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MGM Mirage gave fresh hotel rooms gratis to Monte Carlo guests, and employees worked past midnight picking up prescriptions for customers who'd left their medications in their luggage inside the hotel.

County fire investigators blamed flying molten metal and a lack of safety measures by construction workers for last week's blaze atop the Monte Carlo resort, officials said Thursday.

The international union organizing casino dealers on the Strip is forming a new gaming division to better focus its efforts to unionize locally.

The rivalry between dueling furniture markets in Las Vegas and High Point, N.C., took a turn for the awkward this week.

Binion's casino is opening a new era in the world of poker this week by opening the Women in Poker Hall of Fame.

Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club announced today that the 2008 schedule for The Wynn Classic poker tournament will take place from February 26 through March 19.

Many exterior features on the Strip's most recognizable hotel-casinos are made from the same material used to create the rooftop facade on the Monte Carlo, foam that might have fueled the Friday fire that closed the resort.

Las Vegas sports book operator Leroy's is testing its self-service betting kiosks inside sports bars and restaurants.

High oil prices didn't stop rural America from flocking to Florida's beaches or the bright lights of Las Vegas, if a 48 percent revenue increase for Allegiant Travel Co. is any guide.

Get ready to put the pedal to the metal -- Interstate 15 is about to shed its reputation as the slowest highway in the history of Nevada.

Welding on the Monte Carlo rooftop might be a factor in the three-alarm fire that forced the Strip hotel-casino to empty on Friday, a hotel executive said, but he and the Clark County Fire Department disagree on whether a permit was obtained for the welding

The latest Mobil Travel Guide shows the march of luxury up and down the Strip continues unabated.

It's the first major furniture market event since the real estate market fully unraveled and buyers and sellers at World Market Center are coping with the fallout.

Malfunctioning fire doors and exit doors were among fire safety violations that the Clark County Fire Department found at the Monte Carlo in a surprise November inspection triggered when one of the hotel's security officers contacted fire prevention officials.

Clark County fire investigators continued their probe of the Monte Carlo blaze Monday and had not determined what sparked the flames atop the Strip hotel that forced its evacuation and closure.

Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club receives its second consecutive Mobil Five Star and American Automobile Association's Five Diamond awards.

Friday's fire at the Monte Carlo resort may have exposed a developing slump in the Las Vegas tourism market.

Organizers of one of the country's biggest furniture shows say registration for their upcoming Las Vegas market is up despite a national housing slump.

Hundreds of contract workers were deployed Sunday to the Monte Carlo to repair floors damaged by Friday's fire.

It’s unclear when the Monte Carlo will reopen after a fire burned for an hour today atop the casino on the Las Vegas Strip.