Huntington Press has published many of the best blackjack books in the world and this week’s Sample Sunday excerpt is from our most recent blackjack title, The Blackjack Life, by Nathaniel Tilton.

We are in Vegas now and noticed that the outside of the Luxor pyramid looks terrible. It used to be shiny and now it looks dull and has streaks on it. What is causing this and are they going to fix it?

Are the odds displayed on UFC telecasts accurate?

Thank you for answering my QOD on 7/7/2014 regarding the future of O'Sheas. The answer started me wondering about O'Sheas gaming license. Is it separate from CET's other casinos? I understand it's a long, involved process to get a gaming license, hence the one-day mobile casinos, etc. that spring up every so often to keep the current license intact. Does CET need to do something like that in regard to the possibility of a future or reincarnated O'Sheas? Also, what will become of the "dealertainers" at The Quad?

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 week’s Sample Sunday features fiction. The Vegas Kid by Barney Vinson is a kind of slapstick western novel starring Sam Durango and his arch rival Buck Beaumont that culminates at Blackie’s Casino on Halloween night.

Hopefully this is an easy one! I was just driving from San Diego to Las Vegas, and noticed that one of the gas stations in Primm now sells Powerball tickets. I thought Powerball wasn't allowed in Nevada because of the casino gambling?

What is the connection (if any) between Bally's Hotel & Casino, Bally Gaming (manufacturers of slot machines), Bally Total Fitness (a chain of gyms)? I seem to recall Bally making bowling machines, also.

I read in your "News" column that the Dotty’s chain has bought another casino in Laughlin, but what’s going on with the Hacienda? The remodel seems to be taking forever and when I checked the website, there’s no name change or anything. I thought the sale to Dotty’s and the whole rebranding thing was a done deal, but nothing seems to have changed. Do you know anything about what’s going on?

I am in Las Vegas and see the glass is being removed from Harmon Tower, along with other obvious signs of work. Does this mean that the Harmon is finally coming down? As a refresher, what was the original structural problem and how was it discovered?