The St. Patrick’s Day festivities continue at O’Sheas! (What, you thought St. Patrick’s Day was just a one-day thing? Please, it’s Vegas!)

We’ve got exclusive photos from the kick-off of the four-day block party, featuring Holly Madison (star of “Peepshow” at Planet Hollywood) in an epic beer pong match with Lucky, the O’Sheas leprechaun.

Lucky and Holly Madison take up arms. Well, and ping-pong balls.

Revel in the photo goodness, and join the party if you can! We understand flights arrive daily. And these “car” things come in pretty handy, too.

Follow O’Sheas on Twitter for all the latest updates from the party between O’Sheas and Flamingo Las Vegas on the famed Vegas Strip. If you were following, you’d have heard that Kid Rock dropped in on the block party (Mar. 17). How cool is that?

In honor of the college hoops mayhem sweeping through Las Vegas (and the country, come to think of it), NBA legends James Worthy and Clyde Drexler will be signing autographs, schmoozing fans and giving away some cash on the Strip this weekend.

Several lucky Total Rewards (the Harrah’s Entertainment player loyalty program) and Planet Hollywood A-List guests (the loyalty program of Planet Hollywood, until Apr. 1, when Planet Hollywood will become a Total Rewards destination), will be chosen to compete at a Flamingo’s Tailgate party for a share of $5,000 in cash.

A hoops-themed decorative touch outside the Sports Book at Bally's. Because we needed a photo for this post.

Guests who sign up for a Total Rewards Card or A-List Card through March 20, 2010 will receive one entry into the “Hoops with the Stars” drawing. In addition, existing Total Rewards members who earn 50 Base Reward Credits in one day will receive an additional drawing ticket. All drawing tickets can be picked up from Total Rewards prior to 3:00 p.m. on Mar. 20. 

Autograph sessions are open to the public, and scheduled (Mar. 20) with James Worthy and Clyde Drexler at Planet Hollywood (The Mezz Level), 1-2:00 p.m.; and 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Flamingo (Showroom entrance).

Also on Saturday, the “Hoops With the Stars” event happens at 3-4:00 p.m. in the street between Flamingo and O’Sheas, then the drawing takes place 4-5:00 p.m., including games with Worthy and Drexler.

Get into the game! It’s your chance to play “Hoops With the Stars” and maybe even take home some moolah.

Irish eyes were smiling (as were everyone else’s) as “Peepshow” (at Planet Hollywood) star Holly Madison kicked-off a four-day St. Patrick’s Day block party at O’Sheas. She narrowly defeated Lucky, the O’Sheas leprechaun, in a grueling match of beer pong. 

A big part of success in beer pong is distracting one's opponent.

The action was fast and furious, but in the end, Holly Madison emerged victorious.

It's "Nothing but cup!" for Holly Madison at O'Sheas.

 Lucky and Holly greeted fans, most already in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit. 

Holly and Lucky mingle with their fans. Who will probably not recall it happened. We're just saying.

The street between O’Sheas and Flamingo is party central for St. Patrick’s Day in Las Vegas. 

A sea of green outside O'Sheas and Margaritaville.

So, here’s a little quiz: Where do actual Irish people go to celebrate their nation’s biggest day? You guessed it… 

Trevor, Tracy and Ian are from Dublin, Ireland. Oh, snap! Take that, Ireland!

You won’t want to miss the sights and sounds of all the excitement at O’Sheas! Events and live entertainment are scheduled throughout the next few days. See the schedule. 

Make sure to wear your St. Paddy's Day bling!

Don’t miss out on the green beer and green popcorn and green cotton candy. There’s a lot of green. 

Springtime temps call for frosty (green) drinks at O'Sheas.

More photos to come, of course! (Note: They may be blurry. We’re just saying. It’s St. Patrick’s Day in Vegas!)

How are you celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? For our money, there’s no luckier place to play and revel and debauch than O’Sheas at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

Follow O’Sheas on Twitter, or fan them on Facebook, for all the latest news, including updates from the four-day block party hosted by O’Sheas (the party happens between O’Sheas and Flamingo).

Get some details about the party here.

While not required, a love of beer tends to help in one's enjoyment of this hallowed day.

Another must-sip spot for St. Paddy’s Day is McFadden’s at Rio Las Vegas. At McFadden’s, it’s technically St. Patrick’s Day all-year-round, but it’s especially festive when the actual St. Paddy’s Day rolls around. Get an update on all the shenanigans.

And if you’re in one of our city’s spectacular casinos today, may the luck of the Irish be with you. Or with “ye,” if ye be into that kind of thing.

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner (Mar. 17), so it’s a great time to reminisce about one of our favorite charactes on the Strip, Lucky the O’Sheas leprechaun. Last year, Lucky was given the key to the city by Mayor Oscar Goodman. Take a look at this video that chronicles his adventures that day.

