Casino News Tagged As Las Vegas
New Vegas Reality Show to Star Spoiled, Rich Girls
I don’t know if it’s because of the success of the hit movie The Hangover or what, but it seems like everyone wants to film in Las Vegas. As mentioned here earlier, Wheel of Fortune is shooting at the Venetian, and now casting is underway in Vegas for a new reality TV show all about [...]
New Poker Game Show to Hit the Tube Soon
It’s high season for poker down in Las Vegas right now, with the WSOP main event happening as we speak. But that’s not the only big Hold ‘Em news to come out of Sin City, as they’ve also just started filming a new poker game show scheduled to air starting August 1st. The partnership between [...]
New Zombie-themed Casino Coming to Vegas?
Michael Jackson has a lot on his plate, from a fifty show residency in London, to initial work on a new album. So with all that going on, why not make plans to open a new casino in Las Vegas with an outright insane theme? It seems his love of zombies has lasted since the [...]
Lone gunman robs MGM Grand (and escapes)
If Ocean’s 11 taught us anything, it’s that it’s really, really, really hard to rob a Las Vegas casino. And that it’s even harder to rob one, and not get gunned down by an angry security guard or Andy Garcia. All in all, marching into the MGM Grand and absconding with a whole pile of [...]
Vegas Attacked by Spring Breakers, Killer Bees
Right now Las Vegas is enjoying a perfect storm of tourist visits. It’s Spring Break season in the US and it’s also March Madness, when gamblers and hoops lovers descend on the city’s sports books. So depending on what type of person you are, that means you should either get on the first charter to [...]
Happy Birthday Legalized Gambling!
On this day in history, gambling was legalized in the state of Nevada, back in 1931. Since then, Las Vegas has grown from a dusty old silver mining town into one of the premier vacation destinations in the world. Decades after Nevada, other states and locations around the world joined the fun and legalized various [...]
Casinos Pipe in Custom Scents
You might have already suspected this, but finding out for sure might still creep you out. An article posted today on SignonSanDiego.com states that half the casinos on the Las Vegas strip pump designer fragrances onto their gaming floors. Research has shown that pleasant smells increase the amount of time people will spend in a [...]
The Vegas 6 Pound Burrito Challenge
This post is a public service to any of you who might soon be headed to Las Vegas with an enormous appetite. And I don’t mean simply a large I-once-ate-8-tacos-in-twenty-minutes type appetite, because that’s just not going to get it done. In typical Las Vegas fashion, The NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Hotel and Casino [...]
Top 10 Gambling Songs
Here are 10 songs to help you through tricky gambling situations: 10) Situation: Playing Blackjack, you’ve got 11 against the dealer’s 15. Song: Britney Spears – Baby One More Time Lyrics: “Hit me, baby, one more time”. 9) Situation: You think your wife is having an affair with a Craps player. Song: Frank Sinatra – [...]
Top 10 Tips for Doing Vegas on a Budget
Sure, it’s cheaper than ever to fly to Las Vegas right now. But once you get there, the city is filled with ways to part you from your hard-earned dollars. Here’s 10 ways to save: 10) Yes it’s awesome to cruise the Strip in a stretch Hummer limo, but take the monorail instead. It’s a [...]
Celebrity Misbehavior in Vegas
Las Vegas is a magnet for misbehavior. And it’s no different for celebrities when they visit the City of Sin. Like, say, Joaquin Phoenix. He recently got up in front of a crowd at Las Vegas nightclub LAVO, for his debut rap performance. Which would be fine except for the fact that there were a [...]
Las Vegas Urban Legends
Las Vegas is just one of those places where crazy stuff happens. If you just visit for a weekend, maybe you vomit on a bouncer, get married to Britney Spears or win $29,000,000 with one pull on a slot-machine. If you spend a little more time there you might wind up like Howard Hughes, with [...]
