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ANTHONY CURTIS’ May 2017 Vol. 34 LasVegasAdvisor Issue 5

FRANKIE MORENO Dinner and a show at the Golden Nugget … pgs. 3, 8

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS Football’s bad boys coming for real … pg. 1

SHOW-PRICE SURVEY Price of show tickets up again … pgs. 1, 5

THE $2 BUZZ At a Strip casino, no less … pg. 8

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More Paid Parking Casinos Paradise Park—A timetable by Anthony Curtis for Paradise Park, the Wynn Resorts project that will be built What’s the biggest story in Las unfamiliar to some, so to get there from on the site of the old Desert Inn Vegas right now? Even though all the the home page (on a computer), hover golf course, has been announced. buzz is swirling around the Raiders, it’s your cursor over “Hotels” in the top nav. Work will begin in December or not that. The true biggest story remains That will trigger a drop-down menu January, with the first part of the the charging for parking on the Strip. that includes “Parking Fees” (along phased project completed by Journalists all over the country are with “Resort Fees,” “Conventions,” early 2019. There’ve been some writing about it and we hear the grip- and other relevant topics). Not only will changes in the plans, however, ing constantly. We touch on it a little in you find all the current information on with the hotel tower apparently every issue, if only to shine a light on parking, but you can read the thoughts being delayed in favor of build- casinos that aren’t charging, as we did and advice of others who post in the ing out the lagoon and beach in this month’s review of Purple Reign comments section. elements, along with convention at the free-parking Westgate. If you want to dig deeper, check out space. Exactly when the hotel The thing is, this situation remains the “Question of the Day” for 4/26/17 will be built has not been dis- fluid. As of last month, the Cosmopoli- (the various ways to park free) and the closed. tan began charging for valet parking five-parter we ran from 12/20 to 12/24, Wynn Las Vegas—The entire with fees starting at $13, and a mini- 2016. Also, in the FAQ there’s a big front area of the Wynn is boarded mum charge of $7 will be instituted for transportation section with 40 Q&As, off for construction on the Wynn self-parking beginning May 16. Also, including alternatives to driving and Plaza retail project that’s sched- the first of the Caesars Entertainment having to park, such as taxis, Uber uled to debut this fall. properties have begun to charge, start- and Lyft, public transportation, and Luxor—MGM Resorts Inter- ing at $5-$7 (depending on the casino) free shuttles and trams. national is partnering with Allied to self-park at The LINQ, Bally’s, Paris, Esports and Esports Arena to and Caesars Palace. Valet rates run up Theater Extras Update create the first dedicated esports to $18. Meanwhile at MGM Resorts, In February, we introduced you venue on the Strip. Esports Arena the first to implement fees last year, to Theater Extras, the New York Las Vegas will reside in the space the rates have been raised by $2 to a City-based papering company that that was previously the LAX night- minimum of $5-$7 for self-parking and we’re working with during its move club and is expected to debut in by as much as $8, to $25, for valet. into the Las Vegas market. As I write early 2018. It’s a beast to stay on top of and this, there’s been only one Las Vegas Palazzo—The passageway we could fill up an entire newsletter deal offered (a good one: free seats from the casino to registration is with the details and nuances of the for Carrie Underwood at T-Mobile), completely blocked off and cus- paid-parking morass. Here’s how but that can change at any moment. tomers are being routed through we’re handling it. That’s why you should sign up now. the jewelry store. Work is under- We’re compiling and disseminat- Two things. First, if you join and a way on a new escalator to … ing information at LasVegasAdvisor. charge shows up on your card, don’t somewhere upstairs. com. We address things as soon as panic. Simply call or email us and we’ll California—Changes con- they happen in “Today’s News,” but get it reversed. This isn’t a scam—your tinue to be made at the California. the place to go to get everything in Theater Extras membership is free as After operating for many years one spot is our dedicated parking-fee part of your LVA membership. on the second floor, the sports page. The new website design is still continued on next page continued on next page Couponomy continued Sunday Funday 40 This month’s Sunday Funday online poker tournament will run May 21. The prize pool Second, the registration system includes $100 for the winner, plus LVA memberships and our new books. There’s no st isn’t set up to take non-U.S. addresses. charge to play. See you at noon PST/3pm EST on the 21 at Play.LasVegasAdvisor.com. So if you’re from Canada, for example, you’ll have to enter a U.S. address. extra day in February contributed to included the U.S. Department of Any address will do; it doesn’t have to the overall negative results. One bright Homeland Security Immigration and be real. All communication is done by spot was roulette (see Gambling). Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the email or phone, so the address doesn’t Visitor volume also took a hit from IRS, which suggests it was money- matter. Make one up. Or if you want the leap-year comparison, falling 5.5%. laundering connected. The casino was easy, use this one: 1234 Tropicana It was the steepest decline since June reopened within 24 hours. Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89102. 2009. Washington—The $510 mil- To activate your free membership, Even airline traffic was affected, lion Ilani Casino Resort has opened log on to theaterextras.com. Click tallying a .3% decline. The drop ended near the Oregon border, just north of on “Click Here to Join Now” at the a series of 26 consecutive monthly Vancouver/Portland. Owned jointly top of the page. Click on “Marquis” increases. That string contributed to by Washington’s Cowlitz and Con- membership if it isn’t already chosen. 2016’s passenger total hitting 47.4 necticut’s Mohegan tribes, the casino Again, it will say $99, but you won’t million, just shy of 2007’s record 47.8 has 2,500 slots and 75 table games. be charged. Fill out the information million. Canada’s WestJet announced There are also nine restaurants, plus (using your made up Vegas address) that it will launch a no-frills “ultra-low- bars and retail outlets, but no hotel. and enter code TELV1234 and you’re cost” carrier with service possibly Bahamas—After several starts enrolled. n starting as early as this year. and stops, the Baha Mar resort has opened. Located in Nassau, the $350 Gambling in the U.S. News continued million beachfront resort is opening in and Beyond stages, but when finished, will feature Atlantic City—It’s been officially more than 2,300 rooms, 40 restaurants book has been relocated to the main announced that the former Trump Taj and lounges, an 18-hole golf course, casino floor. Mahal will become Hard Rock Hotel more than 30 luxury shops, and Mob Museum—More information Atlantic City. Following a $375 million the largest casino in the Caribbean at has been released about the expansion renovation and rebranding, the new over 100,000 square feet. of downtown’s Mob Museum. Plans resort will open on the Boardwalk in South Korea—The first phase of call for the addition of a speakeasy and the summer of 2018. the $1.2 billion Paradise City casino distillery in the basement that will have Native American—For the first has opened in Incheon. The casino an educational bent, documenting how time, native American casinos have has 285 machines and 150 live table the “moonshining” business was run surpassed commercial casinos in gam- games. A boutique hotel, clubs, and during Prohibition. bling win. In a study of 2015 results, a spa are planned for 2018. IGT—International Game Tech- Indian casinos throughout the U.S. won Philippines—The $160 million nology has sold its social-gambling $30.5 billion to $29.8 billion by commer- Winford Hotel and Casino has opened platform DoubleDown for $825 mil- cial casinos. Racinos were considered in Manila. The resort has a hotel with lion, which it purchased in a roundly a third category and booked a win of 128 rooms and a casino with 600 ma- criticized deal in 2012 for $500 million. $8.5 billion. The report counted 242 chines, 110 tables, and a poker room. The buyer is DoubleU Games out of tribes with 494 facilities in 28 states. Japan—An analysis by Global South Korea, to which IGT will license California—The Bicycle Hotel Market Advisors LLC suggests that its content. and Casino in Bell Gardens California Japan should seek to build its casinos Revenues—Nevada’s statewide was shut down in a government raid in close proximity to one another to gambling win fell 4.5% in February last month. The reason for the raid maximize the potential of its gambling compared to the same month last year. hasn’t been specified, but participants continued on next page

