What’s the story behind the changing scores in the USC/Utah game last week and how did the sports books handle it?

I'm always amazed by the high number of entrants for the expensive football contests, which I know can be attributed to the pros pursuing the big prizes and notoriety (a la Fezzik's back-to-back Hilton wins). Do these same pros also play all the low-entry-fee and free contests?

I was looking at this year's football-contest listings at LVASports.com. Some of the entries use the term "ATS." For example, "Pick five games ATS, includes sides and totals." What does ATS mean?

I will be in Las Vegas at the beginning of October for a week's stay, which will be with family members out by the Santa Fe casino. I’ve played a little Texas hold ’em online, but have never played in a live game and would like to try. Are there any casinos that have beginner tables, or even better, offer lessons like they do for blackjack and craps?

What is the largest payout for a single bet in the history of Las Vegas?

Can you tell me the story behind the chess board in Annie Duke's new book Decide to Play Great Poker? A friend of mine who knows chess was leafing through my copy, saw the chess board graphic, and said "That's a famous board." But he didn't know the details.

Why the delay in the final table for the WSOP, from mid-July until November?

A Las Vegas bar called Rounders has a coupon that pays a $20 bonus for a "straight to the 8," but it doesn't explain what that means. Does a straight to the 8 end on 8, begin on 8, or simply include 8 anywhere in the straight?

I have a question for Bob Dancer or the LVA staff. Are there reasonable investment opportunities in video poker teams? It seems as though the margins are so thin, even when video poker is expertly played, that there would be no advantages to video poker as an investment, other than for comps.

I was trying to find some history on the Western Casino downtown. I could only find it opened in 1970. Jackie Gaughan and a partner owned it. It opened as the world’s largest bingo parlor. There must be much more to a 41-year-old downtown casino.