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Las Vegas has no shortage of things to do and sights to see, which can be as overwhelming as it is exciting. Casino City's Gary Trask shares his tips, acquired over a decade of travel to Sin City.

Starting Dec. 1, a host of all-star country music performers will take the stage at The Grand Event Center to celebrate the premier championship rodeo event.

On June 17, Douglas Kurrle scored his win of $10,000 on IGT's 5 Times Pay slot, and on June 19 Renee Jungbloom experienced her lucky spin on IGT's Double Gold slot, winning $12,000.

From June 24 to July 3, enjoy a variety of shark inspired events, such as swimming at The Tank, movie nights, and a chance to mingle with Marty the Party Shark.

Known as The Tank, the pool features a 200,000-gallon live shark aquarium and special events that run through September.

The Wheel of Fortune slot series paid a combined $7.4 million to six lucky winners across the U.S.

Starting in July, the Golden Nugget will offer a stunning lineup of legendary performers including Tommy James and The Shondells, The Buckinghams and The Grass Roots.

The tournament series will feature a $1,675 buy-in, televised "Poker Night in America" event.

The 90-tournament poker series will run from May 31 to July 3.

The International Tourism Safety Conference gathers safety and security officials in the travel and tourism industry and focuses on providing delegates with new information, trends, equipment, strategies and best practices in keeping visitors safe.

Scheduled performers include artists who have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, performed at the Super Bowl, and sung with Bette Midler.

Casino City's Gary Trask details his "bucket list" trip to Las Vegas last week when he spent two full days in the middle of the "madness" that is annually triggered by the first two days of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Christopher B. from Bremerton, Washington won while playing the popular Ghostbusters Triple Slime slot from IGT.

A new state-of-the-art sportsbook at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has brought unrivaled energy to the casino. Elsewhere, Wynn Las Vegas is moving its poker room and adding various player-friendly amenities while Golden Nugget Las Vegas unveiled $800,000 in upgrades at its spa and salon.

Casino City's Gark Trask crunches the numbers from last night's Super Bowl betting, including a split in opinion about the length of Lady Gaga's performance of the National Anthem.

Findings from the investigation show that criminal attackers were able to install a program on payment processing devices at certain of the Companies properties and facilities.

Beginning Saturday, a record 40 college football bowl games kicks off, climaxing with the National Championship Game on Jan. 11. With the help of three veteran Las Vegas bookmakers, Casino City's Gary Trask asks and answers 10 burning questions for those who will be wagering on the games.

Under a 10-year deal that starts this year, Las Vegas Events will be doling out $10 million in prize money to the 120 cowboys competing in seven categories at NFR, considered the Super Bowl of rodeo events and sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

Ronda Rousey was a massive favorite over Holly Holm in their UFC fight Saturday night, making her loss a painful gut punch to sportsbooks.

The players won $1.72 million and $219,000, respectively, on the popular IGT Wheel of Fortune slot.