Wednesday September 8, 2010 by admin.

If you’ve ever been in a casino and saw or heard a lot of activity around a gaming table then you’ve probably found a craps table. Craps can generate a lot of excitement when someone is on a roll. If you’d like to learn to play craps or just improve your current game, you can buy and read one of the numerous available books or search the internet. Although craps is a relatively easy to learn and player friendly game with a low house edge, it’s based strictly on odds and knowing what your doing is the best way to improve your odds of winning or at least limiting your losses. Most strategies overstate their ability to help you win so beware! Out of the over 216,000 results on Google for the keyword “craps strategy”, three of the best sources of info on how to play Craps are: http://wizardofodds.com/craps, http://www.acehoyle.com/greenhorn-casino-games-guide/craps/strategy and http://www.casinocenter.com/?p=458. Losing can be costly in many ways. Study, learn and hopefully win but always set a limit. Gambling should be fun, if it isn’t then stop.

By the way, in case your interested, the readers of Casino Player voted Caesar’s Palace, Bellagio and Harrah’s as the best places to play craps on the Las Vegas Strip. The Hard Rock, Sam’s Town and the Rio were voted as the best places for locals to play craps and Binion’s, Main Street Station and the Golden Nugget were voted as the best places to play craps downtown.

Go to http://vegasreservations.com/stripmap for a printable map of the Las Vegas Strip, or http://vegasreservations.com/fremontmap for a printable (downtown Las Vegas) Fremont Street map or http://vegasreservations.com/lasvegasmap for a printable Las Vegas area map. You can use “Google” or “Bing” to do more research about the above subject or anything else your interested in.

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Tuesday September 7, 2010 by admin.

For those who want the best available accommodations, the best rooms and suites on the Las Vegas Strip as voted by the readers of Casino Player are:  #1 Venetian  #2 Wynn Las Vegas and  #3 Bellagio. Although there are several great hotels on Las Vegas Strip with great rooms and suites, I hope someone will find this information useful when choosing where to stay the next time your in Las Vegas. It will be interesting to see if any or all of the new 5 star hotels (Aria, Vdara and the expected to be rated 5 star Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (which opens on December 15th)) will show up in next year’s ratings.

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Monday September 6, 2010 by admin.

Happy Labor Day! Here’s some of the Las Vegas news that was reported during the last week:

Sept. 5, 2010 All Station and Fiesta casinos have a good low-level comp deal, good Sundays through Thursdays in September. Earn 100 Boarding Pass points in a day and get a free breakfast or lunch buffet, or earn 200 for a free brunch or dinner buffet. You keep the points. Depending on the games you play, that’s just $100-$400 coin-in which is a very low qualifying requirement.

Sept. 4, 2010 Upwards of 290,000 visitors are expected to come to Las Vegas this Labor Day weekend which is a a 2.8% increase over last year. Revenues, however, are expected to be lower in most areas which is a continuation of the overall theme for the past several months: More people, less spending.

Sept. 3, 2010 On Thursday, Sept. 9, the Nevada Restaurant Association (NvRA) and The Palazzo host the Las Vegas Epicurean Affair, with poolside samples of cuisine and cocktails from nearly 75 restaurants and beverage purveyors. The event takes place from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and General Admission tickets are $100 each, available at the Venetian and Palazzo box office on 702/414-9000.

Sept. 2, 2010 The Las Vegas Hilton issued a statement saying that the troubled heiress, who’s experiencing much negative fallout from her recent alleged cocaine-possession bust at Wynn Las Vegas, remains welcome at her namesake hotel, although it’s no longer owned by the Hilton family.

Sept. 1, 2010 The Lopez vs Marquez fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, due to take place Sept. 18, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 6.

August 31, 2010 The Wynn Las Vegas is in the process of completely renovating all its guest rooms and suites, a program that’s due to continue through early 2011.

                            10 cars that belonged to the late Danny Gans will be part of Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas Collector Car Auction, which takes place in Las Vegas Sept. 23-25. Included in the sale will be Gans’ 1932 Ford 3-window coupe, a 1955 Chevrolet Cameo pickup, and a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda coupe.

August 30, 2010 The Tropicana debuted its new steak and seafood restaurant, Biscayne Steak, Sea & Wine, part of Phase 1 of the property’s $165 million remodel and new South Beach “re-theming.”

                            The Las Vegas Riviera, under its parent company’s bankruptcy reorganization plan, will reverse the current policy of conserving cash and will invest a significant sum in maintenance upgrades, including exterior paint, select window treatments, elevator upgrades, and exterior and interior signage improvements.

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Saturday September 4, 2010 by admin.

If you want to learn to play Blackjack or just improve your current game, you can buy and read one of the numerous available books or search the internet. Out of the over 500,000 results on Google for the keyword “blackjack strategy”, three of the best sources of information, in my opinion, on how to play Blackjack are http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack and http://www.casinocenter.com/?p=343. Losing can be costly in many ways. Knowing what your doing and practicing are overall the best ways to improve your odds of winning or at least limiting your losses. Learn, practice and hopefully win but always set a limit. Gambling should be fun, if it isn’t then stop.

