The other day I heard something on the TV about legionaires disease at the Aria in City Center. I didn't hear the whole story but they said that if you were there in June of this year, you may have gotten it. What's the story? I only ask because: I WAS THERE IN JUNE.

Since the Venetian (on Sahara) closed several years ago we have tried several Italian restaurants hoping to find one as good, but have failed. We especially miss their house salad dressing. Can you locate the recipe? Any suggestions on where to go for REAL Italian food?

Years ago I went downtown and stayed at the Mint hotel and casino. What happened to the Mint?

I have a question for Bob Dancer or the LVA staff. Are there reasonable investment opportunities in video poker teams? It seems as though the margins are so thin, even when video poker is expertly played, that there would be no advantages to video poker as an investment, other than for comps.

What ever became of entertainer Sandy Hackett?

Can you do an update on some of the best happy hours, especially for food, in the city. My wife and I have enjoyed many great happy hours, but I am sure that we are missing many as well.

With the M Resort sale to Penn National Gaming recently completed for about a third of the property's original construction cost, when was the last time that a major hotel-casino from the modern era in Las Vegas sold for more than what it cost to build?

The news recently had an item about a shooting at the funeral of a person who had been stabbed on the Strip a week ago. It mentioned several killings on the Strip lately. Can you provide more information about these events as I am coming to Vegas next week.

Picking through Wikipedia, I noticed that both the La Bayou (formerly Coin Castle) and Mermaids (formerly Sassy Sally's) both had hotels upstairs. I wonder if they would ever be able to open up those rooms as a true small boutique type hotel and open the casino 24 hours?

You have two amazing-looking poker books just out-Decide to Play Great Poker by Annie Duke and The Raiser's Edge by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. I'm sure they both live up to billing, but why did Annie have a half-dozen book signings in conjunction with the World Series of Poker while ElkY had none?