First came the airing a fortnight ago of footage from a surveillance camera at the casino of the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.

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One night last May, some twenty financiers and politicians met for dinner in the Tuscany private dining room at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.

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The hedge fund and private-equity industries are known for putting on occasionally-lavish events, such as SkyBridge Capital's SkyBridge Alternatives conference at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas last year featuring the band Maroon 5.

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The taxi exploded into flames, killing Boldon and a female passenger, as four other vehicles crashed like pinballs at an intersection overlooked by some of Las Vegas' most famous hotel-casinos: Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Bally's and the Flamingo.

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In October, MGM Hospitality announced that it intends to build three giant Las Vegas-style hotels an MGM Grand, a Bellagio and a Skylofts hotel -- in Mumbai.

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