life in vegas

As of today, the South Coast has become the South Point. From the LVRJ: The corporate gaming world didn’t suit Michael Gaughan’s tastes. But this morning, he gets to be his own boss again. Gaughan, who built Coast Resorts into a locals’ casino giant before selling the business to Boyd Gaming Corp. for $1.3 billion […]

Another piece of the Strip’s past is gone forever…but was it a valuable piece of history, or just some landscaping that had outlived its usefulness? You be the judge, since this LVRJ article presents both views: Four of the five original statues that once stood in front of Circus Circus, Las Vegas icons photographed by

I don’t know if I’ll make this a regular feature, but this sound bite was just so incredible, I couldn’t pass it up: One young female, walking down the stairs at Lied Library at UNLV, chatting animatedly on her cell phone, completely oblivious to her surroundings: “So my Daddy wanted to give me money to

I’d like to thank everyone who turned out for the International Launch of Roll the Bones last Saturday at Mandalay Place. It was really great to read selections from my book about gambling history in a casino. I’d also like to thank Debra Belcoff and everyone at the Reading Room, as well as the good

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to have your name in lights on the Las Vegas Strip–literally–I’m happy to say that I can tell you that it feels pretty good. Mandalay Bay has put the ad for the October 7 International Launch Event in the rotation for the LCD marquees, and, thanks to the

As if you needed another thing to download, I’ve got a press release for my October 7 launch event now available: RTB_launch_release.pdf Remember, it starts at 2 at the Mandalay Bay’s Reading Room. Come down, support a local author, and meet people–you’ll be glad you did.

This is a huge story for Nevada gaming, but I haven’t heard much about it until today. Currently, Nevada casinos are basically self-regulating when it comes to reporting large financial transactions, but all of that is going to end. From the LVRJ: Something uniquely Nevadan and historic is about to end today. No, it’s not

With the October 5 release date of Roll the Bones rapidly approaching, I’ve got an announcement to make: the official launch event will be a reading and signing at the Reading Room at Mandalay Place on Saturday, October 7, at 2 PM. I’m going to be publicly reading from the book for the first time

It’s been a few days since the story broke, but I still haven’t seen any serious discussion of the change in the Wynn Las Vegas casino floor hierarchy, outside of people quoting dealers irate about their upcoming drop in pay. This is absolutely understandable–if someone asked me to take a $10,000 pay cut (or told

I found out about this a while ago while doing some research on getting married in Clark County. Vegas is supposed to be a 24-hour town, but you won’t be able to get your marriage license on grave shift any more. From, improbably enough, Fox Reno: Getting married is as much a tradition in Las

In this case it’s not the patients that drive in to the dentist’s office, but the dentist who drives to the patients. Confused? Read the article from the NY Times and learn: Samantha Taube stepped out of the MGM Grand into the bright sun to walk to the parking lot. After a short distance, she

MGM Mirage is announcing the formation of a new realty group, so if you want to buy a piece of the Strip’s biggest development project, you are in luck. Straight from the press release: With construction now underway at Project CityCenter, MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM) delivers yet another illustration of its industry-leading innovation: the formation