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Long-time casino executive Bill Paulos is close to a deal to become the new manager of Regent Las Vegas' casino.

Transport Workers Union say there has been disagreements during negotiations with the Tropicana on such issues as dealer pay, grievance procedures and firing policies.

In its first gaming win report since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Nevada Gaming Control Board says that Nevada's casinos won $763.6 million from gamblers in September, down just 3.1 percent from September 2000.

Station receives approval to operate the Green Valley Ranch Station Casino. The property includes a casino with over 2500 slot and video poker machines, 53 gaming tables, and a 171-seat race and sports book.

A bankruptcy judge postponed until at least next week a decision on whether to approve a $50 million interim financing plan for the struggling Aladdin.

Third-quarter profits fell 71 percent for locals casino giant Station Casinos in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the December sale of the company's two Missouri casinos.

A bankruptcy judge has yet to decide whether a massive new nightclub and a show featuring actress Carmen Electra will make their home at the bankrupt Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

The system is called `QuikPlay,' and it's being developed by Global Cash Access of Las Vegas.

Station Casinos Inc. is taking the first steps toward an expansion of Boulder Station.

Coast Resorts is fighting the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Coast Hotels chain over which company has rights to use the Coast trademark.

The Venetian megaresort on the Las Vegas Strip sued Clark County and the Rosewood Grille restaurant, in hopes of blocking Rosewood's planned expansion.

Todd Fisher, the son of actress Debbie Reynolds, sued the Internal Revenue Service in a dispute over taxes levied against the former Debbie Reynolds hotel-casino in Las Vegas.

Room rates at Las Vegas Strip hotel-casinos remain sharply below last year's levels going into Thanksgiving week, according to a weekly survey released by Bear Stearns.

The children of Las Vegas gambling legend Benny Binion are feuding over the fate of a Las Vegas house they inherited from their mother, Teddy Jane Binion.

Retailers catering to Asian visitors are taking the biggest hit from the tourism downturn.

The magnitude of the business slowdown caused by the Sept. 11 attacks varies dramatically within the Las Vegas convention and tourism industry since many were expecting a slowdown in economy anyways.

Not all of Desert Passage's tenants are happy. The massive mall has been busy with lawsuits over disputes with four former tenants, seven current tenants and one prospective tenant and many others are disappointed with lack of customers and sales.

The bankrupt Aladdin ino has filed a request with a bankruptcy judge to reject a lease held by Showclubs of America, the company that had hoped to open a combination nightclub and 1,200-seat showroom at the Aladdin early next year.

A federal bankruptcy judge postponed until Tuesday consideration of a $50 million loan to the Aladdin.

Those who join the programs get removed from the casino's direct-marketing mailing lists, no longer receive casino credit and can't cash checks at the casino. In some states, they aren't allowed to even enter the casino.