Here’s a Vegas room deal you won’t want to miss. Total Rewards loyalty club members can get 25% off rooms at select resorts in the Caesars Entertainment family of hotels for 72 hours (starting March 12, 2012). Check it out.

Caesars Entertainment hotels in Las Vegas include Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, Paris, Flamingo, Rio, Harrah’s, Bally’s and Imperial Palace.

Las Vegas, will you have our baby?

And remember, while certain hotels in Las Vegas which we can’t mention (MGM Resorts hotels) are jacking up resort fees in Vegas, Caesars Entertainment destinations have none. Zero resort fees. Absolutely zip. If you’d like, we’re happy to keep typing it until it sinks in. We have nothing better to do. No resort fees. At all. Get the scoop from our friends at Vegas Chatter.

If you’re not already a Total Rewards member, you can join for free, and you can even sign up online. Once you’re a member, you can even take advantage of the new “Escape to Total Rewards” giveaway, where 90,000 prizes are up for grabs, including Vegas escapes and the opportunity to have this blog make an honest woman of your sister. (Actual results may vary.) Learn more about the giveaway.

All right, maybe not 90,000 at this point, since a ton have been given away already, but still, there are plenty left.

Total Rewards members can get room discounts at hotels across the country (up to 35% off) during this 72-hour sale, too. See all the deals and get you some while they last.

Big changes are coming up for Total Rewards, the premier casino loyalty program of Caesars Entertainment, and we’ve got a sneak preview of what’s ahead.

For starters, the decade-old loyalty program will get a schmanzy new logo.

This blog is big fan of casino newness.

According to those involved in the logo’s development, the new logo is intended to “capture the energy and excitement of the program, and to illustrate the global network of experiences to which guests have access just by virtue of being a Total Rewards member.” Translation: Schmanzy.

We're kind of digging it on the black, too.

Starting March 1, 2012, Total Rewards will be unveiling new Total Rewards cards featuring “light trails,” a design element that “reflects the energy, fun and possibility that Total Rewards represents.”

Robin Kline, whomever you might be, you just had your TR card blinged out.

Oh, like we weren’t going to breach security and share all the new card designs.

Total Rewards bling, times three.

To kick off the new look and benefits of Total Rewards, Caesars Entertainment will also launch a massive giveaway starting March 1, 2012.

The “Escape to Total Rewards” giveaway will boast a mind-boggling 90,000 prizes. Ninety. Thousand. Where is that “bold” function? That should be bolded.

The “Escape to Total Rewards” giveaway will feature three ways to win, including Instant Win prizes, a Grand Prize Experience sweepstakes and a “Collect and Win” component.

The Grand Prizes include a trip for two to Emerald Casino in South Africa, as well as three “Las Vegas High-Roller Experiences” featuring private XOJET service and four nights at any Total Rewards resort in Las Vegas. This blog loves it some free Las Vegas stuff! Especially the “private jet” kind.

More details about the giveaway will be available soon. Trust us, you’ll be hearing about it. In the meantime, keep an eye on TotalRewards.com for all the latest.

The new Total Rewards look is being revealed in the Spring issue of Total Rewards magazine.

The new iteration of Total Rewards has been a year in the making, and the program itself is receiving an infusion of new benefits and features. Many of the new features won’t kick in until April, 2012, but some of the highlights are worth noting. Remember, these are just a few of the benefits being added to what is already one of the most expansive loyalty programs out there.

Total Rewards members will soon get exclusive access to pre-sale show tickets at many Total Rewards destinations. The new “first-in-line access” means members will get the chance to snag tickets before the general public, which means the best seats in the house even for the most popular shows.

Total Rewards members will also receive members-only pricing at many Caesars Entertainment resort restaurants across the country.

This was the only photo we could find. You get the idea.

Another new benefit will be that, starting April, members will be able to redeem Reward Credits (sometimes referred to as “Total Rewards points”) for free play at any Total Rewards casino, any day, every day.

Other benefits will include the ability of Platinum, Diamond and Seven Stars members to share their Reward Credits with friends who are also Total Rewards members. Learn more about Total Rewards tiers.

Another great bonus of Total Rewards membership? Members will be able to use Reward Credits to buy into official World Series of Poker events. The last Main Event winner got $8.7 million. (Your results may vary.)

