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MGM Mirage Chairman and CEO Jim Murren says that he would like to discuss ideas for creating jobs with the President Barack Obama.

French legend David Benyamine defeated Luke Schwartz heads-up to win the title and take home $476,000.

The Hard Rock Hotel's $770 million expansion will get put to the test during Chinese New Year in Las Vegas.

PokerStars has reached a deal with ESPN to televise the newly-launched North American Poker Tour beginning in April.

Las Vegas Sands said it narrowed its fourth-quarter net loss from a year ago thanks to booming results from its Macau casinos.

The league stages at the Party Poker Premier League IV at the M Resort in Las Vegas is over with four players going directly to the final table.

Simon Property Group, the nation's largest shopping mall owner, made a $10 billion hostile bid Tuesday to acquire ailing General Growth Properties.

ESPN will broadcast 16 hours of the PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour. The NAPT Venetian will be held in Las Vegas from Feb. 20-24 and will kick off ESPN2’s taped coverage on April 19.

A ruling on whether Wynn Las Vegas' tip-pooling policy breaks state labor law has been delayed until at least May.

The Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas will dim its lights on Feb. 18 in honor of racing legend Dale Earnhardt.

The sixth edition of the popular "National Heads-Up Poker Championship" is sponsored by GoDaddy and will take place March 4-7.

A report by a gaming industry advisory firm said sales of high-rise condos and hotel-condo units within the Strip residential market has increased.

Las Vegas has been been preparing for the the lucrative two-week Chinese New Year celebration for the past year.

Atlantic City gaming revenues fell for the 17th straight month as competition emerged in Pennsylvania and Delaware and two operators planned their exit.

The Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas will host the “Dale Earnhardt Foundation Celebrity Poker Tournament” on Feb. 25.

Gaming revenues in Nevada fell 10.4 percent in 2009, the largest single-year decline in state history.

The Station Casinos subsidiary that manages and owns 50 percent of the Green Valley Ranch Resort filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday.

The Party Poker Premier Leave IV Main Event kicks off on Saturday at the M Resort in Las Vegas.

Moody's Investors Services have given Pinnacle Entertainment's bonds a negative rating after reports of declining earnings from Pinnacle's Louisiana and Indiana casinos.

The slot machine giant said it would close its operations in Japan later this year because of "ongoing difficult market conditions and lack of strategic fit."