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Bobby Vegas: The inside track on the Derby

Bobby Vegas: Friends Don’t Let Friends Play Triple-Zero Roulette

They say almost is good only in horseshoes, horse racing, and hand grenades, but if you don’t even place third in a horse race, are you still a winner?

Imagine you have a stable of good and in some cases excellent horses. You keep plowing your winnings back into them and end up with one of the most famous trainers in racing and Derby history and a chance for greatness with a young horse, Track Phantom. He’s winning and winning and has the points to make the Derby. You’re a hard-working risk-taking American with several successful green businesses and an insane love of horses and racing and here you are, livin’ the dream.

Meet Jerry Caroom, co-owner of Track Phantom.

I’ve known and worked with Jerry in the lighting business for years. I follow Jerry’s horses through my long-time sports betting friend Joe T, who I’ve mentioned many times in my Bobby Vegas posts. Joe T is the reason I first came to Vegas. And Joe has worked for Jerry for years.

Joe told me two months ago that Jerry’s horse Track Phantom was on his way to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. And he did.

Jerry had bought a futures ticket on Track Phantom that would pay seven figures for a win. I started trying to buy tickets on the Derby when I was in Vegas for the Super Bowl and the Pinky Ring opening. I couldn’t find them. No one had any of the Derby futures. Not South Point, Caesars, or MGM. Finally, Circa did. A crummy return only 10-1 on Track Phantom when it should have been double that, but at least I had a C-note ticket in the race.

Last week when I returned to Vegas, Circa had it at 24-1. I bought another.

This wasn’t advantage play. This was gambling — on a friend and his incredible horse.

Well, if you watched the Derby, you know that Track Phantom jumped outta that gate and led the pack for most of the race until he took a serious bump that knocked him back to 11th place, out of the 20 horses.

On the phone today, I said to Jerry, “Injustice at the Derby!”

Jerry, being Jerry, replied, “Well, I don’t know about injustice, but yeah, that was a serious bump. And if my jockey had listened to me to stay on the rail, well …”

The good news is, one of Jerry’s other horses won a $250,000 purse in another race, not a bad consolation prize.

It’s all about bein’ in the game and givin’ it all you got. On my nine-day trip that ended Friday, even though I lost money chasing a $11,750 positive-expectation progressive, I have many stories to tell about my further adventures with Bobby Wilson and his connection to Bruno Mars, as well as workin’ the casinos like a pro to get the comps and credit I deserve and more. I even met four people who read my blog!

It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it. If you’re not in the game, ya can’t win it. And if you are, something’s gonna stick. Nature of the beast.

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Bobby Vegas: Pinky Ring Update — and the Beat Goes on

Bobby Vegas: Friends Don’t Let Friends Play Triple-Zero Roulette

I’m back in Vegas, it’s beeyootiful, and I’m killing it on the dance floor. Standing at the bar, a lovely asks, “I saw you dancing. Wow. Are you with the band?” Some guy offered to buy my hat for $100. It seems I’ve become the unofficial house dancer at Bruno Mars’ Pinky Ring. Though Bruno announced in his Saturday late-night set, “It’s not the Pinky Ring, it’s the Panky Rang.”

If you missed my article or Anthony and Andrew’s post-Super Bowl YouTube video, where I strongly encouraged you to high-tail it over to the “Panky Rang” and missed the super value play, believe me, in the world of Vegas club experiences, this is still so far above the rest, ya gotta go.

Everyone I’ve met there have been staggered by hanging with Mr. 24 K Magic, rockin’ it in his super-intimate ultra-posh penthouse lounge. (You never know if he’s there until, well, he’s there, but hint: Hooligans.) Remember, max capacity is an insanely tiny 186, so maybe 170 get in. And on busy nights, there’s a line.

If you come in between 5 and 8 p.m., there’s no table minimum — again, amazing by Vegas club standards. From 8 p.m. on, you’re buying the table for the night. This is a very good thing. Depending on whether the Hooligans (and possibly Bruno) are playing or the Diamonds, the rates change. You can get a table for two for $150, the minimum. But with the Hooligans on stage, it jumps to $300-$700. A larger table for 6 to 8 is $1,000 or more.