Total Rewards will also offer even deeper discounts at participating retail stores at Total Rewards resorts.

You don't have to tell this blog twice.

One to watch: Soon, Total Rewards members who qualify will be designated “TR Insiders.” This status will give them access to exclusive events and promotions, select gaming tournaments and dining events organized especially for TR Insiders.

The bottom line? Total Rewards, and casino loyalty programs, will never be the same. Total Rewards was the original, and it’s still the best, and getting even better.

We’ll bring you more news on the rejuvenated Total Rewards and the massive prize giveaway soon. Totally.

In what is definitely not a shameless ploy to get more Twitter followers, Southwest Air is giving away five Vegas vacation packages during its “Venture to Vegas” Twitter contest.

Oh, and for the record, there’s nothing wrong with a shameless ploy if it might result in a free Vegas vacation!

Las Vegas sign photo, you sure do come in handy when we don't have a photo of a Southwest plane.

The giveaway from Southwest is in honor of the company’s 30th anniversary of flying folks into (yay!) and out of (sad face!) Las Vegas. This blog loves it some Southwest, and we have to agree with Southwest’s blogger who says you can just tell when a flight is heading to Vegas, the excitement is palpable.

Southwest has partnered with a number of Las Vegas hotels, including Bally’s Las Vegas, the Stratosphere, Monte Carlo, Hooters and Vdara, so we’re thinking that’s probably where you’ll end up staying if you win. Especially Bally’s, because that’s one of the Las Vegas hotels Caesars Entertainment owns, and you’re currently reading their awesome, completely objective Las Vegas blog. Moving on.

Bally's photo, you sure do come in handy when we're plugging Bally's.

Here’s how the contest will go: Follow Southwest on the Twitters. Don’t panic. Twitter is still free. Watch for a riddle each day, then answer the riddle in the form of a photo. Tweet it and use the hashtag #VegasLUV30 so your work can be judged and you might win some stuff. Details here.

You’re welcome, and please learn more about all the Las Vegas hotels in this giveaway. Especially Bally’s. Objectively speaking, of course.

Oh, how we love free stuff here at the Pulse of Vegas blog. Did you notice all the free vowels in that last sentence? Exactly!

Today, we’re passing along the inside scoop about a Vegas New Year’s Eve blow-out giveaway, courtesy of Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment is the same company that brings you this Las Vegas blog, despite the advice of at least 41 lawyers.

This free-to-enter giveaway includes a prize package of a two-night stay at a participating Vegas hotel of the winner’s choice (check-in on Dec. 30, 2012 and check-out on Jan. 1, 2013–yes, New Year’s Eve next year), a $200 dining credit and transportation to and from McCarran International Airport (motto: “We have special enclosures for smokers. Just deal with it.”).

Sorry, the prize package is for NYE 2013. But did we mention how free it is? You can still wear your groovy 2012 glasses, too.

That’s a $1,500 value in today dollars. Who knows what it’ll be worth in 2012-2013 dollars!

To enter, just text NYE to 227466. Yes, that’s the whole entry process. You can only enter once. It should take upwards of three seconds. We’ll wait.

Entries must be received by Jan. 1, 2012.

Yes, in case you were wondering, this is all an elaborate scheme to get you into a texting database so the big, bad marketers can hit you with crazy, two-for-one drink specials and other deals. Strike back at The Man with the knowledge you can stop receiving texts at any time by texting STOP to 227466. (We kid. You won’t get offers unless you ask for them. Just text “VEGAS” to the same number.)

Read the wildly amusing small print on the Caesars Palace Facebook page and good luck!

Easily one of this highly-objective blog’s favorite shows on the Las Vegas Strip, the Mac King show at Harrah’s Las Vegas continues to win over audiences with its wit, simplicity and eye-popping magic. Don’t worry, the “eye-popping” thing was just a metaphor.

We just got word that the show is offering a free ticket for those who say the secret term “Fig Newton” (inspired by one of Mac King’s signature illusions) at the Harrah’s box office. This free ticket offer is good for the Oct. 18, 3:00 p.m. show only. Hey, free is free.

Long story. Let's just say Mac King is awesome.

