Connie and I went in October 2012, then not again til Jan1st of this year. For a while the airfares were such that even with the crappier payouts on VP at the local casinos here, considering the cost of 2 plane tickets and a rental car, we were coming out ahead here even when losing. And I actually had a very nice number of royal flushes at Mystic Lake and GC Hinckley. Sure, the local casinos aren't quite up to Vegas, but, lousy pay schedules aside, they're getting closer. For just gambling, some food, a free room, and maybe a movie, a weekend at one of the MN casinos is not bad.
But not Vegas, of course.