By the way, in case your interested, the readers of Casino Player voted Harrah’s, The Mirage and the Bellagio as the best places to play Blackjack on the Las Vegas Strip, Sam’s Town, the Palms and Gold Coast were voted as the best places for locals to play Blackjack and the Golden Nugget, Binion’s and Main Street Station were voted as the best places to play Blackjack downtown.

Go to http://vegasreservations.com/stripmap for a printable map of the Las Vegas Strip, or http://vegasreservations.com/fremontmap for a printable (downtown Las Vegas) Fremont Street map or http://vegasreservations.com/lasvegasmap for a printable Las Vegas area map. You can use “Google” or “Bing” to do more research about the above subject or anything else your interested in.

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Friday September 3, 2010 by admin.

According to the readers of Casino Player, the best Las Vegas hotels are:  On the Las Vegas Strip:    #1 Bellagio   #2 Caesars Palace #3 Venetian  In downtown Las Vegas: #1 Golden Nugget #2 Main Street Station #3 Fremont    For Las Vegas locals: #1 Rio #2 Red Rock #3 South Point  Although there are numerous great hotels in Las Vegas, I hope you find this information useful when choosing where to stay the next time your in Las Vegas.

Go to http://vegasreservations.com/stripmap for a printable map of the Las Vegas Strip, or http://vegasreservations.com/fremontmap for a printable (downtown Las Vegas) Fremont Street map or http://vegasreservations.com/lasvegasmap for a printable Las Vegas area map. You can use “Google” or “Bing” to do more research about the above subject or anything else your interested in.

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Thursday September 2, 2010 by admin.

In addition to the permanent shows that run in Las Vegas, here’s some of the other things happening this Labor Day weekend:

Friday Sept. 3, 2010 Ron White (comedy) 10 pm at the Mirage $59/$69/$79

                                 Crown Boxing 6 pm at the Rio $25/$100

                                 Jeff Dunham (comedy) 8 pm at Caesars Palace $49.50 - $89.50

                                 Air Supply (music concert) 7 pm at the Orleans $29.95

                                 Doobie Brothers (music concert) 8 pm at the Las Vegas Hilton $59 - $89

                                 David Grey and Ray LaMontagne (music concert) 8 pm at the Palms $49/$ $55.50/$77.50

                                 Ozomatli (music concert) 8 pm at the Hard Rock $25 in advance/$30 day of show

                                 Craig Shoemaker (comedy) at 7:30 pm at South Point $15/$20/$25

Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 Melissa Etheridge (music concert) 8 pm at the Palms $49/$79/$104

                                     Chelsea Handler (comedy) 10:30 pm at Caesars Palace $49/$99.50

                                     Air Supply (music concert) 7 pm at the Orleans $29.95

                                     Chris Botti (music concert) 8 pm at Texas Station $29 - $59

                                     Craig Shoemaker (comedy) at 7:30 pm at South Point $15/$20/$25

                                     KKLZ End of Summer Bash (music concert) 4 pm at the Cannery Free

Sunday Sept. 5, 2010 Air Supply (music concert) 7 pm at the Orleans $29.95

                                  Craig Shoemaker (comedy) at 7:30 pm at South Point $15/$20/$25

                                  Military Appreciation Show (music concert) 8 pm at the Cannery $16.45/$27.45

                                  No Use For A Name (music concert) 8 pm at Hard Rock $12 in advance/$15 day of show

                                  The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon begins 6 pm at South Point Free thru 6 pm Sept. 6th

Use one of the provided links or “Google”, “Bing” or other search engine to get more information about and tickets for the above events as well as permanent shows available this weekend.

Click on → http://vegasreservations.com/lasvegasmap to find the location of most of the above events.

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Wednesday September 1, 2010 by admin.

Want to know what events and conventions are coming to Las Vegas Nevada so you can plan ahead? Here’s the dates of events/conventions (with the expected number participants/attendees) for next month:

Oct. 7-9 International Vision Expo (14,000)

Oct. 10-13 ABC Kids Expo (14,000)

Oct. 11-13 Automotive Service & Repair (12,000)

Oct. 13-15 Specialty Graphics (22,000)

Oct. 22-24 Live Design International (11,000)

Knowing when events and conventions are happening in Las Vegas can sometimes help you avoid crowds and possible higher room rates. Use Google, Bing or other search engine for more information about any of the above events/conventions or anything else your interested in.

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Tuesday August 31, 2010 by admin.

