Why do themed slot machines like Star Trek, Top Gun, Dark Knight, seem to have a short life on the casino floor? It seems that these machines last a year or so then disappear. I really enjoyed Star Trek but can’t find the game.

The Las Vegas Advisor always writes about "independent books" when they show up, most recently the sports book at Aliante. What makes an independent book desirable and aside from Aliante, are there others in Las Vegas?

Who is Dr Bob?

Do the sports books really gamble that big?

A lot of NFL quarterbacks have been injured recently. How much are star NFL QBs worth in the line?

What happened to the TV show "The Linemakers"? I enjoyed the banter of the hosts and I can not find it listed on the Velocity/Discovery website.

As we mentioned yesterday, Bob Dancer has shared with a few people that the night he met Question of the Day editor, Jessica Roe, was the most exciting night of his life. Far more exciting, in fact, than the night he met his wife, Shirley, or even the day he married her. Here's that story, in Bob's own words.

I think I read some time ago that Bob Dancer's wife won a lot of money on a machine and him saying she made a mistake on how she played the hand. Maybe it wasn't a mistake on her part, but something about how she always plays that hand but won't admit it to him!My wife always holds A-10 suited -- a "bad" play -- but she hit a royal playing it. I still complain about her playing it, but now she will never let me live it down. So, maybe the perfect play isn't always the best play? We are very low rollers and play Double Double Bonus. I hope Mr Dancer sees this and will comment.

Can you explain how parlays and teasers work when there's a tie? All the picks have to win to have a winning bet, but if you bet a 2-teamer, 3-teamer, or any number of teams and one of the results is a tie, what happens? And is the rule the same everywhere, or do you have to be careful before playing?

A couple of weeks ago, Fezzik referenced a "soft line" (vs. a "hard line"). Can you explain what this means?