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ANTHONY CURTIS’ September 2017 Vol. 34 LasVegasAdvisor Issue 9

FOOTBALL’S HERE Wynn leads a parade of four new sports books … pg. 10

COMP CITY SLOTS 100%+ video poker everywhere … pg. 1

THE DIRTY AT 12:30 Old-time late-night Vegas at South Point … pg. 5

FOOTBALL CONTESTS Pay, free, 14 and counting … pg. 9

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Going Mobile with Comp City Slots Casinos Fontainebleau—At long last, by Anthony Curtis the Fontainebleau has been sold. The hulking blue building on the It’s been almost four years since Since this is a social-gambling ap- north end of the Strip was sold we opened the LVA Casino, the social- plication, you can play it for free. Just to real estate-investment com- gambling component at LasVegas like all social-play apps, monetizing op- panies Witkoff and New Valley Advisor.com. We’d planned for it to tions are involved, but you don’t have for $600 million. The 3,900-room become an integral part of our online to pay a penny to download and play Fontainebleau was originally built presence and we got off to a good start daily. True to its name, players can earn to near-completion for $2.8 billion with free daily tournaments that paid “Comp City Tickets” redeemable for before construction was halted in out valuable prizes and sometimes real prizes like LVA products and travel 2009. It was sold to Carl Icahn for cash. But something happened along perks from partners we affiliate with. just $150 million in 2010 and has the way. Everyone likes comps, but I be- sat empty and unattended to since That something was technology. lieve the gameplay is the grabber. then. No specific plans for the Although we had a decent model, Each of the nine different video poker property were disclosed, although the vehicle—the casino itself—didn’t games has a version that returns over Witkoff indicates that there will be hold up in comparison with other free- 100%. Accommodating that objective a name change and rebranding. to-play gambling options. Much like required creating our own 100%+ Golden Gate—According the former LVA website, the casino schedules in a couple of spots, so some to plan, the Golden Gate closed was built on a platform that was fast of these schedules can be played only for five days in late August for losing relevance. And worse, it was on our app. Kinda cool. Full disclosure: an expansion. Casino space was Web-based. Playing casino games You have to bet more to play the best nearly doubled and the outdoor on a computer might feel slick to schedules (that’s where the monetiza- One Bar extended, along with Baby Boomers, but it’s the equivalent tion potentially comes in), but it also other renovations. Contrary to of sending messages via fax for the means that experts can actually play what we reported last month, the younger generations. Hence, we’ve indefinitely for free and climb to the neighboring La Bayou and the retired the LVA Casino and created a top of the achievement leader boards. alley that separated the casinos new product that competes with the The app is already live and can were focal in the expansion and best that are out there. be downloaded for free for Android are now a part of the Golden Gate. This month marks the release of devices from the Google Play Store Palace Station—Station Ca- our new mobile app, Comp City Slots. and will be available any day now sinos has announced a second We’ve teamed with Free Slot Games from the Apple App Store. You’ll round of upgrades for Palace Sta- of Las Vegas, a company founded by get 1 million coins upon download, tion. Following the completion of Knock-Out Blackjack author and devel- another 2 million for joining the free its current $115 million renovation oper of the K-O Count, Olaf Vancura, to VIP Club, additional coins distributed and expansion, an additional $76 introduce a state-of-the-art slots and every couple of hours, and assorted million will be devoted to adding video poker playing environment with specials though Facebook and other luxury movie theaters, a new pool cutting-edge HD graphics and amazing avenues. After the launch, we’ll begin complex, a restaurant, bar, and gameplay and bonus features for both work on adding new features, e.g., renovations of the sports book Android and iOS mobile platforms. In tournaments for prizes. Once you see and poker room. Work has begun other words, we’ve built a fabulous the sophistication of this baby, you’ll and is expected to be completed gambling game that can be played on get a feel for the possibilities. by the end of 2018. almost any phone. continued on next page continued on next page Couponomy continued built the Kiss Mini-Golf at the Rio; Revenues—Nevada’s statewide however, the Bally’s version won’t be gambling win was up 0.9% in June similarly themed. The intended loca- compared to the same month last Greater Vegas tion in the resort and an opening date year. The Strip win was up 1.7% and Another development that I want weren’t divulged. downtown was up 8.7%. The win to touch on is the progress of our Emerald Island—Emerald Island was also up in the Balance of County blog section at LasVegasAdvisor.com, in Henderson is expanding, adding (+5.8%), but down on the Boulder Vegas with an Edge. In particular, LVA’s more casino space and a players club Strip (-15.1%) and in North Las Vegas Deke Castleman has initiated a fasci- lounge. The casino has grown in stages (-11.1%). The month marked the end nating series titled “Greater Vegas” over the years, often by moving into of Nevada’s fiscal year, during which that delves into subjects we’ve rarely nearby spaces previously occupied a statewide $11.4 billion win was up (if ever) covered. For example, recent by other businesses, as it did with an 2.9%, the Strip’s $6.5 billion win was posts covered the 1,000-year history adjacent barber shop in this instance. up 2.9%, and downtown’s $609 million of the Wheel of Fortune, a little-known After the completion of the current ad- win was up 10.7%. desert less than two hours from dition, plans call for extending the bar Visitor volume was down 2.3% in Las Vegas, and a state of the state and adding kitchen space. June. Convention attendance was off on Basque restaurants throughout Westin—Following the closing of 2.4%, due to 17.2% fewer meetings. Nevada. (Really, Las Vegas doesn’t the Max Casino last month, the Lobby Airline traffic set a record with 4.2 have a single one?) Bar and Savona Bistro restaurant at the million passengers, up 1.5% and a Reno has two Basque restaurants: Westin are now boarded up. Reports fourth consecutive month over 4 mil- Louis Basque Corner (Anthony Curtis’ indicate that a new restaurant and fit- lion. McCarran International Airport is favorite) and the Santa Fe (my favor- ness center (and we presume, a bar) projected to have the eighth-highest ite). Carson City has one (Villa), while are in the works, though no timetables percentage growth in passenger Gardnerville has three: J.T.’s (often have been announced. boardings in the nation over the next voted best in the state), the Overland, Chinatown Plaza—A new retail 10 years, with this year’s 24.3 million and Carson Valley Country Club. Elko plaza is planned for Las Vegas’ China- passengers expected to grow to 30 has two: the 117-year-old Star and Toki town area. An 80,000-square-foot million by 2027 for a 23.4% increase. Ona (which means “Good Place”). But complex named Shanghai Plaza will Chicago’s O’Hare is projected to Winnemucca is the center of Nevada’s be built at Spring Mtn. and Arville, experience the greatest growth, with Basque heritage, with its annual festival with an area behind a PTs the seem- a 31.1% increase to 52.9 million pas- and two restaurants: the Martin (which ing most likely location. No timetable sengers. dates back to 1898 and is listed on the was disclosed. National Register of Historic Places) Interstate 11—The first 2.5-mile Gambling in the U.S. and Ormachea’s. stretch of the new Interstate 11 has and Beyond opened. The flyover that’s accessible New York—Resorts World Casino It’s something different from us to southbound travelers on U.S. 93 in Queens has announced a $400 and there’s more to come. Next up, n makes for a faster trip to Boulder City. million expansion that will include a our new message boards. It’s a small part of a huge freeway 400-room hotel, four new restaurants, project planned to eventually run from and retail. One of the busiest casinos News continued Mexico to Canada. in the world, Resorts World NYC at- The Arch—Plans have been ap- tracts more than 10 million visitors a proved for a 30-acre 754-unit apart- year. The expansion is expected to be Cosmopolitan—The Cosmopoli- ment complex on Las Vegas Blvd., completed in 2019. tan will spend more than $100 million several miles south of the Strip near M California—Pala Casino Resort on upgrading its rooms. Only seven Resort. The complex, called The Arch, and Spa has announced a $170 million years since opening, and boasting would include retail and office com- expansion that includes a new 349- what are among the highest-praised ponents. The developers say the first room hotel tower that will bring its room accommodations on the Strip, all 2,895 phase could be completed by 2019. continued on next page rooms at the Cosmo will be completely 3665 Procyon St. • Las Vegas, NV 89103 • (702) 252-0655 • (702) 252-0675 Fax renovated to the tune of $34,000 per LAS VEGAS ADVISOR e-mail: [email protected] • Internet: LasVegasAdvisor.com room. Publisher: Anthony Curtis Research Assistant: Brenda Stewart Scot Krause, Bradley Peterson, Senior Editor: Deke Castleman Customer Service: Danielle Molette Blair Rodman, Jean Scott, Michael Bally’s—Bally’s has announced Accounting: John Leitner Shipping & Receiving: Scotch Henderson Shackleford that it’s adding a mini-golf, bowl- Production Manager: Laurie Cabot Contributing Writers: Jeffrey Compton, ing, and arcade attraction. 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2 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • SEPTEMBER 2017 LAS VEGAS’ TOP TEN VALUES

