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Wynn Las Vegas' president said Friday that the dealers who filed a lawsuit seeking to end the casino's 3-week-old tip pooling program are welcome at their jobs.

Casino City columnist Ryan McLane recently rediscovered the joy of poker by watching his grilfriend play in her first live No-Limit Hold'em poker tournament in Las Vegas.

The Nevada Gaming Commission approved Woolf's Las Vegas-based Navegante Group to operate three casinos in Elko under a management contract with the properties' ownership.

While a tip matter involving Nevada casino workers may have been resolved in Washington, D.C., the controversy over Wynn Las Vegas splitting the tokes earned by its dealers with casino supervisors has landed in Clark County District Court.

Cavalia, the spectacular equestrian Odyssey, will be presented under its majestic White Big Top that will be located at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, starting November 16, 2006.

Station Casinos has increased the budget for the company's next scheduled resort, citing the rising costs of construction and a desire to build a bigger hotel-casino.

Harrah's claims it owns the trademark on the name 'World Series of Poker,' and that it has applied for a patent on the name 'WSOP' as well, so Federico Schiavio's Web site should be passed over to Harrah's.

The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas will be televised nationally on FOX Sports in 2007.

This week: reflections on the internet gambling debate in congress, sportsbetting and a local credit union, and Columbia Sussex Chief Executive William Yung's unusual plans for the prized Tropicana site.

Tony Green, a 34-year old salesman from Anchorage, Alaska, earned a seat in the Main Event of the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) by winning the first of seven online poker tournaments in the Milwaukee's Best Light Texas Hold'em Challenge on Sunday night.

News Brief: Laughlin appears to be shedding its image as a Nevada gambling town where there's little change.

More than two years ago, Bill Kearney began pushing a bill in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to require soon-to-open casinos to issue monthly statements to gamblers showing their casino winnings and losses.

Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. reports that the Casino Affiliate Convention was an industry success.

Though the luxury-tower boom might seem a product of the past two years, a pioneering Florida developer was laying the foundation nearly a decade ago for Las Vegas' growing high-rise market.

The local tourism industry's recent slowdown continued in July when the Las Vegas Valley reported fewer year-over-year visitors for the third consecutive month.

A popular downtown Las Vegas shopping center will soon grow -- and fix what's been its biggest drawback among visiting consumers.

The Pure nightclub at Caesars Palace - a mob scene with deluxe seating and Strip views - is a case study in understated- yet-ever-watchful security.

Fueled by the Strip's megaresorts and a booming business at casinos catering to locals, the overall state gaming win was $1.04 billion in July, a jump of 8.4 percent from $958.5 million in July 2005.

The Las Vegas Convention Center on Tuesday moved one step closer to becoming the first venue of its kind with an on-site fire station equipped to handle some of the worst crises imaginable.

News Brief: About 100 dealers filed complaints with the state labor commissioner on Monday over a new pay scheme at Wynn Resorts Ltd. that began to split their tips with their supervisors.