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Olympia Gaming will build a casino resort and spa as part of The Legends at Sparks Marina outdoor shopping and entertainment destination development.

Public action at this year's 45-event World Series of Poker begins today with a three-day No-Limit Hold'em event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

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

Palms owner George Maloof is bullish that the Playboy brand will make a splash in Las Vegas when he opens the Playboy Club atop his new hotel tower at the end of September.

Executives with the two major poker franchises scoff say the best years are yet to come for a game growing in viewership and, more significantly, participants.

he Venetian Resort Hotel Casino has once again raised the stakes on the Las Vegas Strip with the opening of a new groundbreaking production of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera."

ith more than 10,000 cubic yards of concrete delivered by convoy, MGM Mirage set the foundation today for the transformation of the Las Vegas Strip.

Harrah's Entertainment said today that the previously announced sale of the Reno Hilton hotel-casino to Grand Sierra Resort Corp., and certain gaming assets to an affiliate of the Navegante Group, has closed.

The Stardust no longer is accepting hotel reservations past November 1, and some industry observers expect that to move up to October 1.

It's ladies' night at the 2006 World Series of Poker, as ELLE magazine heads to Las Vegas with an all-star poker team to raise funds for the American Heart Association.

News Brief: Station Casinos Inc. is submitting initial plans to the city for its planned $500 million south Reno project, Mt. Rose Station Casino Resort, but is asking the community to help fill in the details.

While billion-dollar projects on the Strip are the talk of the town, a home-grown chain of taverns is quietly building an empire.

Just months after it bought the Westward Ho on the Strip, Centex Destination Properties has ceded most of the property to a partner involved in the purchase.

Red Rock Resort imposes curfew on customers under 21 unless they are seeing movies or dining at restaurants.

This week reflections on parking, family and swimming pools in the world of Las Vegas gaming.

ews Brief: The new Red Rock Casino says starting Friday it's going to enforce a strict curfew for anyone under 21 years old.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno’s Rockin’ the Classics concert will bring Foghat with special guest Firefall live in outdoor concert at 7 p.m. Friday, June 30.

Demand for rooms on the Strip is heading slowly south for the July Fourth weekend after flat-lining over the second quarter of 2006, reports from Wall Street firms say.

Steve Wynn had a few reasons for buying out his partner's interest in the Wynn Las Vegas production show 'Le Reve.'

Surging gasoline prices have recently slowed and staggered American consumers. A potential knockout blow is poised to hammer the already dazed U.S. economy.