Can I combine the excitement of gambling and the thrill of skiing during the the Xmas holidays? Is there a ski lodge near Las Vegas you can recommend?

Can you explain what a parlay card is?

In the Today's News section on 9/19 you referenced the NGC's Black Book. The new entry to the book was for #36. If this book is for slot cheats it seems that there should be way more names than 36. What is this Black Book and how do you get into it? (Not that I want to get in it!) Thanks.

The only complete sentence my husband of two years ever utters is, "If it costs money, the answer is no." He’s so cheap that he sounds like a hundred hungry baby birds. We’re flying in to L.A. (on his parents’ dime) to attend his sister’s wedding and I’m dying to visit Las Vegas. We can borrow his brother’s car (with a full tank of gas that’ll almost get us there and back) and I’m willing to basically starve when we’re there. The problem is somewhere to stay. Can you tell me what’s the absolute most inexpensive (free?) rock-bottom way to spend, say, two nights?

I appreciate the sage advice from professional video poker players, such as Bob Dancer and Jean Scott. Yet aren't the professionals the primary (but not only) reason that casino managers have to restrict full-pay video poker machines and reduce the players' reward points for video poker players? Do you agree that professional video poker players actually result in having average video poker players have fewer generous payouts machines and player point awards? I dare you to answer this one. :)

I have seen several posters on the message boards reference the "Christmas Tree Pass" route from Vegas to Laughlin. One poster even mentioned a waterfall. Can you shed some light on this route?

Last May, when it was announced that the World Series of Poker would break for four months before playing the final table, LVA seemed to feel that it was a good idea. But in the latest issue of the newsletter you wrote that this move "might not have worked out exactly as planned." With the WSOP main event about to reconvene, what’s the consensus regarding this decision now?

Please tell me it is not true that Circus Circus Steak House has canceled its fabulous Sunday Champagne Brunch. I WILL be heartbroken if it is true.

There was a news item in the Las Vegas Sun (8/30/2008) that indicated the ban on cell-phone use in Nevada race & sports books had been repealed. I personally felt this was great news and way overdue for such an antiquated law. My question is related to this, in that I was wondering if I can take a laptop into a sports book? My favorite time in Vegas in during the NCAA Basketball Tournament (March Madness), and I would love to have access to my computer to use as a resource to determine my next bets.

Are there any male "burlesque" shows in Vegas? We have heard a rumor about male burlesque at Ivan Kane’s 40 Deuce on Mondays. Are there any other types of shows like this? Kind of in-between the Chippendales and an outright strip club. Thanks.