Kimo’s Vegas
Penn & Teller receive a key to the city from Mayor Oscar Goodman
WELCOME TO Kimo’s Vegas … the Player’s edge!
OUTGOING MAYOR Oscar Goodman presented Penn & Teller with the key to the city in recognition of their dedication to Las Vegas and their commitment to helping aid for AIDS of Nevada fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The dynamic duo will be front and center of the Penn & Teller challenge at the annual AIDS Walk. AFan was founded in 1984 and is the oldest and largest AIDS service organization in Nevada.
THIS MONTH, all the coins tossed into the miracle mile Shops fountain will be donated to AFAN.
CAESARS ALL STAGE PASS will set you back $99 but grant you admission to 21 shows and attractions including The Price is Right Live, absinthe, Matt Goss, George Wallace, Nathan Burton, Vinnie Favorito, X Burlesque, mac King, The Improv, Legends in concert, Defending the caveman, Divas Las Vegas, Human nature, Matsuri, Dirk Arthur, Viper Vixens, Anthony cools, chippendales, Platters, coasters and marvelettes and the crown comedy Jam … The pass also is good for preferred pricing of just $40 (plus tax) per ticket for Donny & Marie, Barry Manilow and Penn & Teller. The catch? The pass is only good for 48 hours.
SPOCKED AT Caesars Palace the very rare, $10 strip crap table…
THE CRACKDOWN on online gambling continues … The Department of Justice seized Doylesroom.com, Bookmaker.com, Funtimebingo.com, Goldenarchcasino.com, Truepoker.com, Betmaker.com, Beted.com and others. It also seized bank accounts in Charlotte, Guam, Panama, Malta and Portugal, separating some World Series of Poker players from their bankrolls.
VEGAS MATH … only 80 percent of the people who visit the gambling mecca actually gamble.
THE LAS VEGAS SUN reports that sports books are saying betting on mma has surpassed wagers on boxing …
COMBINING TWO of man’s favorite things – lingerie and football … It’s referred to as true fantasy football. The Las Vegas Sin plays the Los angeles Temptation Nov. 11 at the hometown opener of the Lingerie Football League at the Orleans arena. That’s right, sports fans, there’s a whole league and not just a bowl game.
THE NEXT TIME you recognize your favorite player waiting in line at a restaurant, do what Adrian Peterson fans did at the Palms: Say hello. You never know, he just might invite you to dinner and pick up the tab!
THE TROPICANA has just completed its $180 million South Beach makeover that includes new entrances, a newly carpeted casino floor, new slot machines, redesigned and renovated rooms, three new restaurants and a new dayand-night club called Nikki Beach.
JIMMY BUFFETT Fans will be happy to learn that the Flamingo will drop $10 million on a 15,000-square-foot Margaritaville casino area and restaurant.
EVERYONE HAS had a travel nightmare or two, but if you’re voted the “World’s unluckiest Traveler,” you can win $10,000. Travel insurance company Travel guard is sponsoring the contest. get the link to enter and the complete rules at KimosVegas.com.
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