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News Brief: The former controller and three former dealers from a Nevada casino have been indicted on charges they understated the amount of tips the casino was receiving.

Star Brooks: "These people never cease to amaze me. It seems like every time I turn around they have added yet more toys for gamblers to tinker with."

A bill allowing Nevada casinos to have "international gaming salons" to cater to high rollers who don't want to mingle with the masses has been introduced in the Senate.

Bally's Las Vegas owner Park Place Entertainment Corp. is spending $10 million on the new sign, which will tower 150 feet over the intersection of Flamingo and the Strip when complete.

Las Vegas Venetian hotel-casino owner Sheldon Adelson hopes to build a massive resort casino on the Taiwanese island of Penghu, located just off the shore of mainland China.

Casinos along the Las Vegas Strip won a record $496.3 million in January, an increase of 6.5 percent from the year before.

Powerful Senator Orrin Hatch agrees to co-sponsor a bill that calls for increased federal scrutiny of illegal sports betting. Nevada leaders are hoping the bill will blunt the NCAA-backed plan to make betting on college sports illegal.

John Shigley was named president of the Caesars Palace resort on the Las Vegas Strip by parent company Park Place Entertainment Corp.

The Nevada Supreme Court has dismissed the Venetian hotel-casino claim that millions of dollars of mechanics' liens filed against the resort were frivolous.

San Francisco businessman Luke Brugnara faced tough questioning this morning by state Gaming Control Board members.

News Brief Businessman Fabrizio Boccardi reveals few details about plans for the next-generation of Las Vegas casinos.

Mandalay Resort Group and Park Place Entertainment Corp. are both looking at the Empress Casino, a riverboat in the Chicago suburb of Joliet, Illinois.

Industry executives say that the talk of landing a struggling NBA franchise is creating disharmony in Nevada’s battle against a ban on college sports betting.

The Venetian was named a Four Diamond property after several unannounced visits by AAA field inspectors since the property opened in May 1999.

Dealers at the Excalibur hotel-casino voted against representation by the Transport Workers Union on Saturday.

News Brief: Station Casinos is tapping into the local Asian market with the opening of “Pit 8”, a specialized table games pit, at Palace Station that offers two baccarat, two blackjack and six pai gow poker tables.

News Brief: Health officials and anti-smoking groups squared off with the gaming industry Thursday over a bill that would mandate creation of nonsmoking sections in casino gambling areas for employees and customers.

One year after MGM Grand Inc. launched its $6.4 billion takeover of Mirage Resorts Inc., the gaming industry is once again buzzing with rumors of the next big takeover.

Despite a flat quarterly earnings report, Mandalay Resort Group officials are maintaining a cautiously optimistic outlook on the Las Vegas market for the remainder of 2001.

The Aladdin megaresort on the Las Vegas Strip laid off about 100 employees this week as part of an effort to help the six-month-old property gain a better financial footing.