{"id":27935,"date":"2021-06-07T13:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=27935"},"modified":"2021-06-29T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:50:13","slug":"vital-vegas-podcast-ep-125-downtown-grand-island-at-ellis-dueling-axes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/vital-vegas-podcast-ep-125-downtown-grand-island-at-ellis-dueling-axes-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Vital Vegas Podcast, Ep. 125: Downtown Grand, Island at Ellis, Dueling Axes and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Podcasts are radio for the cool kids, and you know damn well you want to be cooler without paying $475 for a bottle of Gray Goose at Tryst, so check out our newest episode!<\/p>\n

In this installment, we share our experience at the pop-up tiki lounge at Ellis Island. We love this quirky new addition to Ellis Island, and hope it becomes permanent. Ellis Island has transformed the second floor of its Front Yard venue into a tropical paradise, with stand-out food, drinks and decor.<\/p>\n

Also, we won a handpay, so there’s that.<\/p>\n

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You’ve got a new place to shake your wahine, Island at Ellis. Also, please don’t shake your wahine. It doesn’t mean what you think it means.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also touch base with Seth Schorr, Chairman of the Downtown Grand resort.<\/p>\n

Schorr shares insights about how the downtown casino weathered the pandemic, plus what’s new and what’s next for one of our favorite places to gamble and drink downtown. Mostly that second thing.<\/p>\n

Schorr dropped a hint about a new restaurant concept<\/a> coming to Downtown Grand, and we completely forgot we had the scoop back in Jan. 2020.<\/p>\n

Also, we won a handpay, so there’s that.<\/p>\n

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Try and find another place with $1 blackjack. We’ll wait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s no coincidence that our “Listicle of the Week” is about how to get more handpays.<\/p>\n

“Handpays,” of course, are also known as “taxable slot jackpots.” If a player wins a jackpot of $1,200 or more, an attendant has to pay the winner by hand.<\/p>\n

We’ll share our tips and tricks for winning more jackpots so you can enjoy the thrill of filling out tax forms during your next Las Vegas visit!<\/p>\n

In our ongoing quest to find fun things to do in Las Vegas, we drop by Dueling Axes at Area 15. The venue, where guests throw axes, recently got its full liquor license. You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers.<\/p>\n

We also have video of one of the Dueling Axes bartenders, Misha, reminding everyone why it’s important to be respectful of bartenders.<\/p>\n

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