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Academy Award winning actor and Grammy nominated artist Jamie Foxx will bring his Intuition Tour to Las Vegas for a two night presentation scheduled to take place on July 3rd and 4th at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

City crews have begun demolishing the remnants of the Moulin Rouge Casino in Las Vegas after an abrupt and rapid fire that started in vacant two-story wing of the property reduced the hotel to ashes last Wednesday afternoon. The vacant building caught fire around 11:00 a.m, investigators said the cause of the fire still unclear and the property is loss in 100%.

GemStone Systems, the leading provider of data infrastructure technologies, today announced that bet365, one of the largest and most consolidated online sportsbooks, poker sites and online casino operators in Europe, has implemented GemFire’s management solution as part of its IT infrastructure expansion and to prop up the company's growth.

Wynn Las Vegas exclusive lingerie shop and boutique, Black Satin is now offering luxury lifestyle products developed and designed by the world Swedish erotic accessory company LELO.

Officials of the World Poker Congress, the biggest and most important conference in the live and online poker businesses, have released the schedule and events planned for the forth WPC event held at the Sheraton Porto Hotel and Spa in Porto, Portugal, from June 24th to 25th.

Las Vegas nightclub and restaurant operator, N9NE Group and the Palms Resort and Casino are joining forces on next Earth Day weekend to provide travelers and locals with a series of green-conscious events scheduled to take place from Friday, April 17th to Sunday, April 19th.

As it was announced in an official statement released a few days ago by Harrah’s Entertainment, the company's sportsbook located inside Bally's Hotel and Casino will remain closed until September, 2009. Even when the company did not revealed  the reasons for the temporary closing, several news agencies commented that the decline in gambling revenue reported by most Las Vegas casinos could be forcing the company to close the sportsbook in order to reduce its expenses.

The Licensing International Expo 2009 has teamed up with Onebox Productions, an acclaimed fashion show production company, to create the first live fashion shows presented at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas from June 2nd to 4th. The runway shows will feature original clothes ranging from t-shirts and sneakers to modern sportswear and high street fashion.

Leading online casino JackpotCity.com has launched a new version of its website featuring a new and improved look in all its sections and on the software provided by Microgaming.

World famous Pop sensation, The Jonas Brothers, have recently announced that they are planning to bring their World Tour 2009 to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on August 1st, 2009.

As it as reported by several MMA and online poker news sites, Full Tilt Poker has been removed from the list of sponsors authorized to showcase their brand logos at UFC events due a series of disagreements with Spike TV, UFC television partner.

Earth Limos and Earth Buses provide services for business and airport transport as well as other special services including bachelor/bachelorette parties, weddings, sporting events, concerts, sightseeing, private tours, shopping or simply to take a ride to see what Sin City has to offer.

Online poker site PartyPoker.com has announced the introduction of the “Million Dollar Hand”, a new promotion offering players the chance to win $1 million or more only by joining the action at the real money tables.

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, owner of the legendary Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, has informed the company has moved a step closer to emerge from bankruptcy as early as May, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved its debt conversion plans.

PartyPoker.com returns this Sunday with the second Monthly Million tournament of the year, this new regular guaranteed tournament features a guaranteed million dollar prize pool on the first Sunday of each month, making it the biggest regular online tournament offered by a non U.S poker site.

Partycasino.com is expecting to set a new record for the largest Jackpot paid at the site as their Gold Mega Jackpot currently stands at over $1.25 million and growing.

The highly acclaimed musical production staged at the Caesars  Palace’s Colosseum will resume in late March and will run until April 5th, followed by a total of 22 performances scheduled to run from May 27th to June 17th, 2009.

The Canadian Poker Tour, owned and operated by HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc, is glad to inform the online poker community that exclusive online satellites for the Main Event of the Canadian Open Poker Championships have begun at PartyPoker.

According to several reports released this week, the legendary magicians Siegfried & Roy will return to the Las Vegas stage for one final show set to take place on February 28th at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The farewell performance will be recorded by an ABC crew for a special edition of "20/20" titled "Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Returns," which is scheduled to air in March 6th, 2009.

The Canadian Poker Tour, owned and operated by HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc., has released the details of the 2009 Canadian Open Poker Championships, which will be held from May 13th to 17th, 2009 at the new Stampede Casino in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The $200 buy-in No limit Hold’em Event #1 kicked off at 9 p.m and prolonged for almost 13 hours, the first event registered a total of 6,275 entrants and created a prize pool worth $1,255,000.

Starting on the last week of January and running until April 20th, 2009, the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum in Las Vegas will host “Greetings from Nada Motel”, a creative art exhibition highlighting the work of artists who portrayed motel rooms in downtown Reno.

Online poker site BodogLife.com is inviting football and poker fans alike to join the site for its Super Bowl weekend special, and celebrate the big game with two exclusive tournaments in where players will have the chance to win guaranteed cash prizes and special VIP packages to the Latin American Poker Tour Punta del Este event taking place in Uruguay from March 18th to 20th.

Representatives of the highly anticipated APT Philippines, which gets underway on January 27th and runs until February 1st at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Manila, have recently confirmed the addition of several side events and, including a FHM Magazine sponsored party, a celebrity event and a special bounty tournament sponsored by the online poker room PKR.com.

Opening its fifth year educating and cultivating poker players all over the U.S, the World Poker Tour Boot Camp has announced that it will include additional stops this year, breaking its own tradition of teaching Boot Camps exclusively at casino properties.