In light of the recent IRS investigations of PURE-managed nightclubs and the huge amounts of income they generate, doormen making hundreds of thousands of dollars is probably just the tip of the money iceberg. Why would the money-hungry casinos let outside entities such as PURE have access to any of the huge profits these clubs generate? I’m sure the hotels are more than capable of running nightclubs. Do you think they didn’t know how much money was involved, and now that they do, they’ll take back control? Or is a few hundred million dollars not enough to interest the casinos?

With the subtraction of the Stardust and New Frontier in 2007 and the addition of Palazzo and Encore in 2008, what is the net gain for hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip?

Question one: Could you please settle a small wager. On any Megabucks jackpot, I contend that the slot manufacturer is responsible for paying when a jackpot is hit. My friend is equally sure that it's the casinos responsibility. Who wins? Question two: Whenever I read about Megabucks being hit, the winner almost always opts for the lump-sum payout. But how much the winner receives is never revealed. Why not? And do you know how much someone might wind up with?

I recently read that Hooters was sold. Who bought it and what are their plans? Don't tell me no more orange shorts?

Gary Loveman, the CEO of Harrah's who just presided over the company's privatization, is considered a somewhat "maverick" kind of casino executive. Can you provide some background on Mr. Loveman and a insider's view on how he is perceived in the industry?

With the introduction of the new $5 bill, I take it that all the bill changers and bill readers need to be changed to accept the new money? How long does it take to change out each bill changer and what is the cost of doing this?

Is there a website that states the current numbers and kinds of slot machines and video poker games (as well as the available denominations of them) that each casino offers?

In your 3/7 QOD answer, you state that the temple located outside of a casino that a reader remembers was the Erawan temple outside of Caesars; are you certain that the reader wasn't thinking of the teakwood temple in the parking lot of the Castaways, just north of Caesars on the Strip?

Which casinos in Las Vegas (the Strip and downtown) still accept coins?

Once while my wife and I were driving by the parking garage behind Imperial Palace after a rainstorm, there was this huge, and I mean huge, gush of water that would have taken out any vehicle in its way. I hear that this is common in that spot. Then shouldn’t the road be closed at times like this? What causes this to happen and are there other spots we should be aware of?