Question of the Day - 29 October 2025

With pleasure.

Bobby Vegas is one of our regular bloggers and has been for nearly three years. He's proud to call himself a “scuffler,” someone who uses every advantage in casino gambling: planning trips with airline points, stacking promotions with coupons and any deals he can find, discovering new venues, lowering food costs with comps, landing discounted or free rooms, etc. During more than 65 trips to Vegas in the past 28 years, Bobby’s first choice has been video poker, followed by AP techniques applied to roulette, sports betting, and craps. “Diverse games and strategies allow for the most fun, at the least risk, for as long as time will allow,” he says. 

He writes his twice-monthly eponymous blog for fellow scufflers and Vegas nuts, couponers, advantage players, comp hustlers, and anyone who likes to get their Vegas vacations for pennies on the dollar -- winning more, losing less, extracting the highest value, and having a great time, all in Sin City.

He thinks of himself as a treasure hunter, finding valueables wherever he can and he loves to share his discoveries with others, via his blog, website, and personal connections. 

He's retired from a multi-decade career in energy-efficient lighting and his first trip to Vegas was for a trade show in the early '90s. (You can read that story in his inaugural post on LVA.com.) He moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2002 and though he's had significant health issues for the last 18 months or so, he's managed to keep up the blog and will pick back up his Vegas travel schedule of three to six times a year, often for at least a week and sometimes up to 10 days. He's a nerd with a love of numbers, a writer and poet, a dancer, and he applies frugal principles in every aspect of his life; one of our favorite Bobby Vegas blogs is "Living Well Anywhere Anytime." 

Of course, every one of his blogs contains gems of wisdom about Champagne living on a beer budget and you can see the whole kit and caboodle, all 73 posts, on seven pages in our blog listings. 

As for contacting him, he's easily accessible. Just go to his personal website (BobbyVegas.com) and fill out the messaging form right on the home page. 

And thanks for asking. It gives us a chance to brag about one of our favorite people and best Vegas discoveries.