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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Strip Casinos Earn Most of Their Revenue from Gambling
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Vegas Myths Busted" now publishes its new entry every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today's entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Oct. 21, 2022. The Las Vegas Strip has been the heart of gambling...
— December 1, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The $20 Room Upgrade Trick
— November 27, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Old MGM Grand Was Imploded After the Fire
— November 17, 2023
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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Slot Machines Can Be ‘Due’
— June 16, 2023
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— November 17, 2023
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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Howard Hughes Bought Silver Slipper Just to Dim its Sign
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on May...
— November 10, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: You Can Buy Legal Weed On the Strip
Las Vegas is a town built on deception -- primarily that your odds of winning a jackpot are good. But some of its deception...
— November 6, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: If Your ID is Expired, Your Jackpot is Forfeited
— October 23, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Las Vegas Boasts 15K Miles of Neon
— October 2, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: You’re Allowed to Cash Out a Slot You Didn’t Play
— September 29, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Restaurant Atop the Landmark Hotel Revolved
— September 22, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Dry Heat is Safer Than Humid Heat
— August 28, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Casinos Employ Coolers to Stop Hot Streaks
In the Oscar-nominated 2003 movie "The Cooler," William H. Macy portrays a downtown Las Vegas casino employee whose job is to reverse winning streaks....
— August 14, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Bad Players Kill the Blackjack Game
— August 4, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Atomic Testing in Nevada Ended by the 1960s
— July 24, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Slot Machines Can Be ‘Due’
— June 16, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Accidental Drunken Wedding
— May 29, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Tony Hsieh Saved Downtown Las Vegas
— May 8, 2023
Fake History: ‘Historic’ Showgirl Sign isn’t the Original
— January 30, 2023
