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Kevin Nealon, most recognized for the characters he created and played as the longest running cast member in history on "Saturday Night Live," has signed on to host GSN's new original six-episode series, Poker Royale: The WPPA Championship.

The owner of the Venetian resort in Las Vegas has locked up its top executives with employment contracts in advance of its forthcoming initial public offering.

One of Southern Nevada's smallest taxi operators has been denied certification to serve the lucrative Las Vegas Strip market.

Las Vegas housing prices flattened out in October and new permit activity dropped dramatically, a typical decline as the market enters the end-of-the-year doldrums, a housing expert said Tuesday.

Jurors today found Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish not guilty of killing millionaire casino figure Ted Binion but guilty of conspiring to commit burglary and/or larceny as well as guilty of burglary and grand larceny.

Jorge Perez brings something to the table that most high-rise developers who've announced projects in Las Vegas are missing: experience and financial backing.

Whether their journeys take them over the river and through the woods or over the desert and through an airport, there's little question Americans have a heavy appetite for travel come Thanksgiving weekend.

For a fifth straight year, The Venetian announced today their receipt of the prestigious "Gold Key" Award from Meetings and Conventions Magazine.

Wynn Resorts, Limited announced the pricing terms and extension of the previously announced cash tender offer by Wynn Las Vegas, LLC.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort has unveiled its $280 million multi- faceted expansion project, The Quarter at Tropicana.

Webster's New World Dictionary defines the word cosmopolitan to mean someone or something that is "at home in all countries or places."

VirtGame reported a net loss applicable to common stockholders for Q3 of $636,689 or $0.02 per share, which compares to a net loss of $307,093 or $0.01 per share in the previous quarter and a loss of $294,227 or $0.01 for the third quarter of 2003.

VirtGame Corp. reports that Club Cal-Neva has contracted to install VirtGame's Sports Bet Express in all Cal-Neva Race and Sports Book locations.

MGM Mirage has entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement which will provide for a $7.0 billion senior credit facility.

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

The partnership that is planning a condominium and resort on a U-shaped 8.5-acre parcel near the Jockey Club has announced new details, including the name of the project.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. has agreed to sell off a second casino to private hotel chain Columbia Sussex Corp. in advance of its acquisition by Harrah's Entertainment Inc.

Jimmy Pine is an animated, stocky former singer with a vague resemblance to Tom Jones and a propensity to gamble.

Pinnacle Entertainment has mended its previously announced cash tender offer for its 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 to increase the maximum principal purchase amount it is seeking in the tender offer from $94 million to $97 million.