The complete steak dinner at Ellis Island remains at #1 1. Steak Dinner • Ellis Island • 24 hours • $7.99 this month. The filet-cut sirloin comes with soup or salad, choice of potato, and green beans and is served 24/7 for 2. Shrimp Cocktail • Skyline • 24 hours • $1.49 $7.99. To get that price you have to print out two coupons 3. Beer • Casino Royale • 24 hours • $1 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 Back on the list at #9 is the lunch comp at either of 5. Draft Beer • Flamingo • Daily • 5¢ Las Vegas’ two Crown & Anchor bars. This one had some competition from a new version of another previous Top 6. Mac King • Harrah’s • Tues.–Sat. • $14.98 Ten comp deal at Jackson’s bar (see Gambling), but the C&A 7. Hot Dog • South Point • Daily • $1.25 deal is the better of the two. Play $20 through a machine 8. $1 Blackjack • Hooters • 24 hours • Free and get anything on the menu free. Hours are 8 am-2:30 pm at the east location (Tropicana/Maryland Pkwy.) and 9. Lunch Comp • Crown & Anchor • Daily • $20 buy-in 11 am-3 pm at the west (Spring Mtn./Decatur). If you miss 10. Football Contest • Boyd Casinos • Weekly • Free lunch, the offer is extended for appetizers until 6 pm on the east and 7 pm on the west. It’s football season, and the $500,000 “Pick the Pros” free contest from Boyd Gaming returns to the list at #10. Every year contests come and go and there are reasons that some are better than others depending on what you’re looking for. But this one consistently offers the best combination of entertainment value and convenience, plus there’s no risk to play. Get a minimum of three entries by swiping your B Connected players card on a kiosk at Gold Coast, Suncoast, Orleans, Sam’s Town, Fremont, California, or Main Street Station for a shot at $30,000 every week. Must submit picks before the kick-off of the week’s first Sunday game. See Gambling for a complete rundown of this year’s contests. Removed from the list this month are the show & dinner deal at Golden Nugget and the $500 loss-rebate at the M, both of which have been discontinued. 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. The 5¢ beers (#5) at the Flamingo are served in the Margaritaville Casino area’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar from 5 to 6 pm. Get a ticket to the Mac King Comedy Magic Show and a drink for $14.98 by asking at the players club 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. Hooters’ $1-minimum blackjack game (#8) runs 24/7 in the pit; naturals pay even money on bets of $1-$5.

News continued ince that’s home to multiple casinos The band was promoting its new al- that are open to foreigners only. The bum “Wonderful Wonderful.” Both the 40,000-square-foot casino floor has 45 band and Kimmel are originally from count to 845. A pool and entertainment table games, but only 25 slots. Las Vegas. complex are also planned. Online—Maine and New Jersey Caesars Palace was the location Japan—A tenuous casino situa- have passed bills to regulate and tax for an episode of “Ray Donovan” that tion in Japan is causing the major U.S. daily fantasy sports, bringing the total aired in August. Also getting screen companies to grow leery of govern- to 16 states that have legalized DFS. time was Pahrump’s Sheri’s Ranch. ment regulations that they fear will New Jersey was an important cog, as Pahrump got more coverage as inhibit the gambling business there. online gambling of all types continues a primary location in the series “Get Debates underway prior to the drafting to grow in the state. Online gambling Shorty.” of gambling legislation address several revenue was up 18.5% in July and is One of ESPN’s new podcast issues, including the allowable size of up 26.6% year-to-date. episodes in its “30 for 30” series is the gaming floor, the tax structure, and titled “A Queen of Sorts” and covers even limits on how often locals will be Gambling in the Media the Phil Ivey/”Kelly” Cheung Yin Sun allowed to visit the casinos. The band The Killers played a baccarat saga (LVA 6/14). Gambling South Korea—Gongzi Jeju Ca- pop-up concert in front of Caesars Wizards author Richard Munchkin and sino has opened on Jeju Island, a Palace last month, portions of which gambling writer Michael Kaplan are semi-autonomous South Korean prov- were shown on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!.” both interviewed. n

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Buffet News other places and we found one at the The steak also rates and the meal What’s left to be done that can Redwood. French onion soup. If you comes with choice of potato and veg- set a buffet apart from the rest? We like rich and cheesy, you’ll get it here. etables (no salad). It’s served 10 am keep wondering and the casinos keep It’s $8 and worth going for all by itself. to 10 pm (unless they run out) at the finding ways. The latest comes from Decatur/Trop location only. the Feast Buffet at Red Rock, where Bootlegger—At the end of the they’ve added a “Well & Being” station. review of “The Dirty at 12:30” (see It’s an area for health-conscious diners Entertainment) is a note about parlaying that features “vegan, paleo, low-carb, with a bite at The Bootlegger. In reality, high-protein, raw foods, gluten-free, you can parlay The Bootlegger with and super foods that are Ph balanced just about anything, because it serves and rich in antioxidants and omega 3 food 24/7. There are more menus in and 6 balancing.” Cool idea. this place than seem prudent—break- The water damage from a fire-pipe fast menu, bar menu, late-night menu, leak in July continues to affect the Redwood French onion soup late-night bar menu, etc.—but that Spice Market Buffet at Planet Holly- almost guarantees that there’s always wood. The buffet selection has been a deal on something. We did late-night significantly reduced, along with the Charlie’s (Wynn)—Built into the calamari for $12 and a shrimp cocktail prices that are now $4-$8 less than new sports book at Wynn Las Vegas is with three giganticus shrimps for $14 normal at $15.99 for breakfast, $16.99 Charlie’s Bar + Grill, which replaces the ($4.67 apiece, but worth it). for lunch, and $22.99 for dinner. We Zoozacrackers deli. Most sports books Shrimp cocktail at The Bootlegger also received a recent report that the have walk-up counters where you can Member Rewards Book coupon isn’t order fast and get back to your spot being accepted, so inquire before in the book, but there’s no counter at you go. Charlie’s. It’s all table service, though After several years as one of the you can order to go from the bar. few Strip casinos without one, the Burgers are $13-$18, sandwiches are Tropicana is adding a buffet. Built $14-$19, and even soups and salads into the space that was previously are $12-$19. We tried a California the Beach Café, the Beach Buffet chicken sandwich with avocado. It is expected to open near the end of was quality, but for $17 (while having this year. to sweat the one-hour free-parking grace period)? Nah, next time we’ll Reviews hit up a locals sports book deli. By the Redwood Steakhouse (Califor- way, Charlie’s is named for legendary nia)—Though it’s been newly remod- casino host Charlie Meyerson. The Bootlegger is located at 7700 Las eled with a half name change, the Steak & Lobster (O’Aces)—One Vegas Blvd. S., about two miles north Redwood Steakhouse (no longer the of the best steak & lobster bargains of South Point. Join the players club Redwood Bar & Grill) is what it’s always in town is at Two tails with this steak and get the good been—a good downtown steakhouse a bar. On Fri- sign-up bonus de- that’s priced better than its Strip days, O’Aces scribed in Gambling, counterparts. We’re talking a flat iron serves a com- then grab a cocktail, for $27 and a bone-in ribeye for $38. plete dinner for listen to a live lounge That sure beats sixty bucks on the $19.99. The big show, and take in the Boulevard. But when you come right selling point rest of a pretty cool down to it, there’s only so much you here isn’t just joint. can say about this or that steakhouse the impressive when pricing is similar. Maybe there’s a size and quali- Dining Notes better cut of a T-bone somewhere, but ty of the lobster Ping Pang Pong how many can really tell the difference? tail. It’s that has moved into the What we really like is when we find an it comes with former location of the item that’s just plain better than it is at two of them! continued on next page

