WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.2 quake struck western Nevada on Tuesday, close to the Californian border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the earthquake had a very shallow depth of 4.4 miles (7 km) and was centered 16 miles (26 km) south of Tonopah Junction, Nevada, between Reno and Las Vegas. (Reporting by Sandra Maler; Editing by Stacey Joyce)

US firm Las Vegas Sands said Friday it was set to go ahead with building a huge casino near Madrid, which could create hundreds of thousands of jobs at a time of record unemployment in Spain. The controversial "Eurovegas" project plans to build four casino complexes with 12 hotels providing 36,000 rooms, nine theatres, three golf courses, and convention centres over 10-15 years. The first, most expensive phase foresees four resorts with 3,000 rooms each, casinos and leisure infrastructure for an investment of about 6.8 billion euros ($9.2 billion).

Gaming giant Wynn Resorts called on shareholders Monday to eject Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada from the Wynn board of directors in a special vote scheduled on February 22. Wynn Resorts recalled that its board had previously deemed Okada "unsuitable" after a lengthy investigation found evidence that Okada and his partners violated anti-corruption laws in their dealings with Philippine officials. "We are confident our shareholders understand the importance of removing him on February 22," the Las Vegas-based company said in a statement.

LAS VEGAS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A Saudi Air Force sergeant in the United States for training has been arrested on child sexual assault charges over accusations he raped a 13-year-old boy in a Las Vegas hotel, and bail was set on Friday at just over $1.2 million, authorities said. Mazen Alotaibi is accused of raping the boy on New Year's Eve at the Circus Circus hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, where both Alotaibi and the boy were guests, according to a criminal complaint.