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The complete steak dinner at Ellis Island maintains its 1. Steak Dinner • Ellis Island • 24 hours • $7.99 #1 spot in the list. The filet-cut sirloin comes with soup or salad, choice of potato, and green beans and is served 2. Shrimp Cocktail • Skyline • 24 hours • $1.49 24/7 for $7.99. To get that price you have to print out two 3. Beer • Casino Royale • 24 hours • $1 coupons from an EI kiosk, the second after playing at least $5 in any slot machine with your club card inserted. 4. Breakfast • Klondike Sunset • Daily • $1.49 Amazing us by surviving for another month is the Fla- 5. Draft Beer • Flamingo • Daily • 5¢ mingo’s 5¢ beer deal in the Margaritaville Casino area’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere bar that runs daily from 5 to 6 pm 6. Mac King • Harrah’s • Tues.–Sat. • $14.98 (#5). It’s a bit of a cram-fest to beat the clock in that one- 7. Hot Dog • South Point • Daily • $1.25 hour window, then there’s the dilemma of what to toke 8. Prime Rib • Klondike Sunset • Daily • $5.55-$12.99 on a 25¢ tab. But it’s the spirit of the thing that makes it a great way to start an evening out. 9. Show & Dinner • Golden Nugget • Thurs. & Sat. • $46.45 Also hanging in for a second consecutive month 10. $1 Blackjack • Hooters • 24 hours • Free is the all-day every-day $1 blackjack game at Hooters (#10). There’s only one table and the rules are lousy, but it’s another nod to the things that made Vegas great, of which you can still partake—right here, right now, in 2017. Notes: The shrimp cocktail at Skyline (#2) is served at the main bar. Michelob in the bottle is $1 and draft Coors Light is 75¢ at Casino Royale (#3). The $1.49 bacon or sausage & eggs breakfast at Klondike Sunset (#4) is served every day in Sarah’s Kitchen from 7 to 11 am. Get a ticket to the Mac King Comedy Magic Show and a drink for $14.98 by asking for the show special at the Harrah’s Total Rewards booth (#6). The hot dogs at South Point (#7) are sold from a cart in the sports book from 10 am until they close down the cart around 5 pm. The availability of the prime rib specials at Klondike Sunset (#8) fluctuates, but some combination of them are served in Sarah’s Kitchen, starting at 11 am. The show/dinner package at the Golden Nugget (#9) combines the Frankie Moreno show and the Golden Nugget buffet.

News continued Gambling in the Media byline. The information was accurate, The gambling article in the May/ so we’re cool with it. June Cigar Aficionado is titled “Robotic The April 18 Wall Street Journal market. The study specifically men- Poker” and discusses a successful contained an article titled “In Las Ve- tions an “Osaka Strip,” that would be approach to playing online poker by gas, Drinks Flow a Little Less Freely” patterned after the Las Vegas Strip and which humans were taught to play that used input solicited from LVA the Cotai Strip in Macau. It estimates like robots. It’s another ingenious ap- members, though that wasn’t men- that the first Japanese casino won’t proach to winning money gambling. tioned in the story. open until 2023. What’s more interesting, though, is that The April Maxim magazine was Online—Another month another the man behind the technique is Rob devoted primarily to Las Vegas, with record for the online take in New Reitzen, one of the most successful mostly cursory information about Jersey, as revenue hit $21.7 million advantage players that no one seems partying, downtown, sports betting, in March. Arkansas has passed a law to know. Reitzen, a founder of one of the new NHL franchise, and a feature legalizing and regulating daily fantasy the early blackjack teams called CORE, on Sheldon Adelson. sports. It’s the 11th state to do so, join- is focal in the article and some of his Parade magazine’s “What People ing Kansas, Massachusetts, Tennes- more impressive gambling exploits Earn” issue included a “professional see, Mississippi, Colorado, Missouri, are referenced. poker dealer” from the Horseshoe Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, and New The April 14 USA Today contained Casino in Baltimore with annual earn- York. Next up may be Texas. Moving an article titled “Vegas Visits Get ings of $50,000. in the opposite direction of current Pricier” that provides the results of The upcoming movie Blade Run- worldwide trends, Australia has passed LVA’s April show-price survey. It was ner 2049 will have a scene set in Las laws prohibiting previously allowed on- a little funky in that it was taken from Vegas, but it wasn’t shot here. A future line poker and in-game sports betting. a column Anthony Curtis wrote for Caesars Palace depicted in the flick The sports-betting restrictions were another newspaper and the second was created in a studio in Hungary. prompted by concerns over increased part of the article (on paid parking) The movie starring Ryan Gosling is incidences of match fixing. wasn’t written by him, but carried his set for release in October. n

