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t’s all right for casinos to market to customers with addictive gambling behavior as long as they focus on the property’s amenities and don’t push playing slot machines and table games, according to the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling.

Riviera Holdings Corp., owner of casinos in Las Vegas and Colorado, today said it lost $4.5 million as revenue fell in the first quarter.

There’s now some movement to get CityCenter subcontractors paid at least some of the money they are owed, resort complex co-owner MGM Mirage indicated today.

The privately held Hooters hotel-casino in Las Vegas lost $3.9 million in the first quarter as revenue fell.

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn said Friday that he’s not interested in Atlantic City’s stalled Revel casino project — or anything else there, either.

Las Vegas-based slot machine maker Bally Technologies Inc. today announced the sale of a casino and said its annual profit will be less than anticipated — in part because casinos aren’t buying as many gambling systems as expected.

The small Hooters hotel-casino in Las Vegas narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter, its owner reported today.

Nevada first lady says governor tries to scuttle divorce deal
In court documents filed Tuesday, first lady Dawn Gibbons accuses Gov. Jim Gibbons of trying to derail their divorce settlement by taking their home off the market and of lying on his application to refinance the house.
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Dawn Gibbons says Gov. Jim Gibbons tries to scuttle divorce deal
In court documents filed Tuesday, Nevada first lady Dawn Gibbons accuses Gov. Jim Gibbons of trying to derail their divorce settlement by taking their home off the market and of lying on his application to refinance the house.
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During MGM Mirage’s fourth-quarter earnings conference call last month, the company’s executives attempted to address questions that have dogged them since the recession began. Would Aria have to use extremely low rates to keep rooms occupied?