Oh, you don’t mind long stories? Then find out what Mac King’s doing in that photo. Read our 11 Alternate Uses for Your Free Hotel Shower Cap.

Enjoy your free ticket, and tell them we sent you. They might take your free ticket back, though, so feel free to keep that on the QT.

Renowned singer Elton John celebrated a milestone 3,000 live public performances on Oct. 8, 2011, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Jot this down, trivia buffs: Elton John’s first-ever public concert was on his 23rd birthday, March 25, 1970, at the Revolution Club in London.

The next 3,000 shows should be a piece of cake.

Bonus trivia: 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of Elton John’s Las Vegas debut.

Thanks to the miracle of news releases, we also know Elton John’s 3,000 concerts can be tracked by decade: He performed 616 shows in the 1970s, 537 in the 1980s, 590 in the 1990s, 1,064 in the 2000s and, to-date, 193 in the 2010s.

Congrats to an amazing performer whose success has truly managed to stand the test of time! Find out more about Elton John’s show, The Million Dollar Piano, at Caesars Palace.

If you’d like a shot at seeing the show free, check out the “Elton John Million Dollar Piano Sweepstakes” from Yamaha Entertainment Group, the folks that built Elton John’s piano at a cost of $1.4 million. (They were going to call his show “The $1.4 Million Dollar Piano,” but it just didn’t have quite the same ring to it.)

Yay, free Vegas stuff.

Enter the free sweepstakes on Yamaha’s Facebook page for a chance to win a Grand Prize getaway to Las Vegas including two front row tickets to “The Million Dollar Piano,” a guided, behind-the-scenes tour, a three-night stay at Caesars Palace, airfare for two and limo service to and from the airport. The runner-up prizes are sweet, too.

This blog loves it some free! Enter now, if not sooner.

This blog loves it some free. It also loves it some casino. So, you can understand why this blog’s loins were overcome with elation when we heard Flamingo Las Vegas is hosting a sweepstakes featuring, of all things, free Vegas stuff.

A Grand Prize winner will receive a two-night stay at Flamingo Las Vegas, dinner for two at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, $150 in slot play at the new Margaritaville Casino (soft opening, Oct. 1) and $100 of Jimmy Buffet merchandise.

The “Play in Paradise” sweepstakes is free to enter on Facebook, so enter now.

The new Margaritaville Casino. Keep your eyes peeled for pop-tops.

Other prizes include dinner for two at Margaritaville (second prize) and $100 in merchandise for third prize. The giveaway ends Oct. 26, 2011.

Read more about the new Margaritaville Casino. We even got an exclusive pic of the casino’s new sign, just erected today. Yes, it was erected. A perfectly acceptable construction and engineering term, thank you.

The Five O'Clock Somewhere Bar is the centerpiece of the new casino. As it should be.

You might also want to take a peek at a Margaritaville Casino-inspired room package being offered by the Flamingo, in honor of the new casino. The package includes two nights accommodations, a $50 dining credit and a $30 gaming voucher. Note: “Gaming” is like “gambling,” just more lawyery.

To celebrate 12 years of HSN.com, the shopping giant has teamed up with Harrah’s resorts around the country, including Harrah’s Las Vegas, to give away vacation packages valued at $2,600 each.

That’s a mind-blowing $940,940 in Zimbabwean dollars! (Seriously.)

It’s free to enter the sweepstakes, of course. Just visit the official site, jump through a hoop or two, and you’ll have your shot at one of five grand prize getaways to Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Tunica, Las Vegas or Las Vegas. Note: We might be a tad biased, destination-wise.

Yes, Harrah's has an apostrophe. Caesars Palace, not so much.

Harrah’s Las Vegas is, of course, home to Flippy the bartender, KGB: Kerry’s Gourmet Burgers restaurant, comedy-magic maven Mac King, Italian Nights at the Cafe at Harrah’s, the Legends in Concert tribute show, the incredible IcePan and other diversions.

Each grand prize package also includes airfare, accommodations for two and a $1,200 HSN Gift Card.

The winner of the Vegas trip will be announced Sep. 16, 2011, so don’t wait to enter. Unless you’re into waiting. Which is fine, too. Everybody has their own thing.

