What is up with The Meridian at Hughes Center? It was a hotel resort, now it is not. It looks great in photographs but when you arrive there is some large electrical transformer or something in front of the property. The entrance off of Flamingo Road is closed, then not closed. Someone said there are a lot of pending lawsuits regarding this property. It looks nice and perfectly located to the Strip for someone looking for non-gaming accommodations.

I read a book entitled "War of the Godfathers" and the book states that a casino was to built by operatives of the Chicago Mob. It also suggests that former Desert Inn owner, Moe Dalitz was murdered. I have followed the history of Las Vegas and the Mob for years and I don’t know anything about "The Star" and i believe that Moe Dalitz died of natural causes. Can you verify?

Five times each year the Bellagio Botanical Gardens change their theme. Do you know what weeks of the year these changes take place? (Twice we've had the misfortune of being in Vegas when the changeover is in progress.)

I read the answer to Sassy Sally and you mentioned the Vegas Club and that there was a story about it. I stay there every visit and would like to know the story you mentioned.

In your recent QoD, you wrote that the Cosmopolitan "squashed" the old Jockey Club, completely hemming it in on three sides. How did that happen? Did they make some kind of deal? And what does the Jockey Club get out of it?

What’s up with the Crystals mall in CityCenter. We were there a few weeks ago and the place was half-empty. Didn’t it open a year ago? Is it still a sign of the times that an upscale mall is struggling.

How do sports books handle it when mistakes are made in the line and players take advantage? For example, maybe a team that should be a 3-point favorite is put up +3 and someone bets it at that number? It would seem that when they offer something, they should stand behind it, but I've heard that's usually not the case.

We've been playing Let It Ride since the game came out several years ago. Is there any way that the new shufflers can determine the hands, because for the past two years it seems like there are a lot fewer good ones being dealt, especially at the Indian casinos. Is there any way the odds can be determined by the shuffler? We play it at least 15 hours a week.

Any idea what the Gulf oil spill is going to do to the price of shrimp cocktails in Las Vegas, especially at the Golden Gate?

How old was Howard Hughes when he died? And what was the official cause of death?