While checking out the video poker schedules at one of the bars at the Encore, I asked the bartender what the play was to get comped for a drink. He said they don't comp drinks at the bars. I can get a comp drink when I play video poker on the floor, why not at the bar? Wynn allowed it at his other properties, what's the deal with the Wynn/Encore?

Just returned from a successful (won a little and used LVA coupons) trip to Vegas and was driving on Paradise between Flamingo and Tropicana and saw the Thomas and Mack center. Who are (were) Thomas and Mack? Hope I got the two names right.

As a resident of Chicago and a regular at Majestic Star riverboat casinos in Gary, Indiana, I was particularly interested in your QoD about Don Barden. Since the Horseshoe casino's grand reopening in neighboring Hammond, Indiana, speculation has swirled whether the two Majestic Star riverboat casinos would be similarly scrapped into one large barge casino or limp along as is or be sold. Chatter among employees and gamblers alike speculates all sorts of options for the future of Barden's Majestic Star riverboat casinos. Got any information about its future?

I see the term "corkage fee" on several of the restaurants info pages. What is this, and what does it apply to?

I know that if a person wins a jackpot of $1,200 or more, he/she would have to claim it on their IRS. My question is: Would a person still have to file a claim with the IRS if that person won several $500 jackpots, totaling more than a couple thousand dollars, either at the same or several casinos in a weekend?

I have a question for your office golf expert. For the first time in all of our trips to Vegas, we are looking at playing golf. We will be in town for the NASCAR race last of February. Can you recommend a nice golf course that is not too expensive, decent conditions this time of year, somewhat close to the Strip, and caters to the average golfer?

I asked Bob Dancer once if there was ANY "advantage" to playing the multi-line video poker machines and he said "No. The odds remain the same no matter how many games you play at one time." Knowing Bob Dancer's knowledge of the game, I am certain that his answer was spot-on correct, but it still makes no sense to me. Doesn't the chance of getting a dealt royal flush change the overall odds?

I was wondering about the status of Hooters Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas. The last news I heard was they were being sold. I always liked staying there and was a little sad when I heard of the sale. Is it still in works to be sold?

It’s been a few months since we heard about Star Trek: The Experience moving to downtown Vegas. Any new info for us Trekkies?

Back in October 2008 on LVA’s blackjack-tournament message boards, Anthony Curtis made mention of an upcoming QoD about early tournament teams to clear up the long-standing confusion as to whether A.C. and WSOP Champion Russ Hamilton had been on the same team. Whatever became of that? It's been three months. Are there really that many Qs in the queue that it hasn't come up yet?