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A Prime Play at Jackson’s
[caption id="attachment_151101" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Located about three miles west of the Las Vegas Strip at 6020 W. Flamingo, Jackson’s is...
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Bar Promos Top Early-Summer Deals
[caption id="attachment_138240" align="alignright" width="372"] Evel Pie. Photo by: Shane O'Neal[/caption] The summer of 2017 kicks off with a bunch of cool deals in several categories, but three...
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Downtown Dinner Show
[caption id="attachment_92532" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Frankie Moreno[/caption] Some things that used to be common in casinos are all but nonexistent today. For example, when’s the last time...
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Free Mini at The Orleans
Gambling tournaments come in two forms: majors and minis. Major tournaments are multi day events with high entry fees, often real-money buy-ins and large prize pools. Minis are single-day events with...
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Happy Hour Burgers
[media-credit id=10 align="alignright" width="331"][/media-credit] Remember the days when a $10 price tag on a burger made you blink? That certainly isn’t the case anymore. Today, “gourmet burgers” at...
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Video Poker Hall of Fame
This magazine’s annual bar issue is my favorite of the year, and it’s a chance to update my lists on the best video poker bars in Las Vegas. Keep in mind that you can often do better in the casinos,...
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Happy Hours Show Up for Summer
Summer always brings out the deals in Las Vegas, as casinos have to work a little harder to lure locals out in 110-degree heat. A crop of interesting happy hours leads the way. Amid several excellent...
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Free Roll at M Resort
Calling all gamblers—there’s another rebate deal in town. As I’ve discussed in this space before, one of the absolute best gambling deals you can come across is a rebate on losses. In essence, it’s a...
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Yes to the Lobsters, Pass on the Grasshoppers
Last month, I devoted an entire column to the excellent $47 show and buffet package at the Golden Nugget Hotel. That’s a great price for a night out, but it’s still a hundred-dollar bill for two. For...
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Doing the Dirty: South Point’s Free Comedy Show
[caption id="attachment_103397" align="aligncenter" width="630"] South Point[/caption] I hear much lamenting regarding the demise of free lounge entertainment in Las Vegas. We used to have 20...
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Old Vegas at the Longhorn
[caption id="attachment_157415" align="alignright" width="364"] Longhorn's ham & eggs for $4.99. Photo credit: Longhorn[/caption] Ah, old Vegas. “It was so much better back then!” I hear this...
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Football Contest Time
Football season is here, which means lots of promotions in the casinos. Many will be revealed in the week leading up to the NFL’s Week 1 games and new ones will pop up throughout the season. Always of...
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An Instacomp, a Golfer’s Happy Hour and a Well & Being Buffet
[caption id="attachment_140917" align="aligncenter" width="624"] Aureole has happy hour options galore[/caption] The end-of-summer deal rush is on, starting with the return of the cool instacomp at...
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Football Weeklies Offer Free Rolls
[caption id="attachment_33785" align="aligncenter" width="598"] The Silverton is one of many hotels that offers weekly freebie kiosk contests[/caption] The window is closed for entering the big-money...
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Where Do You Want to Watch the Game?
If you’re a football fan who has friends who are football fans, get ready to hear that question 15 to 50 times between now and the Super Bowl. Sure, everyone has their Old Faithful bar or sports book,...
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Last Stand For Monday Night Football
[media-credit name="Illustration by Cierra Pedro" align="aligncenter" width="1950"][/media-credit] Once upon a time, there was a whole lot to say about Monday Night Football parties in Las Vegas. It...
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A Big Play in Reno, Dollar Oysters, and More Football Deals
Sometimes you have to travel for a deal. Chances are you’ve never heard of the Wa She Shu casino in northern Nevada, but there’s a rebate-on-loss deal there that’s better than anything available in...
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The High-Rolling Habits of Stephen Paddock
As the quest for answers ensued after the horrific events of 1 October, an angle surfaced that captured the imagination of both the media and the public. Shooter Stephen Paddock was a gambler. And not...
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Cutting the Cost of Hockey
[media-credit name="Illustration by Cierra Pedro" align="aligncenter" width="1950"][/media-credit] As I write this, Las Vegas’ NHL team, the Vegas Golden Knights, are 9–5–1. The Knights are winning...
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Cashing in on the Madness
The March Madness college basketball tournament begins this week and Vegas will be packed, as visitors from all over the country come for opening weekend. Something about March Madness brings out the...
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