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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA— Oct. 2, 2000 – As reported by The Associated Press: “Five people have been sentenced to prison for participating in a slot machine cheating ring that targeted Nevada casinos.

Harrah's employee claims discrimination after being fired for refusing to comply with a new policy requiring female employees to wear makeup.

David Mattsen and Michael Milot accept plea agreements that would allow them to avoid prison sentences.

News Brief: Casino dealers at a Las Vegas Strip resort allege management is interfering with their right to improve working conditions by banning union and other job-related literature.

News Brief: Illusionists and singing impressionist have replaced the lounge singer.

A brief history of the dinner show in Las Vegas.

The Regent Las Vegas has halted payments on $120 million in high-yield bonds as its parent company in Switzerland apparently declined to continue covering all of the resort's losses.

Steve Wynn's top executives today denied reports that the casino mogul plans to sell the Desert Inn, rather than imploding the property and building a massive new megaresort in its place.

Unlike other implosions of old casinos that were big events with fireworks, the El Rancho will be a subdued affair.

The state's card (poker) rooms could have competed with tribal casinos for blackjack players, but Gov. Davis said an amendment would be required to do that.

Mayor Goodman’s wish for the Smithsonian Institution to open its first Western museum in Las Vegas may be a long shot.

News Brief: The El Rancho hotel-casino, a longtime eyesore on the Las Vegas Strip, will go out with a bang Oct. 3.

Station Casinos, through its Smart Start project, is helping five Clark County School District elementary schools by donating $2,500 to each school for student and school supplies.

News Brief:The mass layoffs set to take effect in two months will provide a new labor pool during a time of year when workers are hard to find.

Authorities believe Walters and others ran an illegal gambling ring out of Walters' sports consulting business. But two of three indictments have been dismissed.

Rumors of buried treasures left behind by murdered casino owner Ted Binion may have received added fuel after a fruitless search for gold and diamonds at his Pahrump ranch Saturday left investigators irritated but piqued the curiosity of area residents.

The purchase of the long-struggling Tower Shops mall is part of a big cash infusion into the Stratosphere.

For residents of Southern Nevada getting a taxi to come to your home can seem as difficult as winning Megabucks on the first pull of the handle.

A tentative agreement has been reached in the controversy that shut down the C2K nightclub at the Venetian hotel-casino three weeks ago.

Inadvertently released from county jail, Frimmel located in New Jersey.