I don’t even know where I became aware of Amanda Bynes but I remember she was in “Easy A” with (fake redhead) Emma Stone. Regardless of where I first saw Amanda Bynes her public meltdown on twitter has been strange to see. What’s even more strange to see is how people react to her. Amanda [...]

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Online gaming won’t be allowed in New Jersey until Thanksgiving time but the Government has set a deadline of June 30 for online gaming partners to be set. The short time frame is intended to give state regulators time to examine the qualifications and backgrounds of the companies that want to partner with the casinos, [...]

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Last night @ericrz sent me a tweet with this pretty cool video for Scoshe Bluetooth SmartROLL Electronic Gaming Dice from the E3 (video game) Expo this week. I love craps and the demo was setup to show how the bluetooth dice worked with a craps game on a tablet. Check it out. The crap demo [...]

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Golden Nugget Raises Room Rates $5

by Marc June 13, 2013
Golden Nugget Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience

Earlier this week the Golden Nugget added a $5 “Fremont Street Experience” charge to their room rates and people aren’t happy. The Golden Nugget will not be charging a Resort Fee. Our Strip competitors are charging up to $25 in daily Resort Fees for use of certain hotel amenities regardless if they are used or [...]

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Aria Marquee Is A Symbol Of The Changing Vegas Strip

by Marc June 11, 2013
Aria Las Vegas Marquee

I find a lot of things in the Vegas media funny. Las Vegas is the #42 television market but plenty of people in the media and marketing departments acts as if Vegas is a top 5 market. When I saw press releases and news stories about the Aria marquee I laughed. It’s a sign. In [...]

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Atlantic City Celebrates 20 Years Of Parking Fees!

by Marc June 10, 2013
Welcome To Atlantic City Sign

Congratulations are in order to New Jersey and Atlantic City casinos which are celebrating the 20th year of parking fees! The best part of this is that we can expect another 10+ years of parking fees when visiting Atlantic City casinos! State law does not allow the $3 parking charge to be abolished or reduced [...]

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Now Revel Is For Sale In Atlantic City

by Marc June 6, 2013
Revel Resort Atlantic City

First, Trump Plaza was and is for sale in Atlantic City and then Atlantic Club Casino was up for sale and now Revel is up for sale to the highest bidder. The hedge funds that this winter repossessed the bankrupt $2.5 billion Revel casino will, in a few weeks, start a formal auction to find [...]

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Sports Betting Kiosks Gone, Soon To Be Forgotten

by Marc June 5, 2013
William Hill Kiosk

Sports betting kiosks by William Hill and Cantor Gaming are getting the boot from bars across Nevada. While there are some negatives to kiosks getting banned this it’s not really a big deal for business. (Joe Asher, CEO of William Hill Corp.) argues that only $600,000 of the $170 million won in sports pools came in [...]

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Life Is Beautiful Fest Bands, Chefs, Mascots and More

by Marc June 4, 2013
Life is Beautiful Festival Las Vegas

My musical taste has been questioned my whole life. I never really cared about music growing up but hearing Pantera, Goo Goo Dolls and Soundgarden in college for the first time opened my eyes to music that wasn’t on the radio. From that point forward my taste in music has been a little off the [...]

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The D Hotel Review

by Marc June 4, 2013
The D Las Vegas Hotel Room King Bed

I say often how much I enjoy gambling at The D but, until last week, I hadn’t stayed at the hotel or experienced more than the bars and gaming. My King room at The D is possibly the best $40 hotel room I’ve ever had. In fact, I’ve already made another reservation. You may have [...]

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Did MGM Resorts Just Make Southwest The Best Airline In America?

by Marc June 3, 2013
Southwest Airlines Eagle

Last week I shared a list of the Top 10 airlines in America from Consumer Reports. For the most part I agreed with it. Virgin America was #1 and Southwest was #2. Today MGM Resorts announced a partnership with Southwest which may make the the #1 airline for anyone that travels to Vegas. M life members [...]

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