The incomparable Rod Stewart returns to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Aug. 24, 2011, and you could win two free tickets to his show, as well as a stay at Caesars Palace (on Aug. 28).

Visit the Facebook page of The Colosseum for more information. Find entry details here because this Las Vegas blog has far better things to do than “reading” and “explaining things,” trust us.

Rod Stewart's back! Yes, we stole that line from Celine. You'll learn to live with it.

If you don’t see the sweepstakes graphic thingy, just click on the “Rod Stewart Event Sweepstakes” link on the left of the page. With your computer mouse. Because clicking on it with a herring would be disgusting.

Learn more about Rod Stewart’s much-anticipated residency at Caesars Palace.

Our dear friends at Pure Nightclub, inside Caesars Palace, are giving away a trip for four to Las Vegas. Now you know why they’re such dear friends!

All that’s required to enter the “Like Your Way to Las Vegas” sweepstakes giveaway thingy is to like the Pure Nightclub Facebook page. You were going to like them anyway, right? It’s Pure Nightclub. Go here to enter.

Do not attempt to read those tiny words. This graphic is for illustrative purposes only.

The grand prize is a all-expense-paid VIP trip to Sin City for you and three friends, including airfare, a hotel stay and the VIP bottle service works at Pure. What’s not to love?

Read the small print on the Facebook page for details. We’d do it, but we’re far too busy finding you more Vegas hook-ups. Somebody’s got to do it.

Cruising by Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon the other day, we noticed this eye-catching offer, “Bill’s Comp Explosion Giveaway.”

The details are so straight-forward, even this blog can understand them.

"Explosion" is just a metaphor. Chill.

Just swipe your Bill’s Players Club and you could win one of six $100 prizes given away each day. That’s a pretty good return on the effort required to swipe a loyalty club card. How many people can be vying for these prizes? The odds certainly have to be better than, say, keno. (Oh, yes we did. Hey, we didn’t say it isn’t fun.)

If you’re not already a member, it’s free to join, and new sign-ups get coupon book stuffed with goodies like 2-for-1 deals and discounts on dining, shows and hooch. If you earn $2 (not a typo, although their site says $5, but we checked by phone) in comp dollars within three days, you’ll even get a T-shirt. Have we mentioned how much we love free?

See you at Bill’s, and let us know what you think of Rapid Craps while you’re at it. It’s exclusively at Bill’s.

Total Rewards, the player loyalty program of Caesars Entertainment, has rolled out a new giveaway featuring a Grand Prize of three trips to the winner’s choice of Total Rewards hotels, Total Rewards gift cards and other goodies. This blog loves it some free stuff! Save having to read this blog post and enter now.

One has to be a Total Rewards program member to enter the “Great Race to Rewards Giveaway” and be eligible for the Grand Prize or carload of secondary and Instant Win prizes. It’s free to join Total Rewards, of course, and joining the loyalty program can even be done online. Read more.

Insider fact: This blog usually makes up the names for these online giveaways. Not this one, but usually. No kidding.

Once you log into the sweepstakes page, you’re automatically entered for the Grand Prize, three trips to any three of the dozens of the destinations in the Caesars Palace family of hotels. And, yes, the winner can choose to come to Vegas three times. Kind of what we’d do. Just saying.

There are tons of other prizes, including trips to places like Lake Tahoe or Atlantic City, as well as a slew of Total Rewards gift cards, which can be used for just about anything (food, drinks, spa, drinks, shows and drinks) at Total Rewards casinos.

“But wait, there’s more!” We always wanted to say that.

For the first time ever, you can get bonus entries (beyond the one-a-day limit) by visiting various hotel Facebook pages for “secret keywords.” Check the official rules for a complete list of participating hotels, because you know damn well this blog is too lazy to do it. It’s pretty much any Caesars Entertainment destination you can think of.

We felt like we needed another graphic here. Just move on.

“But that’s not all!” We love that. Thank you for the copy suggestions, annoying late night TV commercials.

Starting July 15, you’ll be able to check in at Total Rewards hotels using your mobile phone for even more bonus entries (up to six a day). Just check in using Facebook or Foursquare, and additional entries will be yours, using some kind of digital voodoo this blog doesn’t even remotely understand.

