No 1 in Gambling

At the risk of becoming the ParisHiltonParisHilton blog, we hear that Paris Hilton has been booted from Wynn Las Vegas.

With an apparent zero tolerance policy for drugs (or needing to distance themselves for stockholders), Hilton has been banned from both Wynn and Encore, following her arrest for cocaine possession over the weekend.

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Tom Schneider, 2007 WSOP Player of the Year

The latest installment from ESPN of the 2010 WSOP Main Event tracks the march of eliminations on Day 2 that will finally become the November Nine for one of the nine seats at the most exclusive poker table ion the world, the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of poker.

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Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas announced they have forged an agreement with Marriott Hotels to promote the high-end Las Vegas resort.  The $3.5 billion resort project located on the Las Vegas Strip between CityCenter and the Bellagio will join the exclusive Marriott Autograph Collection.  The Las Vegas casino/hotel/resort will benefit from the more than 30 million strong customer data base operated by Marriott.

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Could one mistake have cost one of Las Vegas's nightclub moguls his high-profile job?

After getting arrested with girlfriend Paris Hilton, several sources are reporting that Cy Waits has been let go of his duties as managing partner of Tryst (at Wynn Las Vegas) and XS (at Encore).  No word yet on the status of his twin brother Jesse, who co-manages.

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Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker by Paul ‘Dr. Pauly’ McGuire [Buy Lost Vegas][Visit the Lost Vegas Home Page]

If you like Dr. Pauly's writing you'll love this book, if you like Vegas you'll love this book, in short, if you're reading this blog the odds are you'll love Lost Vegas.

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Waiting for help

A Las Vegas Metro Police cycle cop was left in the middle of Flamingo Road just south of Eastern Avenue after an accident separated the officer from his ride.

Flipchip shot these photos Sunday evening of the unidentified Metro officer moments after the accident.  Details of the crash were unavailble.

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Just before midnight last night, Metro conducted a traffic stop on a car near Wynn Las Vegas.

When pulled over, officers detected the scent of marijuana coming from the car.

On further investigation, they found Paris Hilton in the passenger seat with a controlled substance that later turned out to be cocaine.

She was arrested on possession and put in the Clark County Detention Center.

The undisclosed male driver was also booked for possession and DUI.

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This is probably the best-looking mugshot you'll ever see

A fume-filled Escalade near Wynn Las Vegas caused a motorcycle cop to pull it over, suspecting marijuana.

Hilton's boyfriend Cy Waits (who manages the Tryst nightclub at Wynn) was driving, with Hilton in the passenger seat.

Later, when Hilton pulled lip balm from her purse (possibly in preparation for the mugshot), a bag of cocaine allegedy fell out.

Both were booked and released from Clark County jail.

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Just recently, Yao Ming, the All-Star center for NBA’s Houston Rockets, has been given a go signal by his doctors after undergoing a complicated foot surgery in July of 2009. According to Tom Clanton, the team’s doctor, Yao is now cleared to “resume his basketball activities.” Yao’s teammates were confident all along that he would be able to go back to the court just in time for the 2010-2011 season. Still, it was such a relief for Yao to be able to get a go signal from the doctors.

Injury details

On July of 2009, Yao Ming underwent a surgery to fix a broken bone on his left foot. This was after he suffered from a hairline fracture during a game versus the Los Angeles Lakers. Yao Ming was able to fully recover from the injury and surgery, and is now ready to join his teammates on the basketball court.

Yao excited for the upcoming training camp and season

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The last time the Senators made it to the Stanley Cup Final was a mere three years ago, a feat you wouldn’t have considered likely considering their average performance during the past decade. But it was their dismal performance in the 2008-09 season, not making the playoffs, that has made them more determined than ever to return to the Stanley Cup Final.

Promising performance last season

The Senators ended their last season ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference. This achievement was in spite of injuries that hounded the team: Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek and Alex Kovalev missing several games, and starting goaltender Pascal Leclaire not playing for almost half the entire season.

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