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Roughly 50 percent of CityCenter's nearly 2,650 high-end residential offerings have been claimed by buyers since MGM Mirage's $24 million sales pavilion on the Strip opened a year ago.

The new owners of Lake Las Vegas have a fresh set of challenges -- millions of dollars at stake in a series of lawsuits and unpaid bills left behind.

Retired Nevada Supreme Court Justice Miriam Shearing said Monday that she will try to decide quickly whether to throw out or keep intact a teachers union petition to increase the state gaming tax.

MGM Mirage released the last of CityCenter's exclusive residential offerings with the sales launch of The Harmon Hotel, Spa & Residences.

Nevada’s largest and most politically active union fired back Saturday at an attempt to shut down caucus sites on the Strip.

The Palazzo Las Vegas reports that three-time Grammy award winning performer, Seal, has been added to the star-studded grand opening concert lineup.

The owners of the Hard Rock Hotel seem poised to start collecting revenues from the largest cash flow amenity on the property: the casino.

Binion's sale to Four Queens owner Terry Caudill for $32 million was endorsed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday.

The $1.3 billion sale of the Stratosphere's parent company to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs was recommended for approval by the state Gaming Control Board on Wednesday.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. and TLC Casino Enterprises, Inc. announced that the Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously voted to recommend approval of the sale of Binion’s to TLC Casino Enterprises to the Nevada Gaming Commission yesterday.

News Brief: One Las Vegas race book has started accepting phone account wagers on Thoroughbred races.

Dealers at the Flamingo say they are being hauled into meetings where top managers at the Strip resort tell their captive audiences why they shouldn't follow workers at Caesars Palace and Wynn Las Vegas by trying to organize a union.

At the Las Vegas International Consumer Electronics Show, Panasonic, along with collaborations with YouTube and Comcast cable revealed several innovations including a 150-inch plasma TV.

Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC has appointed Audrey Oswell as President & Chief Operating Officer of Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

While other states fend off sports betting, Nevada is making it easier for residents to exercise their exclusive rights to bet on sports.

This week Jeff Simpson comments on the outlook in 2008 for the broader business community in Las Vegas.

Golden Gaming has given notice to the operators of the Hard Rock Hotel of its intent to terminate the casino management agreement for the niche property.

Schiffer chooses to ignore the events of 2007 while making some observations for the gaming world in 2008.

The $750 million expansion and renovation project that will double the Hard Rock Hotel's size and add 950 hotel rooms by mid-2009 is under way on the northwest corner of Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road.

Jeff Simpson looks forward to likely casino industry developments in 2008.