When it comes to casino mascots, the others just come up short.

The O’Sheas page on Facebook has all the details about events and specials for St. Patrick’s Day. Go now.

O’Sheas will host a four-day long block party celebration, kicked off by “Peepshow” star Holly Madison. She and Lucky will go head-to-head in a beer pong match sure to be a battle for the ages.

Beer pong is to O'Sheas as sequins are to showgirls. Or something.

The block party at O’Sheas will feature the requisite drink specials, live entertainment, a hotdog-eating contest and all-day water balloon games, beer pong and more. Free swag will be flowing as voluminously as the green beer, with T-shirts, drinks and show tickets being given out throughout the course of the festivities.

What would St. Patrick’s Day be without drink specials galore? They’ll include $.99 frozen Baileys, $3 Irish Car Bombs, $3 Miller/Coors green beer, $3 Miller/Coors draft, $4 Guinness draft, and tons more.

Don’t miss the St. Patrick’s Day shenanigans at O’Sheas, in the center of all the action on the Las Vegas Strip.

The recent World Series of Beer Pong, the rowdy sporting (yes, it’s a sport!) event at Flamingo Las Vegas gets a multi-page feature in Maxim magazine’s most recent issue. Check it out!

400 teams took part in the World Series of Beer Pong at Flamingo.

Of course, it’s no secret that the mecca for beer pong in Las Vegas is O’Sheas. Aspiring beer pong champions come from around the world to play on the tables at O’Sheas.

The Flamingo and O’Sheas just announced that for their St. Patrick’s Day block party, they’ll be giving away an official WSOBP beer pong table. Should be a brew-drenched blow-out! Follow Flamingo and O’Sheas on Twitter for all the latest beer pong news.

We snagged this photo at a recent beer pong tournament at O'Sheas. Our camera should have had a splash guard.

It’s Random Acts of Kindness Week (Feb. 13-19), so we felt compelled to compile a few stunningly-original suggestions of random acts you might try out in Las Vegas.

1. Share the Mardi Gras beads you catch during the free Show at the Sky extravaganza at Rio. Not everyone has your reflexes, you know.

2. Hold a stranger’s hand if they express having a fear of heights during your Eiffel Tower Experience at Paris.

It's a good kind of woozy.

3. During the VIP meet-and-greet after the Donny & Marie show at Flamingo, sing and dance for THEM.

4. Treat a leprechaun like he’s a really, really tall guy at O’Sheas.

Ixnay on the short jokes, already. Right, Lucky?

5. At your favorite Vegas buffet, let someone have the last dinner roll in the basket. We’ll make more.

6. Leave a bigger-than-expected tip for one of the Pussycat Dolls Lounge performers at Caesars Palace. Attractive women hardly ever get tips in Vegas!

7. Assist a fellow diner with their meal at Hash House a Go Go at Imperial Palace. Chances are they’ll need assistance from 10-12 people, but you get our drift.

Just one of the mammoth dishes at Hash House a Go Go.

8. Help a Jubilee! showgirl into her costume backstage at Bally’s Las Vegas.

9. Be extra nice to the security guard who takes you into custody backstage at Bally’s Las Vegas.

10. Leave a nice comment on your favorite Las Vegas blog. Ahem.

The long-awaited “Venom in Vegas” special airs tonight (Feb. 9) on Animal Planet. The show features adventurer Donald Schultz during his 10 days living with 100 snakes on the Las Vegas Strip between O’Sheas and Margaritaville at Flamingo.

Make sure to take part in the live chat with Donald Schultz during the broadcast of “Venom in Vegas.” Find out more.

Bonus trivia: Donald Schultz is allergic to snake venom.

Check out our extensive coverage of Schultz’ stay in the box. (Our posts got national coverage. Not that we need that kind of validation.)

Watch some videos taped during the “Venom in Vegas” experience outside O’Sheas.

Just stumbled across these drink specials at O’Sheas. “Stumbled” being the operative term.

A pint of Guinness for a buck. That's good, right?

Fan O’Sheas on Facebook for all the latest deals, or follow O’Sheas on Twitter.

Oh, and please drink responsibly. (Happy, lawyers?)

Adventurer and snake expert Donald Schultz’s time living with 100 snakes came to an end outside O’Sheas yesterday (Jan. 26). The Animal Planet star went about the daunting task of rounding up all the snakes he’d spent 10 days with in a custom-built glass enclosure. (See our previous posts here if you have no idea what we’re talking about.)

Schultz and one of the more cooperative snakes.

There was a lot of fanfare leading up to Schultz’s departure from the glass snake house, with a large crowd gathering, but there were still some details left to take care of. A little more footage for the Animal Planet film crew. Gathering some personal items (like books Schultz read during his time in the box). Oh, and snakes! Several had wedged themselves into various hard-to-reach parts of the glass enclosure. No worries, right?

