10/6/13 - The Luxor beam costs $51 in power per hour to run.  Taht works out to $1,224 a day, $8,568 a week, $37, 230 a month and $446,760 per year.

9/29/13 - A rule variation coined the term "blackjack" as payouts went to the player who held the Jack of Spades. (@360anteup)

9/14/13 - Sept 7th 1996, Mike Tyson KO'd Bruce Seldon in the 1st round at the MGM Grand.  Shortly after, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot 4 times at Flamingo & Koval road in the passenger seat of his record label CEO Suge Knight; he died 6 days later at the age of 25 (@historynevada)

9/8/13 - The IRS has estimated that a cocktail witress in a large sports book makes a 25-cent toke on each drink she serves.  They tax her accordingly, whether she actually makes the money or not. (Casino Player Magazine's Facebook Page)

8/25/13 - Since opening the tournament of Kings show has had more than 7,000 performances and made Excalibur the #1 purchaser of Cornish game hens in the US. (@vegasstripped)

8/18/13 - Las Vegas has an average of 211 clear days annually, 82 partly cloudy days and 71 cloudy days. (@POVblog)

8/11/13 - In Las Vegas, you aren't allowed to buy drinks for more than 3 people, besides yourself, at any one time. (@POVblog)

8/4/13 - We've actually issued 120 individual shows (100 official shows, 16 reviews, 4 Vintage Segments).  But we decided with our first Vintage segment that Vintage and later reviews would not be considered official episodes, but separate items of content.

7/28/14 - When the Fremont St Experience was being built, they had to remove several feet off of Vegas Vic's hat to make him fit under the curve of the canopy.

7/21/14 -  Vegas Vic's audio was restored after 20 years of silence in the 80s however his arm stopped waiving in 1991 and the speech hasn't worked since 2006

7/14/13 - 1966, Lee Marvin was filming the Professionals and staying at the Mint Hotel.  He complained that Vegas Vic was too loud, so casino execs turned off the speech and left it that way for almost 2 decades.

7/14/13 - 1966, Lee Marvin was filming the Professionals and staying at the Mint Hotel.  He complained that Vegas Vic was too loud, so casino execs turned off the speech and left it that way for almost 2 decades.

7/6/13 - Downtown's giant neon cowboy, Vegas Vic, used to say, "Howdy Podner!" every 15 minutes. (@POVblog)

6/30/14 - Vegas Vic, the neon cowboy on Fremont St is the world's largest mechanical neon sign.  however, it hasn't worked since 2006.

6/30/14 - Vegas Vic, the neon cowboy on Fremont St is the world's largest mechanical neon sign.  however, it hasn't worked since 2006.

6/23/14 - June 28th 1881, Russell, Morgan & Co (which later becomes the US Playing Card Co) prints its first deck of cards.  Soon the company is manufacturing 1.600 packs per day.

6/23/14 - June 28th 1881, Russell, Morgan & Co (which later becomes the US Playing Card Co) prints its first deck of cards.  Soon the company is manufacturing 1.600 packs per day.

6/16/14 - The New Frontier, at one point, had a glass-enclosed chamber so guests could enjoy cocktails while watching swimmers underwater.

6/9//13 - Terribles was called the Continental when it opening in 1975.  The Herbst Family owned a slot route as well as a bunch of convenience stores locally called Terrible Herbst.  Eventually they purchased the Continental out of bankruptcy and reopened it in Dec 2000 and thus named it Terribles. (Access Vegas)

5/26/13 - It would take close to 300 years for someone to spend one night in every hotel room in Vegas. (@POVblog)