The recent residency QODs have me wondering about Debbie Reynolds' history in Vegas. I know for awhile she owned a small off-Strip casino where she performed but how did all of that come about? We saw Kenny Kerr at her showroom but the casino seemed too small (with few machines and possibly no table games) to have ever generated any revenue.

Over the past several Sundays, we’ve highlighted our books on poker (The Moneymaker Effect), blackjack (Blackjack Blueprint, The Blackjack Life), history (Cult Vegas), fiction (The Vegas Kid), prostitution (Madam), and gambling classics (Comp City). This week we focus on one of our many books on the mob, Cullotta – The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster, and Government Witness.

Did Steve Wynn ever try to purchase the land where the Catholic Cathedral is located when planning the Encore?

This week’s "Sample Sunday" spotlights one of the landmark books in the Huntington Press line, Madam—Inside a Nevada Brothel by Lora Shaner, a former Sheri’s Ranch madam, a job title that’s effectively a catch-all for a combination of hostess, shift supervisor, bookkeeper, house mother, juggler, and cop.

You mentioned the recent failure of Jimmy Buffet's casino in Mississippi. Is his partnership with Resorts Casino in Atlantic City at risk?

Vegas resident and Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has had his name (using a licensing agreement?) on many Vegas ventures. Just how many have there been and how many are still in business? I remember reading that he was going to have some kind of high-end jet business that catered to high rollers or something. I don't think anything ever came of that one.

I noticed an ad, below a recent QOD answer, for Carrot Top’s show, and it got me to thinking (which is pretty troubling in of itself!), but who are the current longest-running headliners with their own shows on the Strip?

This "Sample Sunday" should be a treat for all you history buffs and "Old Vegas" fans out there, as we're excerpting from Las Vegas Review-Journal entertainment columnist Mike Weatherford's Cult Vegas, an illustrated celebration of the colorful characters and acts that established the city as the Entertainment Capital of the World.

We continue our Sunday Sample series with an excerpt from best-seller Comp City by Max Rubin, the ultimate comp wizard and a masterful raconteur who always has a mischievous glint in his eye. Find out why the casinos fear him (and it's not because of his gambling expertise).

I’m relatively new to Las Vegas and your website and I’d like to get a look at some of your gambling books. Is there a place I can go on your website or elsewhere online where I can see all your books and get a sample of what’s inside them? Also, how many books have you published?