If you want to meet the man, be respectful. Don’t bum rush his space, as Carl and Michael, Bruno’s security, will stop you cold with THEIR pinky.

But do tell Baez, the host at the door, that Bobby Vegas sent you. Please.

The DJs spin around the band, who play at least two sets starting at 9 or 10. The Hooligans do mostly jazz and funk for the first set, then more funk, pop, and disco (my fave) the second set. If Bruno joins them, he plays maybe four songs.

I grew up on “Soul Train,” so believe me when I say that when Bruno sings Marvin Gaye, it’s nothing less than amazing. And I bumped into a big guy at the bar who I thought was gonna break down and cry. “I been comin’ to Vegas forevah! An’ I never seen anything like this this. We did shots with Bruno, man! Shots!”

Bringing this back to LVA, is the Pinky Ring still a value play? Let me answer a question with a question.

If two orchestra seats at Bruno’s Dolby Live show at Park MGM set you back $600-$700 smackolas, is it worth spending $700-$1,000 to hang with the man in his very own lounge, living the 24 K magic live? Your other half will love you forever and you’ll talk about it for years. So if you can’t figure that out, please just go back to where you come from.

Oh, and the final secret? SRO is still free, if you can get in. So get in, early.

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Bobby Vegas: Waste Bothers Me

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I don’t get my kicks on Route 66. I get them chasing value. Wherever I go.

Friends had a kitchen in a summer-camp conference center in Virginia, which burned down recently when a neighbor’s bonfire got out of control. No insurance. I saw an eight-foot stainless-steel triple-compartment sink ($1,500 retail) in a construction dumpster. I called my friends; they said “Perfect!” I hired a buddy with a pickup for $50 to move it into my back yard until they can pick it up.

Value proposition solved. Even good for the environment.

I bought silver below $18. It’s now $28.50

At McDonalds, I get a snack and like the App offer for free fries when I buy a $2 burger. The fries would cost more than the burger and I get an additional 10% in points.

In Vegas, whether it’s LVA newsletter tips, Member Rewards Book coupons that have given me a 10-to-1 return for 20 years, American Casino Guide’s free downloadable coupons, VPfree2 for the best video poker, Jean Scott’s Video Poker Scouting Guide that’s returned 1500% to me, I’m always chasing value.

Downtown Grand is great value. Rainbow is great value.

Then there’s spending $10,000 taking 15 people to Stadium Swim for the Super Bowl when one ticket at Allegiant cost that much.

And renting a 6,000-square-foot Villa in the 5-star tower at Encore instead of a trade show booth, saving my corporate client $100,000 over what they paid every year before —completely blowing the clients’ minds and generating $1 million in new product sales in 90 days.

Or discovering, attending, and partying at the opening of Bruno Mars Pinky Ring lounge for $75 a night. An ultimate experience and an insane value.

My 17 days in Vegas for the Super Bowl and a week at the Pinky Ring cost $3,400. I made $8,000 on new-client orders in 45 days. That’s value.

Researching, devising, and implementing a value Strategy are fun for me. Doing match play or coupon runs while cashing in free food is fun. And don’t think I survive on burgers and fries. My freezer has lobster claws bought on sale and Washington State oysters at $14 a pound.

A favorite book by Malcolm Gladwell, called The Tipping Point, shows how fads, phenomena, and new-product launches happen. He identifies two key players in this process: information mavens (that’s me) and connectors (that’s Anthony Curtis).

I get my kicks researching, analyzing, and discovering new information and sharing it with others. That’s you people. Hope it helps.

Then I hand it to a connector. Anthony gets it out wide.

Coupons are a form of money. If you can’t “lower” yourself to utilize it, go ahead and pay retail.

If you can’t see value in 50%-off Seniors Day at Siegel’s 1941 on Wednesday or getting a free $8 ice cream cone sometime in your birthday month at Ben and Jerry’s, its fine by me. But I like free. Free is fun.

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Can’t Stop Talking about Rainbow and Emerald Isle

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Deke, my editor at the Las Vegas Advisor, asked me to expand on the changes in the mailer from Rainbow/Emerald Isle and this is turning into a whole article on why I love Rainbow.

