Las Vegas

Best Luxury Hotel Bargain In Vegas

by Marc May 22, 2013
The Venetian Las Vegas

Hotel rooms at The Venetian and The Palazzo offer the best prices among luxury hotels in Las Vegas according to the most recent Average Daily Room (ADR) information. The property’s (Cosmopolitan) average daily room rate of $273 topped other high-end properties. For example, Wynn Las Vegas and Encore reported ADR of $258, while The Venetian and [...]

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People Starting To Gamble At Cosmopolitan

by Marc May 21, 2013
cosmopolitan las vegas casino

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has had its struggles since opening. They haven’t posted a positive quarter of earnings yet. They’re business model is “the future of Vegas” where 70% (or so) of the revenues come from the non-gaming parts of the casino. That probably won’t change in the future but as a casino in [...]

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You Can’t Stay At A Gas Station In Vegas

by Marc May 21, 2013
Terrible's Hotel and Casino Las Vegas

A few years ago a couple friends were talking to some girls and asked them where they were staying on their Vegas vacation. The girls answered “Terribles”.  Never hearing of Terribles Casino my friends asked the girls if they were staying in a gas station. Until that point the only Terribles my friends and I [...]

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6 Second Room Tour At The D Las Vegas

by Marc May 20, 2013
craps lessons the d las vegas

Here’s a quick 6 second room tour of my hotel room at The D in downtown Vegas from last week. I love these quick little vine videos that can highlight a hotel room so quickly. Moving forward I will be making these 6 second overviews for every hotel room I stay in. I’ll have a more detailed [...]

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Lay The Favorite Movie Review

by Marc May 20, 2013
lay the favorite movie poster

I don’t write movie reviews very often. Between my lack of patience to watch movies and minimal movies about casinos and gambling there’s little to write about. That said, I was stoked to see “Lay The Favorite” when I first heard about it. People seemed to enjoy the book and the story behind ”Lay The Favorite” [...]

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In Vegas It’s Hot In The Sun

by Marc May 14, 2013
Las Vegas Weather

Talking about the weather is a funny thing. I was tweeting about this a few weeks ago when a friend had similar, unrelated, thoughts about talking weather. Usually weather is a topic just to fill awkward moments of silence. When I told friends I was moving to Las Vegas they all asked me about how I’ll deal with [...]

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Las Vegas 51′s Sold And May Move

by Marc May 14, 2013
Holly Madison Las Vegas 51's

Baseball is my favorite sport. It’s the only organized sport I played growing up and the professional sport I attended most (Go Yankees!). Since I moved to Las Vegas I’ve wanted to get out to a Las Vegas 51′s game but have never made it. That will change this year since they’re now the New [...]

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New Ways to Link Atlantic City to Las Vegas

by Marc May 7, 2013
Atlantic Club Casino Valet

It’s rare that there are good rumors about Atlantic City floating around and this feels like one of those days. Last week was news that there wouldn’t be an influx of fresh blood and new thinking in Atlantic City but that may not be the case. First, there is louder talk than usual about Caesars [...]

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Atlantic City Casinos Not Sold Afterall

by Marc May 6, 2013
Trump Plaza

For the time being the sale of Trump Plaza and Atlantic Club Casinos in Atlantic City are much ado about nothing. Carl Icahn has controlling interest in any sale of Trump Plaza and has decided not to allow the sale to go through for $20 million. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who holds the mortgage on [...]

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Bacon Wrapped Dates In Vegas With No Salmonella

by Marc May 3, 2013
Jaleo Menu Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

The Firefly location closest to the Vegas Strip was shut down this week because of a large problem with salmonella. 90 people got sick and may file a lawsuit. That’s not good. Every person I know who loved Firefly went for its bacon wrapped dates which are a classic dish with actual spanish tapas (not to [...]

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Seven Stars Insider – May Edition

by Marc May 2, 2013
Tyson Chandler New York Knicks Total Rewards

Here’s the latest edition of Seven Stars Insider. It’s a big one with lots of information, especially for the Atlantic City players. This is an easy read and an excellent resource for Caesars Total Rewards players. It’s long, but full of information. Head over to Seven Stars Insider to sign up for the newsletter. My Mistake. . . Apparently only one person (other than [...]

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