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Where To Find O'Sheas Now That O'Sheas Is Closed

O'Sheas is no more.

The long-running casino closed its doors at noon Monday, April 30 to make way for The LINQ with promises to return again, some day. Until it does, many Vegas visitors are wondering where they can find cheap games, cheaper booze and, most of all, beer pong now. While these places can't replace O'Sheas, they just may hold you over until its return:

Cheap Table Games:

Blackjack
Hooters, El Cortez, Bill's: $3 minimum
Luxor, Excalibur, New York-New York, Casino Royale, Plaza: $5 minimum

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One Fun Thing: Caesars, Bill’s and Bellagio

Let’s paint a scenario. You’re in Las Vegas. You’ve done all of the obvious touristy things, but you want to know something not-so-obvious to do. Something fun and different. This series will walk you down The Strip, a few properties at a time, offering one fun and different thing to do at each. We hope you enjoy it and find something new to check out the next time you are in town.

We are almost halfway through our One Fun Thing series. As we cross Flamingo Avenue, we finally make it past Caesars Entertainment Row (or should we call it Linq LINQ Row?) where we talked about O’Sheas, Imperial Palace, and Flamingo. Today, we’ll offer some reasons to stop in at Caesars Palace, Bill’s Gamblin' Hall and Saloon, and Bellagio.

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Beer Pong May Be Down, But It's Not Out

Time for another VegasChatter Question! This time, it's a VegasChatter Question and VegasChatter Flashback all rolled into one. It's gettin' crazy up in here! Do you have a question about Vegas? Send it to us and if we deem it clean enough, we'll post it here on VegasChatter!

Beer pong is a cherished tradition for many Vegas visitors. There's even a World Series that pits the best against the rest. Meantime, some virgins have gotten lost over it. So, it's understandable when VegasChatter Facebook fan Eric Solomon read of O'Shea's last St. Patrick's Day hurrah before it closes forever April 30, he worried about where he would play beer pong during his July visit. A very valid concern so that the next four months of practice aren't wasted. Although, many would argue getting wasted practicing isn't a waste. But, we digress.

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Will A Million Bucks Get You To The Riviera On Time?

A million bucks must be the magic number to grab the attention of Vegas gamblers, players, and sports fanatics these days. Yesterday we highlighted a million dollar money shot and a million dollar bonus win at Three Card Poker. Now, the Riviera is going mad this March with a million dollar contest of their own.

The March $1,000,000 Tournament Challenge will pair college basketball fanatics with college party fanatics. The challenge features 100% payback of up to a thousand entries at $1,000 a pop. For those whose mathematical brain cells are more long gone than their college days, one thousand entries times a thousand bucks calculators out to a million dollars.

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This Vegas Virgin's Friend Went Missing

We told you about our first time...visiting Vegas, that is. And, some of you have told us about yours. Now it's time for another VegasChatter member, DenverGambler, to tell you about busting his Vegas cherry.

This Vegas Virgin story is going to sort of break the rules. I’m going to tell you about my second trip to Las Vegas. Why? Because my first time in Vegas I was 20. Not old enough to gamble, to drink, or to do much of anything. We took a road trip from Denver to Las Vegas to see a concert. While there I fell in love with the town and I knew I would have to be back when I was 21. Fast forward one year and I was four months into my 21^st year. Why did it take that long? When you’re the first friend to turn 21, you have to wait for others to turn 21 before you can do Vegas. Once we had a group of three, off we went.

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New Game Alert: 3 Dice Football

We've said it before we love craps and we're a bit protective of our baby. Last week we saw that O'Sheas debuted a new dice game that looks very similar to craps called 3 dice football. How dare anyone try to infringe on our favorite game in the casino?

The concept seems as if it will be fun as the game is a combination of football and craps. It's no secret that we like to drink when we gamble and while we can follow craps it took about an hour to figure out what was going on.

At first glance 3 Dice Football is going to be way too complicated for us. The 3 dice make us do way too much math by making us both add AND subtract to find out the results of our bets. Here are the quick rules from the game's creator TCS John Huxley:

The primary objective of 3 Dice Football is to score a Touchdown.

The game begins on the offensive 20 yard line. There are only 3 downs in 3 Dice Football, with a first down possible at the 10 yard line. The outcome of each down is determined by rolling 3 Dice delivering 4 possible outcomes:
- Yards Gained : Total of green dice minus red die
- Penalty : Total of green dice is lower than red die
- Trips TD : Instant Touchdown with any triple
- Turnover : Red 6 rolled with Green 1-1 or 1-2

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Ditch The Stiff Upper Lip For Mustachio Bashio At Silverton

We’ve been throwing some attention at downtown Vegas lately but if you’re not yet convinced and are looking for an alternative to the Strip, here’s an event at the Silverton Casino Lodge tonight that we can give lip service to.