I stay at the Downtown Grand and drive out to Rainbow a LOT. It’s only 15-20 minutes down the freeway and as I have hundreds of dollars in unspent comps and am on a first-name basis with the staff, I love going — sometimes for breakfast, sometimes dinner, great games all the time. The Rainbow’s daily specials, most for $9, are fantastic.

I’m an anti-Strip guy. When I went to the Pinky Ring at Bellagio nightly for a week or more, I was overwhelmed by the traffic, crowds, $18-$20 parking, and the unplayable games.

But way out on funky little Water Street in Old Henderson, I found my intimate and insanely friendly goldmine, baby.

Since the recent Emerald Isle/Rainbow buyout, the first sign of ownership change is they combined the two properties’ monthly mailers. Each had weekly coupons for the Emerald Isle diner and my fave, Triple B at Rainbow. Now the weekly free meal is either/or, one coupon in one combined mailer for both properties and you can go to the diner or Triple B for breakfast at either place or dinner.

To me, it’s not that big a change. I never could use all my offers anyway.

True, some of those came from hitting some super 50x (+5%!) points on video reels 2-3 a.m. or just the 25x midnight-2 a.m. and 4 to 6 a.m. You won’t get super multipliers on 10/7 Double Double Bonus, but
I’ve played a lot of qualifying games at 101% or better.

I also want to give a shout out to locals that their monthly ticket giveaways are awesome! You earn points all month and put the tickets in the barrel; I’ve been there for giveaways and NO ONE SHOWS UP! They often have to call three, four, or more people to find a winner who’s present. And the prizes aren’t shabby — two tickets to Golden Knights games and all sorts of great concerts. I even saw them give away two tickets U2 at Sphere. That’s a $1,200-$1,500 prize. And on Mondays they have easy- peasey gift days, only 200 points.

Other things I like about Water Street in Old Henderson are all the funky cool shops and restaurants. Many of them take your points from Rainbow and Emerald Isle.

The third casino there, the Pass, gives out $10 in free play and there’s a Circa Sports outpost right by the door. While I’m at Rainbow and Emerald Island, it’s easy to place and cash my Circa bets.

So Deke, sorry, but you’ll have to edit me down again. I just can’t say enough about Rainbow and Emerald Island!

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Seventeen Days in Vegas

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What could possibly not happen in that time? Well, let’s see what did.

To start was a six-day Super Bowl event I’d been planning for 18 months. Even with all the client frustrations and a greatly reduced crowd of 15 people, it was a huge success. It took place at Stadium Swim at Circa and the bill was around $10,000.

Shaq’s Fun House at XS at the Wynn the Friday night before Super Bowl Sunday was, in a word, wild.

I got photo-hustled twice, once on Fremont Street and once in the Bellagio self-park.

(I also needed a pinky ring for — what else? — Bruno Mars’ Pinky Ring at Bellagio and bought some fake gold from a “broke Saudi” who needed gas money to get home to San Francisco. It’s okay. I didn’t have to go to a jewelry store, figured it was fake, and got a “gold chain” too, all $100 for what was worth maybe $20.)

Besides, before this trip, I learned that Bruno Mars was opening an intimate lounge at Bellagio and his band The Hooligans was going to play over the first two weeks. I’m a huge Bruno fan, having seen him twice in Vegas and North Carolina. I had to be there, especially Monday night after the Super Bowl. So I booked several reservations for opening night and other nights.

And baby, I became a star. Worked the Bobby Vegas LVA journalist thing all the way home. It was so incredible, I decided to stay in Vegas for the Hooligans’ entire 14-day run or until I fell over dead. I was there for six out of the first eight nights, dancing up a storm with all sorts of hotties and getting a massage the first three days to work out the kinks. The band actually asked to take a picture with Bobby Vegas. But there’s a rule: What happens in the Pinky Ring stays in the Pinky Ring. So the house photographer took the shot and I still don’t have a copy!

Bruno got up and shook my hand the second night. I don’t remember what he said, but let me repeat that. Bruno Mars got up and shook my hand.

I danced with Janelle Monae and her girlfriend (well, okay, there were like 10 of us). I bonded with Jackie Wilson’s son Bobby and danced with Tina Turner’s goddaughter Gladys, who said I was the best dancer she’s ever been with. Two 40-something African American ladies asked me, “You’re from Brooklyn, right?” And a 20-something Colombian I was dancing salsa with said, “You’re Latino, right?”

