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A bill to make it tougher to build casinos near residential neighborhoods in Las Vegas has run into tough opposition.

The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday unanimously approved a bill allowing big Las Vegas casinos to set up private gambling rooms to attract international ultra-high-rollers.

A number of downtown Las Vegas casinos, in response to the soaring costs of electricity, have launched an energy conservation campaign.

The Guggenheim Museum and the Venetian resort are betting that Las Vegas and its millions of visitors are ready for the cultural experience that a major art gallery delivers.

A Canadian firm plans to hold a "World Championship of Bingo" in November at the Venetian.

In his first shareholders meeting as chief executive of Park Place, Tom Gallagher pitched an ambitious, $500 million-plus expansion of Caesars Palace at his company's stockholders.

The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the petition of the Venetian Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and its Georgia law firm to suspend sanctions imposed during court hearings over mechanics liens against the hotel-casino.

News Brief: Las Vegas resorts are betting that Picasso and Renoir can compete with fighting pirates, dancing water fountains and exploding volcanoes and video poker.

The North Las Vegas Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved an application of a final development plan for a hotel-casino submitted by Millenium Gaming and the Mendenhall Family Trust.

When a small Las Vegas gaming company acquires the PT's Pub chain of video poker bars later this year, the deal won't include a 15,000-square-foot Henderson casino.

Strong business in Las Vegas Strip casinos pushed Nevada's gaming win to $858 million in March, the third highest revenue month in history.

Harrah's Entertainment has agreed to finance construction of a recreation center at a proposed senior citizen assisted-living project.

Bank of America has been aggressively buying Mandalay Resort Group shares on behalf of the Las Vegas-based casino operator, Mandalay disclosed in its annual report last week.

A three-year-old legal feud between Santa Fe Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas and a large shareholder has finally ended.

News Brief: The Austin Powers slot machines that have begun appearing in Las Vegas casinos might become the hard-to-find game that transforms the appeal of the slot floor.

The chief operating officer of the Stratosphere says the company is exploring a new thrill ride that would drop people more than 700 feet down the side of the tower.

Bob Stupak, the man who built the Stratosphere, looks upon the tower as a source of community pride but is looking forward to other projects.

With $75 million in improvements under way at the Stratosphere hotel-casino, Richard Brown, the company's chief operating officer, is thinking masterpiece.

Harrah's Chairman and Chief Executive Phil Satre strove to paint a rosy picture for 2001 at his company's annual shareholders' meeting.

The two companies will hold the second annual ``Bingo Magic - The World Championship of Bingo,'' which will offer $1.25 million in cash and prizes with the final game of the program having a guaranteed $1 million annuity prize.