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Innovative Gaming Corp. of America announced it expects to report an operating profit for the quarter ending Dec. 31.

Station Casinos is re-evaluating its options after a state gaming review panel overturned a decision that would have allowed the company to build a hotel-casino.

The company blamed a variety of factors for its performance, including severe weather conditions in December, a 10 % decrease in table game play, lower-than-expected hold and higher casino operating expenses.

The state Gaming Control Board is drawing sharp criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union for its refusal to take action against the Hard Rock hotel-casino over the firing of a whistle-blower.

Las Vegas developers say they're cautiously optimistic that they won't be hurt if the national economic slowdown hits Las Vegas.

All three of the Strip's major casino operators say they've seen no evidence the market is getting soft.

The Venetian reports a big drop in table game hold but hotel revenues are strong.

A San Francisco developer is vowing to mount a legal challenge to the constitutionality of Nevada's gaming regulations, following the Nevada Gaming Commission's unanimous decision to deny him a gaming license.

News Brief: A Las Vegas legislator has proposed a bill that would allow Las Vegas Strip-area time share projects to have casinos - a plan likely to face opposition from the gambling industry.

San Francisco businessman Luke Brugnara says he's confident the Nevada Gaming Commission will approve him for a license, but if it doesn't, he's vowing to file suit against state gaming regulators.

Detroit businessman Don Barden has come one step closer to acquiring Fitzgeralds hotel-casino, following a bankruptcy court's approval of his plans to buy the struggling downtown Las Vegas property.

The latest addition to the Roadrunners chain of taverns isn't your typical Las Vegas bar and casino.

Twenty-four top executives and managers at the Regent Las Vegas will be eligible to receive as much as $1.35 million in retention and severance benefits.

After the electricity hike, comes the fight from an alliance of the state's two most powerful industries -- gaming and mining.

Some Nevada schoolchildren are taking part in an elective critical thinking course which includes discussing the long odds associated with wagering.

The Rio contract, covering 2,500 workers, is patterned on the Culinary contract from the Bellagio, and includes health and pension benefits, guaranteed hours and grievance procedures.

The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino has activated enhanced cellular service, making wireless communication easy and accessible throughout the property.

Our heroes are no longer the gamblers, today our heroes are gourmet chefs like Wolfgang Puck and Emeril Legasse.

A judge denied several Desert Inn Estates homeowners' requests to stop further demolition work at Desert Inn Golf Course.

A Las Vegas expert lists the five top gamers and five top gamblers who contributed to the first 70 years of legalized gambling in Nevada.