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From Wall Street to Las Vegas, gaming operators and analysts have looked askance at Reno as the Rodney Dangerfield of the casino world for at least a decade.

In recent years, the Chinese enclave of Macau has increasingly assumed a Las Vegaslike atmosphere as Strip-inspired casinos take shape along the Pearl River Delta.

A committee created to study how neighborhood casinos can better fit into Southern Nevada communities will need another 30 days before presenting a report expected to create new standards for how such projects look.

Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. has appointed Mark Juliano as chief operating officer of the company effective Aug. 8.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will begin offering two nonstop round trips a week between McCarran International Airport and Wichita Falls, Texas, in September, the airline announced today.

Some Las Vegans enjoy the summer because it offers a relative break from the usual congestion caused by tourists and conventioneers.

Matthew Jacob of Majestic Research said the World Series of Poker, which left the Rio resort Thursday after beginning in early June, did much more than just attract hordes of poker fans to the Harrah's Entertainment Inc. property.

Marketing consultant, Dennis Conrad, says many casinos are making bad bets on insensitive and ineffective marketing campaigns.

Just when investors thought they knew all about the multitude of casinos locals powerhouse Station Casinos Inc. expects to build over the next decade, the company threw a curveball.

Nevada gaming regulators have begun reviewing a new series of regulations that would enable out-of-state gamblers to bet with Nevada casinos on horse and dog races.

Management at Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel is offering more questions than answers about next year's Binion's Poker Classic, an inaugural tournament that would follow the 2006 World Series of Poker.

About 7 a.m. Saturday, when many Southern Nevadans were just beginning to awaken, Joseph Hachem had completed nearly 14 hours at the final table of the 36th annual World Series of Poker.

In a move straight from his reality television series, Donald Trump on Friday hired Caesars Palace President Mark Juliano for a senior management position with his gaming operation.

Melbourne native Joseph Hachem, age 39, flopped a straight and re-raised all-in on the turn card to win the final hand in the 2005 World Series of Poker World Championship.

Two men with reported ties to Romanian crime rings pleaded guilty Thursday to separate charges involving stolen credit cards and false documents allegedly used to steal upward of $1million from casinos and ATMs.

Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas will return to international poker competition in Fall 2006 with a new tournament, Binion's Poker Classic.

Construction continues on Red Rock Station Casino near Charleston Boulevard and Interstate 215.

Ambitious high roller Daren Leverenz seeks revenge on Las Vegas after losing three million dollars there in the upcoming eight-episode CMT original series, MAN VS.VEGAS.

The pressure is mounting at Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in downtown Las Vegas, where the final day of the World Series of Poker is being held to honor the city's centennial.

Barney Vinson: I had been in Las Vegas for two years, bouncing from job to job like a Mexican jumping bean.