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Questions. We get lots and lots of questions.

As a semi-local, I occasionally patronize a neighborhood video poker tavern. In general, how do these establishments compare, payoff wise, to regular casinos? How much do they earn? Must be a juicy business as they poor tons of "free” drinks.

We cover neighborhood bars quite a bit in the Advisor and in general, the paytables for video poker are uniformly terrible. The best you can hope for are usually 6/5 Jacks or Better and 6/5 Bonus Poker, so yes, the bars clean up from their VP play. Of course, they have to split the take with the slot route operator, but in some of the more popular video poker bars, the gambling earns more than the food and beverage. The way to have a little more fun and get a little better return is to play the frequent bar bonuses, such as the play-$200-get-a-$20 bonus at the two Crown & Anchor bars, about which we wrote a major analysis in the August issue of the newsletter.

It’s been over a year since most casino bars started using the “red/green” light for getting free drinks. Are they still using them? How has it worked out for customers?

Yes, they're definitely still using the red-light-green-light bartender signals for free drinks based on bartop machine play. As for how it's worked out for customers, we haven't heard anything as of late. But in our initial analysis, we concluded that it wasn't too much of a hardship for bartop machine players and that it was more a matter of bartender control than customer control.

Is there a chance that the Travel Channel will make new Las Vegas episodes? It would be awesome to have a Vegas week on the Travel Channel, just like "the old days."

We put the question to Anthony Curtis, who made numerous appearances on Travel Channel programming about Las Vegas when the cable station was hot to trot around here.

He didn't mince words. He said and we quote, "No. They apparently have no interest in Vegas."

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Roger Gallizzi Sep-28-2019

Red Light/Green Light

For me, playing 25-cent bar top video poker ($1.25) hasn't affected my drink servings...most times you're eligible for a drink before you're ready for one. (Ike's bar at the El Cortez).  Not the best pay-tables but my partner likes the keno lounge there.

O2bnVegas Sep-28-2019

S&R and AC on 20/20 last night

Excellent show.  Most interesting, the background on Seigfried and Roy, their early days, how they started, entertaining folks on a cruise ship, first 'partnering' with a cheetah! Their progression to being hired by Steve Wynn for the Mirage.  Probably everyone else knows these things but I did not, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.  Wish Anthony Curtis was given more screen time, but it was what it was.  Good to see how well Roy is doing after the terrible injury.  Thanks to LVA for the head up on the show (Vegas News), or I would have missed it.

full_monte_carlo Sep-28-2019

Travel Channel

In the early days of the Travel Channel - Las Vegas shows were their meat and potatos. We would watch repeat shows over and over waiting for the "what's new in Vegas" show. I can't believe they have turned their back on Las Vgeas. I rarely watch the Travel Channel anymore.

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