Our annual family-and-friends trip to Las Vegas takes places in December and we often overlap with the cowboys (yee-haa!). More than a year ago, I read that the NFR contract with Las Vegas was close to expiring and that Cowboy Stadium people in Dallas were working to entice the NFR to move their annual event to Dallas. What’s the latest with these negotiations? I hope the NFR maintains its relationship with Las Vegas. How can anyplace else be taken seriously over Las Vegas?

I noticed a building downtown with the name Icehouse I think. What was it and was it ever successful?

You gave out New England under 12 wins and San Francisco under 10 wins at the beginning of the year. Now you've recommended betting both teams to win their conferences at +250. You flip-flop more than Romney in a gun debate.

It seems like Las Vegas has become the Pedestrian-Accident Capital of the World. Any reasons why? What is being done? I see people jaywalk all the time on the Strip and the police seem to turn a blind eye.

I've been looking for a nice Spanish or Latin restaurant that has live flamenco music. Does that even exist in Vegas?

Just curious what your thoughts are on the Phil Ivey situation in London? Obviously this could never happen in the U.S., could it?

I was in Las Vegas several years ago when Frank Sinatra passed. Some of the casinos turned off their lights. How many times has this happened, and for whom?

I watched Olate Dogs work their way to the top spot on "America’s Got Talent." The father has been performing with his dogs for 40+ years. Some of his dogs are rescues and he donates some of his receipts to shelters. Back in the ’90s, I saw a dog act at Excalibur. Some of the dogs were rescues and a portion of each day’s ticket sales were donated to shelters. Could this have been Olate Dogs?

I have to ask: What is Fezzik’s opinion on the Packers/Cardinals call? And further, what does he think about the D refunding Packer bets and William Hill following suit (sort of) with its no-juice on Packers bets?

Recently, in Atlantic City, I visited a new casino: Revel. The new hotel, which just opened this spring, is a giant, 59-story building right on the ocean. Other than that, it doesn’t offer anything that other resorts don’t already provide. Given the state of the casino industry, and Atlantic City’s shrinking fortunes, why would anyone invest in this type of project now?