Several snakes wrap themselves around one of the enclosure's cameras.

Schultz gingerly removed the snakes. Although we can’t be sure, because we spent most of the time covering our eyes. You know, because, well, our eyes were cold. It was 49-degrees out there on the Strip!

Drama! We love drama!

Let’s just say that Donald Schultz couldn’t leave the enclosure before he gave the crowd a moment to remember. Hint: Donald, you might want to pay attention to the end of the snake with the fangs. We’re just saying.

Yep. Full-on snake bite. Yikes.

Hey, we love an exclusive, but this wasn’t exactly a welcome scenario! Thankfully, the snake in question was a “rat snake,” according to Schultz, and wasn’t venomous. This was the third bite he’d gotten during his time in the box. Nothing life-threatening. Dude’s tough.

Disaster averted, Schultz emerged from the box at 8:00 p.m., and was greeted by a boisterous crowd, as well as cast members from Matsuri, a show at the Imperial Palace. The Japanese performers, decked out in elaborate costumes, ensured there was enough pomp for the circumstances.

Schultz seemed genuinely baffled by all the attention.

Taking advantage of his new-found freedom, Schultz roamed the Strip, chatting with fans and signing autographs.

Sorry, we've run out of clever captions. It happens.

Congratulations to Donald Schultz and his entire Animal Planet crew! Check out more exclusive photos below. Including this one, that should make the folks at Margaritaville really happy. Free plug!

Most patient snake guy in the world. By far.

Watch “Venom in Vegas” on Animal Planet on Feb. 9. Learn more.

Oh, who are we kidding? There’s been a near miss hourly ever since Animal Planet’s Donald Schultz entered a glass enclosure with 100 snakes outside O’Sheas and Flamingo Las Vegas more than a week ago. (Don’t get us started about why they call it a “near miss.” We’re a blog, not a linguist.)

During our recent visit to the Snake-Infested Enclosure of Certain Dismemberment ™, we actually SAW A DISMEMBERMENT! Kind of.

"A snake's bitten off somebody's hand! Run! Run for your lives!"

Yes, well, OK, that may have been a fake hand, but it sure gave us a jolt. Reptile people clearly have a twisted sense of humor.

Schultz, star of “Wild Recon,” has been in his self-imposed snake cohabitation for 10 days, occasionally joined by celebrities, journalists and even Miss Nevada. Find out more about his exploits on the “Venom in Vegas” page on the Animal Planet site.

Schultz seems pretty carefree for a guy who could have a rattlesnake in his bed right now.

Each day during his stint in the snake “box,” Schultz has interacted with fans online. You can take part in his final online chat today (Jan. 26) at noon (Pacific time). Go here.

This is a snake of the genus Chompus Mouthus Giganticus.

If this is the first you’re hearing about Schultz’s little foray into giving us all the willies, you can catch up with some Animal Planet recap videos.

Schultz is living with the snakes to raise awareness about snakebite victims around the world. Ironic, of course, because he nearly became a snakebite victim during our visit!

Just another day in the snake house. Or not.

It started innocently enough. Schultz was handling one of the snakes, working with an Animal Planet videographer to get a shot, probably for the “Venom in Vegas” special that will air on Feb. 9. Well, come to find out, the snake hadn’t gotten the memo about the taping, and was in no mood to be photographed. The snake lunged. The adventurer sidestepped, and a strike was narrowly averted.

Missed a toe by THAT much.

All in a day’s work for Donald Schultz. Maybe it’s time to consider a nice desk job, eh, Donald?

See tons of “Venom in Vegas” snake photos here. And stop by O’Sheas to see Donald Schultz before he emerges from the glass box once and for all. (Then again, several mambas are now in the box, so it could go either way at this point. Fingers crossed!)

They've had a call in for a cable guy for a week now, but nobody's shown up. Weird.

We’ve compiled the definitive list of facts about Donald Schultz and his slithering friends. Read it here.

Update: We logged onto the live chat and asked Schultz himself about the fake hand. He said it was used to illustrate the difference between venomous and non-venomous snakebites. A rattlesnake and anaconda were used for the little experiment.

Other quick tidbits we learned during the chat? The biggest snake in the enclosure is 15 feet long. And what’s the first thing Schultz plans to do when he’s out of the box? Hot shower! (He’s only been able to take cold ones since he entered the box.)

He says he and his Animal Planet crew will be hitting the Las Vegas Strip tonight to celebrate his managing to cheat death for 10 days in the snake box! If you see him around town, let us know!

Miss Nevada, the crowd favorite (for obvious reasons) at Planet Hollywood’s welcome ceremony (Jan. 21) for Miss America contestants, visited adventurer Donald Schultz in the glass enclosure he’s living in for 10 days with 100 snakes outside O’Sheas.

