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See The Venetian's New Retro Commercial

Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 Aug 2016
The Venetian Las Vegas has released a brand new ad campaign wraps Mad Men era style and Cosmopolitan quirk in a squeaky clean Wes Anderson inspired 60 second commercial entitled "Come As You Are." ...

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BSOD Dept: Bellagio Slots Go Down!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Oct 2015
We love nothing more than seeing the blue screen of death on casino equipment! VT reader @RolandTomsons sent us a tweet tip that a massive outage of slots and video poker machines has poured through Bellagio...

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Vintage Vegas Video: Excalibur's Grand Opening

Posted by Chuckmonster on 23 Sep 2015
Speaking of Excalibur, check this out: Big thanks to the couple who got married on the day Excalibur opened and preserved this pastiche of home shot and news footage video marking the occasion of Excalibur's...

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The VegasTripping Strip Drive Hyperlapse 2015 Edition

Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Jul 2015
I love those old home videos of folks driving up and down The Strip peeping at the hotels. I decided it would be cool to contribute to this, but mounting a camera to the...

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Peep These Great Drone Videos of Clarion and Gramercy Implosions

Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Mar 2015
Here's some very cool videos of the recent implosions of the Clarion (aka Greek Isles, Debbie Reynolds Hotel Casino) and the shell of the unfinished and abandoned Gramercy Tower project shot in 4K definition by...

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Check Out The Cromwell's Sexy New Promo Video

Posted by Chuckmonster on 6 Jan 2015
The Cromwell has released this gorgeous promo video. Don't blink or you'll miss it. Sexy. Intriguing. Bizarre.... all of which is encapsulated in the last 5 seconds where they allude to the actress being humped...

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See This Amazing Vegas Video Shot By A Drone

Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Jun 2014
Check out this incredible video shot from a drone flying over the center strip Las Vegas, being controlled from a terrace suite at Cosmopolitan. Peekaboo: the staff of the drones: Amazing! Thanks Mac78130 for the tweet tip!...

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Strained Metaphor Department: Video Poker is Bird Watching

Posted by Misnomer on 16 May 2014
Recently, whilst touring Flamingo's pool gardens with fellow VT staffer and noted ornithologist JohnH, it occurred to me that my video poker play is not dissimilar from bird watching, a point I will attempt to...

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A Generous Slice of Slow Motion Vegas Sleaze

Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Jan 2013
No this isn't a commercial, but it probably could be... or perhaps the antithesis of the "conquer the world bravado with Bellagio in the background" which marketers, vodka and otherwise, love to paint on their...

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Video: Caesars Palace Bacchanal Buffet Walkthrough

Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Sep 2012
Strap on your video feedbag kids, VT superfriend Minton has dropped a dime and sent us an a dizzying video of the thoroughly unreal offerings at the brand new Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace. Holy carp!...

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Peekaboo: Fontainebleau

Posted by Chuckmonster on 11 Sep 2012
This is insane.... urban explorers Undercity broke into Fontainebleau and climbed all the way up to the top taking video the whole way. Fascinating. Exciting. Scary. Wonderfilled. Big thanks to VT superfriend...

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Jackpot: Decemberist's $10k Royal at ARIA

Posted by Chuckmonster on 25 Jun 2012
VT's new resident jackpot inducer Decemberist sent in yet another one of his recent scores.... this one a $10k winner on a $5 video poker machine at ARIA. Nice one! Check out our entire gallery of reader-submitted...

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A Different Vegas Video

Posted by Chuckmonster on 1 Jun 2012
A different kind of Vegas video... filmed in 2008. Thanks to VT superfriend and VIMFP alumni Goon29 for the tweet tip....

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Jackpot: Decemberist's Double Double Bonus Progressive Video Poker Monster!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 31 May 2012
I love it when VT readers take a pile of money from The Steve... but HOLY CRAP. VT reader Decemberist hit this incredible monster of a jackpot on a Double Double Bonus Progressive at...

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Cosmopolitan Jacks Or Better Paytable

Posted by Chuckmonster on 14 Dec 2010
Because you asked... I quickly snagged a Jacks or Better pay table. Not being a video poker expert, I will let you guys do the analysis. Let the discussion begin... ...

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Cosmo Interior Peekaboo: The 3D LCD Video Cube!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Oct 2010
Watch it while you can folks... the company that designed this truly awesome LCD 3D video cube posted this (non embeddable) video to the YouTube. Since we can pretty much guarantee that this won't be around...

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