Mustachio Bashio. We’re a little rusty but we’re going to take a gander that’s Spanish for Mustache Bash. A celebration of the mustache. With a a lodgeful of characters and their hairy lips, we’re leaning toward this having the makings of a fantastic party more than a ten on the creepy scale.

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Vegas Locals Get Home Field Advantage For World Series Of Beer Pong

Are those bleachers? So you can sit and drink while watching other people drink. And lean.

When a world championship event is in our own backyard and on top of that promotes drinking, it’s right up our alley. Encouraging our habits, the World Series of Beer Pong returns to the Flamingo on January 1-5, 2011. That’s right, five days of Beer Pong.

But our marriage of liquids and sports doesn’t end there. We love discounts and Vegas locals that wish to compete in WSOBP VI can enter and save money this year. Residents of Las Vegas and its surrounding areas (Boulder City, Henderson, Mesquite, North Las Vegas and Pahrump) are eligible for $150 off their package entry. College students, of legal age of course, can also get in on the cheap with a Southern Nevada student id.

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No Mixologists Allowed at P.J. Clarke's at the Forum Shops

Um...coming soon, we promise!

It looks like The Cosmopolitan won't be the only new place to eat this December. An outpost of Manhattan's PJ Clarke's, which we wrote about back in May, is set to open its doors inside the Forum Shops in December.

Judging from its description, it just might be the anti-Vegas spot you've been looking for:

If a guest asks for a margarita, one will be perfectly prepared, should they ask for a frozen margarita, they will be given directions to the place where they are happy to dispense them from a machine. If you want an energy drink, they serve coffee. When this “Vatican of saloons” opens, democracy will reign as CEOs and plumbers rub shoulders, share drinks and a good laugh over a plate of great food at a place where the art of conversation has always been considered a virtue.

Conversation in Vegas? Why, what a novel idea. But the owner, Phillip Scotti, is dead serious about remaining authentic in a town that's runs on fakery. Real NYC subway tiles adorn the walls, the main bar was acquired from the Rothschild estate in Bordeaux and the lighting fixtures are all restored from the Victorian and ‘40s eras.

Scotti also has something to say about mixologists in that, well, they don't exist at PJ Clarke's.

This place will have real bartenders not ‘mixologists’ who respect what’s been put in the bottle and understand the holiness of a good Rye.

Amen! Sadly, we don't have an exact opening date for you just yet, but as always we'll keep you posted.

Here's what else is on in Vegas:

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Labor Day Weekend: Beer Pong, A Bull, And Sweet Chocolate Love

We obviously played beer pong in the wrong basements.

Labor Day Weekend is already here. Hopefully you’ve scored a reasonable room rate and know what not to do this weekend. But there’s also plenty going on that you should do to say goodbye to summer. We'll bring you a roundup of the club and pool scene later on, but for now, here's what you can do that doesn't involve celebs or bikinis.

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Excalibur Wants to Be The Strip's Dive Bar

Beer pong, shuffleboard, and pool tables - in Vegas. Which one of these doesn’t belong? If you answered beer pong, guess again.

While you can get your pong on at more than a couple casinos these days, you don’t often see pool tables on the Strip, let alone shuffleboard. The corner dive bars found elsewhere with room in the back to knock some balls around just don’t exist as much here.

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Rock & Rita's to Show Off 'Flair Bartending' at Circus Circus

With all these new party bars opening on The Strip, it makes sense that the oft-ignored Circus Circus is trying to get in on some adult action for once. Hence, the opening next month of their "Great American Party"--Rock & Rita's, restaurant bar and something called flair bartending. From the press release:

At Rock & Rita’s, flair bartending will take center stage as drinks and bottles are flipped, juggled, spun, balanced and poured by some of the best professionals in the business. A style of American bartending credited to the legendary Jerry “The Professor” Thomas, who first poured flaming Scotch from a mug while mixing a Blue Blazer cocktail, flair bartending is synonymous with over-the-top showmanship. Rock & Rita’s will showcase flair competition winners from around the world at bartending stations equipped with stage controls for both impromptu and scheduled shows.

This sounds like a cross between "Cocktail" and the scene is "Office Space" where Jennifer Aniston gets fired for not wearing enough "flair" on her jacket. And yes, the bartenders here are known as flairtenders. There was a contest and everything to hire them. You can see them here.

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