I noticed that "Las Vegas" was a trending topic on Twitter the other day and when I clicked through to see what people were talking about, one tweet was a random item from one of those "weird news"-type sites that was talking about some scandal in the early ’80s alleging staff in a Las Vegas hospital were suspended for taking bets on when patients would die! Urban myth, or is there any truth to this story? (Surely not?)

The current LVA newsletter mentioned MGM’s CityCenter selling 427 condo units at Veer to a New York investment firm for an average price of $279,000. Are all the units purchased studio units or one- or two-bedroom units? And will the new owners plan to do with these recently acquired units?

Is Clark County, the county Las Vegas is in, named after William Clark from the Lewis and Clark expedition or is it named after a different Clark ... and if so, why?

In Today's News the day after Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast, you stated that it was the fourth time in Atlantic City's history that the casinos had been forced to close. When were the previous three times, and why?

The concluding part to the history of Binion's Million Dollar Display, continued from Wednesday.

What was the first casino in Las Vegas to have a buffet?

You mentioned in your Today's News column the other day that MGM and Caesars are billions and billions of dollars in debt. Can you tell us why?

What, if any, places are left in Vegas that the Rat Pack and other headliners used to dine and hang out. We would like to visit some on our upcoming October trip to Las Vegas. Thank you for your time and keep up the good work.

A lot of your readers probably don't remenber the Stardust, but it had an act that starred Bobby Berosini and 3 orangutans and 2 chimpanzees. After the Stardust closed, what happened to the act?

Who or which company is credited with developing the first video poker system? When and where was it first available to the public? What was the coin denomination to play?