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TransAct Technologies and IGT have received regulatory approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board for TransAct's Epic 950 in IGT's Game King Video and S2000 slot machines.

Station Casinos Inc.'s Green Valley Ranch Station Casino has closed a restaurant near its sports book to make way for a new poker room that will open in a few weeks.

It may come as no surprise to the pampered: Four of the country's top spas are located in the Las Vegas Valley.

A solution to the controversy surrounding neighborhood casinos may lie in creating a new licensing category, members of a Clark County committee studying the subject said Friday.

The real Steve Wynn is a street fighter who has had to orchestrate comebacks from calamities that would have flattened lesser operators.

Guests paying either $7,500 or $1,500 will get the first look at the $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas as part of a charity fund-raiser Wednesday evening.

It's the fourth week of April, and all eyes are fixed on the Strip for the long-awaited debut of Las Vegas' latest playground for the fabulous, rich and famous

Wynn has again changed the look of the Las Vegas skyline with the resort's 50-story, curved tower covered in bronze glass.

The company responsible for bringing the World Poker Tour to an estimated cable television audience of 5 million weekly viewers now wants to offer a variation of the popular Texas hold 'em game to casino patrons.

Las Vegas' bid to host the National Basketball Association's All-Star weekend received a major boost Friday.

NBA leaders will convene today inside a posh Manhattan hotel for a gathering that could advance or crush Las Vegas' nascent bid to host the league's All-Star weekend in February 2007.

McCarran International Airport initially requested for the new $4.50 passenger fee to remain through July 1, 2011, but airport leaders recently asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to maintain the rate through Aug. 1, 2021.

The Insanity thrill ride atop the Stratosphere got the green light to reopen this morning.

Neil Kiefer, chief executive of Hooters Casino Hotel and Michael Hessling, chief operating officer, were at a groundbreaking ceremony for the $130 million renovation of the Hotel San Remo.

For months, America West Airlines Chief Executive Doug Parker has been saying that the nation's airlines are offering too many seats to too few passengers and that a consolidation would benefit the entire industry.

News Brief: A fleet of 50 double-decker buses imported from Great Britain, like the ones used in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York, are set to begin operating on the Strip.

News Brief: Two thrill-seekers got a little more fright last night than they bargained for when the Stratosphere hotel-casino's newest ride malfunctioned leaving two girls stranded.

Professional gambler Annie Duke played in the World Poker Tour championship, which runs through Sunday.

Wynn Las Vegas opens to the public in less than nine days, and the inside of the $2.7 billion megaresort already looks spectacular.

Richard Langlois summed up the $130 million renovation that will turn the aging Hotel San Remo into the Hooters Casino Hotel by February with a comparison that could make a teenage boy chuckle.