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Lasvegasadvisor Issue 6 $5 ANTHONY CURTIS’ June 2018 Vol. 35 LasVegasAdvisor Issue 6 PARK MGM Entertainment supplants gambling … pgs. 2, 3 SPORTS BET- TING DECISION SCOTUS comes through, now what? … pg. 1 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Hockey phenomenon rocks the desert … pg. 2 POKER TIME The WSOP and seven alternative tourneys … pg. 9 TRAILER CASINO See one up close … pg. 10 CASINOS Local (702) Toll Free • 2018 LVA MEMBER REWARDS • Numbers (800) († 855) (††866) (* 877) (**888) Local Toll Free ALL-PURPOSE COMP DRINKS Aliante Casino+Hotel+Spa ........692-7777 ............477-7627* †† 50% off up to $50 (Palms) Free Drink Brewers, Kixx, or Havana Bar (Boulder Station); 3 Free Aria ............................................590-7111 ............359-7757 Rounds (Ellis Island); Free Margarita or Beer (Fiesta Rancho); Free Arizona Charlie’s Boulder ..........951-5800 ............362-4040 ACCOMMODATIONS Arizona Charlie’s Decatur ..........258-5200 ............342-2695 Margarita (Sunset Station) Bally’s ........................................739-4111 ............603-4390* 2-For-1 Room (El Cortez) Bellagio ......................................693-7111 ............987-7111** SHOWS Binion’s ......................................382-1600 ............937-6537 BUFFETS 2-For-1 Hypnosis Unleashed (Binion’s), Show in the Cabaret (Westgate Boulder Station ..........................432-7777 ............683-7777 2-For-1 Buffet (Aliante Casino+Hotel, Arizona Charlie’s Boulder, Arizona Las Vegas); 2-For-1 or 50% off Beatleshow (Saxe Theater), Nathan Caesars Palace..........................731-7110 ............227-5938†† Charlie’s Decatur, Cannery, Fremont, Main Street Station, Westgate); California ...................................385-1222 ............634-6505 Burton Comedy Magic (Saxe Theater), Vegas! the Show (Saxe The- †† 2-For-1 Gospel Brunch (House of Blues at Mandalay Bay); 2-For-1 Buf- ater), All Shook Up (V Theater), Aussie Heat (V Theater), Hitzville (V Cannery .....................................507-5700 ............999-4899 fet or 50% off one (Boulder Station, Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho, Casino Royale ...........................737-3500 ............854-7666 Theater), Las Vegas Live Comedy Club (V Theater), The Mentalist (V Circus Circus .............................734-0410 ............634-3450 Gold Coast, Green Valley Ranch, Orleans, Palace Station, Rampart, Theater), Popovich Comedy Pet Theater (V Theater), V the Ultimate Cosmopolitan ............................698-7100 ............551-7772* Red Rock Resort, Sam’s Town, Santa Fe Station, Silver Sevens, Variety Show (V Theater), Zombie Burlesque (V Theater); Drink-min- Cromwell, The ...........................777-3777 ............426-2766^ Silverton, Suncoast, Sunset Station, Texas Station); $10 Off Brunch imum Mac King (Harrah’s); 25% Off Carrot Top (Luxor); Free Tickets the D ..........................................388-2400 ............274-5825 † Buffet (Caesars Palace); 25% Off Buffet (Rio, Treasure Island) with Box Office charge Marc Savard (V Theater) Downtown Grand ......................719-5100 ............384-7263 Eastside Cannery ......................507-5700 ............999-4899†† El Cortez ....................................385-5200 ............634-6703 DINING RIDES/ATTRACTIONS 2-For-1 Menu Item in: (Big Dog’s), Siegel’s 1941 (El Cortez), Fat Choy Ellis Island (Super 8) ..................733-8901 ............800-8000 Up to 45% off Real Bodies (Bally’s); 25% Off SlotZilla Zip Line (Fremont Encore .......................................770-7100 ............321-9966* (Eureka Casino), Northside Café (SLS Las Vegas); 2-For-1 Menu Item Street Experience); $5 Off High Roller (LINQ Promenade); $4 Off Excalibur ....................................597-7777 ............937-7777 or 50% off one in: Club Café (Club Fortune); 25% Off Bill in: Top of Admission Mob Museum; 2-For-1 Admission to the Eiffel Tower Experi- Fiesta Henderson ......................558-7000 ............899-7770** Binion’s Steakhouse (Binion’s), Hooters Saloon and Restaurant (Hoot- ence (Paris); 1 Free Game of Bowling at Strike Zone (Sunset Station); Fiesta Rancho............................631-7000 ............731-7333 ers), Oscar’s Steakhouse (Plaza); 2-For-1 Entrée in: Market Street 40% Off Admission to Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. 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