5 April 2002

The Nevada Gaming Control Board gave preliminary approval to Blake Sartini and his wife, Delise, to expand their growing slot machine route business in Las Vegas with the purchase of PT's Pubs.

World Series of Poker Set To Begin

5 April 2002

The 33rd annual World Series of Poker is scheduled to begin next week at Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas.

Flamingo Hilton-Laughlin Agrees to Union Contract

5 April 2002

The Steelworkers union said it reached an agreement with the Flamingo Hilton-Laughlin for its first contract there representing 900 hotel-casino workers.

Union Charges Poor Work Conditions for Housekeepers

4 April 2002

More than 2,000 Culinary Union members were at a rally to highlight horrendous working conditions for about 10,000 housekeepers on the Las Vegas Strip.

Regulators Stumped on Ritz-Carlton Licensing

4 April 2002

The Nevada Gaming Control Board is stumped on how to grant a waiver to a corporation owned by 7,000 Indian shareholders without having to license every shareholder.

Developer Wins Approval For Resort

4 April 2002

The developer of a hotel and time-share proposal won approval from the Clark County Commission over the objection of three major casino companies that felt the $115 million project jammed too much onto a three-acre parcel.

Nevada Regulators Endorse New Four Queens Owner

4 April 2002

News Brief: Terry Caudill, a casino industry veteran who started out as a dice dealer, was endorsed as the new owner of the Four Queens hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas.

Players Line Up as Megabucks Hits $17 Million

2 April 2002

The Megabucks progressive slot machine jackpot climbed above $17 million on Monday as players stepped up to drop dollars into their favorite machines throughout Las Vegas.

Casinos Worried About Chinese Government Backlash

29 March 2002

News Brief: Casino industry executives worry about a possible Chinese government backlash in response to a highly critical Washington Post story about the influx of well-to-do gamblers from mainland China to Las Vegas.

Icahn Again Taking Stratosphere Private

29 March 2002

Financier Carl Icahn is once again moving forward with a proposal that would take Stratosphere Corp. completely private.

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