While visiting Las Vegas, Sept. 27 thru Oct. 3, we noticed a helicopter filming up and down the Strip, but mostly close to the Wynn. There were also signs in the Wynn that filming was taking place. On our last day we noticed signs in the Riviera about filming taking place there. There was also a film crew set up in the lot next to the Riv. What was being filmed and when can we catch it?

During the movie about Johnny Cash, Walk The Line, I noticed one segment where they showed John and his wife-to-be, June Carter, playing in Vegas at a place called the Mint. Does the place still exist or was this more movie "liberty?"

Rerun of 7/21 QoD: I recently watched an episode of "CSI" which had a plot where young adults in hoodies swarmed and attacked tourists. The activity and the episode were called "Fanny Packers." Is this a true thing?

Hi. I recently watched an episode of "CSI" which had a plot where young adults in hoodies swarmed and attacked tourists. The activity and the episode were called "Fanny Packers." Is this a true thing?

I heard on the radio yesterday there had been a change in the way the final table for the main event of the WSOP was going to be broadcasted on ESPN. If so, do you have the correct information on this matter?

In the June issue of the Las Vegas Advisor, you say that the name of the Joe Pesci character in the movie Casino was Tommy DeVito. I haven't seen the movie in a while, but I could have sworn that Joe Pesci's character was named Nicky Santoro.

With the film 21 now out, there has been lots of publicity about people trying to "cheat" casinos, but has a casino ever been caught cheating customers?

On a rerun of "CSI Las Vegas" the actors referred to a kidnapping of Steve Wynn's daughter. They said he paid off the kidnappers without going to the FBI. Did this really happen?

How realistic are the surveillance techniques they use at the "Montecito" on the TV show "Las Vegas"? On the documentaries I've seen about Vegas on the cable channels, they show the surveillance department operation separated completely from the casino operation, but on the show all the characters intermingle freely in the surveillance room. Also what about the "visual IDs" and iris recognition, etc. that they use. Is this really done in a real casino?

I have heard that Atomic Liquors on East Fremont downtown has liquor license no 00001 and has been under the same ownership for 50 years, and that the movie Casino was filmed there, too. True?