Do you remember in the '60s and early '70s the game with the three dice inside the bird cage? You bet on which numbers would come up after they spun the cage. What was it called and how did you play?

Can you explain the abbreviations that are used in the Las Vegas Advisor and on LasVegasAdvisor.com to describe the various video poker machines? Some are obvious (example, 9/6 JoB), but some are very confusing (examples, FPDW and NSUD). Please help!

Having been in Las Vegas recently, and seeing the many large areas of casinos now devoted to poker, my question is: How do the casinos make money on these games?

Settle an argument for us, please. My boyfriend claims that slot machines accept credit cards. I say they don't. Who's right?

Is there anywhere in Las Vegas where can I go to place my own bets, without having to go to a teller? I like to use a betting machine when I make my bets at a race track. No casino I've visited has machines to make self-serve bets. Along with making my own bets, I like to use the same machines to check my tickets before I throw them away. I don't watch each race that I bet, so I want to make sure my tickets are no good.

What are your all-time favorite Vegas/gambling-themed movies? Which do you feel portray the most realistic vision of Las Vegas as it exists today, or did so during the time the movie pretends to cover?

Could you please tell us which poker rooms still allow smoking and which ones have banned it?

The World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour seem to have a Coke-Pepsi rivalry going. Which one do you think will win?

I have noticed that most casinos on the strip play blackjack where they don't hit on a soft 17, yet most do hit soft 17s downtown. Why is this? And what is the difference in the odds of winning? (I usually play where they do hit the soft 17s.)

In the movie Casino and the TV series "Las Vegas," when a customer is on a hot streak, it seems management tries very hard to distract the player by changing dealers, closing the table, or using other methods to cause the player's luck to change. Is this reflective of what actually occurs or is it just TV/movie hype?