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Las Vegas Mirage nighttime show looking at the volcano just before it erupts. Watch the show from in front of the sidewalk at night or from across the street. Both locations are excellent. You can feel the heat from the volcano in both locations. However, you can get more of a perspective of the entire volcano in front of the hotel when you are across the street. Most importantly the volcano erupts every 30 minutes with flames, spouting geysers, etc. But sometimes the show is canceled if winds are high. They do not want to risk damage to the display or danger to the people watching from the sidewalk which is actually quite close to the flames.

Las Vegas Mirage nighttime

There are lots of people standing around watching the show. Hold onto your kids, your purses, and your wallets. With the crowds of people, you never know what can happen.

Walk along the strip at night from in front of the Bellagio all of the ways down to TI. Lots of people to watch along the strip especially in front of the Flamingo and Harrahs. Some people are really weird along with others that are dressed as various characters. They want to have their picture taken with you for a price of course. Lots of buskers and impersonators who want to be paid for their picture.

Be careful, most people are average nice people but some are not.

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The Las Vegas strip at night taken from the Wynn hotel on the 36th floor looking south towards Treasure Island or TI and the Mirage casino. What a picture of the strip at night with all of the lights and glitz of the Las Vegas strip. We enjoy staying at the Wynn hotel. It is clean, it is glamorous and the service is impeccable. Although it is expensive to stay there, it is definitely worth the money.

Always obtain a free slot card and use it whenever you are playing the slots or the tables. You never know when they will send you a free offer of a room, free play or a free meal.

Las Vegas Strip at Night

Great views of the volcano at the Mirage casino which erupts at night! Most nights the volcano erupts every half hour unless the winds are too high. If they are too high it is cancelled and you probably do not want to be walking on the strip anyway.

We walked past Harrahs, Imperial and Flamingo casinos. There were lots of people out strolling, checking out the sights and listening to the music from some of the casinos as well as just people watching. Lots of buskers and imitation people were also out trying to make a buck – Elvis, Michael Jackson, and more. You need to pay if you want your picture taken with them. Some are pretty good , although most are poor imitations of the famous people they are trying to copy.

Also topless girls wearing pasties are available for pictures! This is a look at the underside of Las Vegas, however it you stick with the better hotels, you can enjoy all of the glitz and high class service that Vegas has to offer. There is none of this sort of thing around the Wynn or the Bellagio for example.

One of our readers wanted to know how many decks do the blackjack video machines use and what is video blackjack strategy should be? The general answer for most video blackjack machines is that they only use one deck. Table games can use several decks of cards. Sometimes as many as 7 or 8 decks shuffled together. Using only one deck in video blackjack sounds great compared to table games. Particularly if you are a card counter and keep track of the number of aces or high cards remaining in the un dealt cards.

But there is a catch and that is that the cards are reshuffled after every hand. Card counting cannot really be applied in the video blackjack games. Instead you need to be totally focused on the video blackjack strategy outlined in the chart on the left. Which lays out what you should do in every situation. It is based on the cards you have been dealt and the dealers up card.

Video Blackjack strategy

While this is a great strategy few people can remember all of the possible combinations and the action you should take in every situation. We suggest that you study the chart closely and form general rules for what to do in various situations.

For example, if the dealer is showing a 7 or higher, you need to hit if your cards total less than 17. If you have 17 then stay with the cards you have. If the dealer has a 6 or less showing there is a good chance her or she will go bust. You therefore should stay in most situations unless your holding an ace. You have a chance of getting a high count such as 20 or 21 which is blackjack.

Take a few minutes to study the chart and then practice with a deck of cards or an online video blackjack game.

One of the ways a casino ensures that they have the advantage is to manage the pay table for all games, including video poker games. In this post we will refer to jacks are Better video poker strategy. If you play other games such as deuces wild or double-double, the strategy of play will need to be adjusted accordingly. The best possible payout is 10 / 7 where the first number refers to the payout for a full house with 5 coins bet and the second refers to the payout for a flush. In the game shown in the picture, the payout is 9 / 6 which is favoring the house to a higher degree.

Jacks are Better Video Poker Strategy

For each reduction of one credit in the paytable for a full house or a flush, the return drops slightly more than 1%. You can use this as a rule of thumb to quickly determine the return on the game that you are playing.

Game Returns for the various payouts are shown below.

• 10/7 100.17%
• 9/7 99.11%
• 9/6 97.81%
• 8/6 96.73%
• 8/5 95.65%

These returns assume perfect play all of the time. Few of us actually play perfectly all of the time even if we know the recommended play strategy. The actual returns based on the nonperfect play will be lower than those stated above.

Practicing on a computer or smartphone app will help to achieve better play. It can be well worth the money if you are not playing up to standard. A small percentage improvement can make a large difference in your take home. Especially if you play on a regular basis.

If you have not already requested your win loss statement, it is time to do so. Order your Beau Rivage Casino Biloxi Win Loss statements now so that you can make a claim and get some of your money back or even better avoid paying tax on the money you won over $1200. For those readers who might not be aware, all jackpots $1200 and up must claim these wins on your income tax when you file it. If you happened to be Canadian or from some other country they will take 30% up front and it is up to you to make a claim and get your money back. Call your slot host and ask for a win / loss statement today.

Beau Rivage Casino Biloxi Win Loss Statements – IRS

The IRS wants it’s tax money on your taxable winnings even though your home country does not charge taxes on winnings e.g. Canada. You will have to obtain an IRS ITIN number and file an IRS income tax form if you are a foreigner. Eveyone will need a win loss statement from each casino that you gamble at in order to get some of your money back.

The only way you can do this is if you are using a slot card whenever you are playing. This is how the casino knows how much you play, calculates comp’s and can produce a win loss statement. If you do not use a slot card, then there is no win loss statement and no claim to reduce your taxes owing regardless if you are an American or a foreigner.

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