The hosts all welcomed me back every night like I was the celebrity. I became an honorary Hooligan, spent oodles of money going to the Pinky Ring six times, though it was mostly from wins at video poker and roulette, and brought home tons of swag.

Then I got COVID.

More than a month later, I’m still recovering.

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Bobby Vegas: How Stacking Works

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Stacking is a concept born from mad coupon grocery shoppers who scour multiple offers to get free food. You’ve probably heard of folks getting grocery carts full of food for pennies. We use that concept to maximize the value on standing casino offers and coupons. Combining them in order is the key and every one of these techniques lowers or eliminates the house edge.

Here are some examples using signup promotions and the MRB free play, matchplay, and food coupons (Plaza, The D, Golden Gate, Downtown Grand, El Cortez, Ellis Island, etc.).

Take the free play first. Run a $10 coupon, for instance, once through a good video poker machine, ending up, hopefully, with $9.50 or so. Use that money to pay some or all of a matchplay coupon. A second option is to use it for a 2-for-1 or 50%-off food offer.

Example: The D always gives me some free play and food comps. I like their low-key Circa book upstairs by Bar Canada and the Circa outlet next to Rainbow in Henderson, where I play, a lot. The comp minimum can be as low as $5 or $10, or higher depending on play. Use the free play and MRB free play to pay for the $25 or $50 matchplay.

(Also the “Southwest Show Your Ticket” and the “ Mention Mike” for additional matchplays. The D, Golden Gate, and Circa also give you non-expiring chips. Others, like Downtown Grand and Plaza, give you a 24-hour matchplays.)

When you have a series of, say, three chips, play them one after the other. Craps pass line is the best bet. You’re making a 50/50 bet with a 2-for-1 payoff. Bet $50 to win $100 and your bet back. It doesn’t get much better than that — playing on their dime, their time.

Then, depending on how hungry you are, try the pizza at the Plaza, shrimp cocktail at Fremont, burgers at Binion’s, or a Coney dog at the D (or meals at Four Queens’ Magnolia, Siegels 1941 at El Cortez, Freedom Beat at the Grand, or many others.)

I use my comp and money from free play or matchplays and my food MRBs … on the house!

Here’s na old example of extreme stacking. Ellis Island had a placemat offer for $10 in food or free play for a sign up and $10 for you if you brought someone in. I brought in a dozen or so people over time. Then I played 9/6 JOB, cashed out, and had their killer steak dinner for $8.

But wait! I used the MRB coupon for 50% off and on points. I called it “Free Steaks Forever.”

Info found at VPfree2 lists every casino’s player club points calculations and the best video poker.

Thank me later or buy a Bobby Vegas T-shirt. One says, “So many casinos, so little time.”

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“Dreams do come true in Vegas”

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People come to Vegas often wanting to fulfill a fantasy, such as winning a million, living the high life, or experiencing their favorite celebrity. Well, here’s mine.

Let’s dream big — like hanging out with superstar Bruno Mars in a posh bar and lounge he curated. One that feels like some luxe fantasy-penthouse sunken living room in the round, saturated with some out-of-this-world live and DJ music and then (heck, let’s go for broke) toss in dancing with Janelle Monae and her friends on an intimate carpeted dance floor.

Oh wait. I did that. On a Monday night no less. With a few close friends —
maybe a couple of hundred of them.

This is Vegas, baby! At. Its. Best.

Monday wasn’t just the day after the Super Bowl. It was opening night of Bruno’s ultra-lounge, the Pinky Ring, at Bellagio. And as a major Bruno fan, I had to be there. No matter what.

For those not in the know, “Pinky Ring” is from Mars’ iconic worldwide smash hit “24K Magic” and the now-unforgettable line, “Players, put your pinky rings up to the moon! Girls, what y’all tryna do?”

You can go rock with the Super Bowl champions and Marshmello. Fine with me. This, however, is my fantasy come true and as Bruno declared on Monday, “This is it! And you’re never gonna hear anything like the Hooligans. I’ve traveled all around the world with these guys and they are tight!”

No doubt.