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ECan Buffet sushi cut rolls (limited choice), dim intangibles, beginning with a decent Eastside Cannery has closed its sum, and all sorts of salads, including comp play outlined in Gambling. Being buffet. That wouldn’t be particularly make-your-own Greek. Entrées run the that this is a Wynn product, there are bad news, except that the LVA Mem- gamut from fried chicken to Caribbean lots of vegan choices, which ensures ber Rewards book has a twofer for lamb-stew curry, and the fantastic that even non-carnivores can get their the ECan buffet that’s no longer valid line-up at the carving station includes $30 worth. And self-parking is still free there. Not to worry. The coupon is now chicken, turkey, pork loin, ham, three at the Wynn. Lines can get long, but we being accepted for a 2-for-1 entrée in kinds of sausages, and marinated showed up at noon on a Wednesday Snaps, the Deli, or Carve. That’s an hanger steak. All the high-enders have and walked right in. impressive move by the casino that an only-at-our-buffet feature, and here Flav Fried Chicken (Rockhouse)— makes this offer even better than it it’s a latke bar with made-to-order op- Rockhouse at the Venetian is the only was originally. tions that include Reuben, brisket, and place in town where you can get Flavor smoked fish. The desserts are stacked Flav’s fried chicken. If you don’t know, Reviews with a gelato selection, candied apples, Flav is something of a rap legend (Pub- Wynn Buffet (Lunch)—It’s almost cookies, toffee, and our favorites, lic Enemy) who got into the chicken impossible to argue with the wisdom of crème brûlée, berry cheesecake, and biz. He opened his own restaurant in laying down some coin for Las Vegas’ the unmatched Wynn bread pudding, town called House of Flav that closed high-end buffets. So what if lunch at this one a butterscotch variation. On in a blink, then Rockhouse signed The Buffet at Wynn Las Vegas costs the negative side, the sushi is surpris- on to offer the line. Kind of. The only $30.30 after tax? There’s not much of a ingly pedestrian and there’s no fresh Flav chicken available at Rockhouse chance that you’ll leave without getting shrimp or crab legs (even snow crab). is wings. They come 10 for $13.99 or your money’s worth. The starters alone But overall, quality is high and this 24 for $24.99 and are served dry with will do it—two kinds of lox, ahi tuna list barely scratches the surface for ranch on the side. They’re bigger than poke, mussels, a charcuterie selection, selection. There are also some cool most and the seasoning has pop, but they’re nothing to holler about, un- Local Corner—Windy City Beefs ’n’ Pizza less you just want to experience the flavor of Flavor. We happened to go 9711 S. Eastern, 702-388-4300 on Taco Tuesday, when several taco variations are $1.50-$2. The tacos are After the closing of Chicago Dogs a few months ago, we began the search nothing to holler about either (though for a new best place for authentic Chicago-style hot dogs. Two candidates the price is right). We think Rockhouse were Amore and Brando’s bar, but the Chicagoans we queried (including is pretty cool, but it’s not what you’d Frank Cullotta, subject of our book, Cullotta), almost all named Windy City, call a gotta-do for dining. a restaurant with locations on both sides of town. Here we’re reviewing the Happy Hour (Fleming’s)—The east-side store, but the two are similar (except pizza is available only on the Fleming’s Steakhouse happy hour, east side). called “567,” runs from 5 to 7 pm daily Windy City serves a Vienna hot dog on a poppy-seed bun topped with in the bar. Five appetizers, including relish, onions, tomatoes, pickle, sport peppers, a dash of celery salt, and Portobello mushroom ravioli and ten- yellow mustard. They’re $5 and come with fries. It’s the classic Chicago dog derloin carpaccio, are $6-$8, but we we were looking for, but it might not be the best this place has to offer when went specifically for the prime burger. you consider the Italian beef. We haven’t tried Italian beef sandwiches in a lot This big burger topped with cheese, of places, but served dry, wet, or dipped and loaded with peppers for $7.50, bacon, onion, lettuce, and tomato and we’d rate it Las Vegas’ best version of this other Chicago favorite. Plenty more served with fries is normally $13.95, on the menu includes burgers, wings, and pizza, plus Jays potato chips and but just $8 during HH. They cook it any O-Ke-Doke popcorn, both Chicago products. way you want and when we declined A good time to go is during a game with any Chicago sports team, when the fries, they threw in two giant onion they run different specials, like a bucket of five Goose Island beers for $10. rings that were almost as impressive as During a recent Cubs game, beers were $1. There’s also a daily dining spe- the burger. Cocktails and wine by the cial, including a slice of pizza and a “pop” for $5 on Mondays, wings for 60¢ glass are also $6-$8, but Blue Moon apiece on Tuesdays, and Italian beef for $5 on Thursdays (do it!). Hours are is only $3 (get it; other beers start at 11 am to 9 pm daily (10 pm on Fri. & Sat.). The west side Windy City Beefs $7). The TVs are tuned to sports and ’n’ Dogs is located at 7500 W. Lake Mead. continued on next page

4 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • MAY 2017 Dining continued Reader Leader Just ate at the Longhorn twice and the ham steak & eggs is going strong the bar is lively. If you come later, a at $4.99. They’re still giving out $5 first-ace coupons upon request. I got second happy hour, “678,” features blackjacks on both plays, so basically I made money to eat there. wines by the glass for $5 when you LVA: We didn’t know about the on-request coupon, but it’s a darn good order an entrée. We were at the Flem- one given the low prices and good food at the Longhorn. We assume the ing’s at Town Square on the south end same deal is being offered at sister casino the Bighorn in North Las Vegas. of the Strip, but the same deal runs at Be sure to ask at either. the Summerlin location. In fact, we’ve heard that it’s also standard at other 6 am to 10 pm, leaving Jean Philippe The next restaurant to close at Fleming’s around the country, so you Patisserie as the only all-night food Monte Carlo as part of its transfor- might be able to partake without com- option at Aria. mation to Park MGM will be Yusho. ing to Vegas. Our only complaint: no Holstein’s at the Cosmopolitan is Considered one of the Strip’s best regular yellow mustard. What’s with the Nevada choice in a list of “The 50 Asian restaurants and a former “Es- these fancy joints? Best Burgers in America by State” at sential 50” choice in our book Eating Lunch Special (Spearmint Rhi- purewow.com. Las Vegas, it will close, apparently for no)—You can get the same thing just Gordon Ramsay BurGR at Planet good, on June 5. Also at Monte Carlo, described at Fleming’s, but for less Hollywood has changed its name to the Double Barrel Roadhouse has than half the price, at Spearmint Rhino. Gordon Ramsay Burger. (Good move.) discontinued lunch service. The beef quality might be a notch The Latin restaurant Chica opens Jean Georges Steakhouse at Aria off, but the burger is just as big and at the Venetian on May 14 in the space will close for a remodeling on May 29. it comes with fries and a Budweiser that used to be db Brasserie. It’s scheduled to reopen in “early July.” product for $5. Better yet is the steak Among the regional chain res- What is currently the world’s larg- sandwich for $7. The steak is cut in taurants coming to Las Vegas, here’s est Hooters restaurant won’t be for strips, so it’s not too chewy and still one you might not recognize. Pollo long. Station Casinos has announced cooked rare on request. Why such a Campero has opened in North Las that the Hooters at the Palms will close good deal? Because it’s in a strip club, Vegas. It’s a chicken chain, similar to in May and be replaced by a new “food so not as easily approached by every- Chick-fil-A, that began in Guatamala and beverage concept.” one. The deal is offered daily from 11 and is well-known in the Hispanic Smith & Wollensky will close in am to 7 pm and it’s not on the menu, community. It’s the first of four Pollo early June to move to a new, but as so you have to ask. And the Rhino has Camperos scheduled to open in Las yet undisclosed, location. yellow mustard! Vegas over two years. Hard Rock’s 35 Steaks + Martinis Chicago Dogs (Amore)—This The Kitchen at Atomic Bar has has closed. MB Steak opens in May, month’s Local Corner is about the opened at downtown’s Atomic Liquors. but in a different location. No an- Chicago-style hot dogs at Windy City, Chess House Café has opened at nouncement has been made regarding but we’re not sure that the dogs at 6430 W. Lake Mead. It’s a coffee house what will go in the 35 Steaks space. Amore don’t have a slight edge over that also provides chess lessons and The Art of Flavors gelato shop those. Amore has already been a Local boards for playing. downtown has closed. n Corner (LVA 5/08), but the Chicago dogs were added only recently. The two are close for quality and Amore’s price is better than Windy City’s at ENTERTAINMENT $4.50 for one or $6.95 for two with a choice of fries, salad, or a good Review Prince tribute has made it to the big minestrone soup. It’s a definite play Purple Reign—The Prince Tribute Show room at the Westgate. if you’re on the far west side of town Westgate Las Vegas Trenner looks like Prince, sounds (3945 S. Durango). Wed-Sat, 9 pm like Prince, and acts like Prince. Good $70.76/$90.76/$100.76 start. In fact, the start is where this Dining Notes show excels, coming right out of the The price of the Rio’s Carnival Now here’s a show that’s been box with “Let’s Go Crazy,” then fol- World seafood buffet has been raised kicking around Vegas for a while. After lowing with more Prince classics like from $48 weekdays and $50 weekends honing his act in local bars, then playing “Kiss, “When Doves Cry,” and “1999.” to $53.99/$54.99. the little rooms at Hooters, the D, and Yep, that’s why we came. But suddenly The Aria Café coffee shop is no lon- assorted Station Casinos for the better the show takes a 90-degree turn into ger open 24 hours. The new hours are part of two decades, Jason Trenner’s continued on page 8

