"Las Vegas is just like any other normal American city says new mayor."
I was a long way from the roach-infested tenement back in the Big Apple, sitting on my thirty-something ass in an always open waffle house just off the Las Vegas Strip. I was looking for the lo-cal blueberry syrup because...
"An evening in Vegas doesn't go exactly as planned, or does it?"
Brander Sharpe sat alone at a cocktail table in the middle of the lounge. He didn’t feel conspicuous, though. This was where he liked to be. It allowed him to survey his surroundings, his opportunities. It also allowed him to...
"Winners and jackpots come in different packages"
Laughlin, Nevada is not the gambling mecca of the USA. It is geared for the older, less affluent, and the laid back gambler. The number of "whales" (high rollers) are minimal in the casinos. There are a lot of budget...
"What's the value of a broken soul, when love is lost?"
A demon asked of me last eve,“How much would cost your soul?What would be your final price?What would pay the devil’s toll?” Funny demon, how strange to askFor a worthless soul like mine.My spirit’s broken and not for sale,Now leave...
"Victor has a taste for high stakes, but he's never gambled on something like this."
In the city where you can gamble on just about anything, there are some games that few ever witness. In a select few suites, which make up the heavens of the Las Vegas strip, exists a different form of gambler....
"Jack ends it all with a pair of aces."
Jack tried not to break out sweating as he looked again at the matched aces in his hand. Another ace and a pair of deuces in the turn cards gave him the best hand he had ever held. For seven...
Roulette tables, black jack and 21 Chips, coins and cash Sequined and feathered girls Cigars and cigarettes I don’t usually gamble But I’m feeling lucky tonight Row after row of slot machines Velvet covered tables covered in cards I could...
"(V is for Vicky) Vicky gambles for very different stakes"
"Ugh. Are we there yet?" Vicky moaned. She and her husband George were half way through their seven and a half hour flight from San Francisco to Aruba for a very overdue vacation. George was a lawyer and Vicky was his...
