What's up with all the different kinds of video poker games? I swear, everytime I turn around, there's a new name I've never seen before. It seems to me it would be less confusing for players — and thus more profitable for game makers — if they just stuck to the basics, like Jacks, Deuces and Jokers, and Bonus.

Your QoD on the Mirage buyout (5/28/06) left me hanging like a Saturday serial... What was the '60s deal with Steve Wynn you referred to that Kerkorian needed to get revenge for?

What's the story behind Tom and Tim's selling of the Golden Nugget? Seems like they only bought it to be in that TV show. Did they lose money? Why did they sell so quickly?

Are there any new updates on Roy Horn and his remarkable, miraculous stroke recovery? The latest info we heard was the TV special last year.

In 1967 I worked briefly in Las Vegas and the Hacienda was the extreme south end of the Strip. Now it's difficult to remember exactly where it was, and how far south the Strip has grown. Do you have any interesting information on the southward expansion of the Strip over the decades?

How close can regular people get to the Divine Strike testing site? Will the test be seen, felt, or heard in Las Vegas proper?

We'd like whatever details you've got on the plan to build the largest solar array in the world in the Las Vegas area.

Where did the term "jackpot" come from? Similarly the word "bingo"?

What's the story behind MGM taking over Steve Wynn's Mirage, TI, and Bellagio properties?

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?