I read recently that the Plaza owed the Fremont Street Experience a large sum of money. Have they made any effort to pay this debt?

I’m a little confused about the $100 Terrible’s rebate on losses. How do you determine if and when you reach the loss level? Is it total coin-in regardless of coin-out? Is it total coin-in less any winnings? For example, let’s say you put in a hundred-dollar bill and win $500. Do you take out the $500, put $400 in your pocket, put the original $100 back in, lose it, and consider that the loss of the $100 and get the $100 in free-play from the casino? Or does it work differently? Who determines if, when, and how you’ve lost your original $100?

What is going on with the Vdara "death ray"?

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.