MAY 2017 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • 5 ADVANCE PLANNER HEADLINERS AND EVENTS MAY 5/13 • Skid Row & Kix 5/27 • Gary Valenciano w/Katrina Velarde 5/3–13 • Billy Idol • MBay • $79.50–$149.50 Cannery • $21.95/$26.95 M Resort • $55 5/3–20 • Classic Cher 5/13–5/14 • Three Dog Night 5/27–5/28 • Gabriel Iglesias • Mirage • $70/$80 Monte Carlo • $60–$475 Orleans • $39.95/$59.95 5/28 • J Balvin • MBay • $49.50 5/3–20 • Journey • Hard Rock • $59.50–$300 5/14 • Abba • E. Cannery • $26.95/$32.95 5/28 • New Kids on the Block 5/5 • 2017 AMSOIL Arenacross Finals 5/18 • Enanitos Verdes • MBay • $45 T– Mobile Arena • $34.95–$129.95 Orleans • $29 5/19 • Gin Blossoms 5/30 • Edgar Winter & Rick Derringer 5/5 • A Flock of Seagulls Golden Nugget • $31.61–$140.61 Cannery • $19.95 Golden Nugget • $20.71–$107.91 5/19 • Impractical Jokers JUNE 5/5 • Carlos Vives • Palms • $71–$182 MGM Grand • $49.12–$159.13 6/1 • Trey Songz 5/5 • Dave Chappelle • MBay • $89–$155 5/19 • Kongos w/Mother Mother Brooklyn Bowl • $39.50–$125 5/5 • Paul Rodriguez Hard Rock • $25 6/2 • Herman’s Hermits Tropicana • $39.95–$79.95 5/19 • Tenderloins Golden Nugget • $42.51–$140.61 5/5 • Ramon Ayala & Paquita La Del Barrio MGM Grand • $43.59–$65.39 6/2 • Randy Houser • MBay • $77.99 MBay • $69–$250 5/19–5/20 • Beginnings! Chicago Tribute Band 6/2–6/3 • Ron White • Mirage • $70.04–$92 5/5 • Z–Trip • Brooklyn Bowl • $25/$27.50 South Point • $20–$30 6/2–6/4 • Kingston Trio • South Point • $25–$35 5/5–5/6 • Henry Cho 5/19–5/28 • John Fogerty 6/3 • Modest Mouse South Point • $22.40–$32.65 Wynn LV • $59.50–$250 Brooklyn Bowl • $55–$85 5/5–5/6 • Jon Lovitz & Dana Carvey 5/19–7/15 • Bill Maher • Mirage • $70–$90 6/3 • REO Speedwagon SLS LV • $49–$89 5/20 • Chris Brown Sunset Station • $29–$99 5/5–5/6 • The Growlers • Hard Rock • $30/$49 MGM Grand • $39.95–$249.50 6/5 • Easy Star All–Stars 5/5–7/8 • Wayne Brady • Mirage • $50–$70 5/20 • Daughtry, Acoustic Trio Show Brooklyn Bowl • $20/$22 5/6 • Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. M Resort • $45 6/8 • Rockabilly Riot • MBay • $35 T– Mobile Arena • $400–$1,500 5/20 • “SPF” with DNCE • Cosmo • $45 6/8 • Somo • Brooklyn Bowl • $20–$278.29 5/6 • Paul Rodriguez 5/20 • Strunz & Farah 6/9 • Chicago & The Doobie Brothers Tropicana • $39.95–$79.95 Aliante • $32.50–$48.50 Monte Carlo • $54.13–$229.36 5/6 • Straight Outta Oz 5/20 • Testament • Brooklyn Bowl • $25 6/9 • Corey Feldman and The Angels Red Rock • $35–$65 5/20–5/21 • Temptations Hard Rock • $25/$45 5/6–5/7 • Jim Gaffigan Orleans • $49.95–$69.95 6/9 • Gary Lewis & the Playboys Caesars Palace • $49.95–$89.95 5/21 • Billboard Music Awards Golden Nugget • $20.71–$118.81 5/6–7/29 • Tim Allen • Mirage • $65.39–$87.19 T–Mobile • $86.75–$1,000.17 6/9–6/10 • Daniel Tosh • Mirage • $80/$106 5/7 • Amateur National Arenacross 5/21 • Contact! 6/9–6/11 • Pablo Francisco Championships • Orleans • $24 South Point • $22.94–$32.11 South Point • $20/$25 5/7 • Miss Nevada United States 2017 5/25 • Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals 6/10 • Chris Rock South Point • $50 Brooklyn Bowl • $45–$75 Monte Carlo • $50.46–$178.90 5/7 • Todrick Hall • Red Rock • $35–$65 5/25 • Lukas Graham • Hard Rock • $25 6/10 • Commodores 5/11 • Steel Panther • MBay • $22 5/25 • Marsha Ambrosius and Eric Benét Cannery • $29.95/$39.95 5/11 • Suburban Legends & Pilfers MBay • $29.50–$55 6/10 • Common • Hard Rock • $39.50–$150 Hard Rock • $10/$25 5/26 • Band of Horses • Cosmo • $29/$39 6/10 • Jean–Luc Ponty • Aliante • $25–$45 5/12 • Johnny Rivers 5/26 • Highly Suspect • Hard Rock • $25 6/10–6/11 • Fab Four w/Ed Sullivan Golden Nugget • $31.61–$173.31 5/26 • Ian Bagg • Hard Rock • $25–$45 Orleans • $29.95–$54.95 5/12 • Poptone • Brooklyn Bowl • $27/$30 5/26 • Joel McHale • TI • $47.91/$76.25 6/13 • Blue October 5/12 • Train • MGM Grand • $39.50–$89.50 5/26 • Kathy Griffin Brooklyn Bowl • $29.50–$49.50 5/12–5/13 • Spring Wine Fest 2017 Mirage • $49.99–$69.99 6/14 • Phoenix • Brooklyn Bowl • $35–$65 Golden Nugget • $45/$35 5/26 • Little River Band 6/15 • Damien Escobar • Hard Rock • $45 5/12–5/14 • Gary Puckett and The Union Gap Golden Nugget • $42.51–$162.41 6/15 • Insomniac Bassrush Massive South Point • $30–$40 5/26–5/28 • Air Supply • Orleans • $39.95–$59.95 Hard Rock • $30/$70 5/13 • Andrew McMahon 5/26–5/28 • George Wallace 6/16 • April Wine MGM Grand • $32.50/$50 South Point • $40–$50 Golden Nugget • $20.71–$107.91 5/13 • Kirk Whalum 5/26–5/29 • Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival 6/16 • Rebelution • MBay • $32.12/$87.16 SLS LV • $49.50–$89.50 Downtown Events Center • $50–$425 6/16 • Roger Waters 5/13 • Legendary Ladies of Song 5/27 • Bill Fayne’s Broadway Showstoppers T– Mobile Arena • $55–$250 Suncoast • $15.95/$29.95 Suncoast • $15.95/$29.95 6/16–6/18 • Donny Edwards 5/13 • Mo5aic • Aliante • $20.50–$30.50 5/27 • Dead & Company South Point • $25–$35 5/13 • Sara Evans MGM Grand • $50–$150 6/16–7/26 • Jeff Dunham Tropicana • $49.95–$89.95 5/27 • Foster the People • Cosmo • $20 Caesars Palace • $49.50–$79.50