4 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • SEPTEMBER 2017 Dining continued Chile Addiction, Las Vegas’ west- Cantina Laredo and View Wine side source for New Mexico-style Bar & Kitchen have closed at Tivoli cuisine, has closed. Village. n Gold Coast showroom. The Angry Butcher at Sam’s Town is advertising an $18.99 prime rib din- Local Corner—Marché Bacchus French Bistro and Wine Shop ner, served daily from 4 to 6 pm. 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 106, 702-804-8008 B&B Burger & Beer at the Venetian will close Sept. 30. It’s one of several We’ve had an odd relationship with Marché Bacchus. It’s one of the most restaurants from Mario Batali and Joe acclaimed non-casino restaurants in town, a perennial “Essential 50” selection Bastianich’s B&B Hospitality Group, (and even a Top 10 pick in the 2013 edition) of Eating Las Vegas, and a place which will next open Eataly at Park where we’ve had outstanding experiences. But for some reason, every time MGM (the renamed Monte Carlo) in we visited before making it the Local Corner, we ran into a clunker. Clunkers 2018. A replacement for B&B Burger happen—this time we went in for a taste and there were no clunks. & Beer has not been announced. Marché Bacchus deals high-end French cuisine, but it’s not overly ex- After opening with the casino in pensive. Entrées are mostly in the $30s, though it’s all a la carte and portions 1994, Garduño’s is closing at Fiesta are smallish (so you’re probably adding on). There’s nothing wrong in our Rancho. It will be replaced by a res- book with paying for a good meal in an idyllic lakeside setting. Or you can taurant and entertainment concept get the meal and setting for $19.95 with the lunch special, available Mon.-Fri. out of California called Culichi Town, from 11 am to 3:45 pm., which comes with choice of entrée, an appetizer specializing in Sinaloa-style Mexican or dessert (couples can do one of each), and a glass of wine. Outside of the cuisine. With the Palms location clos- special, the best things we’ve had here are the soups (all tremendous), any ing a couple years ago, no Garduño’s steak dish that can be prepared rare, the Prince Edward Island mussels for outlets remain in Nevada. $21, and the fantastic escargot for $12, plus the crème brulée ain’t no slouch. Hooters Mad Onion is closed for Note the “Wine Shop” in the name. That’s the big banger in this play. You renovation. can purchase your dinner wine from the shop and they’ll open and serve it to The Gambler’s Café has closed. you for $10 above retail. That means great dinner wines at half to a third of The café was located inside the the price of almost any fine restaurant in town—huge. On top of everything, Gambler’s General Store, which was owners Jeff and Rhonda Wyatt are hands on. Hours are 11 am to 9:30 pm recently sold, and will be replaced by daily (10 pm Fri. and Sat.). It’s a little ways out on the northwest side of town, Dough Dough’s Hawaiian Café. An but you’ll get to see the neat little Desert Shores community. opening date hasn’t been announced. ENTERTAINMENT

Review kind, because they’re only as good affordable (starting at $4 for a Bud). “The Dirty at 12:30” as the comedians on stage that night. The combination of a good free show South Point But you can judge a club based on the with cheap drinks draws a big and loyal Saturdays 12:30 am talent level that performs regularly, and crowd—many of whom are regulars, Free “The Dirty at 12:30” brings in some big known as “Dirty Birds”—that packs names from outside the local ranks. the lounge and impacts the seating Formerly known simply as “The On the night we checked it out, the consideration. If you’re forced to Dirty,” this free show runs every Sat- headliner was , well-known stand outside at the bar, you can still urday morning starting at 12:30 am in comedy circles. Following two acts see and hear the show. But for maxi- (30 minutes after midnight) in the that were themselves good enough to mum effect, you really need to get a casino’s Grandview Lounge. When it headline, Porter did a solid 45 minutes, seat inside. That requires showing up began in 2013, it was hosted by Gabe pushing the show to a 2 am conclusion. about an hour prior to show time to Lopez and Ralphie May, the latter of Does the content live up to the name? stake out seats or a table. Several of whom now has his own gig at Harrah’s. To some degree—it’s an adult show the South Point restaurants are open Lopez remains as the producer and all the way—but it’s not over-the-top past midnight, so you can grab dinner acts as emcee for the classic four-act blue. This is pure late-night entertain- before if you like. Or parlay with an (including Lopez) comedy-club format. ment the way it used to be in this town. earlier trip to the nearby Bootlegger for It’s tough to give a blanket en- Remember, this is South Point, appetizers and gambling (see Dining). dorsement to a comedy club of any so you know that drinks at the bar are continued on page 8

