I really enjoyed the excerpt from the Moneymaker book [QoD 6/15] and I wasn’t aware that you ran excerpts of your books on your website. Thank you for running it and I’d like to see more excerpts from the books that you think have the best or the most relevant information for us gambling types.

Are there any tours out to Scotty's Castle in July/August from Vegas? I know there are no tours to Death Valley due to the heat, but Scotty's Castle is open and indoors. I don't drive and can't find any other way of getting there.

This might be more than one question. What is casino credit? If a person wanted to take a large sum of money ($10,000) to Vegas to only play blackjack with, but not exclusively at one casino, what would be the best and safest way to get it out there? Carry it yourself, cashier’s check or money order, traveler's checks? At home, we use a local credit union, so we can't go into a bank out there and withdraw, nor can we get more than $500 per day from the ATM.

Downtown on Fremont Street, there are so many different acts and costumed characters it reminds me of Disneyland. I see some that are really good and others seem to be there only to beg for money. Some, like the man with the saxophones and the painters, sell products. Others just stand there and get their pictures taken. Can they make a good living doing this? Are they licensed and are there any controls on their behavior?

With the World Cup now in progress and drawing lots of attention in the sports books, can you give us a quick primer on how to bet those funny looking three-way lines?

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?

We’ve had quite a bit of news here in Kentucky concerning our native son, Billy Walters. Could you please enlighten us hillbillies about the Las Vegas view of the man?

I am coming to Vegas on June 15, with my wife and daughter. Are there any Father’s Day specials to take advantage of?

With the kickoff whistle set to blow 1 p.m. today, we revisit a QoD first submitted, and answered, in mid-May. Back then, we could respond only with some informed generalities, but now we can share the complete (as of this writing) lowdown, in answer to the question: "I'll be heading out to Vegas during the World Cup. Are there any soccer-fanatic bars in Vegas where I should go to catch a game?"

There was a TV show about Las Vegas around two years ago showing what Las Vegas was like back in the Fifties and Sixties when the mob ran it. They talked a lot about the Milwaukee mob and the influence it had. Did the Milwaukee mob really have that much influence on Las Vegas? I thought Chicago was the big gun.