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Photos: Stars gather for Raise Your Hand for Africa at Golden Nugget


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Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 5:13 p.m.

Film, music, poker and sports stars gathered at the downtown Golden Nugget on Friday and yesterday for the first Texas Hold’em poker tournament ...

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Las Vegas gaming exec plans $400 million Louisiana casino project


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Published Feb. 19, 2011 at 1:47 a.m.

A day after winning Louisiana’s coveted 15th and final casino license, Las Vegas gaming executive Dan Lee said Friday he’s moving forward with plans to finance and design the $400 million Mojito Pointe casino resort there ...

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B.B. King's Blues Club at Mirage files for bankruptcy


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 6:39 p.m.

Add B.B. King's Blues Club to the list of bankrupt Las Vegas restaurants and nightclubs. The owner of the restaurant and live music club at the Mirage hotel-casino filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in Memphis on Wednesday in a bid to restructure $3.764 million in debt and other liabilities ...

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Tribe sues to cancel development deal with Las Vegas company


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 2:55 a.m.

A Las Vegas company said Thursday it will contest a California Indian tribe’s lawsuit seeking to cancel a hotel-casino development deal.The Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Wind Indians filed suit Feb. 3 in federal court in Fresno, seeking an order invalidating the tribe’s 2007 development deal and credit agreement with Brownstone LLC ...

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Sands eyeing $20 billion 'Euro-Vegas' in Spain


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Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 6:26 p.m.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. wants to build "Euro-Vegas" in Spain, its CEO Sheldon Adelson said Thursday, touting a euros 15 billion ($20.3 billion) plan for a massive strip-style casino resort in Madrid or Barcelona ...

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Harry Reid returns favor as Manny Pacquiao visits Washington


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Published Feb. 15, 2011 at 5:07 p.m.

It's official: Pacquiao fever has taken over the country. The fervor over the Filipino boxer-turned-politician's return to the ring this May at the MGM Grand has trickled all the way to Washington D.C., where Manny Pacquiao is spending the day sidling a stride across the Senate floor and into the White House ...

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Trump selling an Atlantic City casino to Landry's


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Published Feb. 14, 2011 at 7:49 p.m.

In a sign of just how much value casinos in the nation's second-largest gambling market have lost in recent years, Trump Entertainment Resorts agreed Monday to sell its Trump Marina Hotel Casino to the Texas-based parent company of the Golden Nugget Las Vegas and Laughlin for $38 million ...

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MGM Resorts narrows loss in fourth quarter to $139 million


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Published Feb. 14, 2011 at 2:50 p.m.

MGM Resorts International says it narrowed its loss for the fourth quarter, though the company saw casino revenue and room revenue decline ...

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Lucky Be a Lady at Silverton


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Published Feb. 11, 2011 at 3:23 a.m.
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The Silverton Casino is offering a fun promotion called Luck Be a Lady, in which earning points will get you a playing card that may complete a posted hand ... Through the end of February, earn 500 points ($500 coin-in on slots, $1000 coin-in on video poker) to receive one playing card.  You can do this every day.  (If you aren't already a player's card member (it's free), you'll receive a playing card when you sign up.) ... read more ...

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Vegas Gang #58 - February 10th, 2011 w/ Wynn Architect DeRuyter Butler


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Published Feb. 11, 2011 at 1:20 a.m.
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This time on the show: ... Mr. DeRuyter Butler, Executive Vice President of Architecture @ Wynn Design & Development is our special guest ... We discuss Cotai, Fontainebleau, his role at Wynn D&D as well as CityCenter and challenges of working in China. Plus, we find out that Sheldon has been giving us all the middle finger since 1999 ... This is a 'don't miss' interview ... If you love casino design, construction and all the thinking behind it, check it out ... Check out the show:

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