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SEPTEMBER 9/15 • Marco Antonio Solís 9/29 • Freddie Jackson 9/1–9/3 • HartBeat Weekend 2017 MBay • $79.21–$276.50 Texas Station • $20–$50 Cosmo • $49–$415 9/15 • Miguel Bosé • Palms • $74–$184 9/29 • Imagine Dragons 9/2 • Farruko • MBay • $65 9/15 • Ricardo Arjona • Cosmo • $89/$99 T–Mobile • $29.50–$99.50 9/2 • I Love The ’90s • MBay • $52.76 9/15–9/16 • Aries Spears • Aliante • $20–$35 9/29 • Jay Leno • Mirage • $70.04–$90.04 9/2 • Idina Menzel • Palms • $64–$149 9/15–9/16 • Enrique Iglesias 9/29 • Scott Stapp • Brooklyn Bowl • $35/$40 9/2 • Jerrod Niemann Caesars Palace • $50–$350 9/29–10/1 • Crystal Gayle • South Point • $50–$60 Santa Fe Station • $9.55–$35 9/15–9/16 • • Mirage • $70/$80 9/29–10/8 • Tape Face • Flamingo LV • $65.95/$106 9/2 • Larry Carlton • Aliante • $30–$50 9/15–9/16 • Louie Anderson • Red Rock • $49 9/30 • Andrew W.K. 9/2 • Martin Nievera 9/15–9/16 • Mana • MGM Grand • $51–$450 Brooklyn Bowl • $20/$22 M Resort • $41.99–$55.99 9/15–9/17 • Frankie Avalon 9/30 • Depeche Mode w/Global Spirit 9/2 • TOTO w/Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo South Point • $50–$60 T–Mobile • $39.50–$175 Red Rock • $40–$80 9/16 • Bob Saget 9/30 • Eddie Money • Silverton • $34/$59 9/2–9/3 • Bruno Mars Brooklyn Bowl • $34–$100 9/30 • EllisMania • Hard Rock • $35–$55 Monte Carlo • $160.55–$1,518.49 9/16 • CCR • Cannery • $34.95/$44.95 9/30 • Ruff Ryders • Monte Carlo • $45–$400 9/2–9/3 • Rob Schneider 9/16 • George Benson 9/30 • Tiffany Haddish • Mirage • $41/$51 Tropicana • $39.95–$69.95 Sunset Station • $20–$45 9/30–10/1 • REO Speedwagon 9/2–9/3 • Rod Stewart 9/16 • Jonathan Butler Orleans • $69.95–$89.95 Caesars Palace • $49–$250 SLS LV • $39.50–$89.50 OCTOBER 9/2 & 9/9 • Melissa Etheridge • Palms • $40–$90 9/16 • Kesha • M Resort • $26 10/1 • Apocalyptica • Hard Rock • $35–$85 9/3 • • Mirage • $55.99 9/16 • Marc Anthony • MBay • $79–$249 10/1 • The Green • Brooklyn Bowl • $22–$35 9/3 • Michael Bolton 9/16 • Pepe Aguilar • Cosmo • $49 10/4 • Chronixx • Brooklyn Bowl • $22/$25 Cannery • $49.95–$99.45 9/19–10/7 • Céline Dion 10/4–10/21 • Billy Idol • MBay • $79.50–$149.50 9/6 & 9/13 • Jeff Dunham Caesars Palace • $95–$100 10/5 • Post Malone Caesars Palace • $49.50–$79.50 9/20 • Magpie Salute Brooklyn Bowl • $30/$35 9/8 • Lifehouse & Switchfoot Brooklyn Bowl • $27.50/$32 10/5–10/8 • Erik Myers • Hard Rock • $15/$60 MBay • $36.24 9/20–9/30 • Il Divo • Venetian • $54.13–$495 10/6 • Guess Who 9/8 • Luis Fonsi • Palms • $45–$85 9/20–10/7 • John Fogerty Golden Nugget • $42.51–$140.61 9/8 • Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels Wynn LV • $59.50–$1,100 10/6 • Jon Bellion Golden Nugget • $20.71–$107.91 9/21 • Zakk Sabbath • Hard Rock • $25/$49 Brooklyn Bowl • $29.50–$49.50 9/8 • Pole Show LA • MBay • $35–$125 9/21–9/24 • Kathleen Dunbar 10/6 • Kings of Leon 9/8 • SZA w/Ravyn Lenae Hard Rock • $15/$60 Hard Rock • $59.50–$400 Hard Rock • $25 9/22 • Impractical Jokers 10/6 • Megadeth • Palms • $40–$95 9/8–9/9 • Bill Maher • Mirage • $70–$90 MGM Grand • $49.12–$159.13 10/6 • Nas • Cosmo • $32 9/8–9/9 • Jerry Seinfeld 9/22 • Jefferson Starship 10/6–10/7 • Amazing Johnathan • Red Rock • $45 Caesars Palace • $82.50–$165 Golden Nugget • $31.61–$118.81 10/6–10/7 • Jon Lovitz & Dana Carvey 9/8–9/10 • Jim Breuer • South Point • $40–$50 9/22 • Morgan Heritage SLS LV • $49–$89 9/9 • Aaron Lewis • MBay • $35–$55 Brooklyn Bowl • $15–$75 10/6–10/8 • Tower of Power • South Point • $55–$65 9/9 • Frankie Moreno 9/22–9/23 • Daniel Tosh 10/6–10/21 • Rascal Flatts • Venetian • $62–$168 Suncoast • $19.95–$39.95 Mirage • $70.99–$106.99 10/7 • Ali Wong 9/9 • Jonathan Lee 9/22–9/23 • iHeartRadio Music Festival Monte Carlo • $36.24–$82.11 Monte Carlo • $71.56–$181.65 T–Mobile • $168.50–$822.50 10/7 • King of the Cage • Cannery • $30 9/10 • Eli & Mariano • Venetian • $55 9/22–9/24 • Lettermen • South Point • $35–$45 10/7 • Maxwell • Cosmo • $27.50 9/12 • Across the Pacific • Orleans • $25/$35 9/23 • Danzig • Brooklyn Bowl • $35–$50 10/7 • Queensrÿche and Skid Row 9/12 • Reverend Horton Heat • MBay • $23 9/23 • Engelbert Humperdinck Sunset Station • $25–$50 9/12 • Smack Down Live • T&M • $20–$124 Orleans • $59.95–$79.95 10/7 • Wayne Brady • Mirage • $50–$70 9/12–9/23 • Ricky Martin 9/23 • Jay White is Neil Diamond 10/7–10/14 • Incubus • Hard Rock • $49.50–$200 Monte Carlo • $54.59–$325 Suncoast • $19.95–$39.95 10/8 • Damian Marley • MBay • $30–$40 9/13–9/24 • Carlos Santana • MBay • $99.50–$300 9/23 • Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers 10/8 • Sebastian Maniscalco 9/14 • Lil Yachty • Brooklyn Bowl • $35–$50 SLS LV • $39.50–$89.50 Caesars Palace • $39.50–$95 9/14 & 9/17 • Gloria Trevi vs. Alejandra Guzmán 9/24 • Overkill, Crowbar, Havok 10/11–10/28 • Diana Ross • Wynn LV • $60.50–$296 Caesars Palace • $60.50–$251 Brooklyn Bowl • $25/$30 10/11–11/4 • Elton John 9/15 • Alejandro Fernández 9/28 • Andy Mineo • Hard Rock • $25/$60 Caesars Palace • $55–$500 T–Mobile • $69–$225 9/28 • Motionless In White 10/12 • Father John Misty 9/15 • Blue Oyster Cult Brooklyn Bowl • $23/$25 Brooklyn Bowl • $37.50–$65 Golden Nugget • $31.61–$140.61 9/29 • Bill Burr 10/12–10/15 • Dean Napolitano 9/15 • Catfish and the Bottlemen Monte Carlo • $44.95–$81.65 Hard Rock • $15/$60 Brooklyn Bowl • $25/$45 9/29 • Bruce Campbell • Hard Rock • $33 10/13 • Gary Lewis & The Playboys 9/15 • Franco Escamilla 9/29 • Chuck Negron Golden Nugget • $20.71–$118.81 Hard Rock • $39.50–$300 Golden Nugget • $20.71–$107.91 10/13 • The Church • Brooklyn Bowl • $25/$30

