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This is the first of seven excerpts from “Murder in Sin City: The Death of a Las Vegas Casino Boss,” about the mob ties and murder of Ted Binion.

The Venetian’s Guggenheim Las Vegas will open with “The Art of the Motorcycle,” while the Hermitage Guggenheim will open with 45 masterpieces with a total appraised value of more than $2 billion.

In a rare move, the Nevada Gaming Control Board is considering withdrawing Sam Cecola's nomination to the "Black Book" -- the list of people barred from casinos.

A security guard who had worked less than six months at a downtown casino apparently walked off with $148,000 she was supposed to have been taking to a vault early today.

With Brian Sandoval's term as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission now at an end, speculation is starting in earnest over who his successor will be.

Industry analysts: Las Vegas casino operators could be better off launching Internet casinos instead of expanding with real casinos into newer markets -- if Nevada gaming regulators permit online gambling.

While confusion reigned over who is in control of the $1.2 billion Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Aladdin's top executives tried to calm resort employees, saying little change should be expected in the resort's operations.

Corporations and associations are tightening their belts for conventions and meetings in response to the slowing U.S. economy and Las Vegas is starting to feel the squeeze.

The Las Vegas Strip will be hit by a slowdown in free-and-independent travel, which is related to the economy in general, says Jason Ader, gaming analyst with Bear Stearns.

London Clubs International said this morning it does not have a definitive agreement to take majority control of the $1.2 billion Aladdin hotel-casino.

Nevada and Australian gaming regulators appear to vary on at least one significant element of regulating Internet gambling: how to curb activities of problem gamblers.

Station Casinos eliminates 24 middle-management executives, including the longtime corporate spokesman. Last week, Station reported a sharp decline in quarterly earnings.

An increase in revenues from two Missouri casinos acquired by Las-Vegas based Ameristar Casinos Inc. has boosted the company's earnings to record levels.

A federal bankruptcy judge agreed to award Los Angeles investment company Maritz Wolff up to $250,000 in expense reimbursements, even if the company is ultimately not successful in its bid for the bankrupt Regent Las Vegas hotel-casino.

Hard Rock Hotel reports a profit increase despite a below-normal level of money held by the casino at its gaming tables.

British casino operator London Clubs International announced today it is the new majority shareholder of the $1.2 billion Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

News Brief: The nightly, statewide `Nevada Numbers’ drawing is being tested in keno lounges at Bally's Las Vegas, Paris Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Hilton.

News Brief: Across the country riverboat casino owners in trouble with state regulators have found profit in their problems. They've sold their operations to less-troubled companies -- a practice gambling critics blast as license laundering.

Alan Goodenough has resigned as executive chairman of London Clubs International, as speculation swirled on both sides of the Atlantic that his company is about to take control of the $1.2 billion Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

A former support technician of Las Vegas currency validation equipment maker JCM American Corp., who was accused by the company of stealing company trade secrets, has disputed the company's charges.