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Breaking the Casino News in Vegas Seven

I don’t have a Green Felt Journal in this week’s Vegas Seven, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t contribute. This time out, I focused my gimlet eye on the fact that, several times over the past year, “local bloggers” beat the mainstream media to the punch: Looking back at the past year, several important casino […]

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Something for everyone

Firing open the digital Las Vegas Sun today, I saw a breaking new story: New Years Eve packages for Cosmopolitan will be available for $5,600. Except that I first saw that story on vegastripping.com back on Sunday. It’s another sign to me of how the nature of news is changing: you’re just as likely to

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I’m nominated for 2.25 Trippies

Well, three, actually, if you want to count the group nomination for the Vegas Gang Podcast. Since I’m one-quarter of the panel, I’ll give myself .25 of a nomination. And it’s not really me who’s nominated, but my work. This very website, www.dieiscast.com, is up for the always-competitive “Best Blog” award. The podcast I host

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The best book in Vegas

Hey, I didn’t say it: the VegasTripping.com editors did. Roll the Bones won the Editor’s Choice 2006 Trippie Award for Best Book. Here’s what they had to say about it: Modern gambling has evolved into a set of experiences that are defined by legalized numbers rackets (lotto/scratchers), casino gambling, and race betting. ‘Roll The Bones’

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