Check out the video!

Flamingo magician Nathan Burton put his life in the hands of Animal Planet’s Donald Schultz last night by entering the glass enclosure where Schultz is spending 10 days with 100 snakes.

This is the reason the term "Aieeee!" was invented.

Read more about Donald Schultz and his death-defying stunt outside O’Sheas.

Here’s a nice story about Donald Schultz, the intrepid herpetologist who’s currently shacking up with 100 snakes just outside O’Sheas on the Strip. Read it.

To be completely objective here: This guy is nuts! Read our extreme compilation of Donald Schultz answers to questions posed by spectators at the scene, as well as those interacting with Schultz online during his time in the Glass Deathtrap of Certain Doom ™.

Snake expert Donald Schultz is all settled into his self-imposed cohabitation with 100 snakes outside O’Sheas on the Las Vegas Strip.

We stopped by last night, and have been watching the live stream of his adventure all day. Trust us, it’s addictive!

Outside O'Sheas. Box o' snakes!

Schultz is using this stunt not only as fodder for an Animal Planet special, but also as a way to teach people about reptiles. He’s indulged guests outside the glass enclosure, and those asking questions online. You can take part in the conversation here.

Here are some facts that have come out during the Q&As.

• Schultz was once bitten by a western diamondback rattlesnake and no anti-venom was available. A good medical team saved him, anyway.

• His favorite movie is “District 9.”

• No snakes have gotten into his bed, yet!

• There are heaters in the floor of the enclosure.

• There are snakes for which there is no anti-venom.

Schultz snaps pics of passersby. Who's on display now?

• He’s hypersensitive to venomous bites because of working with so many venomous snakes.

• One of the biggest challenges of living in this glass-walled enclosure for 10 days? He’s under intense scrutiny by the public. Schultz considers himself to be a shy person.

• As of today, there are eight rattlesnakes in the box.

• Schultz’s favorite snake in the world is the sea snake. The Gaboon viper is his favorite that’s currently in the enclosure with him.

• Favorite ice cream? Chocolate.

• Five snakes a day are being added until there are 100. The most dangerous are being saved until last, including a spitting cobra and a mamba.

• He has 80-90 “personal” snakes at home.

Donald Schultz wrangles a deadly electrical cord.

• His mother is petrified of snakes, even after all the years Schultz has worked with them.

• The snake he respects the most is the black mamba.

• As for feeding the snakes, they usually only eat once a week. Rodents are euthanized, frozen and thawed before being offered up to the snakes. This process is the most humane, and also kills toxins in the rodents that might be hazardous to the snakes.

• Although impressive, this is not a world record. Two of Schultz’s friends hold that distinction. One stayed 112 days with 30 snakes, and another stayed 119 with 30 snakes.

• There are two cameras in the enclosure operating 24 hours a day.

Trying, in vain, to get some shut-eye.

• Mambas like to climb upward. This will become a problem because once there’s one in the glass “box,” Schultz’s bed is elevated, so it could be mistaken for a “hide” by the snake.

• Schultz has been catching snakes since age 6. He was doing snake removals at 13.

• The puff adder in the enclosure was originally named Bitey, now it’s named Kim, thanks to the suggestion of an online viewer.

• If a snake is brightly colored, and not trying to camoflage itself, it’s probably highly venomous.

• Schultz likes giving animals human names.

• Most snakes are nocturnal. He says they’re much more active at night.

Around the glass box, between O'Sheas and Flamingo on the Strip.

• The Gaboon viper has the longest fangs in the world. (At the time this blog post was written, a Gabon viper was sitting six inches from Schultz’s foot.)

• Schultz has a fear of heights, but doesn’t mind skydiving.

• Favorite dog? Dachshund.

• The Russell’s viper causes the most fatalities worldwide.

• For “Venom in Vegas,” the snakes were chosen for compatibility, so there’s no mixing of snakes from different countries.

• When asked if it’s boring in the box, Schultz showed off some DVDs he brought to watch on his laptop.

• The glass house has a small bathroom with a toilet and shower. Cold water only.

• Schultz is allergic to snake venom AND anti-venom.

Bonus trivia: Schultz's favorite drink? Red Bull.

• Classic only-a-snake-guy-would-say-that quote: “I’m a little allergic to snake venom, so I take some Benedryl.”

• He was born in South Africa, lives in L.A. and became an American citizen last March.

• Schultz admits he has a fear of spiders and horses.

• He’s not currently in a relationship, and has no kids.

• In answer to “Why are you doing this?” Schultz said, “125,000 people die each year from snakebites, for lack of treatment. Victims are suffering needlessly.”

Watch the streaming video. It’s a blast! And get down to O’Sheas to see “Venom in Vegas” for yourself.