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Cash Cab Las Vegas: A Trivia App To Get Your Geek On

It's Geek Week on VegasChatter! We'll have a Vegas-related techy story for you every day. First up: fun and games with the Vegas Cash Cab iPhone app.

Ben Bailey recently took the game show played right in his taxi, Cash Cab, to the Las Vegas Strip and we were left wanting to see more Mayor Goodman and Phil Hellmuth fumbling for answers. Or even better, a Cash Cab that picks up the everyday Vegas tourist to play for real money that will pay for papa’s dinner and craps habit.

That day isn’t here yet but iPhone owners can now have Cash Cab: Las Vegas in their pocket ready to play whenever they need that trivia fix. Capcom Mobile and Discovery Communications released a Vegas version last week as a sequal to their Cash Cab trivia app.

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Cash Cab Shouts Out To Vegas Tonight

Surprisingly neither the ugliest nor meanest-looking cabbie we've seen.

Cash Cab: It’s the game show that takes place right here in this cab. We’ve been watching the New York City edition for a few years now but tonight we get to see host Ben Bailey pick up passengers in Vegas. The comedian had a gig at The Orleans back in May and took his cab to the Strip.

In general, the game show takes unknowing passengers looking to get to dinner, a show, in this case maybe a strip club, and offers them money in exchange for correctly answering trivia questions. If they get to their destination before incorrectly answering three of Ben’s quizzes, they win cash. And then get tempted to go double or nothing. Since these eps were in Vegas, we certainly hope to see a lot of gamers going for the double up.

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Don't Tweet at Vegas Cabbie Because He's No Longer Picking You Up

Last year we discovered an ingenious way to avoid the endless taxi line at McCarran Airport---by tweeting @VegasCabbie.

VegasCabbie would then be able to pick you up at Yellow #1, a passenger pick-up area where cabbies can pick up their somewhat pre-arranged rides. All it takes is your smartphone, Twitter and a couple of bucks to give to a skycap.

But sadly, this trick won't work anymore because VegasCabbie has retired. He tweeted last week:

Well off to start new job tomorrow, NOT A VEGASCABBIE ANYMORE, 8-( sad but true,the $$ is just not there anymore. Thx for the memories all.

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Yet Another Reason to Take Out Cash Before You Head to Vegas

We've long advised our friends and readers to take out cash from the ATM before you arrive in Vegas simply because the casino ATMs will charge you between $4 and $6 to get money. This is a hefty ATM fee that no one should have to pay and it stings even worse when you're already in the hole after dropping a wad of cash on Chippendales dancers high stakes blackjack tables.

But cash in Vegas is best for many other reasons. One, you will need to tip people every so often (the bellmen lugging your suitcase, the front desk clerk if you want an upgrade, the bathroom attendant at PUB, etc.) Two, it makes for quicker transactions and without a paper trail (so you can buy that sex kit at the gift shop and hurry on out of there.)

And finally, cash doesn't require any processing fees which is what we encountered in a taxi cab yesterday to the airport.

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How To Drive Well On the Strip: Just Back Off The Tires In Front

Vegas driving: dontcha just love it? Freeways with about eight different lanes marked on top of each other, cars stopping randomly on the Strip to catch the Bellagio fountains, and, um, taxis that think that being able to see their tires is a mark of good driving.

Surely if you can’t see their rear tires, that’d be because you’re pretty much touching bumpers with him? So yeah, we were aware that that would be unsafe. But we'd hope for a little more with 'safe' driving.

(And yes, we’re mainly bitter because we failed our Nevada relocation driving test yesterday. Possibly because we were staying too far back from the car in front.)

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How to Use Twitter To Bypass The Endless Taxi Line At McCarran

UPDATE: @VegasCabbie is no longer a cabbie. We'll keep you posted on any replacements.

Did you hear the news? Conferences and tourists are returning to Vegas. Well, they never really left, however as the economy begins to improve you can bet that the trade shows and tourists will make sure your arrival into McCarran International Airport is crowded and chaotic.

Once you have dealt with the monorail, and once you have made it to the bottom of the escalator and retrieved your bag you must deal with the dreaded Vegas cab line. During midweek, and for that matter during this down economy, the cab line has not been much of an issue, but on Friday nights and during conventions that line can be over half an hour long. How do you beat it? Easy.

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Hey, Taxi! What You Should Know About Cabbies in Vegas

Cabs are a tricky thing. In Vegas, at least. We get so distracted by ogling the...er...beauty of the Strip, we forget to pay attention to the fare meter. That's why you need to know before you go. Here are our must-know tips about taxis in Las Vegas.

· Automatic $3.30 Fee
Whenever you get into a cab in Las Vegas, the meter automatically begins at $3.30. This is the drop fee for the initial activation of the meter. Ugh. If you hop into a cab at McCarren airport, there is another automatic fee of $1.80. This is usually tacked on by the meter at the end of the ride. After that, each mile is $2.40. A four-minute wait time is $3.00 more. The slow airport shuttles that cost $11 round-trip are starting to look pretty good right now, huh?

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