Expats | Live Like Royalty In These Countries

We can’t all afford to stay at The Plaza in New York or The Savoy in London, with rooms going for around $600USD a night, at least not very often, but there is a way to live in this luxury for just a fraction of the price. I am a lover of decadence and unfortunately […]
Basics Of Betting | Update On The Presidential Election Odds

Odds on the Presidential election are unchanged more or less from when I wrote the introductory article last week. BetFair.com is my go-to site for determining these odds because they have the largest public volume of wagering on the event, making it the most accurate theoretically. Hillary: 1.46 = 68.49% (a winning bet of $100 […]
Las Vegas | The Lucky Dragon Rises (For Real This Time!)

The Lucky Dragon, the mysteriously intimate property near the now developing corner of Sahara and Las Vegas Boulevard, has teased us with wonderful renderings and beautiful design for quite some time. When I was last in Vegas a few months ago, I snapped a handful of shots showing the progress that had been made, looking as […]
Sunday News | Casino And Gambling News With A Side Of Sake

Ahhhh…The summer is unofficially over. Labor Day weekend is the beginning of the end of summer for tourist season. The day clubs will slowly wind down, then some pools will begin to close and summer concert season will come to an end. There should be a couple of quiet weeks of news in Las Vegas […]
Basics Of Betting | From The US Presidential Election To Baseball

My contacts at TravelZork have been following some write-ups I do about betting on the US Presidential election. I follow the odds of the betting markets more closely than the incessant polls. The betting markets aren’t concerned about personal opinion. Sure there are fans of one candidate or the other who likely make a wager […]
Sunday News | Holiday Edition With Mostly Vegas Hotel News

There was a lot of hotel news last week but not all of it is relevant to your visits to Las Vegas. With that in mind, let’s start with the hotel news that actually matters in the near future. When the Blackstone Group purchased the Cosmopolitan in 2014, they detailed very specific plans to turn around the casino which didn’t have a profitable quarter since opening.
A Reflection On Wynn Design And Development: Roger Thomas And Wynn Palace

I, as an architect, can’t help but look back on Roger Thomas and Wynn Design and Development. Wynn D&D, and Roger Thomas, have been the driving force behind Wynn’s properties dating from Atlantic City through the newest venture in Cotai
“EXCITING” Borgata Atlantic City Changes Are Coming

But with MGM’s complete acquisition of Borgata Atlantic City from Boyd we here at TZ were left pondering what exactly would happen when it came to Mlife..
Sunday News | From MGM Resorts To Red Rock Resorts

Last week various casino operators shared the stage. Quarterly earnings reports can often contain interesting news.
MGM Buys Out Boyd, Becomes Majority Owner Of Borgata

Despite not having a major presence in Atlantic City, MGM has always owned a stake in the Borgata, a collaborative operation with Boyd Gaming which is still the highest-grossing casino resort in the Atlantic City area. As of Monday however, MGM shook things up just a bit. MGM Buys Out Boyd In a deal completed […]