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Cosmopolitan Launches Website 2.0
The Cosmopolitan has launched the 2.0 version of their website.... their first major upgrade since launching the original website on June 28th, 2010. The... » continue
Update: Jimbo Gets A Twitter Account
First came @JohnUnwin, Cosmopolitan CEO who hyped his properties, made fun of Steve Wynn and engaged in VT comedy via Twitter. Second came @DerekJStevens... » continue
The Casino Marketing Selfie Game
Time to play that classic walk around dizzy and blindfolded with something sharp in your hand game "Pin The Narcissist With The Selfie Stick!" ... » continue
Sayonara Vegas Chatter!
The largest publishing company in the world Advance Publications (owners of Conde Nast) have pulled the plug on their travel blog aggregation network, sending Jaunted,... » continue
Riviera Unplugs, Resorts World Launches Websites
Riviera is closed and the server has been unplugged. Resorts World isn't open and it just launched their new responsive on all devices website. rwlasvegas.com They're rocking the... » continue
Aria Virtually Implodes The Harmon Hotel
Aria has released a new rendering of their hotel. Huh? A new rendering of a hotel that opened seven years ago? The new rendering... » continue
Meet The Cosmopolitans!
Ladies and gentlemen, the first reality television cartoon-u-mentary".... The Cosmopolitans. What happens when the most corrupt bank in the world tries to manage it's own... » continue
Game Review: Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded
Leisure Suit Larry is back. The lovable loser - who first appeared in a 1987 adventure quest to lose his virginity - has returned,... » continue
Is This The New CosmopolitanLasVegas.com Website?
Is this the new CosmopolitanLasVegas.com website? Scroll to the left to view the entire panorama. The triangle looks like a casino branded thong.... the text... » continue
Casino: A Film By Martin Scorcese
I've always wanted a salmon suit. Image courtesy: The Internet via Reddit.... » continue
A Generous Slice of Slow Motion Vegas Sleaze
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"... » continue
Wynn Launches Nightlife Onanism Internet Website Funnel Thing
The brain trust behind the Wynn nightclub operation have decided that the smart thing to do in this day and age of social marketing is... » continue
This American Life Takes On Card Counting
This American Life takes on blackjack and the myth of it being the only beatable game in the casino, if you count cards. Follow these handy... » continue
Bing Gets Casino Property Maps Right
Time to toss all those property maps in the trash. Bing has upgraded their mapping capabilities to include the INTERIOR of many of your favorite... » continue
Wynn Redesigns Website, Again (Really)
The people have spoken and the folks at Wynn Resorts have listened. With lightning speed, they have redesigned and coded a sparkling new version... » continue
Wynn Redesigns Website, Again
Uh oh. Looks like Steve helped with the redesign, too.... » continue
Wynn Unleashes Another Shitty Website
The Wynn Resorts organization, eager to impress the voters of Massachusetts, unfurled a website to promote the proposed Wynn Foxborough resort. The music stirred my bowels... » continue
Gonzo, Gonzo, Gonzo, and Some Bourdain Too
With The Rum Diary pre-roll hype starting to reach fever pitch, venerable skin mag Playboy has fluffed up an astonishing array of articles about our... » continue
Kick Ass: Room77.com
One of the most frequently asked questions in the history of Las Vegas internets is, "What room should I request?" or some variation thereof. So... » continue
Awesome: Project Neon
Project Neon, a blog dedicated to cataloging and mapping New York City's neon signs, has unleashed a free iPhone app containing the fruits of their... » continue
I Miss The Mob
Bingo. cc: Jim Murren et al. PS. The Vegas Internet Mafia Family Picnic is coming in October! More details will be posted soon!... » continue
Golden Nugget Redesigns Website
As we expected, The Golden Nugget has updated their website, porting over the design they built for their recent purchase and re-branding-in-progress of the old... » continue
ESPN Folds Poker Programming
Last Friday, the U.S. Attorney Generals in New York unleashed sweeping indictments of the top three internet poker websites - PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com and AbsolutePoker/Ultimate Bet... » continue
All Aboard The Railroad Pass's
Ever been to the Railroad Pass casino on Boulder Highway in Henderson? Don't worry, neither has Jim Murren, the CEO of the company that... » continue
There's Gold In Them Thar Internet Poker Rooms!
