I stayed at the MGM Grand in Jan 2009 and heard it's no longer the largest resort in the world? Is that true?

The February 2009 issue of the Las Vegas Advisor points out that the super-fancy and elitist Encore casino has severely restrictive and ungenerous rules for gambling, but the Eastside Cannery will have much looser and gambler-friendly rules to be revealed soon. Explain to me what I'm not understanding, but in the section under "Encore Gambling," LVA states that in 6-deck blackjack games, the dealer stands on soft 17, and the player may double after splitting, resplit aces, and surrender. Aren’t these blackjack rules so liberal and loose as to be comparable to Atlantic City rules? Is there any casino in or around Las Vegas that has such loose blackjack rules as the Encore?

I have a vague recollection that Debbie Reynolds once had a casino and hotel in Las Vegas. How’s my memory? Is it so that there was a Debbie Reynolds Casino & Hotel?

What do a casino host's duties include besides booking rooms and dining reservations for his clients? How much can he "give" a property visitor and is there a ladder he can climb in corporate gaming?

What is the timeline for Fontainebleau and is it on schedule?

What's the deal with the government tracking cashout amounts at casino cages when above a certain amount?

While checking out the video poker schedules at one of the bars at the Encore, I asked the bartender what the play was to get comped for a drink. He said they don't comp drinks at the bars. I can get a comp drink when I play video poker on the floor, why not at the bar? Wynn allowed it at his other properties, what's the deal with the Wynn/Encore?

As a resident of Chicago and a regular at Majestic Star riverboat casinos in Gary, Indiana, I was particularly interested in your QoD about Don Barden. Since the Horseshoe casino's grand reopening in neighboring Hammond, Indiana, speculation has swirled whether the two Majestic Star riverboat casinos would be similarly scrapped into one large barge casino or limp along as is or be sold. Chatter among employees and gamblers alike speculates all sorts of options for the future of Barden's Majestic Star riverboat casinos. Got any information about its future?

I was wondering about the status of Hooters Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas. The last news I heard was they were being sold. I always liked staying there and was a little sad when I heard of the sale. Is it still in works to be sold?

It’s been a few months since we heard about Star Trek: The Experience moving to downtown Vegas. Any new info for us Trekkies?