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More than 125,000 of the city's best workers are expected to apply for jobs at Steve Wynn's new $2.4 billion Strip resort.

The $139 million project brings the mall's streetfront entrances to Las Vegas Boulevard South, where untold thousands of people walk or drive by each day.

A Las Vegas attorney who has represented dozens of card counting clients filed another lawsuit Monday, this time to stop Nevada casinos from using a computerized card counting system that boosts the house's odds of winning at blackjack.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. reports the latest milestone in its strategy of incorporating more advanced technology tools into its operations.

Station Casinos reports net revenues for Q3 were approximately $242.9 million, an increase of 11% compared to the prior year's third quarter. EBITDA for the quarter were $90.7 million, an increase of 19% compared to Q3 2003.

Air Vegas Airlines, a family-operated air tour operator that has specialized in scenic flights over the Grand Canyon for 28 years, has closed its doors.

A group of Chinese journalists on a familiarization tour organized by the Nevada Commission on Tourism was dazzled by Las Vegas' nightlife and thrilled by a helicopter trip over the Grand Canyon.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry.

One of the newest yet most active players in the local gaming industry on Friday outlined how it hopes to reshape the western end of the Fremont Street corridor.

This week's Chinese media tour was organized by the Nevada Commission on Tourism, which this summer opened an office in Beijing to promote travel and trade with a segment of that nation's 1.3 billion residents.

Culinary members were forcibly removed from Harrah's corporate parking lot when they tried to deliver a petition demanding the company refrain from hiring permanent replacement workers during the Atlantic City strike.

Jack Binion, the original host of the first World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe Casino, is returning to serve as host of the 2005 World Series of Poker.

The company that owns the lasvegas.com domain name says that it has the only valid contract to reacquire the rights to lease the name.

McCarran International Airport will be the fourth-fastest growing hub airport in the nation for the decade ending in 2010, an aviation expert said.

Vestin Mortgage Inc. said this morning that the Cannery Casino & Hotel completed payment in full of the Las Vegas-based lender's $54 million loan.

For the Las Vegas Convention Authority and its $197 million annual budget, an item worth $90,000 might be considered relatively small.

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

Expo that the biggest problems their industry face are unpredictable tax rates and a political bias against their businesses.

While there was widespread agreement at the Global Gaming Expo on the need to reform regulations governing the gaming industry, there was less agreement on how to do it in the 49 states with some form of legalized gambling.

The American Gaming Association will concentrate on enforcing the trade group's new code of conduct for dealing with problem gaming in the coming year, the trade group's president said Thursday at a news conference wrapping up this year's Global Gaming Expo.