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10/13–10/14 • Daniel Tosh • Mirage • $70.99–$106.99 10/29 • Steve Martin & Martin Short • After one month of higher prices, tickets 10/13–10/28 • Ringo Starr Caesars Palace • $49.95–$175 for “Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club” at MGM Planet Hollywood • $69–$199 NOVEMBER Grand have gone back to previous pricing 10/14 • Bob Dylan • Cosmo • $39/$59 11/1 • Capturing Pablo 10/14 • Evanescence • Palms • $45–$95 Brooklyn Bowl • $30–$75 of $46.50-$68.50. 10/14 • Frankie Moreno 11/1 • LANY • Hard Rock • $20/$35 • After one month of higher prices, tickets Suncoast • $19.95–$39.95 11/1–11/5 • PBR World Finals for David Copperfield at MGM Grand have 10/14 • Janet Jackson • MBay • $99–$199 T–Mobile • $180–$5,000 gone back to previous pricing of $94.55- 10/14 • The Weeknd 11/1–11/12 • Carlos Santana • MBay • $99.50–$300 $251.05. T–Mobile • $39.75–$175.75 11/1–11/19 • Tape Face • Flamingo LV • $65.95/$106 10/14 • Theresa Caputo 11/3 • Bayside • Hard Rock • $23 • After one month of higher prices, tickets Monte Carlo • $41.74–$114.68 11/3 • Bill Engvall • TI • $59.95 for JABBAWOCKEEZ at MGM Grand have 10/14–10/15 • Marshall Tucker Band 11/3 • Jay & The Americans gone back to previous pricing of $63.44- Orleans • $29.95–$49.95 Golden Nugget • $20.71–$118.81 $128.85. 10/15 • The Script • Cosmo • $27–$206 11/3 • Tenors • GVR • $22–$55 10/18 • Interrupters and SWMRS 11/3–11/4 • Live and Let Die • Black Magic Live has moved from the Hard Rock • $16/$25 Orleans • $29.95/$39.95 Tommy Wind Theater to Ron Decar’s 10/19 • Stone Sour • MBay • $39.50–$135 11/3–11/4 • Rita Rudner • Red Rock • $45 Event Center downtown; tickets are 10/19–10/25 • Tape Face • Flamingo LV • $65.95/$106 11/3–11/4 • Tim Allen • Mirage • $65.39–$87.19 $68.51/$79.06 ($22 less than at Wind). 10/20 • Dennis DeYoung 11/3–11/5 • Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Golden Nugget • $31.61–$140.61 South Point • $45–$55 • 50 Shades! The Parody closes at Bally’s 10/20 • Nothing More • Hard Rock • $17/$25 11/7 • Blues Traveler • MBay • $29.50 on Sept. 11. 10/20 • Run the Jewels 11/7 • John Michael Montgomery Brooklyn Bowl • $35–$55 Golden Nugget • $31.61–$140.61 10/20–10/21 • Ron White • Mirage • $70.04–$92 11/7–11/25 • Céline Dion 10/20–10/21 • Yesterday and Today Caesars Palace • $95–$500 South Point • $20–$30 11/8–11/25 • Cher • Monte Carlo • $55–$475 10/21 • Billy Gardell • GVR • $25–$55 11/10 • Buckinghams 10/21 • In This Moment Golden Nugget • $20.71–$118.81 Brooklyn Bowl • $29.50–$49 11/10 • Whoopi Goldberg • TI • $57.18/$98.05 10/21 • PIXIES • Cosmo • $25 11/10–11/11 • Daniel Tosh • Mirage • $70.99–$106.99 10/21 • Tegan and Sara 11/10–11/12 • Stayin’ Alive • South Point • $30–$45 Palms • $36.24–$72.94 11/11 • Frankie Moreno 10/21 • Manhattans • Cannery • $34.95 Suncoast • $19.95–$39.95 10/22 • Arcade Fire • MBay • $26–$85 11/11 • Peter Cetera • Tropicana • $49–$80 10/22 • Joe Bonamassa 11/15 • I Prevail • Brooklyn Bowl • $24/$27 Caesars Palace • $89–$199 11/16 • Propagandhi • Hard Rock • $21–$45 10/22 • Dream Awards 11/16–11/19 • Joe Walsh • MBay • $99–$350 Suncoast • $29.95–$49.95 11/17 • Guns N’ Roses • T–Mobile • $64–$255 10/25 • HANSON • MBay • $40–$215 11/17 • Herman’s Hermits 10/27 • Hollywood Undead • Palms • $30–$50 Golden Nugget • $42.51–$140.61 10/27 • Johnny Rivers 11/17–11/18 • Ray Romano & David Spade Golden Nugget • $31.61–$162.41 Mirage • $90–$120 10/27 • Steven Wright • TI • $59.95/$65.95 11/17–11/19 • Donny Edwards • South Point • $25–$35 10/27–10/28 • Bill Maher • Mirage • $70–$90 11/18 • Boney James 10/27–10/28 • Marilyn Manson SLS LV • $37.50–$109.50 MBay • $59.50–$73.50 11/18 • Great White and Slaughter 10/27–10/28 • Trey Anastasio • Brooklyn Bowl • $85 Tropicana • $29.99–$59.95 10/27–10/29 • Man In Black • South Point • $20–$30 11/18 • World Fighting Championship 10/27–10/29 • Widespread Panic E. Cannery • $25 Monte Carlo • $59.63–$350 11/22 • Molotov • MBay • $35 10/27–11/4 • Jon Lovitz & Dana Carvey 11/22 • Periphery • Brooklyn Bowl • $25/$30 SLS LV • $49–$89 11/24 • Eric Burdon & the Animals 10/28 • Brooklyn & Bailey • Hard Rock • $25 Golden Nugget • $31.61–$162.41 10/28 • JAY–Z • T–Mobile • $58–$1,498 11/25 • Ana Gabriel • Palms • $60–$160 10/28 • Restless Heart and Shenandoah 11/29 • Reba, Brooks & Dunn Tropicana • $29.95–$59.95 Caesars Palace • $59.50–$205 See inside wrap (pg. 13) for 10/28 • The Whispers • E. Cannery • $22.95 11/24–11/25 • Jim Jefferies • Mirage • $60/$70 “Weather,” “Room Rates,” and 11/24–11/26 • Chubby Checker 10/28–10/29 • Temptations “Key Dates.” Orleans • $49.95–$69.95 South Point • $45–$55

