Understanding that casinos need to meet bottom-line figures, why should they continue to try and rip off the general public by putting more 6-5 blackjack games on the floor? Do they really think people do not understand gaming that much?

In your answer on 6/20/07, you wrote that on the $2,500 video poker machines, you get a W-2G for a high pair. Are there really $2,500 machines, where you need $12,500 to load it up? And can you explain to me why you'd need tax documentation for a push -- you're not really winning anything, you're just getting your money back.

I have been looking for the Terrible's McDonalds ever since they featured it on the Travel Channel program "Las Vegas Top 10 Bathrooms." Could you possibly give me an address so that I may visit there in June, 2007? The only directions I have are that it is around the I-15 near I-95. I have so far been unsuccessful for about seven trips over the past three years.

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We will be in Vegas this August. We would like to know if you have any suggestions for a very romantic-setting fine-dining restaurant on Fremont Street.

Now that the New Frontier is closed and the auction is set for July 26th, do you know if another casino bought that mechanical horse racing game they had in the back of the casino? Luxor has one that races camels, but do you know of any other casinos that offer this game?

Which casinos have a wine bar? Can you please provide a list of restaurants on the Strip that serve food after 11 pm, other than hotel coffee shops. Are there any shuttles to and from the airport and hotels on the Strip? I will be in Las Vegas Sept. 10-16 and would like to get into a low-cost Texas hold'em tournament. Could please let me know where I might do that? Are there any vegetarian-friendly restaurants in Las Vegas? When does the volcano at the Mirage work? Do any hotels on the Strip offer free wireless Internet access with a room? Is there any place to get a free 'Net connection on the Strip in general, such as at a coffee shop?

I am from a small town and have never used valet parking before. I will have a rental car while in Vegas and wanted to know if you can use the valet parking at a hotel on or off the Strip that you do not have a room at. Also, please explain proper etiquette for using the valet service.

Why is it so hard to get a Dr. Pepper in Las Vegas? For a soda so well loved in most parts of the country, this city is a ghost town.

We flew out of McCarran Airport on May 16, 2007. As the plane left the runway, it went southwest and then turned right to go northeast. As it did this I was looking out the window and noticed three open pits that looked about two blocks square. They looked very deep. It also appeared that they were in the residential areas. What are they mining out of them? From the air it looked like they just contained sand.