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• Magic Mike has opened at Hard Rock; tickets are $85.30/$173.15/$203.85. JUNE 5-8 JCK Annual Trade Show—39,000 • The Paul Lynde Show has opened at Bally’s; 5-8 CleanShow—11,000 tickets are $58.61/$70.51. 24-26 Int’l Esthetics Comsetics & Spa Conf.—25,000 • Men of the Strip opens at the Tropicana on May 25-28 Institute of Food Technologists 25; tickets are $71.12-$103.82. Annual Meeting & Food Expo—22,000 • Ticket prices for Beatles LOVE at the Mirage have been decreased from $135.90-$223.10 to $100.06-$174.30/$200.15. JULY • Ticket prices for Criss Angel MINDFREAK Live 9-11 Cosmoprof North America—30,000 at Luxor have been decreased from $110.96- 19-22 AWFS Fair—14,000 $155.65 to $104.70-$146.70. 22-27 Black Hat USA 2017—10,000 • Ticket prices for Jarrett & Raja at Hooters have 25-27 SuperZoo—20,000 been adjusted from $81.50-$140.66 to $86.42- 30-8/2 ASD Las Vegas—44,000 30-8/3 Las Vegas Summer Market—50,000

$110.22. There is no longer a dinner show. KEY • Ticket prices for Jennifer Lopez—All of Me at Planet Hollywood have been increased from $124.16-$313.17 to $129.02-$357.02. AUGUST • Ticket prices for 50 Shades The Parody at Bally’s 12-15 OFFPRICE Specialist—11,300 have increased from $80.85-$106.20 to $88.50- DATES 14-16 MAGIC Marketplace—85,000 $108.25. • Ticket prices for Solid Gold Soul at Bally’s have JUNE been increased from $83.75-$99.79 to $84.75- WEEKDAY WEEKEND $106.50. El Cortez • $38 El Cortez • $88 • Ticket prices for Marc Savard in the Miracle Mile Wild Wild West • $38 Wild Wild West • $102 Four Queens • $39 Shops at Planet Hollywood have been increased AZ C. Decatur • $108 from $51.22/$62.12, to $62.12/$73.02. Hooters • $49 Hooters • $116 • Ticket prices for the “Vegas Mob Tour” at Royal Circus Circus • $50 Stratosphere • $132 Stratosphere • $57 South Point • $143 Resort have been increased from $89.95 to $104. Hard Rock • $78 Hard Rock • $188 SHOW NOTES • Recycled Percussion in the Miracle Mile Shops Palms • $104 Pairs • $210 Paris • $104 Mirage • $211 at Planet Hollywood will be dark until October. • X Comedy has closed at the Flamingo. JULY WEEKDAY WEEKEND El Cortez • $36 AZ C. Decatur • $72 Wild Wild West • $38 El Cortez • $94 MAY Four Queens • $49 Wild Wild West • $102 Mean 74° Avg. Max. 88° Avg. Min. 60° Pools: Open The most pleasant month of the year. Las Vegas at its Circus Circus • $51 Silverton • $90 Hooters • $54 Sam’s Town • $109 best. Summer heat begins at the end of the month. Sam’s Town • $59 Hooters • $113 Attire: Spring wardrobe. Hard Rock • $78 Hard Rock • $178 Palms • $114 Palazzo • $198 Paris • $124 Venetian • $198 JUNE AUGUST Mean 84° Avg. Max. 99° Avg. Min. 68° Pools: Open WEEKDAY WEEKEND The first of the dry months. Welcome to the desert. ROOM Wild Wild West • $30 AZ. C. Decatur • $63 Four Queens • $39 Wild Wild West • $78 Attire: Minimal. El Cortez • $44 El Cortez • $88 Circus Circus • $49 Silverton • $90 Stratosphere • $54 Hooters • $96 JULY Downtown Grand • $57 Circus Circus • $98 Mean 90° Avg. Max. 103° Avg. Min. 73° Pools: Open Hard Rock • $74 Palms • $184 Dry, sauna-like heat. Sun worshipers enjoy 85% sunny Palms • $104 Hard Rock • $188

WEATHER days. RATES Mirage • $125 Mirage • $211 Best rates at press time from sample of 54 Las Vegas casinos. Rates NOT guaranteed, subject to Attire: Minimal. change without notice, and do not include tax. Lower prices may be available online.

MAY 2017 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • 7 Entertainment continued The Good: When it’s Prince, it Encore Beach Club, Tao Beach, etc.), rocks—strong musicianship and a but they’re looking for your business, sweet party vibe. Good value with a which is a good thing. This year, that the movie Purple Rain. Now it’s no twofer. group comprises the Flamingo, Down- longer Prince, but different performers The Bad: When it’s Morris, Je- town Grand, and the Plaza. The Fla- portraying Morris Day and Jerome. It’s rome, etc., it drags. mingo is running an interesting event not “Little Red Corvette,” but “Jungle The Downer: Yes, of course they called “Beach Club at Night” from 7 Love” and “The Bird” from The Time. play “Purple Rain,” but in the finale, pm to midnight every Wednesday. Then “Nasty Girl” from Vanity 6 and where if comes off as a melancholic Entry is free for all to a party with a “Sex Shooter” from Apollonia 6. If downer. DJ, games, and drink specials ($5 you’re a Purple Rain fanatic or into the Heineken and Berry Lemonades, and nostalgia, you won’t mind the detour. Pools $100 bottles). Both Downtown Grand But if you were expecting a nonstop It’s time for our beginning-of- and the Plaza are trying to capture the Prince-fest, this segment takes the air summer round-up of pool and Daylife downtown business, though Golden out of the show and it begins to feel particulars. If anything, according to Nugget seems to do that best without like the hour-and-a-half revue is about the research, more casinos are trying trying too hard. a half-hour too long. to move into the Daylife space. This The one high-end addition this All considered, you still get a darn year, three more pools (13 total) are year is the Aquatic Club at Palazzo, good Prince fix delivered by talented dealing live blackjack, six more (23) are where “outfitted in crisp white, navy performers with a four-man backing advertising pool parties of some sort, and aqua blues with spikes of red and band playing live in a theater that was and 11 more (35) are open to the public green, every detail has been selectively absolutely made for live concerts. Then in some form, though often not with curated to personify a sport-couture there’s the value. The lowest ticket isn’t free entry. The number of “toptional” lavish lifestyle.” We have no idea what that low, but you can get twofer deals pools held steady at 10. that means, but it sounds sweet! everywhere, including our Member Every year a few casinos make a As always, things change all sum- Rewards Book. Is the show worth $35 push with their pools, adding events mer long, so while the chart below is on a 2-for-1 deal? Without question! and advertising heavily. They don’t comprehensive and up to date as of You’ll get that much back in the first always catch on, and they rarely catch late April, things will get added and