SEPTEMBER 2017 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • 7 Entertainment continued budget-saving alternative to an outing Mondays” from 10 am to 2 pm, with at TopGolf in general, but the best play unlimited Mimosas and Bloody Marys is to go for the happy hour that runs for $12, along with breakfast specials Dinner Dearth daily from 4 pm to close. For $25 per and live music. Speaking of old-time Vegas, person, you get a round of golf, one The otherroom in the Forum Shops another staple of another time, the bucket of balls, two drinks, and a cart. at Caesars Palace has happy hours dinner show, has taken a hit. Though Night golf is fun out there and you can daily from 3 to 6 pm and 10 pm to they’re rarely available in any form, two hang with the cool ‘tenders in the Flight close, with $5 draft beer and $5-$8 buffet-and-show options are now off Deck bar till around midnight. appetizers and sandwiches. the board. Frankie Moreno and Clint Bert’s (formerly Davy’s Locker) has Holmes have both concluded their Bars and Happy Hours a 24/7 special of two domestic beers runs at the Golden Nugget, ending a (Note: These types of deals can or well drinks for $3. deal that was good enough to make change quickly. Call to verify.) At Charlie’s Bar at the Wynn, a the Top Ten (Moreno will play the Mandalay Bay has a resort-wide draft Stella Artois is $10.29. At Chada Suncoast on Sept. 9, Oct. 14, and happy hour on Saturdays and Sundays Street, a Hitachino Red beer is $8.66. Nov. 11 and Holmes is at the Smith from 8 pm till closing, with drinks and At Jackpot Bar and Grill, a Tito’s Center’s Cabaret Jazz Sept. 27, Oct. appetizers running $4-$10. It’s similar Vodka is $7 and a Heineken is $5. At 29, Nov. 8, and Dec. 8-9). And the to inclusive HHs that run at Cosmo- The Bootlegger Bistro, a draft Peroni magic show Jarrett & Raja, which also politan and Red Rock, where you can is $6.50. In Flight Deck at TaylorMade combined a dinner buffet with a show, move from place to place within the Golf Experience, a draft Stella is $6. is closing at Hooters. The two dinner same resort. Some of the food spe- In Grandview Lounge at South Point, shows that remain are Tournament of cials at MBay include oxtail crostini at a Heineken is $5 and a Bud is $4. At Kings at Excalibur and Marriage Can Libertine Social ($5), crab Louie cups Prince, a Stella is $4.32. At Irene’s, a Be Murder at the D. at Stripsteak ($6), black-cod lettuce Shock Top is $4.25 and a Coors Light cups at Kumi ($9), and bacon-wrapped is $3.25. At Winchell’s Pub, a Heineken VR at MGM sliders at Aureole ($10). We’re there! is $4. At Putters Warm Springs, a Bud “MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las B&B Ristorante at the Venetian has is $3.75. In Holo Holo at the California, Vegas and Zero Latency, the irrefut- a daily happy hour from 4 to 6 pm that a Heineken is $3. able world-leader in location-based features $9 “chicchetti.” Translation: Notes: A soda at Gold Coast’s Is- free-roam Virtual Reality (VR) entertain- traditional Italian side dishes. land bar is $2. The best play at Irene’s ment, will introduce Las Vegas’ first Ellis Island is running “Bottomless is the draft PBR for $2.75. n multi-player free-roam VR experience inside LEVEL UP gaming lounge on 8 Notes September.” That’s direct from a press release • Mike Tyson Undisputed Truth—ROUND 2 opens at MGM Grand on Sept. announcing an attraction that we’re not 7 and runs through November 19; tickets are $69.85/$91.65 with meet & completely tuned into. MGM is appar- greet tickets available for $282.44. ently jumping in with both feet in the • Lionel Richie–All the Hits has added 14 dates at Planet Hollywood, playing meshing of virtual reality and casino Nov. 30; Dec. 6, 8-9, 13, 15-16; and March 7, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20; tickets entertainment, and will soon unveil start at $59 base. some VR wildness at its new LEVEL • Paul Shaffer, the longtime musical director for David Letterman, will play UP gaming lounge. If you’re into VR Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace Dec. 21-23, 28-30; Jan. 4-6; tickets (and “irrefutable world leaders”), MGM start at $49 base. Grand will be the place to go. It’s our • A new interactive attraction, “Fear the Walking Dead Survival,” has opened job to tell you about it first. Maybe we at the Experience. The walk-through experience features a can explain it later. “combination of motion rides, mazes, and interactive video games.” Tick- ets start at $30. TaylorMade Happy Hour • Not that he needs a paying gig after his mega-money-match with Floyd TaylorMade Golf Experience is Mayweather, but Conor McGregor has landed one as a nightclub host. No a cozy little par-3 course and driving kidding. McGregor has signed on for a two-year residency hosting post- range located on the Strip just south fight parties at Encore nightclubs. of Mandalay Bay. It had some of its • According to the Tommy Wind Theater website, the theater is closing and thunder stolen with the opening of Tommy Wind will be moving to a new location. No further details have TopGolf at MGM Grand, but it remains been announced. an entertainment gem among in-the- See the Advance Planner for dates, prices, and additional show updates. knowers. TaylorMade is a big-time

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Football Contests Station properties “Last Man subject that can be read at Gambling There’ve been a fair amount of Standing NFL”: entry $25; buy four and WithAnEdge.com). changes in the football-contest line- get one free; winner-take-all ($75,000 The Will Hill college contest is also up this year. Most significant is the guaranteed); $135,000 bonus for win- paying more players, with 10 making addition of Westgate’s SuperContest ning this and college contest. the money this year rather than three. Gold, the new highest-entry-fee option Station properties “Last Man The maximum number of entries has at $5,000. Standing College”: entry $25; buy been raised from three to four, so it At press time, 14 contests had four and get one free; winner-take-all now costs up to $2,000 to play this one. been announced. All have entry ($40,000 guaranteed); $135,000 bonus In spite of the changes, we rate deadlines of Sept. 9 or 10, except for for winning this and NFL contest. GN’s Showdown and Will Hill’s Col- Golden Nugget (9/5). The contests are Analysis—If you can’t play every lege as best bets for profit potential. separated by “Pay” and “Free.” The week, you shouldn’t enter these. The However, the SuperContest will have list and brief analyses appear below. pay contests are heavily skewed to- the biggest first prize by far and win- Pay—Contests in the Pay category ward the season prizes, so missing ning it will yield the greatest back-end require you to pay an entry fee. The even one week is crippling. The single potential (the winner will have instant season-long prizes are dominant, exception is the Will Hill Pro contest, name recognition) as sports betting meaning you either have to be a lo- which distributes a lot of its prize money garners more and more attention in cal or arrange for a proxy to get your in weekly rewards. It’s also the least the gambling world. picks in every week. All return 100% expensive entry fee, but even then, Free—Seven free contests have of the entry fees or better, except the playing part-time isn’t recommended. been announced so far, more than in SuperContest, which takes 8% out of Another consideration is how you’d recent years. Some showed up late, the prize pool (bonus money added feel if you lost your whole investment. so details are sketchy, and others will recoups some of the shortfall, but it’s If that would bother you excessively, pop up after this issue goes to press. still well below the take-out). avoid these. Pay contests tend to Check our “Football Contests” page The contests are listed in order of have top-heavy prize structures, mak- at GamblingWithAnEdge.com for com- the amount of the entry fee. ing them high-variance. That means plete information and updates. Westgate “SuperContest Gold”: that even if you’re one of the better Station properties (including Fi- entry $5,000; winner-take-all. players, you’re still an underdog, and estas, Wildfires, El Cortez) “Gridiron Golden Nugget “Friday Football usually a big one, to make the money. Glory”: 1 entry per week, $750,000 Showdown”: entry $2,000; top 16 play- They’re great when you score, but the guaranteed; no season prize; $10,000- ers after 12 weeks play head-to-head droughts can be dreadful. The most $15,000 per week; play all 17 weeks down to a winner; the contestants dramatic example of this is the $5K- to qualify for separate playoff and discuss their selections at 2 pm Fridays entry SuperContest Gold, where only Super Bowl contests with an additional on 1100 AM and 100.9 FM. the winner will get paid. $100,000 total in prizes. Westgate “SuperContest”: entry The biggest changes are in the Boyd properties “Pick the Pros”: $1,500; prize depends on entries and Golden Nugget’s Showdown, where 3-5 entries per week (depending on $30,000 added and awarded in two there will be 16 finalists rather than club level); no season prize; $30,000 increments of $15,000 to leaders at 8. The primary effect is to spread the per week, winner take all. four and eight weeks; enter by 9/4 prize money around, which most will Wildfire properties “College Foot- (4 pm) to qualify for an added $15,000 consider a positive change (though top ball Clash”: $500 weekly and trip to three-week mini-contest at the end pros will likely feel differently). They’ve Rose Bowl for season-long winner. of the season; maximum entries two also further narrowed the window for Rampart “Red Zone to Riches”: per person. submitting each week’s picks in an 1 entry per week, 1 additional entry “College Pick ’em”: ongoing effort to diminish the strategy can be earned with casino play, $500 entry $500; prize depends on entries of playing “stale numbers,” meaning first prize and 17 places paid weekly; and $25,000 added for hitting 70%; fixed pointspreads on the contest card Ford truck for first, $5,000 for second, maximum entries four per person. that have moved significantly in live and prizes up to 15th place for season William Hill “Pro Pick ’em”: en- betting during the week. It will affect winners. try $25; buy four and get one free; the strategy marginally, but also make Ellis Island “Passport Pick ’Em”: 1 $300,000 guaranteed and $100,000 it less convenient for everyone to get entry per week, weekly prizes of $250 bonus for 200 or more winners; maxi- their picks in each week (FrankB has and long-shot season prizes for high mum entries 15 per person. written two good blog posts on this continued on next page

