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WELCOME to Kimo’s Vegas… The Players Edge!
 Having played the Megabucks machine since its introduction 20 years ago, Norma Gower said she just stopped by the Fremont to pick up a free gift she said “I had already played about $600 on this one machine when I started talking to it and told the machine that I was getting very frustrated. I took another $100 and on the very next pull, it hit.” For $10,762,066 we’d all better start talking to the machines.The highest price ever paid for a car was 11 million for a 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Sports Coupe (I’d tell you who bought it but then I’d have to…). So it was a big surprise when the General Lee from the “Dukes of Hazzard” sold on eBay for $9.9 million. The auction winner backed out so the Generals owner John Schneider (Bo Duke from the Dukes TV series) listed the car again, as of our print deadline even a visit to Vegas hasn’t been enough to get a starting bid ($100,000) on the 53 year old car.
 High stakes Monopoly… I’ll take the Bellagio & CityCenter that’s what American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian may do. He owns 56% of the MGM Mirage and has (as they say in poker) “the nuts” to make that play a reality. Two companies with tight Island ties will be joining forces in Vegas. The Boyd Gaming Corporation (Vacations Hawaii, Cal, Fremont, Main Street etc.) has announced a joint venture agreement with General Growth Properties, Inc. (Ala Moana, Ward Warehouse, Ward Center etc.) to create a 300,000-square-foot shopping experience in their new $4 billion dollar Echelon Place.
 The watch of the year could easily adorn his wrist, the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillion was introduced at the Geneva watch show. Each reel has the four card suits and a bell symbol it even chimes like an old slot machine when you pull the handle or hit a jackpot. No word on how much the 18K pink gold watch will sell for but $10K would be in the ball park. One Million Dollars is the prize for next year’s Cannonball World Series. The winner of this year’s event gets a limited edition Saleen Mustang and free entry into next year’s road rally. The race is patterned after the movie (Cannon Ball Run) and has 400 cars leave from 4 different cities for a six day race to a Las Vegas finish line. If this sounds like fun to you get the like to join in here. Check out the 2007 edition of the American Casino Guide it’s packed full of information including reviews of every casino in the U.S. by state, tips on table games, video poker, slot machines and there’s more than $1,000 in coupons. Written by Steve Bourie the guide also features tips from Vegas experts Anthony Curtis, Jean Scott, Bob Dancer, Max Rubin and more. It’s available online and your favorite book store.
After testing 20 machines the Nevada Gaming Regulators approved a new server based slot machines. In the near future the casinos will now be able to download new games (and pay tables and percentages) into the software based machines. In the future these machines may even adjust themselves for VIP’s or high rollers. Now that’s scary.
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