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Caesars Plaza Artisan (European Pool) (These pools all have parties planned—several on Encore Planet Hollywood Caesars (Venus Pool) specific days of the week. For details, see “Pools” Flamingo (Thurs-Sun) Encore (European Pool) and “Events” at LasVegasAdvisor.com.) Golden Nugget Red Rock M Resort (DayDream) Aria Mirage Hard Rock SLS MBay (Moorea Beach Club) (Liquid) (Bare) JW Marriott Tropicana Mirage (Bare Pool Lounge) Artisan Palazzo MBay Wynn Sapphire (Dayclub) Cosmopolitan (Aquatic Club) Stratosphere (Radius) Cromwell Palms Venetian (TAO Beach) Downtown Grand (Ditch Fridays) Wynn (European Pool) Encore Planet Hollywood Flamingo (DJ’s) Open to the Public: Green Vally Ranch Plaza (For times, prices, and details, see “Pools” at LasVegasAdvisor.com.) (DJ’s) Red Rock Aliante, Aria, Artisan, Bally’s, Caesars, Cosmopolitan (Marquee Day Club), Crom- Hard Rock Sapphire well, Downtown Grand, Encore (Encore Beach Club), Excalibur, Flamingo, Golden The LINQ SLS Nugget, Green Valley Ranch, Hard Rock, Hooters, JW Marriott, The LINQ, Luxor, Luxor (Foxtail) M Resort, Mandalay Bay (Moorea, Daylight), MGM Grand (Wet Rep.), Mirage (Bare), (weekly LGBT party) Tropicana (Sky Beach Club) Palazzo (Aquatic Club), Palms, Planet Hollywood, Plaza, Rampart, Red Rock, Sap- MBay phire Dayclub, Silverton, SLS (Foxtail), Stratosphere, Sunset Station, Tropicana, (Daylight Beach Club) Venetian (TAO Beach) and Venetian (TAO Beach) MGM Grand (Wet Republic) Poolside Concerts: Cosmopolitan, Hard Rock, M Resort, Mandalay Bay, Plaza, Red Rock, SLS

8 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • MAY 2017 Entertainment continued Notes • After a decade of headlining downtown, impressionist Gordie Brown is re- subtracted over the course of the turning to the Strip. Gordie Brown Live opens May 9 at Planet Hollywood, season. the site of his last Strip gig before leaving for a residency at the Golden Nugget. Tickets are $79-$102. Britxit • Clint Holmes is returning to the Golden Nugget, the casino at which he be- You have until the end of the year gan his Las Vegas career nearly 20 years ago. Holmes will begin a residency to get a piece of Britney Spears. The on May 9, adding to GN’s ever-improving entertainment line-up that already last performance of Britney: Piece of features Frankie Moreno (see Top Ten) and the “52 Fridays” concert series. Me at Planet Hollywood will be on • Upcoming performances for Elton John’s The Million Dollar Piano have December 31, but it may not mark been canceled through May 5. The cancelations are due to illness and the end of her Vegas run. Britney’s tickets are being refunded. Elton returns to the Colosseum at Caesars Pal- agent says the door is open to sign ace in October. with another casino, possibly even • Additional shows have been added for Céline Dion at Caesars Palace. The another in the CET group. The news new dates are Sept. 19-20, 22-23, 26-27, 29-30; Oct. 3-4, 6-7; Nov. 7-8, came on the heels of a previous an- 10-11, 14-15, 17-18, 21-22, 24-24; Dec. 30-31; Jan. 2-3, 5-6, 9, 12-13, 16- nouncement lauding Britney’s box- 17, 19-20. Already scheduled dates are May 9, 12-13, 16-17, 19-20, 23-24, office prowess. Her shows in the Axis 27-28, 30-31; June 2-3. Tickets start at $55 base. Theater have earned more than $100 • Additional shows have been added for Billy Idol: Forever at the House of million through ticket sales of more Blues. The new dates are Oct. 4, 6-7, 11, 13-14, 18, 20-21. Already sched- than 700,000. While it will be a blow uled dates are May 3, 5-6, 10, 12-13. Tickets start at $79.50 base. to lose her, headliner-mate Jennifer • The Fremont Street Experience’s “Downtown Rocks Summer Concert Lopez is no slouch herself, having Series” line-up has been announced. The free concerts that run mostly reportedly earned $36 million from on weekends throughout the summer will feature Theory of a Deadman sales of 170,000 tickets in 2016 alone. (5/26), Fuel/Tonic/Marcy Playground/Dishwalla (6/10), Ann Wilson (7/3), Good Charlotte (7/22), Rick Springfield (8/12), Seether (8/26), Collective Bars and Happy Hours Soul (9/1), and Chevelle (9/30). (Note: These types of deals can • The line-up for this year’s Life is Beautiful festival has been announced. change quickly. Call to verify.) Chance the Rapper, Muse, and the Gorillaz are the headliners, joined by Lucky Dragon has daily happy dozens of other groups and artists that include Lord, blink-182, and Wiz hours from 3 to 7 pm, 9 pm to midnight, Khalifa. The event runs downtown Sept. 22-24; tickets start at $275 for all and 4 to 10 am, with 50% whiskey, three days. wine, and tea flights; 2-for-$8 beer and • Motley Crue front man Vince Neil will perform at the Downtown Grand for wine, and 50% off bar bites. Memorial Day on May 27. The concert is free, but you have to download Buddy V’s at the Venetian has one tickets from downtowngrand.com. of Las Vegas’ earliest-starting happy See the Advance Planner for dates, prices, and additional show updates. hours, running daily from 11:30 am to 6:30 pm, with $4 draft beer, house wine, sangria, Prosecco, and Bloody hour Thurs.-Sat. from 6 to 9 pm, with often free pizza. It’s a good atmosphere Marys, and $5 appetizers. It’s available 2-for-1 well drinks and domestic beer. with the dancers (generally) leaving on the patio only until 4:30, then also Get 50% off all bottles of wine (up the customers alone to watch till the served in the bar. to $250) on Wednesdays in BLT Steak fights are over. Ike’s Bar at El Cortez has one of at Bally’s. A third Minus5 Ice Experience will Las Vegas’ latest happy hours, running The Galleria Mall hosts “Thank open this summer in the Grand Canal daily from 3 to 5 am, with 2-for-1 call Galleria It’s Friday” on the second Shops at the Venetian. Guests are brands (Bombay Sapphire, Patron Friday of each month. A $10 donation outfitted with parkas and gloves before Silver, Tito’s) and half-price draft beer. to charity gets free booze tastings and entering the 23-degree environment, A-Bar at Texas Station has a daily discounted appetizers from several which is -5 degrees celsius. happy hour from 5 to 7 pm, with 50% participating restaurants. After more than 30 years in busi- off martinis and wine. Deja Vu Showgirls has changed its ness, Dealer’s Choice Lounge on W. A member reports that Ketchup in UFC viewing deal again. Entry fee is Spring Mtn. has closed. It will reopen the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hol- $10 for locals and $20 for out-of-state as a Red Dragon, a new brand owned lywood has 16-ounce draft Bud Light (if you drive yourself), but that includes by Dotty’s that’s intended to appeal weekdays from 3 to 6 pm. free domestic beers, wine, and well to the Asian community in that area Sayers Club at SLS has a happy drinks from 6 to 10 pm, plus there’s continued on next page

