Matt Holthe's Fleeting Thoughts

This is probably a big copyright, no-no, but I'm doing it anyway because I don't want to keep the magazine around until next March when I can just look it up on my phone.... I subscribe to Casino Player, and the March 2015 issue had a "best ____" section listed. They listed the "best" in all kinds of different gambling areas. Because I have a trip to Las Vegas coming up next March (and I'd forget all this by then), I thought I'd post some of the more relevant (to me) entries for both Las Vegas Downtown and the Las Vegas Strip. We won't have a car, so I'm not posting the "Las Vegas Locals" entries unless they are close enough (like The Palms hotel or the Rio). I put the Downtown entry first, then the strip entry, and then (if it's there) the "locals" entry. Best Steakhouse: Andiamo Steakhouse, The D Las Vegas; Gordon Ramsay Steak, Planet Hollywood Casino with the best variety of restaurants: Downtown Grand; Cae...

Congratulations to Duke beating Wisconsin last night to with their 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Wisconsin was up 9 mid-way through the second half and Duke came roaring back to win by 5. I, again, picked the lines and totals for every single game of the tournament. And I, again, proved to be a punter in the eye of Las Vegas. I was 66-66-2, exactly 50%, for the whole tournament. Totals I was a little better than 50% at 34-31-2. For the lines, when I picked the favorite I went 15-20. When I picked the underdog I went 17-15.