Vital Vegas

Ellis Island Shows Off Casino Expansion Digital Display

June 30 2025 — 6 min read — 13 comments

Our home away from home, Ellis Island Casino, is making slow and steady progress on its casino expansion. The long-awaited...

June 27 2025 — 4 min read — 6 comments

Casinos and slot machine makers often get a bad rap for manipulating gamblers into gambling more than they'd like. Urban...

June 26 2025 — 3 min read — 11 comments

Longtime casino executive and all-around cool guy Steve Thayer is out as General Manager of Palms. An official notification of...

June 26 2025 — 2 min read — 2 comments

It's been a minute since we've done a podcast episode of our own, but that doesn't mean we aren't out...

June 24 2025 — 2 min read — 3 comments

There's been a lot of chatter about what might replace Picasso restaurant at Bellagio. The latest is juicy. We're hearing...

June 24 2025 — 3 min read — 2 comments

We will do just about anything to avoid writing about the A's groundbreaking (dog and pony charade), so in that...