MAY 2017 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • 9 Entertainment continued (e.g., a Singapore Sling) are $12 and a The Sporting Life, an Anchor Steam Red Stripe is $6. In Rockhouse at the is $4.50. At Amore’s, a Bud is $4.33. Venetian, a draft Modelo is $9.74 and a Notes: The two Stella Artois of Chinatown. We’ve also heard that draft PBR is $5.41. At Fleming’s Town choices in the California sports book another Dotty’s brand called Bourbon Square, a Bud is $7.52. At Porchlight, are both 12 ounces, but buying by the Street is on the way. a draft Stella Artois is $6.50 and a bottle saves $1.50. Often, an employee The Beer Garden at the Plaza has Corona is $5.25. In the sports book outside of Rockhouse hands out 2-for- closed. bar at the California, a draft Stella is 1 beer coupons, but they aren’t valid At Golden Tiki, the fancy tiki drinks $6 and a bottled Stella is $4.50. At for the PBR special. n GAMBLING

Roulette on a Roll attention to the game you’re playing. It 750 points on machine play. Points An article in the LV Sun reports doesn’t come up much, but from time are earned at the rate of 1 for every that the Nevada roulette win was $38.6 to time, casinos sneak in a single-zero $1.50 coin-in on reel slots, $6 on video million in February, up 60% from the game, which drops the house edge to poker, and $15 on high-return video same month in 2016. By comparison, 2.7%. The problem is the better odds poker, i.e., 9/6 Jacks or Better and an article in Card Player magazine tend to come with a higher minimum NSU Deuces Wild. pointed out that the profit from rak- bet—and that can wind up costing With this information alone, we ing live poker was only $8.8 million in you more, even though you’re playing can determine that playing for the 750 February. Anthony Curtis told the Sun a better game. A good rule of thumb points is likely a good deal. For ex- that he’s noticed younger customers is to play the single-zero game only ample, 750 points requires $11,250 in playing and that roulette appears to if you can bet less than twice what action playing NSU Deuces. Assuming be one of the few casino games that you’re betting at double zero. For perfect play (which you can approach interest the coveted Millennials. It’s a example, if the minimums are $10 for using a Bob Dancer strategy card), your fact. Roulette tables seem to be popu- double-zero and $25 for single, you’re expected loss is about $30 to get two lated more and more with younger and better off betting $10 on the double dinner buffets worth close to $100. younger players. You see them, often (expected loss of 52.6¢ per bet vs. Even playing dollar slots pencils out, dressed up, both early in the evening 67.5¢). But if the single-zero wheel as earning 750 points will take only and late at night before and after their has a $15 minimum, it’s better to play $1,125 coin-in, resulting in an expected forays to the nightclubs. The reason is there, where the expected loss drops loss in the $65-$85 range (using Strip roulette is easy to play and social, and to 40.5¢ per bet. $1-$5 slot-return averages). And it’s it’s getting word-of-mouth endorse- Of course, if the minimums are even better, since at 300 points, you ments among the younger set. the same, it’s a no-brainer to play the get a wheel spin for prizes and perks During the Sun interview, Anthony game with fewer zeros. Or at least it with substantial value (show tickets, was asked about strategies for playing, should be. Last month, we revisited Las free-play, etc.). Finally, you’re also ac- but there really aren’t any. Except for Vegas’ only triple-zero game: “Sands cruing points for redemption and you’ll the 5-number bet, every wager on the Roulette” at the Venetian (LVA 1/17). establish yourself on the WLV mailing wheel—high, low, red, black, numbers The minimum bet was $15 and there list as a possible gambling prospect, split or straight up—has the same was a double-zero game with the which often leads to future mail offers. 5.26% casino edge on a double-zero same $15 minimum right next to it. The Again, we haven’t run all the num- wheel. Hence, the only two strategies Sands game had three players and the bers, but we’d be surprised if playing are to bet less and count the zeros standard game had two. When players to 750 points isn’t a positive move, (more on this in a moment). are that oblivious, you can’t fault the especially if it’s within your normal A 5.26% edge is big compared casino for offering the rip-off variation. gambling budget. Make sure to play to other gambling options, so your at a machine on the floor if you want aim should be to limit your exposure Wynn Buffet Play a drink. Wynn and Encore don’t comp to that edge. Seeking out the lowest We haven’t played the promotion drinks at the bars. minimums is important, but you should to verify the numbers, so treat this also look for crowded tables, where as a heads-up to the possibility of Lucky Dragon Play you’ll get fewer spins per hour, which getting comped buffets at the Wynn This is a little play, but it’s even results in losing less. It’s also more fun (see review in Dining). New members stronger on a relative basis than the playing with a crowd. signing up for the Wynn/Encore Red Wynn maneuver just described. It Counting the zeros means paying Card get two free buffets after earning continued on next page

