The Top Ten travel list: Vegas values
The best values in Vegas, from the Las Vegas Advisor (702-252-0655): 1. Complete steak dinner, Ellis Island: $4.95 2. Shrimp cocktail, Golden Gate: 99 cents
( Chicago Tribune, 10/14/2002 09:50 AM PST)

Real fine-art museums are settling into gambling-and-glitter capital
This is a true story. I'm in the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas. I'm walking corridors parqueted with multicolored marble, craning up at pillars and ceilings bursting with almost-adequate faux-Renaissance art. I window shop along a fake Grand Canal and sip a cocktail in a mock St. Mark's Square - sans cathedral and sans pigeons.
( BY JANE GLENN HAAS, The Orange County Register, 10/07/2002 08:10 AM PST)

Bill Ordine | French-Canadian casinos: Ooh, la, la!
The snappy riffle of the cards, the skipping clatter of the roulette ball, and the clanging cascade of coins hitting the slot machine tray will all sound familiar, but when the dealers announce, "Faites vos jeux," you'll know you're not in Atlantic City or Las Vegas anymore, Toto.
( By Bill Ordine, Inquirer Columnist, 08/26/2002 10:18 AM PST)

Bill Ordine | Conn. gambling hall sponsors an American Indian powwow
For too many folks, lasting impressions of American Indians have been drawn from the frequently flawed television and movie characterizations of sagebrush soap operas. And the closest contact that many people have had with anything remotely pertaining to American aboriginal culture is playing the slots at an Indian casino, such as Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.
( By Bill Ordine, Inquirer Columnist, 07/29/2002 08:20 AM PST)

Bill Ordine | For boaters, they are a good bet
Going to the Atlantic City casinos? Most people get there by car or bus. Headed for Las Vegas? About half of that town's 35 million annual visitors fly there.
( By Bill Ordine, Inquirer Columnist, 05/28/2002 07:57 AM PST)