SEPTEMBER 2017 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • 9 Gambling continued and another 35 TV monitors. “Betting app, which is now shooting for a mid- desks” are equipped with USB ports September release. and power outlets. The redone bar percentage of winners. looks into the book and would be a Mayweather/McGregor Hard Rock “Gridiron Maiden”: 1 cool place to set up if they comped It’ll probably be some time before entry per week, weekly prizes of $1,000 for video poker (see VPL&F). a betting event revisits the wild line in free-play. The new Encore sports book is swings that occurred leading up to the Silverton “Go Long! Weekly Foot- also open. It’s an understated effort, Floyd Mayweather/Conor McGregor ball Challenge”: There was a late an- but previously Encore had no sports fight. nouncement that Silverton is running book at all. Located in a small area in Although a look-ahead line of this contest with weekly and season the center of the casino, there’s no -2700 (bet $2,700 to win $100) was prizes. giant screen here, but 21 TVs and a posted on Mayweather, the line Analysis—Any contest that charg- seating area. opened at a much lower -1100 after the es nothing and gives away something fight was announced, then immediately is worth entering. Even if you enter and plummeted on huge McGregor betting. never play, you’re not out anything, but Resistance was met at -500, but even the more you do play, the more value when the expected late money came in you rake. Additionally, all of these can on Mayweather, relentless McGregor be played at any point of the season money pushed the line down (briefly) for a shot at weekly prizes. to below -400. It closed around -550 Station’s Gridiron Glory and in most places, with a take-back of Boyd’s Pick the Pros are both un- about +400 on McGregor. changed from last year. These are the Lots of stories appeared in the me- two most played contests in history, dia about the books being unbalanced with so many players each week that and in dire jeopardy with a McGregor you almost have to go perfect to cash. win. But the reality is they chose their But that can happen even if you’re The Cromwell has also opened position. While the ticket counts hugely picking blindfolded, so they’re worth a smaller book, with 50 seats and a favored McGregor, the bets on May- the effort (see Top Ten for more on Pick 32-foot LED video wall. If you count weather were significantly larger, with the Pros). If you play Gridiron Glory Wynn/Encore as a single property, evidence they were as much as 40 and put your picks in at a Wildfire, you Cromwell was the only casino on the times more on average (ESPN reported can play College Football Clash at the Strip without a sports book until now. that at one point the average size of a same time. Rampart is debuting a new sports bet on McGregor at the Westgate was The Rampart contest changes book the first week of September that’s $212, while the average size of a bet every year and this year it’s added built into the former location of JC’s on Mayweather was $8,036). Even with some good season prizes that might Irish Pub. The 6,000-square-foot book that dynamic, the public was overbet- make it a worthwhile play, given the will feature a 50-foot LED screen, 80 ting the McGregor side and the books likelihood that the field will be small. TVs, a new bar and lounge, and a deli. were willing to accept the exposure As stated earlier, these are just the It’s not clear whether or not the former for what they considered a massive major free contests. Several more will sports book will be a part of the new overlay in their favor. Had they wanted show up at casino kiosks, local bars, space, but the positioning suggests more Mayweather money, they would and online. Most don’t offer a lot of that it might be. have moved the line down to get that value, so play them only if they’re action. There used to be a lot more completely free. Klondike Sunset, Missing the Opening of this type of “taking a position” on Longhorn, CasaBlanca/Virgin River in On the other side of the coin, it the part of sports books. It happens Mesquite, the PT’s Pubs, O’Aces, and looks as though two high-profile addi- to a lesser degree today, but this op- Irene’s all ran weekly contests last year. tions to the football-betting landscape portunity was too strong to pass up. won’t be completed in time for the start And guess what? They were right! New Books of the NFL season. One is the sports With the official results still being Four new race & sports books have book at Klondike Sunset. We stopped tabulated, it’s a sure thing that the opened (or are about to). in to check and the anticipated book books had a big day. It was easily the The redesigned book at Wynn Las is far from game-ready. It will be run heaviest-bet fight ever, generating a Vegas (see the cover) is big, shiny, by William Hill when completed, but it handle that’s now expected to exceed and has a significantly altered look doesn’t look like that will happen by $100 million. That’s a Super Bowl from the original. It features a 137-foot opening weekend. The other is Cae- number! While only one $1 million+ LED video wall (with 21 million pixels) sars Entertainment’s mobile-betting continued on next page

