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In some states, buying a chance to win the record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot means a road trip. More than 1,200 people were lined up by 9 a.m. Friday to buy their lottery tickets at the Primm Valley Casino Resorts Lotto Store, which...

On a dusty, rock-strewn expanse at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a company linked to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to build a bullet train that would rocket tourists from the middle of nowhere to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas. Privately...

An avowed penny-pinching airline seeking to exploit a market with high air fares said Wednesday that it will start flying from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport this spring.

It’s a desert oasis that hangs its priciest paintings on casino walls, where neon signs are a point of a pride and themed-hotels pay tribute to architecture’s golden eras. Still, Las Vegas’ cultural offerings have long taken...

There isn’t much moral high ground in Las Vegas and Steve Wynn failed to take it this week. Mr Wynn, who pioneered Vegas’s rise from tawdriness to a luxury family resort – and then extended his empire to Macau…

Southern Nevada’s tourism economy continued its steady march back from recession in December. The final month of 2011 brought nearly 3 million visitors to the local economy, for a yearly total of 38.9 million visitors, the Las Vegas Convention...

Caesars Entertainment Corp., the U.S. casino chain with more than $22 billion in debt, jumped 71 percent in its trading debut after completing an initial public offering a fraction of the size of its failed 2010 effort. The stock rose to $15.39...

Vegas Sands Corp. on Wednesday announced its first-ever dividend as growth in Asia, reflected in the casino operator’s strong fourth-quarter earnings, helped turnaround a company that three years ago was close to bankruptcy. The company...