People in the news - 2004-02-26
The London musical "We Will Rock You" will begin an open-ended run at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino in September, reports The Associated Press.

The show, featuring 25 of Queen's greatest hits, including "We Are the Champions" and "Another One Bites the Dust," played in London in May 2002.

The rock musical is being produced at Paris Las Vegas by New York-based Tribeca Theatrical Productions co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal and Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.
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Las Vegas hotel-casino to pay US$1 million after rigging contest - 2004-02-26
A hotel-casino has consented to pay US$1 million for rigging three contest drawings, including one in which it gave a Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle to compensate a high roller who had lost a large amount of money gambling, regulators said.

The Venetian casino agreed to settle the charges after an investigation revealed the Chinese New Year celebration drawings in February 2002 were a sham, according to a complaint by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
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