A complaint has been filed by the state Gaming Control Board accusing the Treasure Island of violating regulations in a dispute with a mini baccarat player in November 2009.

The state Gaming Control Board recommended approval of a slew of new licenses today from an all-star list of Southern Nevada’s biggest casino companies. In the process, regulators checked the pulse of the state’s dominant industry, finding it to be stagnant but improving.

The struggling Siena Hotel Spa Casino in downtown Reno has cleared the first hurdle to remain open, at least through the busy July 4th holiday weekend. Dennis Neilander, chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, said the resort posted a $230,000 bankroll by a 5 p.m. Friday deadline.

CARSON CITY – The state Gaming Control Board wants disciplinary action imposed on the owner of a Las Vegas convenience store who sold Khat, an illegal drug, to customers.

Regulators say Nevada casinos won a little more than $912 million in March, a slight decline compared with the same month a year ago. The state Gaming Control Board reported Tuesday that Nevada casino winnings were down less than 1 percent year-to-year.

Operators of Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel say the free fall on hotel rates has ended in other properties run by the Morgans Hotel Group in other cities and a similar pattern is emerging in Las Vegas. Frederick Kleisner, CEO and a director for New York-based Morgans, told the state Gaming Control Board today that the company has seen a pattern of event-driven demand.

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended approval of a New York financier to play a key role in shaping the future of the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas.

Casino regulators say Nevada casinos won 3.2 percent less in January than they did in the same month a year ago.

But there is a bright spot in a monthly report released Monday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

The recession has slashed casino profits and taxes, and it has made the job of regulating Nevada’s casino industry tougher. So legislators said they worried about how budget cuts would affect Nevada’s reputation for casino regulation.

The state Gaming Control Board has recommended approval of a slot-route license for a Henderson-based company that once operated payday loan stores that were shut down by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division for violating state lending laws.