$10 million windfall The age-old Las Vegas tipping debate has reared its ugly head on social media. Earlier this month, Vegas insider account Vital Vegas reported on someone hitting a $10.5 million slots jackpot at Mandalay Bay on just a $5 bet. Posting on X, the account said, “There is a 96% chance the winner… Read more »
Casinos tend to be pretty good at keeping underage people away from gaming tables and machines. They don’t have a 100% hit rate, but overall, they do a solid job. Non-casino venues that have gaming machines like pubs generally have a more difficult time with it, as they are not trained gambling security professionals. In… Read more »
Technical glitch caused reporting failure Where I live, I don’t need a true winter coat all that often, so my heavy, warm jacket tends to gather dust in the closet. One day, several years ago, I broke it out and to my great surprise, I found a $20 bill in an interior pocket. Found money… Read more »
I have never charged my cell phone at a public charging station. I think it’s cool when they are available – there was even one at my nearby urgent care clinic the last time I had to take my kid (he’s fine!) – but I have never needed one. If I did, though, I don’t… Read more »
In the Final Fight and Street Fighter II video games, there is a bonus stage during which you beat up a car. I would imagine this would be great fun in real life, even more so if you inexplicably turned into a panther afterward like at the end of Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video.… Read more »
When I was in middle school, my family went on a random road trip to South Dakota. Not exactly the kind of trip that makes a kid scream, “VACATION!” but it was actually pretty cool. Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, Wall Drug, a quick jaunt to Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, and Deadwood. Deadwood was an old,… Read more »
When I was in middle school, my family went on a road trip from Wisconsin to South Dakota. Now, that sort of road trip is not all that exciting on first blush to a kid, but as it turned out, it was a lot of fun. Saw Mount Rushmore, hiked in the Badlands, visited Wall… Read more »
