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The casino giant declined to comment on reports that the off-Strip Rio may be for sale in Las Vegas.

A report from Bloomberg says Harrah's Entertainment is attempting to sell the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is known worldwide as a premier destination for gaming and nightlife. But another great aspect of the city is the array of top-shelf dining options. Casino City's Vin Narayanan can be described as a Vegas regular, and he has come up with his top-10 places to eat in Sin City.

The 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions will have a $1 million prize pool with fans having the opportunity to vote online on who will participate.

Six hotels plus a shuttered construction subsidiary will each pay a $3,000 fine because of illegal remodeling.

A judge ordered Harrah's Entertainment to turn over documents related to a high-roller accused of bouncing checks totaling $14.75 million at two casinos.

The World Series of Poker released the schedule for the 2010 WSOP Thursday, and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament is notably absent.

The 2010 World Series of Poker has been announced with action kicking off on May 28. A total of 57 coveted gold bracelets will be up for grabs.

Casino City provides video evidence as to why these 10 poker professionals would not be good replacements for Jeffrey Pollack as WSOP commissioner.

Casino City spoke with the new Main Event champ via cell phone as he was driving from New York City to the ESPN studios in Connecticut on Wednesday night. Cada, who was celebrating his 22nd birthday, talked with us about his newfound celebrity status, his role as an "ambassador of poker" and how Darvin Moon ended up partying in his hotel suite in the wee hours of the morning after the final table heads-up match.

21-year-old Joe Cada beat Darvin Moon heads-up to win the World Series of Poker Main Event title and win $8.5 million. The win also made Cada the youngest Main Event champion.

When Joe Cada and Darvin Moon began play at 1 p.m. Sunday in Las Vegas, Phil Ivey was the favorite to reach the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. When play ended nearly 17 hours later, Cada and Moon were the last men standing.

The first portion of the WSOP Main Event final table lasted nearly 17 hours and in the end the two players whose play will be most criticized -- Darvin Moon and Joe Cada -- will be back on Monday night with the title on the line.

One year after producing "same-day coverage" of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table for the first time, ESPN is ready to pull it off again this season and the network has a few changes in store, including the possibility of airing more than the usual two hours of coverage.

The Clark County District Attorney’s office won’t file charges against two women arrested in a Metro Police undercover operation in July at the Rio’s Sapphire Pool.

Metro Police officers made arrests for “prostitution-related activity” Saturday at the Rio’s Sapphire Pool, resulting in hotel-casino’s decision to close the pool.

Nebraska philanthropist facing felony bad-check charges mounts legal challenge that, if successful, could open the door for other gamblers with casino debts to also attack the law.

Fans roared as Phil Ivey reached the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. But if the poker superstar is going to win the tournament in November, he has to overcome neophyte Darvin Moon and his mountain of chips.

Dennis Phillips isn't among the final 27 players at the World Series of Poker Main Event. But Phil Ivey is -- and he has a lot of chips. Look out world.

While Dennis Phillips was outlasting J.C. Tran, Joe Hachem and Peter Eastgate at one table, Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari moved into position to challenge for the championship as the Main Event field thinned to 64.