Do any of the hotel-casinos on the LV Strip have tennis courts anymore?

With the current epidemic of bedbugs prevailing in this country, what steps are the hotels taking to ensure that they are bedbug-free (and remain bedbug-free)? And what are the hotels doing when guests report such instances? What compensation are they providing to their guests who may not have discovered the problem with bedbugs until they returned home? Do the hotels use bedbug-sniffing dogs to find any bedbugs and then take the necessary steps to eradicate them? Along the same lines, how often do hotels changes the mattresses? Are there laws governing the frequency of changing the mattresses? I would think if the mattress was bedbug infested, it would be changed, but I am also interested in the "normal" frequency of change. And with the high number of hotel rooms, what happens to the mattresses once they are removed, since the number of mattresses is significant in each hotel.

Has there been any progress on reopening the Lady Luck?

Heard something about a "party train" from L.A. to Las Vegas. I remember years ago there had been a train that had its station at the Plaza hotel downtown. Do you know anything about this -- would be a great idea.

Tropicana Story, Part II

You wrote recently that the Tropicana hasn’t been upgraded in 25 years. There must be a story in that!

When playing free-play, are the odds the same on a machine as when playing with money or credits? In other words, does the machine know that it's free play? PART TWO

A year or so ago, The Bellagio Conservatory was decorated with a 100-year-plus Banyan tree that had been moved from Florida. I know the tree had died, but it was very beautiful. What happened to the tree after the Bellagio was done with it? Did it hit the wood chipper?

With all their shows in Las Vegas and elsewhere, and the announcement of the new Michael Jackson project, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a Question about Cirque du Soleil. Have I? If not, can you tell us the story of its history? Thanks.

When playing free-play, are the odds the same on a machine as when playing with money or credits? In other words, does the machine know that it's free play?