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The Culinary Local 226 is currently in subcommittee negotiations with the Aladdin, working to hammer out the union's first deal with one of the three remaining large nonunion hotels on the Strip.

The $1.5 billion Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino will bring two new equity investors to town -- New York developer Ian Bruce Eichner and SFM Capital Management, an affiliate of New York City-based Soros Fund Management LLC.

Join us at the Reno Peppermill Hotel Casino for the next exciting Biggest Lucky Ticket Keno Tournament No. 45 on Saturday, Apr. 23, 2005.

Barney Vinson: Growing up in Texas, I'd never even seen an Italian girl up close.

Nevada's casino business is doing so well that January's 3.9 percent increase in the amount of money won from gamblers almost seems like a decline.

Steve Wynn took full advantage of having the ear of gaming regulators Wednesday by sounding off against the state's new live entertainment tax, which he thinks is hurting Las Vegas' lounge scene.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended approval of a conditional license for a controversial Green Valley Ranch casino host who is a character in Discovery Channel's ‘American Casino’ television show.

The pending casino megamergers shaking up the Strip will enhance opportunities for small companies, former Las Vegas Mayor and Harrah's Entertainment spokeswoman Jan Jones told Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce members.

Roger Szepelak, MTR vice president and chief operating officer, says that MTR hopes to revive Binion's glory days as epitomized by its longtime owner, the late Benny Binion.

After five years away from the action, Steve Wynn moved a step closer to operating a Strip casino as the Gaming Control Board voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend licensing of the $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas.

All but nine members of the state Assembly said yes Monday to a state lottery, which has been banned in Nevada since the state constitution was written in 1864.

Wynn Las Vegas has completed its lineup of chefs to run the new hotel's fine-dining restaurants.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno’s $75,000 Diamond Giveaway has just awarded dazzling Hearts on Fire and other diamond jewelry in the first drawing.

The price of playing with the big boys on the Strip is limiting competition for some developers, according to Sheldon Adelson.

More than 416,000 new jobs were created in Nevada over a 10-year period, but the state's hotel-casino industry accounted for only 12.7 percent of those positions, an economic impact study conducted for the Nevada Resort Association shows.

Powered by strong drink sales at its new nightclub, Body English, the Hard Rock hotel-casino enjoyed a solid fourth quarter, company leaders said Thursday.

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino announces an impressive weekend lineup to celebrate the hotel's 10th Anniversary.

A Nevada court decision that awarded millions after finding that sick casino workers who opted to work rather than take unpaid time off contributed to a virus outbreak is not likely to change benefits policies.

The Nevada Assembly Education Committee passed a bill that would amend the state Constitution to allow a lottery that would fund class-size reduction, books and other classroom supplies.