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 […]
Hotel Review | The Executive Suite At Wynn Palace Cotai – Part 1

In this first part of our Wynn Palace executive suite hotel review I was going along for the ride that was arguably the biggest casino resort opening of the decade.
Score Better Comps – URComped Client Interview

A little while ago we had an in-depth discussion with Craig Shacklett, the co-founder of URComped. He gave us great insight into how the company got started and laid out the kind of comps and other benefits gaming fans could achieve. We liked everything we heard and asked Craig if we could speak with a […]
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.
Risk Of Ruin | The Truth About Advantage Play

Risk of Ruin is a concept you should consider if you want to continue casino play on a regular basis. You can usually manage a fair gamble against the casinos if you study the games and play at optimal times but that just makes it more probable that you will break even or better over the long run.
Get Your Slots On At Nevada’s Two Commercial Airports

Passengers flying in and out of Nevada’s two commercial airports enjoy playing myriad slots available inside their terminals.
Interview | URComped | Casino Comps Done Right With A Casino Host

Total Rewards? Got it. Wynn Red Card. Got that one too. M life? Right here in my card case. Throw in independent operations like Mohegan Sun and a few others too. Like many other folks reading this, I have credentials and status with one or more of these programs but no single program reflects my […]
Where’s The Best Place To Play Video Poker?

Every month I get at least three emails with some variation of the following: “I’ll be in Las Vegas next month and I want to know the best place to play video poker.”
Chasing Macau | Part 3 | Initial Impression Executive Suite – Wynn Palace Cotai

There will be a more formal review in the coming week, but for now my first impressions of the Executive Suite at Wynn Palace Cotai. Totaling 89 square meters (960 square feet), our Executive Suite features an expansive living room with marble-topped dining table ideal for meetings or festive dinners, while the plush seating area is enhanced with a 75-inch HD television.