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WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao celebrates after defeating WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri of the U.S. during their welterweight title boxing match at the Venetian Macao in Macau, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Pacquiao got the big knockdowns he desperately craved, battering Algieri around the ring Sunday on his way to a decision win in a lopsided welterweight title fight.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao agree to May 2 fight

The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 2, 1990, file photo UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkanian flashes a big smile during a press conference prior to facing Duke in the NCAA Final Four in Denver. Hall of Fame coach Jerry Tarkanian, who built a basketball dynasty at UNLV but was defined more by his decades-long battle with the NCAA, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Las Vegas after several years of health issues. He was 84. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Famed UNLV coach to get tribute only Las Vegas could swing

By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL - Associated Press

Jerry Tarkanian is escorted by his son, Danny, during halftime ceremonies honoring the former basketball coach at Fresno State University in Fresno, Calif., on March 1, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Jerry Tarkanian, Hall of Fame coach who built a dynasty at UNLV, has died

By Tim Dahlberg - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 1, 2014, file photo, Jerry Tarkanian is escorted by his son, Danny, during halftime ceremonies honoring the former basketball coach at Fresno State University in Fresno, Calif. Family members say Hall of Fame basketball coach Tarkanian is hospitalized in Las Vegas with breathing trouble and some type of infection. Son Danny Tarkanian on Tuesday characterized his father&#8217;s condition as &#8220;minute by minute.&#8221; He says his 84-year-old father was taken by ambulance Monday, Feb. 10, 2015, to Valley Hospital Medical Center after his blood oxygen fell to dangerous levels. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian, File)

Jerry Tarkanian, legendary UNLV basketball coach, dies at 84

By Tim Dahlberg - Associated Press

The Clarion hotel and casino is imploded, early Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in Las Vegas. The 200-room casino-hotel opened in 1970 as the Royal Inn and was called the Debbie Reynolds, for its one-time owner, as well as the Greek Isles and the Paddle Wheel. The Clarion is the first hotel to be imploded since 2007. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun, Steve Marcus)

‘Lasso’ trick topples casino tower after Vegas implosion

By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL - Associated Press

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was not always a top advocate for legalized sports betting, but had a change of heart last year after four Atlantic City casinos closed, including the Revel, which opened just two years earlier in a move the Republican governor had hoped would be a "turning point" for the struggling city. (Associated Press)

Chris Christie backs legalized sports betting in bid to boost Atlantic City — and 2016 hopes

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, in Las Vegas. Mayweather Jr. is scheduled to fight Marcos Maidana in a welterweight title fight Saturday in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

LOVERRO: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather fight would be end of an era

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair look-out to see the new year in and watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

2015 New Year’s celebrations around the world: Beach parties and fireworks

Associated Press

UNLV guard Rashad Vaughn celebrates a 71-67 victory over Arizona after an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

Rebels meshing in time for conference season

By JOHN MARSHALL - Associated Press

Yucca Mountain

Land, water rights needed for Nevada nuclear dump

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

This photo taken on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, shows the chairman's suite on the 35th floor at the Venitian Hotel in Las Vegas. Few rarely see how the good life is lived in Sin City’s high-roller suites. There are no passwords to gain entry, often just long walks down hallways to an unassuming door that held ample room and amenities inside. Most are modern with glass and metals, snakeskin accents and plush bedding. The largest among them, at the Venetian, is classic with dark woods, elaborate tile and art that looked as if it could have been literally ancient. (AP Photo/Kimberly Pierceall)

Vegas high-roller living includes luxury, views

By Kimberly Pierceall - Associated Press

Texan Fertitta opens Golden Nugget in Lake Charles

By ERIN MULVANEY - Associated Press

In this Oct. 13, 2014 photo from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Imagine Dragons and lead singer Dan Reynolds are recorded during a segment of a dual-purpose ad video - to promote both Las Vegas and indie-rock band Imagine Dragons and its upcoming as-yet-unnamed album, at the SLS Las Vegas hotel and casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority)

New Las Vegas tourism ad features Imagine Dragons

By Kimberly Pierceall - Associated Press

Reba McEntire arrives at the 46th Annual Country Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn new Vegas headliners

By Kimberly Pierceall - Associated Press

Las Vegas visitor traffic up 3 percent in October

Associated Press

Las Vegas Ski delays opening, hopes for snow

Associated Press

Alfreda Camcaho tries to rearrange her luggage to make room for Christmas presents she's brining back home to Saipan at Honolulu International Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Holiday travel tales at Alaska, Hawaii airports

By RACHEL D'ORO and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

This undated combination image shows a frame grab of the mobile application, Uber, left, and Lyft, right. North Carolina has become a prime market for the smartphone-based car services Uber and Lyft and is likely to join a push around the country to regulate the fast-growing businesses. (AP Photo)

Nevada justices soon may decide Uber case venue

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Sheldon Adelson listens as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition, Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Las Vegas. Several possible GOP presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas as Mr. Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate, looks for a new favorite to help on the 2016 race for the White House. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

BRUCE FEIN: Casino magnet Sheldon Adelson as the devil

By Bruce Fein

President Barack Obama holds up his BlackBerry after he forgot it and returned back to the White House to retrieve it before his departure on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama is traveling to Las Vegas to promote an executive order that would offer temporary legal status to millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and set off a new fight with Republicans in Congress.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama retrieves Blackberry before immigration trip

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times