life in vegas

Living in Las Vegas, Dave’s home since 2001.

GSN is GONE (from LV preferred basic, anyway)

GSN shows lots of casino-related shows, including poker. Come to think of it, I could substitute a few other channels (ESPN, Travel Channel, Discovery, and probably Lifetime too) in there, and it would read just as well. But if you like to watch GSN, live in Las Vegas, and are too cheap to spring for

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Famous for a day

If you read the New York Times, you might have read yesterday’s edition (Sunday, 12/26/04). If you read yesterday’s edition, you might have read the business section. If you looked at the front page of the business section, you might have started reading a below-the-fold story entitled, “Is there Life After Blackjack? Ask MGM.” And

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Whale hunting

Often, people from other countries or even other states think that government regulation of gambling is faintly repressive–that the Nevada Control Board works hard to limit gambling in Nevada. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. As this story from the Sun shows, the GCB actually is pushing casinos to attract more gamblers: State

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Keyed up

In a real crazy day, where I’m already stretched to the limit, I get this breaking news from the VegasResource.com newsletter: The Key Largo Hotel and Casino, on Flamingo, just 2 blocks east of Bally’s, is closing permanently on January 17, 2005. A developer has bought the property and will demolish the Key Largo and

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