I was shocked and incredibly excited to learn that Bruno Mars was going to bring his own personal style to a venue that’s so special and intimate, it’s hard to believe that the Master of 24K Magic was sitting a mere 30 feet away, while we mortals got down to some fantastic beats blasting out of his killer band.

The super-tight Hooligans run the gamut from jazz-infused funk jams to epic covers, from Curtis Mayfield and Michael Jackson to Motown classics or Cheryl Lynn’s “Got To Be Real.” And man, do they lay down the groove.

The pre-opening Saturday night was a private star-studded event with Janelle Monae singing “Tightrope” in a duet with Bruno, all while Lady Gaga, T Pain, and others rocked along.

Oh, did I mention all his Grammys are on display as you walk in?

Though there’s no guarantee Bruno will sing, he did two numbers on Monday, including Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It on.”

So beat feet to Bellagio and be sure you catch this stellar experience. The Hooligans are playing for two weeks, through Sunday the 25th. Other guests drop in, like Lady Gaga’s bandleader and horn player Brian Newman, sometimes even Bruno.

The Pinky Ring opens at 5 p.m. and closes at 2 a.m., 3 on the weekends. The music starts around 9. Arrive early for the great DJs and dancing, where you’ll find me. Tables for two or four go quickly. Seatings are for two hours and minimum spend is a ridiculously low $75 per person. And like his show, no phones or videos. What happens in the Pinky Ring stays in the Pinky Ring.

There’s some standing room only. And that, for now, is free.

Be there. You’ll never forget it.

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The Greatest Coupon I Never Used

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In Vegas, there is literally a coupon for everything.

Meanwhile, it’s been a great week for this scuffler.

I just discovered the hilarious Kristen Bell movie Queenpin, about two extreme couponers who sell stolen coupons on the web and make millions. Okay, they go to jail, but still … they totally capture the couponer zeitgeist.

Of course, this is the kind of thing that drives Anthony crazy and “ruins it for the rest of us.” Agreed. Last year, in one example of this, a bar released a coupon that was too good to be true. Anthony warned them it would be a problem and sadly, it’s not always fun being right.

Still, Queenpin is a very fun movie with the ever-perky Kristen Bell and a small part for Vince Vaughan, who just looks … tired.

Bringing it back around to Vegas, some buds were there for CES. One called, then said he’d get back to me after dinner; they were eating at some Gordon Ramsey place. I knew I wouldn’t hear from them again, being their big night in Vegas. I did receive a “Sorry, I’ll text you later.”

I replied, “Everyone’s drunk or getting there, you’re trying to decide what strip club to go to, and you’ve lost your buy-in twice at the tables. It’s okay, John — you’re in Vegas. Enjoy yourself.”

I was, not surprisingly, right on all fronts. But things really took off when his buddy’s wife said, “Let’s go see some titties.” Why couldn’t I have married a girl like that? You’ll find out in a hot minute.

Did you know lap dances at Sapphire are now like $300 for 15-20 minutes? Well, John Boy paid for three. No wonder Vegas is making so much money.

That reminds me of one of my only other strip club stories. I’m not a strip club guy, but a client demanded I take him to Spearmint Rhino. There, he proceeded to tell the girls he was a plastic surgeon from New York City, thinking of relocating to Vegas. He had a lot of interesting “interactions” with the ladies, asking him to evaluate their boob jobs.

And this, in a way, brings me all the way back to the greatest coupon I never used.

It was years ago and I saved it, but couldn’t find it when I was writing this post. I know it wasn’t from the Member Rewards Book. It might’ve been from American Casino Guide. Wherever it came from, it was for a free lap dance! No kidding.

I just love the absurdity of asking some lovely for a lap dance and handing her a coupon! OMG!

And that’s the beauty of … Well, there are many things about this concept that are beautiful. But really, if you look hard enough, in Vegas there’s a coupon for everything.

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Super Bowl Vegas update

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What I’ve learned? AFGE. AFGE? That’s “Another Effing Growth Experience.”

So we’re sitting at the bar at Circa last March and my client, a national sales manager, tells me my Encore Villa gig (see previous post) was the best corporate event in the company’s history.

