One time way back in 1990 or so, we went to try a burger special at the little Nob Hill casino, located at center Strip. It was a great deal and we were excited that it could fill a spot in the Top Ten in the upcoming Advisor, due out in a week or so.

Well, between the time we sampled the burger and the newsletter deadline, not only did the deal disappear, but so did the whole casino! The joint closed that same week and reopened a few years later as Casino Royale.

Moral of the story: Things change fast around here.

Which is why we’re starting an Updates page. Rather than having to wait ’til the newsletter is published on the last day of the month, we’ll be posting as these things occur. You can check back here to see what might have happened to deals, meals, promotions, Top Tenners, even entire casinos since we last covered them.

This page also gives you a preview of the way we’ll be handling and presenting information after the switch to the new paid-subscription website — posting content regularly as we learn about, and/or experience things that we want to write about and review. And we’re out there, going and doing, every single day.

Updated August 29, 2023

Bacon Nation, the one-of-a-kind “coffee shop with a bacon hook” at the D downtown, has shortened its hours. When it opened last year, it was 24/7. Now it’s only 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Still 16 hours a day, but no longer a late-night play. We reviewed it in the January 2023 LVA and gave it a good one.

Updated August 28, 2023

The price of the shrimp cocktail at the Skyline casino on Boulder Hwy. has been raised by 99¢ to $3.49. This offer will be removed from the Top Ten.

El Dorado Cantina (8349 W. Sunset) is running a play-$20-get-$20 bonus on Mondays. It’s open 24 hours.

Atomic Tavern (1404 S. Third St.) is running a play-$100-get-$20 bonus daily from noon to 5 p.m.

Mango’s has added a play-$500-get-$50 bonus Sun.-Fri. from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. The previous daily $20/$20 remains and you can do both the same day. The $500/$50 offer is also available at other bars in the Lodge chain.

The bonus at the Kopper Keg Rainbow that ran daily from midnight to 5 a.m. has been canceled.

Updated August 24, 2023

We wrote about Sgrizzi Pizza in the January 2023 Advisor. It was in the Ahern non-casino hotel (formerly the Lucky Dragon), a small pizza outlet next to Marc’s Trattoria, run by Marc Sgrizzi, owner-chef at several well-known eateries in town, including Marc’s World Cuisine and Parma. We liked the Sgrizzi pizza so much that we returned a few weeks ago and sure enough, both Sgrizzi and the Trattoria were gone. The room is now called Ottimo and against our better judgment, we tried their pie. We should’ve trusted our intuition; the pizza was instantly forgettable and that’s putting it mildly. Marc’s Ristorante & Bar will reportedly open by the end of the year at 9250 S. Rainbow Blvd. #130.