Nevada News - Page 492

Don’t wait until the “Last Dance” to see Donna Summer, watch her perform for one night only at the Peppermill Resort Casino on Friday, Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Tuscany Events Center.

Unlike the Strip's pyramid-shaped Luxor, trendy Treasure Island or stylized New York-New York, however, Binion's can provide an authentic peek into a rowdier, more swashbuckling era locals and old-time gamblers refer to as 'the real Las Vegas.'

Advances that can put tiny radio frequency identification tags in everything from gambling chips to shirt collars and even bed sheets, means tracking technology can now be embedded deep in nearly every aspect of casino resort operations.

Heinz "Henri" Lewin, a gaming industry veteran who escaped Nazi Germany and foresaw the convention potential of Las Vegas, died Wednesday in San Francisco.

Casino Data Imaging that Silver Legacy Resort Casino and 7 Cedars Casino have licensed CDI’s CasinoCAD© v4 business intelligence program.

Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design LLC has partnered with world-renowned chef Charlie Trotter to open Restaurant Charlie, located in The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UltimateBet.com's best and brightest poker professionals have been recruited to instruct the upcoming Advanced WSOP Academy, set to get underway in Las Vegas this weekend.

Danny Gans will return to the Wynn family in February, 2009, when he brings his unique one-man show to the new Encore resort at Wynn Las Vegas.

News Brief: Facing competition from Northern California's Indian casinos, Horizon Casino Resort is changing hands and might exit the gambling business.

Almost 50 years after she designed the diamond-shaped icon, Betty Willis finally is making a little extra cash off the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign.

CityCenter and International Game Technology have signed a formal memorandum of understanding pertaining to installing a server-based network and related IGT sb and gaming management system products at the development's resort casino scheduled to open in late 2009.

An extra day on the calendar -- not five-star dining nor gilded new hotels --is what brought more people to Las Vegas in February.

Chet and Karla Cox's story shows what can happen when small-business people seek a Nevada gaming license.

Progress on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas is proceeding, seemingly unfazed by the financial uncertainties and cost overruns that are plaguing projects such as the Cosmopolitan, Tropicana and the neighboring Crown Las Vegas.

The Nevada Supreme Court will conduct a hearing on July 1 to determine whether a petition to increase the gaming tax should go on the November ballot.

A recent Nevada Supreme Court ruling that said free meals provided to patrons by casinos are exempt from taxation has far-ranging and unintended results that could devastate the state's economy, the attorney general's office said Monday.

Federal officials are trying to determine whether Nevada officials mishandled an investigation of a sewer system accident that killed two men at The Orleans last year.

The Tropicana’s sister resort at Lake Tahoe, facing eviction for subpar performance, has agreed to pay $165 million to the landowner for permission to stay put for another three years.

The sinking economy, high gasoline prices, airline troubles and other downbeat financial news are causing casino customers to hang on to discretionary income.

With the U.S. dollar weakening against foreign currencies, international investors are snapping up many of the Strip's high-priced condos.