Let us mark today - March 24, 2011 - as the day that the brick and mortar casino companies got serious about gaming on the... » continue
What Brian Thinks : Closing
Some of you have heard the bad news that Trippies award-winning website/forum WhatBrianThinksAboutLasVegas.com - the only website written on a cocktail napkin - has decided... » continue
Cosmopolitan Mobile Website Launches!
Just a quick note to those of you tuned into the iDevice/Android/mobile of your choice world. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has launched its Flash-free... » continue
The Vegas Shuffle Podcast
There's a (relatively) new podcast in town and it is hosted by none other than Anthony N. Curtis. No, not the legendary coupon slinging... » continue
Cosmopolitan To Launch Mobile Site
The Cosmopolitan is on the verge of launching a new mobile targeted version of their Trippies Award Winning Website which will be located at m.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com. They... » continue
Set Your Netflix to Vegas Overload
We here at VT love Netflix. No, not the snail mail, "I'll gladly give you a DVD tomorrow if you send me your previous... » continue
Twitter Racketeering For Fun And Profit
Suddenly, with the pitching of a pet peeve the size of a pebble, the tenuous world of the so called "Twitter Twins" - brothers Chris... » continue
Stratosphere's New Print Ad
The Stratosphere has taken out a half page ad in the Los Angeles Times touting their new goodness.... the tagline: Elevate your Expectations Accurate!... » continue
MGM PR Rewrites Jim Murren's Wikipedia Entry
It is a popular thing to bash Wikipedia. It is often unreliable, contains strangely sourced information and when accurate isn't always thorough. While... » continue
Awesome: Hipmunk.com
I hate booking airline tickets. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate it. My local metropolis is served by four airports with different airlines 30 miles away... » continue
Circus Circus Gets Cutesy
Here's one for the UI / web design dorques in the crowd, courtesy of Circus Circus. Check it or use it. I almost half expect... » continue
Bellagio Debuts New Website
Bellagio has launched a brand new for 2010 website, almost three years to the day since they launched the last one (that sucked.) This one... well...... » continue
Mini Tycoon Casino : Farmville For Casino Dorques
No doubt all of you have been barraged by "please water my crops" and "Mary Jo just found a brown fox on her farm" messages... » continue
RateVegas Launches VegasQuiz for iPhone
Yeah, yeah we know. "But this has been in the App Store for the last X days." Well, not everyone is tuned into... » continue
Aria Reboots Website
Aria has rebooted its website. Gone is the dark blue city scape, replaced by lovely brown interiors and readable fonts. Yes, they've... » continue
FF: JimMurren
A few weeks ago, our cozy circle of Twitter dorques became aflutter at the news that the one and only James 'Jim' 'Jimbo' Murren, CEO... » continue
I'll Bet You Ten Bucks...
How many times have you instigated a friendly wager amongst online acquaintances? If you've spent any time whatsoever reading this website, you know that... » continue
International Grand Opening Invitation on eBay
Here's a big time score for you Vegas collector nuts, an original invitation to the Grand Opening of the International Hotel and Casino (now the... » continue
Aria Breeze Cafe and Pool Deck Pictorial
One of our favorite architecture/design blogs Contemporist has republished a great pictorial of the many groovy architectural features in, on, near and around Aria's pool... » continue
Palms Launches New Website
Sometime in the last month or so, The Palms has launched a brand new website, chock full of flashy insanity. The logo also appears to have... » continue
Rio Uses VT To Fight Dirty
Ugh. When will this stop? Shortly after we broke the news that Wynn would be implementing a resort fee, Caesars Palace was quick to throw a... » continue
Dr. Dave and Casino Twitter Usage
Ah, the early(ish) days of Twitter. The days when The Admiral actually scored the brilliantly simple handle of @Hunter (he was the 903rd person to... » continue
MGM Grand Launches Roaring New Website!
The standard bearer for 'bitchin' Las Vegas casino websites, Tha' MGM Grand, has launched a new one which roars like the coug that it... » continue
Hard Rock Launches Awesome New Website
The Hard Rock has launched a brand new website, which is... well... pretty f'ing awesome (unless you use one of those hotly discussed fruit company... » continue
Monte Carlo: Your Gateway To Failure
VT reader Antman73 gave us the heads up on Monte Carlo's much-needed website redo over on the board. Now, I'm no web design expert, but... » continue
A Precedent For Wynncore
By now, most of you are aware of that little argey bargey we had with Wynn Resorts' lawyer goons over the Wynncore.com domain name last... » continue

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