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Star Brooks Gaming Guru - Page 12  Austin Powers, Man of Mystery Slots Making Waves at the Lake18 May 2001
Debuting in Tahoe at Harrah's Lake Tahoe and their newest acquisition, Harveys Lake Tahoe, is the zany, fun-filled slot Austin Power, Man of Mystery. The slot is a basic 9-line, 1-5 nickels per line, "Aussie"-style slot .... but with more bonuses than any other game I have ever seen. Stopping to ask a ... (read more)
Pine-Scented Air and Sizzling Slots11 May 2001
Pine-scented air and sizzling slots are just part of what you will find if you come up to Lake Tahoe. The weather has been unseasonable.... warm.... my trees are getting leaves earlier than usual. The heat wave in California has led to more rolling black-outs as the power crunch continues... which is good for Nevada casinos. ... (read more)
One of My Tahoe Waterfalls4 May 2001
Once again, the melting snow has created one of the more beautiful occurrences of spring in the Sierra Nevada mountains... the waterfalls cascading down the rocky corridors, and off the mountainsides themselves. I drove up to one of my favorite Tahoe waterfalls near my home this morning. While not as ... (read more)
Harrah’s Buys Harveys27 April 2001
That was the buzz all day yesterday, coming first to me from a casino source... and then the evening news, and there it was this morning, splashed all over the front of the newspaper...as one Tahoe legend buys the other Tahoe legend, leaving a different air of excitement at the lake as locals and tourists alike wonder out loud about what it holds in store for them in the future... ... (read more)
Spring, Winter, Spring20 April 2001
Lake Tahoe has one guarantee... and that is winter ain't over until it's over... Today while watching the snow melt virtually in front of my eyes, and as the dreaded pine needles resurfaced to beg for raking, the weather report calls for more snow by tomorrow. If the snow keeps up at this pace, those pine needles will be here until well into the summer... ... (read more)
Snow Again In Tahoe13 April 2001
Well, here is is almost mid-April, and instead of spring showers... it appears winter has blessed the mountains again. Ski areas that were slated to shut down in a matter of weeks hailed the snow... and one local ski area, Sierra-at-Tahoe, reported 52" of fresh snow last weekend! Any thoughts of raking all the pine needles are now freshly buried. ... (read more)
Rebuilding a Collapsed Planet6 April 2001
Having stepped into something that resembled a web version of a hornet’s nest over the past few months in my attempts to launch the TahoeGamingGuide.com and its sister sites, please bear with me while I rebuild my planet. The deal died a painful death on Friday, with the anticipated financial funds being unplugged, and the threat of web death once again facing me head on. ... (read more)
Hot Slots Are Melting Tahoe Snow30 March 2001
Spring has arrived in Tahoe, bringing with it a plentitude of changes in the local casinos. New slots are springing up like April flowers. Caesars Tahoe has the neon yellow Nissan Frontier 4 x 4 pickup truck, laden with prizes ranging from bicycles on top to a big screen tv in the back and the red Mustang convertible gracing their casino floor, both will be given away in June... ... (read more)
Gamblers Need to Weigh Options23 March 2001
Okay, you are going to go gamble a little, and you want to go use your new player’s club card in that slot. What should you look for in player’s clubs? It depends on whether you want cash back, or more food and comps. But beware the promotional stuff that is offered to you in exchange for your ... (read more)
Viva Flamingo Las Vegas!16 March 2001
Recently I created a "Gripes and Giggles" section for casino complaints and casino laughs.. where I had promised gamblers intervention to help solve their gripes with casinos... knowing how many times in the past I had left a casino in a huff, swearing to never return... over an issue that could have been resolved so easily if I had known who or where to take it to. ... (read more)
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