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Harrah's has teamed up with Starwood to offer extra incentive to earn Total Reward points.
Total Rewards is Harrah's player's club program, and while gaming at a Harrah's property anywhere in the country, you'll receive points that you can exchange for merchandise or freeplay.
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Mandalay Bay's China Grill restaurant is up for an award... though it's the America's Best Restroom award.
Every year since 2002, Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation scours the United States to find the best public restroom.
Las Vegas has yet to win but this year has a chance among 9 other finalists.
You can vote for the China Grill restroom by visiting http://www.bestrestroom.com/us/vote.asp.
Barnaby Jack presented a talk at this week’s Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas.
The hacker showed he could hack into two ATM machines that were onstage.
Jack studied ATM machines and found security weaknesses, which he’s now passing onto vendors in hopes they’ll make the fix.
Harrah's wants to take you and a guest to this year's World Series of Poker final table. You just have to win a random drawing. The VIP experience includes airfare for two to Las Vegas, accommodations in a suite, and exclusive seats to watch the final table play out. Registering requires your name, address, birthdate, phone, and email at this link.
Less than 2 years ago, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opened their new, swanky $10 million poker lounge with 18 tables, investing heavily into poker when many other casinos were downsizing after poker's popularity had peaked. Turns out it may have been a bad investment. Hard Rock will soon be closing its poker lounge, though they'll still keep a poker room by moving 6-8 tables elsewhere in the casino. No word yet on what the space will be used for. We'd immediately guess slot machines, but it lends itself to a bar/restaurant.
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Yep, it was bound to happen, but perhaps the bounds didn't have to be broken so fast. In the form of taxes collected from gaming revenue, in the fiscal year that ended on June 30, Pennsylvania has now beaten Las Vegas by almost 35 percent... $1.1 billion vs. $831 million. Even Indiana (which much of Chicago visits, primarily the Harrah's Horseshoe in Hammond, IN.) beat out our fine neon city at $878 million in tax revenue. Even in this economy, gambling is here to stay. It's just that tourists would rather stay in their backyard than visit Las Vegas.
It's a rumor no longer -- Rumor Las Vegas is now open.
The latest hotel to launch in Las Vegas is a small boutique hotel at 455 E. Harmon (steps from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino), with 150 rooms (all suites) containing patios and private balconies, all wrapped in a quaint 2-story building. We plugged in a few dates and found rooms in the $140 range for the weekend and $80 for weekdays.