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Passenger rates to Vegas have been up around 4 percent year-over-year for each month of 2015, and this trend is expected to continue.

Lee is running as a Democrat, and believes her experience working with Las Vegas-area nonprofits will help her in navigating Washington, D.C.'s partisan gridlock.

The last steel beam of the arena's structure was installed on Wednesday, May 26. The arena is scheduled to open in April 2016.

This Week in Gambling, Sheldon Adelson's hypocrisy regarding online gaming hits new depths. Also, gaming news from California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.

The $14.2 million acquisition will expand Nevada Gold's geographic diversity, the deal is expected to close in spring of 2016.

Other employees will have to file claims to receive their retirement payments, which Caesars temporarily stopped distributing as part of its Chapter 11 reorganization.

Richard St. Jean has been appointed the general manager of Hollywood Casino Jamul-San Diego, while Frank Quigley has taken St. Jean's vacated position as general manager of Hollywood Casino Toledo.

Affinity's board claims the proposed price of $9.75 per share was too low to be attractive.

Officials predict 330,000 visitors, more than turned up for New Year's or the Mayweather-Pacquiano fight, and travel numbers are the highest they've been for Memorial Day weekend in 10 years.

Proxy battles are common in corporate America, but they can be time-consuming and expensive. In the past several years, the gaming industry has become embroiled in many proxy battles.

The union says it will resume picketing if it cannot organize the casino's valet parking employees.

Many of Nevada's lawmakers and largest industries support Gov. Sandoval's plan to broaden the state's tax base, but others have raised objections.

The 201-room hotel will be designed to appeal primarily to middle-income Asian tourists, featuring games popular in Asia and an Asian-influenced architectural style.

The Henderson casino would be the Las Vegas-based company's first gaming property in the state of Nevada.

The first place winner will be going to the World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker tournament, and the second and third place winners have received cash prizes.

A bill authorizing ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Nevada won approval early Saturday in the Nevada Legislature. The governor is expected to sign the bill into law.

Gov. Sandoval signed the bill, which would allow gaming regulators to develop rules allowing slot machines to add skill-based factors to their games, on Thursday.

The board of directors unanimously approved a $228.1 million budget in less than 25 minutes.

Currently, in Nevada, large taxi companies can add new vehicles at will, but smaller companies can only add them with the permission of the large ones. SB183 would end that.

The charges stem from an FBI-led raid July 9 at three luxury Caesars Palace villas used in what authorities said was a worldwide multimillion-dollar betting operation.