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Visitor traffic to Las Vegas continued to gain momentum in September but at a slower pace than during the summer.
According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the number of visitors rose 2 percent compared with a year ago, the seventh consecutive monthly gain.
Las Vegas home sales dropped 26.5 percent in October from a year ago and inventory climbed 7.5 percent, an indication the housing market will end the year more sluggish than usual.
Analysts expressed optimism that a pattern was taking hold after state gaming revenues showed a modest increase in September, the first time since the fall of 2007 that Nevada casinos have recorded two straight monthly revenue bumps.
The U.S. Department of Justice has given Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto’s office a $1.7 million grant to expand services addressing mortgage fraud and vacant-property crimes. Masto’s office will add four investigators and two prosecutors to a mortgage-fraud unit that already has three investigators and three prosecutors.
Facebook Deals has signed Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and the Palms as initial participants in a new application that lets people find the best deals at local businesses. Tao and Lavo nightclubs in Las Vegas also will add users who check into a participating hotel to a future guest list. Facebook Deals also has piqued the interest of Station Casinos.