The “Great Race to Rewards Giveaway” runs through Sep. 30, 2011, so get in on the free shizzle. Hey, we already used the word “damn,” so “shizzle” shouldn’t rock your world too much. Chill out, it’s the Internet.

Have fun and good luck.

The Margaritaville Facebook page has launched a photo contest that will give entrants a shot at winning a trip to Las Vegas for a Jimmy Buffet concert to mark the opening of the new Margaritaville Casino at Flamingo Las Vegas.

The “Fins Up” giveaway talks up an “official Margaritaville Street Party” (we assume will take place on the street between the Flamingo and O’Sheas) and a “VIP experience.”

Parrotheads rejoice!

The Grand Prize winner will receive a three-night stay at Flamingo Vegas, two concert tickets, Margaritaville resturant and retail gift certificates and $250 cash. Weekly prizes will also be given away.

The giveaway ends Sep. 5, 2011, and it’s free to enter.

Contestants are encouraged to submit a photo (up to one a day), and to get their friends to rate the pics. Photos will be judged based upon creativity (25%), entertainment value (25%) and how well the photo represents the “Fins Up” theme (50%).

Guess this means the new Margaritaville Casino will be opening in September! Visit the Margaritaville Facebook page for details. Which, we’re pretty sure, we already said. Margaritas will do that.

In honor of Barry Manilow’s new album, “15 Minutes,” his first album of original material in a decade, Paris Las Vegas just launched a new sweepstakes on its Facebook page.

It’s free to enter, and someone’s going to snatch (in case you forgot which blog you’re reading) a two-night stay at Paris Las Vegas, dinner for two at Le Provencal, a $200 gift certificate to Paris Spa by Mandara and two tickets to see the incomparable Barry Manilow.

We're pretty sure you can't use your phone's camera at the Manilow show as these people are doing, but let's not get bogged down in details. It's a giveaway!

Barry Manilow’s show is one of the best on the Strip at the moment, and even impressed certain sometimes-jaded Las Vegas bloggers who may not have entirely been a Barry Manilow fan before seeing his show. Without mentioning any names.

The show is a lavish stage production, and we used to guarantee audience members would know the words to every song. Now, with the release of Manilow’s new album, the show’s song list is growing: “Bring On Tomorrow” has already been added to the show, “15 Minutes” and “Train Wreck” will be making their debut soon, insiders say.

We got this Barry Manilow pic at an event for his charity, the Manilow Music Project, that distributes musical instruments to Las Vegas schools.

Read more about Barry Manilow’s new album in Vanity Fair.

Enter the “15 Minutes” sweepstakes and good luck. You can see Barry Manilow live at Paris Las Vegas. Find out more. Hint: It’s the one with the Eiffel Tower thingy out front.

We’re always on the lookout for ways to help you win big in Vegas. Today’s find? The “Press Your Luck” Million Dollar Giveaway outside Planet Hollywood.

You can't miss it.

This is one of those “free pull” offers, but in this case, it’s not a “pull,” it’s an extravaganza. What makes it an extravaganza? The “Press Your Luck” machine is massive for one thing. The other thing that makes this Vegas freebie so much fun (aside from the free part) is everyone’s a winner. It says so right on the thing.

The list of possible prizes is pretty sweet and includes the $1 million grand prize, a Norwegian cruise, a $20 dining certificate, free hooch, admission or a VIP table at Chateau Nightclub at Paris, a Frrrozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity 3 outside Caesars Palace, an Eiffel Tower ride at Paris and other goodies.

We’ve given you a moment, now, do you remember “Press Your Luck,” the popular TV game show in the 1980s? The show was known for its Whammy, a cartoon figure with a red cape. “Press Your Luck” trivia: About 80 different Whammy animations were used on the show.

The real “Press Your Luck” slot machine can be found in casinos up and down the Strip in places like Imperial Palace, Flamingo, Rio Vegas and, of course, inside Planet Hollywood. How do we know? We used the handy Caesars Entertainment Slot Finder Thingy. (Not the actual name.)

The “Press Your Luck” Million Dollar Giveaway extravaganza is open noon to 8:00 p.m. each day, except Sundays. Which, as we ponder it more, would tend to mean it’s not “each day.” Let’s not get bogged down in details. Let’s win some free stuff in Vegas!