I enjoy my view of the Bellagio fountains from my room at Paris, but the booming gunshot like sounds coming from there must tick off more than just this guest. Have nearby hotels complained about the noise that the fountains cause?

Several years ago I heard Station Casinos was going to build "Durango Station" at Durango and 215. It was put in hold because of the economy. Now that things are getting better will this casino eventually be built? A casino is needed in that area.

Will Barry Manilow be in Vegas the week of June 8th thru June 13th, 2014? If so where and what are the times?

I have been watching "Vegas" episodes with Robert Urich on DVD. The late-’70s Vegas nostalgia is very intriguing to me since I was born in ’75. You often hear the name "Burt Cohen" being paged in casino scenes. Was that an inside joke?

I’ve always thought that the most likely days for casino patronage to be very low and very high to be one week apart: Namely, Christmas for the low and New Year’s Eve for the high. How close am I to being right?

A story from Bloomberg says that the LVH Superbook has 14 players holding tickets for Auburn to win the national championship at 1,000-1 odds. Can a player offer to sell the bet back to the casino (before the final game)? Are players allowed to sell bets to other players?

I just saw something on New Year's Eve about Beacher's Madhouse. What is it?

What is the latest on Gansevoort hotel?

I was driving east on Fremont and saw about three blocks of "heritage" motels on the north side all boarded up and fenced off. Is this part of some project to restore them or are they all just going to be torn down?

I first started following the story about Steve Wynn wanting his dealers to split tips with supervisors when it broke some years back. Wynn has since won in court, but I am still puzzled by this story. Can you possibly shed some light on exactly why Wynn (and supposedly other casinos?) want dealers to split tips with supervisors. In general, how many employees split each tip/toke given at any table game? If I give a $25 tip to a table game dealer, how much is truly going to that dealer? I know it varies by casino, but I’d like an idea, especially at the bigger Strip properties.