Here here, redferret. You took the words right out of my mouth. After our visit to the giant money-sucking pit last month, we've decided to stay over on THIS side of the country from now on. Gas prices have nothing to do with it. Having fun has everything to do with it. I don't know who is having a good time when you have to return to your hotel room early every night because you've dumped $800 between dinner and 10:30.

My boyfriend and I just returned from Vegas. We played slots for 3 days and lost $3500. He played quarter and dollars, I played quarters and penny slots. My only hit was for $75 in Imperial Palace. We visited almost every casino on the strip, and a few on Freemont. This was our 3rd trip in as many years and we've decided never to go back. There's no reason for us to fly across the country to lose our money. We live in PA and have 2 new casinos within 1/2 an hour's drive. They don't pay too great either but at least there are days when we can come home with our money still in our pockets. Pretty soon people who live in Vegas will have to fly out to the East Coast to have a shot at winning.