Now that the Stardust hotel and casino will be closing at the end of the year, can you recommend some similar sized casinos? The megaresorts are just too large for my husband and me, but we like the Strip location.

Would you advise me to bring my Social Security card to Las Vegas? I never have, as security experts advise you not to carry it. But do you have to show it if you win above the W-2G threshold? Or can you just provide them with the number without the SS card for proof?

What are my chances of being dealt four to a royal and drawing the fifth card? Also, what are my chances of being dealt a royal? And finally, what are my chances of being dealt a sequential royal?

I know in the past you used to have a link under "Vegas Info" that listed everything pertaining to Las Vegas that was on TV that week. Before leaving for Vegas, we'd get pumped up by watching these shows. How come you no longer let us know when shows featuring Las Vegas are going to be on TV?

Why doesn't Donald Trump have any casinos in Las Vegas? Is there bad blood between Trump and Steve Wynn?

I have searched your archives and not found any information about Del Webb's Mint Hotel & Casino that was on Fremont Street in the downtown area. My husband took me there when I first turned 21. I recently returned downtown and the hotel is no longer there. What happened?

I've never been to Las Vegas and I'm trying to decide if I should spend some time and money at the top of the Stratosphere Tower. What all is there to do up there?

My wife and I loved the answer on 5/29, giving your readers an inside look at Question of the Day -- especially the crazy questions you get. Now, how about telling us who tackles all these questions and writes the answers. You identify the guest contributors, but who's responsible for the unsigned ones?

I read the story about the helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon in the June Advisor and wondered if you know anything about the glass observation platform that's supposedly being built over the canyon. Any inside scoop on this?

This will probably sound like an off-the-wall question, but in your opinion, if Las Vegas were human, how would you characterize its life cycle? What I mean is, how old would it be now in human years? What was Vegas like at two years old, as an adolescent, young adult, middle-aged — that kind of thing?