10 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • SEPTEMBER 2017 Gambling continued Video Poker Lost and Found bet was reported during the last Super At Charlie’s Bar in the new sports has a play $120-get-$20 sign-up Bowl, there were six for this fight, all on book at the Wynn, the lowest denom bonus. It’s weaker than most, but still Mayweather, and still the books were is $1 and they still don’t comp drinks positive. The best game at Steiner’s heavy on McGregor action. to players. The best game is 9/6 (and also McMullan’s and Bert’s) is In an interesting aside, bookmaker Triple Double Bonus Poker returning 6/5 BP. and master marketer Paddy Power 98.15%, with the other schedules all The $8K royal flush at Round- paid bets it had on Mayweather a 97-percenters. No thanks! ers Buffalo (LVA 9/16) is soon to be couple of days before the fight. Paddy According to the online database history. The new route operator is Power is an Irish company, so you vpFREE2, Joker Wild has removed its dialing it back, but at this writing the might think they’d be backing Mc- 9/6 Jacks or Better games. The ca- last $8K (plus progressive change) Gregor, but patriotism goes out the sino continues to offer several good remains to be hit. window where money is concerned. A schedules, including 10/7 Double Bob Dancer’s free video poker Paddy Power spokesman explained, Bonus (100.17%) from 25¢ to $1, 9/6 classes run on Wednesdays in the “[We’re doing it] because we checked, Double Double Bonus with a $1,199 Silverado Lounge at South Point— and only one of them is a boxer.” RF (99.40%) for 25¢, and 8/5 Bonus beginner classes are at noon and Station Casinos has put up a line Poker (99.17%) from 25¢ to $2. intermediate at 2 pm except where on a rematch, with Mayweather the The Bootlegger deals 7/5 BP otherwise noted. Must be 21. Topics -600 favorite. (98.01%) from 25¢ to $1, and from 3 are Advanced 9/6 Jacks or Better to 6 pm and midnight to 3 am, quad at noon and Advanced 9/6 Bonus Deals Down 5-Ks spins the bonus wheel. Join the Poker Deluxe at 2 pm (on 9/6, first A few good deals went south last players club and get $50 in free-play class a prerequisite for the second); month, led by the discontinued $500 after playing $200, which is one of 9/6 Double Double Bonus Ultimate X, loss-rebate promotion at the M. The the juicier welcome bonuses in town. one class only at noon (9/13); NSU only offer available there now for new McMullan’s Irish Pub has a play- Deuces Wild (9/20); 9-4-4 Deuces club members is a $25 restaurant $20-get-$20 promo on Tuesdays Bonus Poker (9/27). Be sure to check comp when you sign up and play at from 2-7 pm and a play-$20-get-$10 out Bob’s weekly Tuesday column least one hour on any table game—a sign-up bonus. and the Thursday “Gambling With An decent incentive given plentiful $5- and Bert’s bar has a $20-for-$20 Edge” podcast, with Bob and Rich- $10-minimum tables. Also discontin- sign-up bonus, but it’s for locals only. ard Munchkin, both at GamblingWith ued was the $50-for-$50 promo on Steiner’s on Las Vegas Blvd. S. AnEdge.com. Mondays at Jackpot and the $150- for-$150 sign-up bonus at Ichabod’s Lounge. Some new finds are listed in hit for $727,000 on a Wheel of For- largest U.S. lottery jackpot and the “VPL&F.” tune Double 3X4X5X Pay Multiplay largest single-ticket winner in history. machine. It was a 25¢ game, but a The winner chose the one-time payoff, New Instacomp at 12-credit bet ($3) was required to be so she’ll get $480.5 million. The winning Jackson’s eligible for the jackpot. ticket was sold in Massachusetts with Jackson’s bar on W. Flamingo, A local woman won $747K while the numbers 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, and the previously of the Top Ten rated free- playing a Buffalo machine at Ellis Powerball 4. prime rib-for-$100-coin-in instacomp, Island. Cubs Breakage—A large number has a new offer. Play $100 on Friday A California woman hit for $1.6 of sports bets on the Chicago Cubs and get a comped 10-ounce ribeye & million on a $1 Wheel of Fortune Pink to win last year’s World Series went shrimp dinner the following Tuesday. Diamonds machine at McCarran Air- uncashed at the 180-day expiration. This is a smokin’ gambler’s deal that port. It was the third airport jackpot Some 20%-30% of winning tickets doesn’t need too much explanation, since May, with the prior two hitting were never presented, as bettors kept but you can get all the details on this for $933K and $500K. them as mementos of the victory. The promotion in LVA 7/17. The offer good The Megabucks jackpot was hit breakage is a nice little bonus for the through Sept. 29. for $11.8 million at the Fremont on a books, but it doesn’t have a major im- Megabucks Double 3X4X5X Pay game. pact—most of the bets were in the $25 Jackpots range. This phenomenon also shows It was a good month for slot jack- Gambling Notes up in other sports, e.g., Belmont Stakes pots. Lottery—The Powerball lottery tickets on American Pharoah when he An unidentified player at Palazzo was hit for $758.7 million, the second- won the Triple Crown. n

SEPTEMBER 2017 • LAS VEGAS ADVISOR • 11 FAST TRACK LAST SECOND FLASH Deals Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah along Silverton Rewards Club members with the lowest downriver demand in Raiders Seats above the Silver (lowest) tier get 2-for- 25 years have combined to keep Lake Prices haven’t been released 1 buffets on Tuesdays in September. Mead safe from a federal water-short- yet for Las Vegas Raiders tickets, Silver members have to earn 50 points age declaration. The U.S. Bureau of but some information about the ($50 coin-in) for the same deal. Reclamation projects that Lake Mead cost of the right to buy them has. Get a commemorative T-shirt and will avoid a shortage in both 2018 and Prospective season-ticket buyers free cake & champagne at the grand 2019. Lake Mead’s surface level is must first purchase a PSL, which opening of the Rampart race & sports expected to rise at least five feet by stands for “personal seat license,” book on Sept. 6 at 6 pm. the end of this year. for each seat they want to buy. It’s Here’s something that we didn’t a one-time fee that doesn’t include Miscellaneous know. According to the “Road Warrior” the cost of the tickets themselves, The recent attacks around the column in the LV Review-Journal, it’s parking, or anything else. The aver- world involving motor vehicles driv- illegal in Nevada to hang any item off age cost of a PSL will be $4,000, ing into pedestrians have intensified your car’s rearview mirror that might with lesser seats likely going for discussions about installing protective block your view of the road. This could $500-$1,000 and premiums for bollards along the Strip. However, include dangling necklaces, gradua- as much as $50,000 per. At least there’s been no decision to either in- tion tassels, rosaries, air fresheners, you have till 2020, the first year the crease the number of bollards or hasten and handicap placards. Police say they Raiders play here, to think about it. the timetable, which currently calls are reasonable about what they flag for the work to begin in October. The and will often just issue a warning, but Marked Cards? barriers will be similar to those already displaying any of these items is techni- In another turn for the Phil Ivey in place at the major Fremont Street cally a misdemeanor that can draw up baccarat dispute in Atlantic City, it’s Experience intersections. Also on to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail. reported that Borgata is suing the Fremont, protective “K-Rail” barriers A performance of Britney: Piece Gemaco playing card company for have been placed in key spots where of Me at Planet Hollywood was inter- the $10.1 million lost. Borgata con- pedestrians are potentially vulnerable. rupted when a man rushed the stage tends that Gemaco sold them cards Local artists will decorate the barriers, and had to be subdued by security. No knowing that they were “marked.” which will stand till permanent security one was harmed. Hard core! features are installed. An investigation by Nevada’s The Yermo Border Protection Occupational Safety and Health Ad- Last Friday Station, well known to frequent ministration (OSHA) of the fatal crash Las Vegas’ Arts District has travelers on I-15 from Las Vegas to at the SpeedVegas track in February its First Friday. Now Henderson Los Angeles, is being replaced with a resulted in fines totaling $16,000, but has “Last Friday, Just Add Water similar station located only about seven none of the violations were deemed Street.” On the last Friday of every miles past the Nevada state line. And to have caused the accident. The month, a street festival featuring while it seems that there’s rarely any- fines were related to fire prevention food, art, and music will be held one present to conduct inspections, and lack of written safety procedures, on Water Street, Henderson’s main 882 shipments were turned back last essentially an exoneration of direct thoroughfare. year. Construction on the new $47 culpability in the crash. million facility is expected to begin in The infamous Clown Motel in Stones Exhibit September and conclude in 2019. The Tonopah is for sale. Home to 600 clown “Exhibitionism—The Rolling current station will continue to operate figurines, built next to a cemetery, Stones” rolls into on in the interim. and known for frequent paranormal September 23 and runs through Las Vegas-area taxi revenue was occurrences, it seems like the perfect January 31. Described as “highly down again in July, due to the com- opportunity for an aspiring innkeeper. immersive and interactive,” more petition from ride-sharing companies The asking price hasn’t been divulged. than 500 personal items from Roll- Uber and Lyft. Ridership was down Las Vegas’ Bishop Gorman has ing Stones band members will be 10.8% and revenue was down 11.3%. been ranked the #4 high school football on display with the highlight being a Year-to-date the declines are 13.3% team in the nation by USA Today after back-stage-to-on-stage 3D experi- and 13.5%, respectively. finishing in the #1 spot for the past ence. Tickets start at $36.50. Above average snow melt in three years. n

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