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Today’s Featured Dealertainer

No visit to Vegas is complete without a few hands of blackjack at the Imperial Palace with one of its multi-talented dealertainers. They deal. They entertain. And, mostly, they make sure guests have an absolute blast.

Today’s featured dealertainer is Mykia as international super-stahh Beyonce.

Beyonce

The Imperial Palace is the only place in Vegas where you can "double down" AND "put a ring on it."

Do you have a favorite dealertainer? Let us know in the Comments section. See all the dealertainers we’ve featured to-date.

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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by sroeben  |  No Comments »

A Plethora of Vegas Awesomeness

As plethoras go, a plethora of Vegas news tidbits is truly something your day just won’t be complete without.

♠ ”X Burlesque” celebrates its third anniversary at Flamingo Las Vegas tonight, Mar. 4. Read more.

X Burlesque

Happy anniversary, "X Burlesque"!

♠ Yes, Virginia, there’s a Blackjack Hall of Fame.

♠ ”Human Nature” at the Imperial Palace recently celebrated its 200th performance. Congratulations are in order! See the show.

♠ Today’s Vegas factoid: New York New York is only Strip resort without its own marquee.

♠ NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon re-created the “The Hangover” experience at Caesars Palace for a recent photo shoot. See more.

♠ Hash House a Go Go will be featured on KVBC on Mar. 14 at 9:00 a.m. They’ll be talking about some mouthwatering St. Patrick’s Day specials. See our story about Hash House a Go Go.

hash house

One of the daunting Hash House a Go Go burgers. Prepare to share.

♠ Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ShoWest convention at Bally’s and Paris, Mar. 15-18. Find out more.

♠ Here’s a handy list of all the resort fees charged at Las Vegas resorts. Please note that our Pulse of Vegas destinations are NOT on the list (because we don’t charge resort fees).

♠ Congrats to the star of “The Mentalist” show at Planet Hollywood, Gerry McCambridge. McCambridge recently celebrated his 1,000th performance, making “The Mentalist” the longest-running mentalism show in Sin City history.

Told you it was a plethora!

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Posted on March 4th, 2010 by sroeben  |  No Comments »

Today’s Blackjack Trivia

Napoleon loved the card game 21, the game we know today as blackjack.

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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by sroeben  |  No Comments »

Today’s Blackjack Trivia

Blackjack was originally known as “vingt-et-un,” French for “21.”

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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by sroeben  |  No Comments »