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The new congressional leadership that is expected to take over in January means the legalized gambling industry may find friends on both sides of the aisle.

A $15.5 billion buyout offer that would take Harrah's Entertainment private may be the biggest private-equity deal the gaming industry has seen, but it probably won't be the last.

American Gaming Association President Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. said Tuesday that he hopes to bring one of the 2008 presidential debates to the University of Nevada, Reno.

Enough people to populate a small nation poured into Las Vegas in September, setting a record for the month and keeping Southern Nevada on pace to attract 38.7 million visitors this year.

At least five Internet companies have pulled out of the Las Vegas G2E show, and industry experts say recent arrests of Web-gambling executives make online gaming operators leery of coming to the United States.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Mark Advent, the man behind the New York-New York megaresort on the Strip that helped change the face of Las Vegas, is hoping to bring some of his creativity to Singapore.

The Sands has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the Buffalo Bill's, Primm Valley and Whiskey Pete's hotel-casinos for $400 million.

Table game players and sports bettors exited Nevada casinos with a little more money in their pockets as the state's monthly gaming win fell for only the second time in two years, according to figures released Thursday by the Gaming Control Board.

Joel Robuchon at MGM Grand was honored with a Mobil Five-Star Award by Mobil Travel Guide.

Santé, the Magazine for Restaurant Professionals has named chef Rick Moonen of restaurant rm at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino was awarded the Grand Award of Culinary Professional of the Year.

Operators of Fremont Street's renown Golden Nugget hotel casino are betting $100 million that a new shark aquarium, pool and restaurants will lure enough small fish to sustain that area's tourist revival.

This week: news on the Inspirada hotel and casino, Internet poker parlors, and how Strip casinos are joining the condo party.

Like mediocre math students wrestling with high-level calculus, the gamblers gathered at the Silverton are shifting in their seats.

The name Eric Lynch didn’t ring many bells in the poker community this summer when the Kansas resident made his first appearance at the World Series of Poker.

News Brief: Palms Casino Resort proprietor George Maloof is set to unveil what he calls a 'one-of-a-kind' concert venue this month, although it won't officially open until February.

Kelley Technologies has successful delivered high-end technology projects totaling more than $4 million at some of the most exciting properties in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Investigators continued the search for bodies on Sunday at the downtown hotel that was the site of the city’s deadliest fire.

News Brief: The Paris Las Vegas sports book on the Strip was closed Saturday and its ticket writers suspended pending an investigation that employees were underreporting their income from tips, officials said.

Jeff Simpson hopes anyone who doubted the Brothers Fertitta when they ponied up almost a billion dollars to build their Red Rock Resort has come to his senses.