I was wondering what the average tourist spends on gambling per day in Las Vegas. Has the average dropped significantly during the current recession?

After a pivotal hand in the National Heads-Up Championship poker final shown on NBC, Huck Seed got a 9 on the river for a straight to beat Vanessa Rousso's ace high. Huck proceeded to ramble on about the hand, then said "I didn’t slow-roll you, did I?" Vanessa said "No, don’t worry about it." But she was visibly agitated. Can you explain what happened there?

I have asked this question a couple of times and cannot get an answer from LVA. My wife and I play blackjack at several different places. When we have the opportunity to double down, we find that many casinos give us the card face down, but others do not. Can you explain this variation of conduct?

What do casinos do to "clean" the chips used at their table games? The issue of disinfection/sanitization of these multi-handled items has to be of interest to many people. What's the scoop -- or are you afraid to annoy your casino friends if admitting they do nothing about germ-laden chips?

I live in Hawaii and like many folks here love to go to Vegas to eat and to gamble. I am writing because my friend just told me our state Legislature just passed a law so that they are going to tax me now on anything I win when I gamble – even if I lose overall! Do you know about this and can you explain?

If you are lucky and win a huge jackpot, one that pays annually, say, $50K or so, what happens if the casino or game manufacturer files bankruptcy or goes out of business?

You write about a "basic strategy advantage" in blackjack of .40% or .56%. What exactly does that mean?

A friend is thinking of filing for bankruptcy, primarily due to credit card debt plus some casino markers. He was told that most debt can be erased by bankruptcy, but not debt owed to casinos. Is that correct?

Last month Megabucks doubled from about $15 million to $30 million, instantly. The jackpot has since been hit, but I’d still like to know what happened to cause that jump. It reset at the usual $10 million, so nothing fundamental seems to have changed.

Having had success playing Texas hold 'em tournaments online, I'm now ready to tackle a live tournament at a casino. What advice can you give me so that I won't be spotted as a live-game rookie?