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Last week a woman from Missouri put a chip she got from her first trip to Vegas on eBay. Imagine her surprise when the bidding on the souvenir she kept in her jewelry box for 47 years ended at $ 29,988.88! The $1 Showboat Casino chip now holds the record for the most $$$ ever paid for a dollar chip. Check out this amazing auction (maybe your mom has one of these in her jewelry box).

The $21 Million dollar buffet... Connie Thiele and her husband Robert were playing for points at the the Palms (hoping to get enough points for a free lunch). She played $150 in one Megabucks then switched machines and lined up the three winning symbols on the first pull ($3.00) of her next $20.00 bill!

On May 28th, 1989, a Hawaii man walked up to “Craps Three” and set a record that stands to this day. Stanley Fujitake held the dice for 3 hours and 6 minutes, 118 rolls. On the anniversary month of this historic event almost 19 years later check out Part 1 of our interview with the Sr. VP of the Downtown Region, John Repetti (who was the General Manager) and Casino Manager, Jeff Weiss (who was the Shift Manager) of the California Hotel when the longest roll in craps history happened at Around Hawaii.

Check out the great review at AccessVegas.com about the only seafood buffet in Vegas, the Village Seafood buffet in the Rio. Every month they go through 29,000 pounds of crab legs and 25,000 pounds of lobster (about 200 tons of seafood annually).

Steve Bourie the author of the annual American Casino Guide does a great interview with the Luxor Director of Slot Operations, Rich Marino. Get the answers to questions like “What is a slot machines payback percentage?”, “Do machines get hot or cold?” and many more. Did you know that the slot department generates about 65% of an average casinos profits?

What you won’t see on the show… during a technical difficulties break Oprah talked about her Caesars Palace Agustus suite. She said, I’m staying in this high-roller suite… It has a talking shower, music, a wall of water shower.” But what amazed the talk show hostess the most was… “It’s the toilet—the seat lifts itself. I had to ask how you flush it. You get a rear clean, a front clean, can you believe it totally cleans you… then air dried with a nice scent. It’s so incredible I’m going to put the toilet on the show. I told the toilet ‘you’re amazing and you are the future.’ I used it four times it’s so nice. I’m very clean. I am so cleaned up and cleaned out that I’m coming back here for more.” See what makes this commode so special.

If you like to watch... New York-New York Hotel & Casino hosts the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship May 8 at 3 p.m. on the Brooklyn Bridge. The winner will represent the United States in the 92nd Annual International Hot Dog Eating Contest, July 4 at Coney Island. If you like eat… get the link to pre-register at by calling hea Communications at (212) 627-5766. Last years winner is Joey Chestnut of San Jose who put away 66 dogs and buns in 12 minutes.