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🎰 Why casino odds are getting better
April 11, 2025 · Rob Kachelriess
🎉 The weekend is upon us …
Chag sameach to all our Jewish readers celebrating Passover tomorrow 🕍
Honey Salt has a special Passover dinner menu Saturday-Monday, the Rampart Casino’s Market Buffet is serving their own spin on holiday dishes Saturday, and you can’t go wrong with our favorite Jewish delis in Las Vegas any day of the week.
What's CITY Talking About?
😇 It’s Doomsday for Nevada Bills
Today is the first committee-passage deadline for the current legislative session. If you’re a political junkie who can’t get enough of Carson City politics — and that’s all of us, right? — our friends at the Nevada Independent put together a nifty tracking tool that updates the status of each bill as soon as possible. Spoiler: a lot of proposed laws are about to die. [Nevada Independent]
- Gov. Lombardo is grumbling about Democrats blocking his bills and dropped an F-bomb to describe negative voices on social media. (To be fair, I do that too.) [Nevada Current]
⚖️ Keffe D Receives Warm-Up Guilty Sentence
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty — not of murdering Tupac Shakur (at least not yet), but for battery after getting into a fight with a fellow inmate. Davis is in prison, awaiting trial for the 1996 Vegas killing of the rap star. [KVVU]
💉 Measles Vaccine Worries
The school year began without kindergarten students reaching the 95% measles vaccination rate to lock in herd immunity levels. One North Las Vegas school was as low as 47%. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
🎰 What Are the Odds?
The Strat, Rio, and Palms have all shifted back to 3:2 blackjack, giving players more favorable odds, while Strip casinos continue to tighten their steel grip around your wallet. The Strat also installed single-zero roulette games and the Rio improved payouts on video poker machines. [Casinos.com]
- No matter what, Las Vegas is still one of the coolest cities in the United States. There’s even a new study that confirms it! Learn more during the latest Friday news roundup by City Cast Las Vegas. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
Your Las Vegas News Quiz
It’s that time again! 👀
We’re wrapping up the week with another edition of the Hey Las Vegas news quiz. The questions are based on stories in the newsletter over the past week. Up to the challenge?
Here’s the first question to get you started:
Where did authorities send seven tigers seized from a home in Pahrump?
What To Do
Friday, April 11
- 🛍️ Vintage Market Days at The Lawn (through April 13) | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. | $15 | Downtown Summerlin
- 🤑 AARP Foundation Tax-Aide at Aliante Library | 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Free with appointment | North Las Vegas
- 🤠 Boots in the Park at Desert Breeze Park (through April 12) | 2 - 11 p.m. | $69+ | Spring Mountain & Durango
- 📖 BMI PhD Fellows Reading & Happy Hour at Taverna Costera | 4 - 6 p.m. | Free admission | Arts District
- 🍷 Uncorked: Tour of Chianti at Eataly | 5 - 6:30 p.m. | $75 | Park MGM
- 🎶 Stella Katherine Cole at Myron’s | 7 p.m. | $44.90+ | Smith Center
- 🎤 Hip-Hop & Poetry Night at Renowned Events | 7 - 11 p.m. | $15+ | Arts District
Saturday, April 12
- 🥁 Las Vegas Celtic Festival & Highland Games (through April 13) at Craig Ranch Regional Park | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | $20+ | North Las Vegas
- ☀️ Spring Festival at Silver Springs Recreation Center | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Free admission | Henderson
- 🥕 Our Shared Foodways at Obodo Urban Farm | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🐶 Puppies & Prosecco at the Piazza | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Free admission | Tivoli Village
- 🎶 Las Vegas Bluegrass Festival at Centennial Hills Park Amphitheater | 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. | Free admission | Buffalo & Elkhorn
- 🇮🇳 Indian Food Festival at Clark County Government Amphitheater | Noon - 9 p.m. | $12 entry | Downtown
- 🌎 Powwow for the Planet at Cox Pavilion (through April 13) | Noon - 10 p.m. | $7+ | UNLV
- 🎵 Christian Lindberg with the UNLV Wind Orchestra at Ham Concert Hall | 2 p.m. | $20 | UNLV
- 🎭 An Afternoon with the Phantom at Windmill Library | 2 - 3 p.m. | Free | Windmill & Rainbow
- 🍽️ Passover Dinner at Honey Salt | 4 - 10 p.m. (through April 14) | Prices vary | Charleston & Rampart
- 🏳️🌈 Lesbian Mixer at The Center | 5:30 - 8 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 📖 A Reading with Nghi Vo at Writers Block | 7 - 8 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🎻 The Las Vegas Philharmonic Presents Tchaikovsky’s Fifth at Reynolds Hall | 7:30 p.m. | $33.40+ | Smith Center
😀 More weekend fun …
The Fashion Show Las Vegas mall unveils a cool new art installation today. “Domino Effect” is a collection of more than 100 giant dominoes that topple onto each other and create interactive sounds.
It’s free and on display in the Great Hall through May 11.
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