I recently visited Vegas for the first time between February 16-21 and had a few questions.

1. Are any of the casinos still suspected to have ties to the mafia? If not, when did that era end? Some say that the last ties to the mob were eliminated when the Dunes and the Sands were demolished in the mid-1990's.

2. For those who frequent Vegas, what is your opinion of DeNiro's monologue at the end of Casino about how Vegas has changed? It's hard for me to compare the old strip to the new strip, but I could see what they were trying to convey with that line.

3. Was that no violence rule in Vegas adhered to?