🫣 The search for nudity in Vegas

🥳 The A’s Find an Investor

And it’s the same people who plan to sell concessions at their new stadium 🌭 Aramark Sports + Entertainment is now officially a minority owner of the baseball team. [KSNV]

• Will Guidara, the restaurateur behind New York’s acclaimed Eleven Madison Park and NoMad, is involved. [LVSportsBiz.com]

🧬 Frustrating Family Tree

A man who was sexually abused by his mother as a teen suspects he might be the father of the person raised as his brother. You’d think a DNA test could sort this out, but results revealed in family court were inconclusive, giving both Logan Gifford and his father a 99.9% match with the child. [KLAS]

🚨 Random Facts of Violence

California is more violent than Nevada — according to the numbers anyway. The annual rate of violent crimes is 401 per 100,000 people in Nevada, compared to 480 per 100,000 in California. [Nevada Independent]

• To be fair, the Golden State has more offenses classified as a "violent crime," but we’ll take this “victory” as added fuel for our superiority complex. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🪭 Where Has All the Nudity Gone?

Is Las Vegas still in the mood … for nude? Sin City used to live up to its name with topless pools, revealing showgirls, and other forms of saucy entertainment — but that stuff seems to be in short supply these days. Even the Burlesque Hall of Fame has closed its brick-and-mortar museum 😢 So what’s left? City Cast Las Vegas strips down the past, present, and future of getting naked in Las Vegas. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

If you’ve been in a casino, or any place where the ding-ding sirens of slot machines fill the air, you’ve probably seen the brochures (“When the Fun Stops”) that contain information about gambling addiction, including a help line.

For good reason. Findings by the UNLV International Gaming Institute suggest that nearly 20 percent of Nevadans who are casino regulars have a high risk of developing gambling problems.

Under Nevada law, every gaming licensee that “engages in the issuance of credit, check cashing, or the direct mail marketing of gaming opportunities” must have a “self-exclusion” program. Experts suggest it’s the most powerful tool the state has to help at-risk people.

🎰 How Do You Self-Exclude?

Every casino has to be ready when a person expresses a need for extra help to stop gambling. Generally, the casino cage or security desk is where to ask for a “self-exclusion” contract: an agreement that outlines what behaviors will stop and how long it will last. It can vary widely between properties but may include a halting of direct advertisements, incentives, loyalty cards, cash-checking, cash-advance, and marker privileges. Some casinos will still allow a self-excluded person to gamble, but presumably this will slow the gambler’s roll.

🎰 🎰 More Severe Measures?

Some casino groups go as far as allowing a person to deem themselves “trespassers” if they show up in the casino — even for non-gaming purposes like dining or seeing a show. Under these hard-to-revoke agreements, the patron literally bans themselves from either the individual property or sometimes any property owned by the group. If spotted by security or facial-recognition, the self-excluded person could face misdemeanor charges.

🎰 🎰 🎰 One Extra Exclusion

Some banks allow patrons to render their credit or debit cards inoperable at ATMs in a specific company’s casinos. While the casino itself may be none the wiser, this prevents frequent trips to the ATM on a bender, and may be just enough to control the behaviors that make spiraling or chasing losses an all-too-familiar reality.

• With that in mind: Is high-tech gambling is too fun — and can AI be part of the solution? [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

This cowboy is having the time of his life, swinging from a chandelier in front of a “saloon” sign.

Where is it?

A. Whiskey Licker Up at Binions

B. Boomtown 1905 at the Springs Preserve

C. The Clark County Museum in Henderson

D. Cinch Saloon at the South Point Arena & Equestrian Center

Click here to play along and find out where the photo was taken.