According to the readers of Casino Player, the best overall gaming resorts in Las Vegas are:On the Las Vegas Strip:   #1 Bellagio #2 Caesars Palace #3 VenetianIn downtown Las Vegas:   #1 Golden Nugget #2 Four Queens #3 FremontFor Las Vegas locals:  #1 Rio #2 Red Rock #3 (my personal favorite) Palms  Even though the Palms is my personal favorite because of it’s great video poker, it’s difficult to argue with any of the above choices as a good to great place to stay. I hope you find this information useful when choosing where to stay and/or play the next time your in Las Vegas.

Go to http://vegasreservations.com/stripmap for a printable map of the Las Vegas Strip, or http://vegasreservations.com/fremontmap for a printable (downtown Las Vegas) Fremont Street map or http://vegasreservations.com/lasvegasmap for a printable Las Vegas area map. You can use “Google” or “Bing” to do more research about the above subject or anything else your interested in.

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Monday August 30, 2010 by admin.

Here’s some of the Las Vegas news that was reported during the last week:

August 27, 2010 In case you wanted to know something you shouldn’t do when your in Las Vegas , the Nevada State Gaming Control Board has fined Caesars Palace $250,000 for allowing a high-limit baccarat player to stand and dance on the card table while the game was being dealt. The board filed a complaint accusing Caesars for failing to take action to protect the game and the customer, who even placed a bet while he was standing on the table. The incident took place last October.

                           “Fox 5 News” reported that as many as twenty-six people have been taken to area hospitals and 100 more are being evaluated following the malfunction of a chlorine injection pump at the MGM Grand pool today. Maintenance is working on the problem and the pool remains closed.

August 26, 2010 Operators of the new Cosmopolitan resort, due to debut on the Strip December 15, have announced a deal with Marriott International to be one of the chain’s Autograph Collection, a portfolio of luxury independent hotels and resorts. This enables Cosmopolitan to market to Marriott’s 32 million travelers which is one of the largest customer databases in that industry.

                            Big-cat magician Dirk Arthur, formerly a long-time performer at the Tropicana, is opening at O’Sheas on Monday, Sept. 13. The show will perform at 7 pm and 9 pm nightly (dark Wednesday and Friday) and General Admission tickets are $22.95. Also, a new musical comedy called Nunsense, which comes from a 10-year run in New York, is performing daily at 4 pm in the Shimmer Cabaret (dark Tuesday) at the Las Vegas Hilton. Tickets start at $19.

                           Want to know what are the safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Las Vegas, together with stats on crime rates? Go to http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/08/26/safe-and-dangerous-places-in-las-vegas/ to see which areas got the thumbs up, or otherwise, plus the latest crime stats and how they compare with the national average (in particular, note that the car-theft rate is double the national norm).

August 24, 2010 Deutsche Bank, Nevada Property 1 LC, and Nevada Voteco, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit against the Cosmopolitan, in which the plaintiffs claim that its parking garage sits below the water table and is forced to run pumps “around the clock to keep the hotel from filling with water, engulfing both cars and people.”

August 23, 2010 The new nightlife venue in the Miracle Mile Shops which is taking over the space formerly occupied by Hawaiian Tropic Zone is now open for business. It’s a sister property to The Rockhouse Bar at Imperial Palace and it features food, drinks, and apparently a fearsome mechanical bull.

                            The passenger count was down at McCarran International Airport last month for the sixth straight month. Figures released by the Clark County Department of Aviation reveal that 3,518,217 passengers passed through airport last month — a 1.1 percent decline compared with July 2009.

                             It’s been reported that the Nevada (Nuclear) Test Site will henceforth be known as the Nevada National Security Site or N2S2, according to a spokeswoman with the National Nuclear Security Administration.

                              Las Vegas had the first pool-party fatality that I am aware of. A 27-year-old man from Oregon died after suffering a head injury while swimming in the Rehab pool at the Hard Rock yesterday evening (Aug. 22nd). No cause of death has not yet been determined.

August 22, 2010 Steve Wynn, who has the tendency to be obsessive in several areas, has done the same with his new devotion to his vegan diet. Every restaurant in the 5 star rated Wynn and Encore now offers vegan-friendly choices. No other resort in Las Vegas offers as extensive a choice of vegan cuisine.

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Saturday August 28, 2010 by admin.

And now for something really different. If your interested in Las Vegas (and I guess you must be if your reading this blog), like photos of Las Vegas but are tired of the same old thing then here’s something I think you’ll like. Go to http://www.bigeyeinthesky.com/Default.asp?CID=Las_Vegas, click on one or more of the photos and fool around with them. There are plenty of interactive full screen virtual reality360 degree aerial and ground level panoramic photos mostly of the Las Vegas Strip on this web page. With the wide variety of subjects, I think that everyone will find at least one (probably many) photo(s) that they really like or at least find very interesting. You will also find links to panoramic photos of different cities, subjects and categories. Enjoy!

Click on → http://vegasreservations.com/stripmap for a printable map of the Las Vegas Strip. You can use “Google” or “Bing” to do more research about the many great restaurants in Las Vegas or any other subject.

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