With all the hype that surrounded the new Pong video slot machine, every place we heard that had the game had already removed them. What happened?

I live in Canada and found a tito cash ticket from my last trip to Las Vegas. The ticket is worn from being in my wallet (unnoticed) and is 11 months old. If I do not get back to Las Vegas, what, if anything can I do? I believe you answered this question awhile back, but I missed reading that answer. Thank you.

I have been told that the "nuts" hand in no-limit Texas hold 'em originated when a gambler actually removed the nuts from his wagon to bet on his "winning hand." Is this true? If not true, where did the term origionate?

My question is about slot machines. Thirty years ago when I first started vacationing in Las Vegas, slots were little more than an afterthought, exiled to the far corner of the casino where little old ladies with coin buckets and dirty fingers pulled handles and went cross-eyed from watching the reels spin. Today, they occupy well more than half the casino. To what do you attribute the increase in the popularity of machine games?

Do the casinos ever employ "shills" to work the Texas hold 'em tables? I saw a job posting for a "Proposition Player Position" with Cannery Casino Resorts. Is this the same thing as a shill? If not, what’s the difference? What are they hired to do?

Can you make a living playing video poker? By a living, I mean averaging $200 a day profit. Or are all machine payoffs adusted too low to be profitable?

I’m trying to get a list of games available on your Video Poker for Winners software, but I can’t find a list. Does one exist or can you tell me what it plays?

Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm being watched from the catwalks above me when I'm gambling. What can you tell me about how often the eyes above are actually paying any attention and what areas do they watch the most. It seems to me they would be more interested in the table games where cheating is more possible.

Loved reading Deke's QOD response on 12/18/06 regarding the state of online gambling at that time. Given the dramatic political changes happening in Washington, do you have any comments or expectations regarding potential modifications to those laws over the next few years? My specific interests are regarding sports betting, but there are probably more people interested in this answer as it relates to online poker.

About the November 29th question on Georges and stiffs. In the update, Arnie Rothstein made a statement that "the ways and means of chasing off a stiff are both cruel and hilarious." Can we get some examples?