I went by Home Plate based on your recommendation in the December LVA. The deal is good overall, but it’s not as you wrote about it. If you lose $20, they give you $20, but they wouldn't let me cash it out unless I hit a 4-of-a-kind. I lost my $20 trying. You wrote that the free $20 had to be played through only once. Did I catch a misinformed bartender or did the deal change?

I was recently at the Forum Shops and noticed the moving statue show was still not working. A sign nearby stated the statues were resting but it seems to me they have been comatose for some time. I cannot remember the last time they were working. When will they ever wake up again?

What can you tell me about Don Laughlin? He seems to have been an innovator in the casino industry, with bowling alleys, RV parks and a movie theater (with a bar) in his Riverside Casino.

Other than Las Vegas, what other towns in Nevada have casino gambling?

What happened to Mark Adams and his informative website, "Vegas Today and Tomorrow"? There haven't been any new posts since November, 2012.

In a recent QOD you wrote about the Elvis statue at LVH: "If you didn't know anything about Elvis' history at the original International, it could be confusing, but fans still make an annual pilgrimage." Do please enlighten us.

MGM just launched a Winter Getaway promo that runs through February. Under the "special events" section, it lists the Oasis Pool at Luxor as open daily. I thought this pool originally closed for the winter. Will this be open and are more resorts moving to keeping pool(s) open all winter?

All I keep hearing is how Caesars Entertainment is deep in debt to the tune of $23 billion, and possibly going to file bankruptcy, yet they get money to fund the Linq, the Quad, Gansevoort, the room upgrades in the Jubilee Tower rooms at Bally’s, and now talk of doing the same for the Jubilee Tower suites and the Octavius Tower at Caesars. How’s that possible? Who’s lending them the money, when the company’s finances are in such dire straits?

"The Gang Goes to Vegas: Part II" -- Today sees the promised conclusion to a two-parter list of TV series that have featured a classic "Vegas" episode (as opposed to being based in this city)

My wife and I visited Las Vegas last week (9/15-9/18) and noticed two very tall cement towers sitting across from Luxor on Las Vegas Boulevard. Is this just another project that was a victim of the economic "meltdown" of five years ago ... or something else?