I already knew that. I saved them $100,000 and launched their new EV-charger line, selling a million simoleons’ worth in 90 days. But I’m cool, so I say, “Let’s do it again. For the Super Bowl! Upstairs at Stadium Swim.

He’s cool too. “I’m in for fifty K.”

“Great!” (Lesson One: Stop talking after you close the deal.) And we go to dinner at Barry’s Prime.

Lesson Two: Get it in writing.

Lesson Three: Get my fee upfront.

A month before the event, he cancels.

Now, I’m a guy who grew up in very unstable environments, so I always have back-up plans. Yes, plural: sometimes back-up plans to my back-up plans.

So it was good I’d made a completely separate set of reservations and, since I’d been greasing palms, I flip the deposit. Phew. But wait! What?

My casino host quit? Ruh roh.

Okay, but are my reservations still good? Yes? Pass the CBD, please.

See, I still have a dozen folks flying in and those rooms I booked last August? They’re gold today, literally half-price for Super Bowl weekend. Should I have resold the cancels? Hmm.

Then the corporate guys are on the fence. “Well, we might go.”

Lesson Four: Bang head on desk. Repeatedly. ’Til numb.)

“Wait. The other sales manager is going and he wants two extra rooms.”

Oh! The ones I cancelled because of you? ARGHHH.

Well, it’s a good thing I’m on a first-name basis with the entire reservations department, so I take three back and they give me my original rate. How good? $875 for Super Bowl weekend Downtown Grand Gallery Tower kings, Friday through Monday, taxes and resort fee included. Today those rooms are $1,600. And I still have 11 reservations.

And did I mention that I employed my Super Bowl futures strategy? (Lesson Five: Hedging is a good bet.) I’ve won on the Super Bowl three years in a row (Bucs, Rams, Chiefs). I expected to blow this year, but guess what? Even though I had the Lions and Ravens, I’m still carrying the 49ers and am a 100% Brock Purdy fan. I am, however, nervous about the Taylor Swift effect and the very dangerous Chiefs juggernaut. Well … we’ll see.

To be continued …

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Bobby Vegas: What to do while waiting for your MRB

Bobby Vegas: What to do while waiting for your MRB

If you’re an LVA MRB coupon-crazed scuffler like me, you’re probably chomping at the bit waiting for this year’s coupon book, which will be available in a couple of weeks.

Most of us don’t have a problem with the delay early in the year. Myself, I was in Vegas in December (and gave away my unused coupons to a bartender at Downtown Grand). I won’t return until the Super Bowl in February.

But what about those of you coming between now and when the books arrive? Hang on, Uncle Bobby’s gonna give you some ideas to keep you scuffling, munching high or low, whatever your taste.

First up are the good folks at American Casino Guide, who’ve gotten their 2024 online coupons out, so you can snag them right now. They’re a great complement (did someone say “stacking”?) to the MRB and my fave is the Downtown Grand matchplay!

Here’s the ACG link.

ACG has 14 Vegas coupons, including a 2-for-1 burger at Binion’s, 2-for-1 entree at Four Queens’ Magnolia (I get two entrees and take the second for a snack), and a discount at the Mob Museum. (See if you can find the Speakeasy bar. Easey peasy.)

Also big money! Use Jean Scott’s Southwest boarding-pass matchplay strategy at
Golden Gate and the D. “Mention Mike” at Circa for another. They’ll give you either a $50 coupon or two $25 matchplay chips.

At El Cortez, you can also get a matchplay; it’s less money, but you get some slot free play and a free drink.

That’s five totaling over $200 with an EV of over $100. Nice!

Heck, there are so many sign-up opportunities on Fremont. Vegas virgins can do those now and when the MRB comes out and you’re coming back in town (you are coming back to Vegas more than once this year, right?) you can do them too.

Then there’s the Plaza’s slot tournaments every Wed., Thur., and Fri. and the Downtown Grand’s Thur. VP and BJ tournaments. So many casinos, so little time.

Still looking for something to do? Wander over to the Arts District downtown and all the cool antique, clothes, and knickknack shops, brewpubs, and even the Gamblers Book Store. Or head past El Cortez to some cool bars like Container Park, Atomic Liquor, and the Pirate bar.

There’s even a great vinyl shop down Fremont. Yes, vinyl is cool again. Are you?