10 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • MAY 2017 Gambling continued Video Poker Lost and Found didn’t run in April, but the Lucky Dragon We flubbed last month’s report The Sunday matchplay promo- has brought back its instacomp for Bao of 9/6 Jacks or Better being avail- tion at Home Plate has been discon- Now, the noodle and snack bar. Earn able on three new machines in the tinued. If you’re on the bar’s email list, 10 points ($100 coin-in) and get an sports book bar at the Gold Coast. you’ll get periodic matchplay offers, $8 comp credit. The best game at all The 9/6 games were there, but we usually on holidays or coinciding with denoms is 9/5 JoB (98.45%), so your didn’t notice that the royal flush paid high-profile sporting events. expected loss is $1.55 to get $8 in 2500 coins instead of the standard In Reno, the second-floor bar food, and you can do it once per day. 4000, which drops the return from at the Eldorado has quarter 9/6 JoB 99.54% to 98.88%. Sorry for that with a progressive on the royal flush Gambling Notes miss, but it’s also a good reminder that’s breakeven when the meter hits Players clubs—SLS is launching that you have to check all the payout $1,220. It was $1,732 when we were a new players club in May called SLS numbers on a video poker schedule, there, which is a 101.21% return (and Las Vegas Rewards with a revamped especially when you think you see they comp premium wine at the bar). points and awards structure. The something good. The whole thing There are currently no Bob Golden Nugget has added a new top is moot, though, since those games Dancer video poker classes sched- invitation-only tier to its rewards pro- have now been pulled completely. uled. They’re expected to resume gram called Billionaire’s Club. However, these same three machines in August. In the interim, be sure to Bingo—Palace Station has de- with raised screens and on the side check out Bob’s weekly Tuesday buted its new bingo room. The of the bar nearest the players club column and the Thursday “Gambling 10,000-square-foot 350-seat room have 8/5 Bonus Poker (99.17%) from With an Edge” podcast, with Bob and is outfitted with state-of-the-art tech- 25¢ to $2. Richard Munchkin, both at Gambling nology and amenities, and features On May 7 and 21, Gold Coast WithAnEdge.com. In a recent edi- a check-in counter, snack bar, and and Orleans are paying double for tion, the guest was Cheung Yin Sun full-service bar. royal flushes on denoms up to 50¢. (a.k.a. Kelly Sun). Kelly was the part- Bac tourney—The Palms is con- The ads say “on select machines,” ner of Phil Ivey who read the edges of tinuing its weekly baccarat tourna- so it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to cards, allowing the pair to win millions ments, but they’ll be invitation-only play it on the best schedules. But it playing baccarat. However, they are beginning this month. will likely be a good opportunity to now in legal battles with the casinos Non-smoking—Tuscany has build some points playing a game over the legality of the technique. In opened a non-smoking area on the near breakeven. the interview, Kelly divulges many east side of the casino near Pub 365. If you’d heard about the Four details that hadn’t previously been Sports books—For the first time, Queens adding 10/7 Double Bonus made public. You can access this Nevada sports books allowed betting to its bar games, don’t rush over. The interview and many others from the on the NFL draft after an unidentified schedules were quickly downgraded. GWAE archives. book petitioned the Gaming Control Board for permission. The Board Dealer Interviews.” It could be a search from 1 in 14.7 to 1 in 24. However, the approved the request, but only on for miniature dealers that you build with odds of winning the second-best $1 props such as the number of players rubber cement, but we’re guessing it’s million prize will be lowered from 1 in drafted from a given conference or the a looks thing. 18.5 million to 1 in 12.6 million. The number of quarterbacks drafted in a Kentucky Derby—Pre-race odds changes will go into effect in October. given round. Bets on the draft position have Classic Empire as the favorite Trump betting—You can’t make of specific players were not allowed. at 5-1, followed by Always Dreaming president-related prop bets in Las Crazy jackpot—A San Diego visitor (6-1), and Irish War Cry (7-1). Vegas, but it’s big business at foreign hit for a $1 million payday last week Lottery—The price of a Mega and offshore sports books. So big, in when he made a 6-card diamond royal Millions lottery ticket is being raised fact, that Irish bookmaker Paddy Power flush playing Crazy for Poker at the from $1 to $2 and the odds of hitting has created a position designated as Flamingo. It was the first million-dollar the top jackpot will grow longer. Both “Head of Trump Betting.” Paddy Power jackpot this year in CET’s Millionaire- moves are aimed at creating bigger released a statement that read in part, maker bonus program. There were headline-grabbing jackpots. Changes “After a disastrous year of political eight million-dollar winners in 2016. in the rules for picking numbers will cock-ups—two words for you: Brexit DG dealers—An LVA member re- raise the odds of winning the top prize and Trump—we are determined not ports seeing a sign at the Downtown from 1 in 258.9 million to 1 in 302.6 mil- to make the same mistakes again in Grand pointing the way to “Model lion and the odds of winning any prize 2017.” n

MAY 2017 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • 11 FAST TRACK LAST SECOND FLASH Deals month, causing the Strip to be shut Rampart is offering several “Earn down. A light-fixture malfunction was Another Hit at and Eat” instacomps, including a blamed for the blaze, which was ex- Monte Carlo lunch buffet for 500 same-day points tinguished 19 minutes after it started, A Wheel of Fortune jackpot ($1,000 coin-in), a dinner buffet for but still caused an estimated $450,000 was hit for a $725,000 in late-April 1,000 points, a 25-minute spa treat- in damage to the exterior of the hotel. at the Monte Carlo. It’s the second ment for 1,200 points, and dinner in An evacuation wasn’t necessary and time in two months that WoF has the Hawthorn Grill for 1,500 points. there were no injuries reported. been hit there. Last month the Mondays through Thursdays at Famous gambler Billy Walters payout was $525,000. South Point through May 25, earn 300 has been found guilty of insider trad- ◆◆◆ points ($300 coin-in) to spin a wheel ing, highlighted by a securities deal for free-play, buffet comps, and prizes. that involved professional golfer Phil Gambling Habits The LV Review-Journal is promot- Mickelson. After coming out on top in According to the annual “Las ing a 2-for-1 offer for X Country at previous legal battles with the Feds, Vegas Visitor Profile Study” spon- Harrah’s. Get the deal by using the Walters now faces several years in sored by the LVCVA, the average code XKLVRJ. prison. He expressed surprise at the gambling budget of a Las Vegas Every day at Windy City Beefs ’n outcome, stating, “I just did lose the tourist in 2016 was $619.01, up Pizza (see Dining), they put up two first biggest bet of my life. Frankly, I’m from $578.54 in 2015. But time names on a chalkboard. If one of them in shock.” Walters’ attorney prom- allotted to gambling decreased to matches yours, you get a free hot dog. ises that the verdict will be appealed. 1.9 hours per day, down signifi- Locals get 15% off all food every The customer who was forcefully cantly from 2.9 hours in 2015. The day in Buddy V’s at the Venetian. pulled off an overbooked United percentage of those who gambled Several casinos will offer deals in Airlines flight is a regular tournament- also fell from 73% to 69%. May for Military Appreciation Month. poker player. According to the WSOP. ◆◆◆ One of the best is a 50% discount for com website, David Dao has had four all active and retired military with con- cashes in the World Series of Poker Gold Standard firming ID at SLS Las Vegas, good at and 13 cashes on the WSOP Circuit. Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Gar- all restaurants except Bazaar Meats. He’s taken three seconds and a third den and Dolphin Habitat at the The discount is also valid at the Center in Circuit events and he finished 30th Mirage has received the highest and Monkey Bars, along with a 20% in the 8-handed no-limit hold ’em possible certification for animal discount on rooms. event in 2015. His total prize money care by the animal welfare group Get details on late-breaking deals is $234,000. American Humane. It’s one of only for Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Mothers A Raiders-themed brothel will be 14 facilities (zoos and aquariums) Day (May 14), and Memorial Day (May built to coincide with the NFL team’s in the world to be certified thusly. 29) in “Today’s News” at LasVegas move to Las Vegas. Pirate’s Booty will American Humane’s CEO called Advisor.com. be located about 90 miles from Las the habitat “the gold standard for Vegas in Nye County, where prostitu- animal welfare.” Miscellaneous tion is legal. Raiders players and staff ◆◆◆ Ferocious winds at the end of will get 50% off services and other A Penny More March did damage and caused power VIP treatment. Sales tax has been increased outages throughout Las Vegas, as UNLV’s William F. Harrah Hotel from 8.15% to 8.25% in Clark well as delayed and diverted flights. College was ranked the world’s best County and from 7.725% to Lucky Dragon was closed briefly, a Hospitality & Leisure Management 8.265% in Washoe County (Reno). sign was blown over at Main Street program by the QS World University For a $7 drink in Las Vegas, the Station, a construction wall collapsed Rankings. It was the first time the price when tax isn’t built in will at Monte Carlo, a row of light polls fell category has been a part of the an- rise from $7.57 to $7.58. In Reno into Koval Ln., and monorail service nual survey. it increases from $7.54 to $7.58. was suspended. Gusts were mostly One of the last hold outs, M Re- It’s not a significant effect, but then in the 60- to 70-mph range, though sort, has added a $19.99 daily resort again, it’s one more extra charge a top gust of 84 mph was recorded. fee. It includes gym use, which formerly being tacked on to entertainment A section of the roof over the re- carried a charge, but nothing else that costs. tail area at Bellagio caught fire last wasn’t previously available for free.n

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