Loose Slots, Single Deck Blackjack, 100 Times Odds On Craps, 99% Payback Slot Bank, Full Pay Video Poker - If you've been visiting Las Vegas more than five years, the odds are that you saw similar advertisements and signs in various casinos on The Strip and Downtown. Then, Las Vegas got hot. Happening. The hip place to go. The Travel Channel seemed like "The Las Vegas Channel" because they showed so many Vegas-related programs. Any news out of Las Vegas made newspapers world-wide. This brought record numbers of new visitors to town.

So many first time visitors that the casinos thought "Let's tighten up the slots, remove full pay video poker, and get rid of traditional blackjack and liberal craps rules... these newbies won't know the difference." Side Note: You can still find single deck blackjack, but not usually paying the traditional 1.5 times your bet on a blackjack.

Well... many of those first time visitors over the past five years were simply checking out Las Vegas like they would check out South Beach or Cabo or the Cayman Islands. They thought "Vegas is nice, but really expensive and we couldn't win to save our lives" and didn't come back.

In the meantime, regular visitors who love Las Vegas and visited as often as time and finances would permit really got a sour taste in their month. I know... we get the feedback loud and clear here at AccessVegas.com. (Please understand we aren't owned or run by a hotel, casino, or other major media company. We had nothing to do with the changes other than reporting on them).

As the old saying goes, The chickens are coming home to roost. The soft U.S. economy and high airfare have people re-thinking their Las Vegas visits. Oh sure, many would have come to the Vegas of the past come hell or high water. But not this new, expensive, "harder to win" Las Vegas of the present.

I'm here to say: All Is Not Lost! You can visit Las Vegas and actually get even with the major powers who made the changes you didn't like. How? Simple: Stay Downtown. With minor exception, the downtown hotels are owned by smaller concerns. Not by the major casino companies that own huge properties up and down The Strip. Downtown slots are historically looser, table game minimums lower, and rules often better for the player. I.E. Your gambling money will last longer and you might actually win more!

Las Vegas Downtown Day and Night Views:
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Enjoy This Issue!

Ted Newkirk
CEO/Managing Editor

Associate Editor: Amy Rayner-Cooley
News Researcher/Editor: Mark Jacobs