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Six light and sound shows, Heartbeat of a Planet , Las Vegas Legends , Dancing in the Street , Odyssey , Kickin’ Country , and Classic Rock appear overhead on the hour until midnight in the arcade. There are street performers and live music on mobile stages, too.

Many programs of marching bands, bluegrass and zydeco groups, country and western singers, and jazz quartets are free.

For years, fresh shrimp cocktails have been the loss leader at the Golden Gate – they have sold 35 million so far. The cost: $1.

This free hotel-lobby museum includes bats swung by top baseball players and aerial views of major stadiums.

Connoisseurs swear that the 99-cent margaritas, with just the right amount of salt rimming the chilled glass, are as good as any you can find elsewhere at many times the price.

From 11pm to 7am Binion’s coffee shop serves a full New York steak dinner for $4.99. The line of diners begins forming at 10:15pm.

Two 24-hour-a-day breakfast specials are available at Binion’s coffee shop for $5.95. One includes ham and hash browns; the other, pancakes. But wait: from 6 to 11am the club’s snack bar sells scrambled eggs, sausage, and gravy for $2.75.

All-beef frankfurters piled high with sauerkraut are served from a vendor cart in the casino’s sports book (the lounge where people bet on sporting events). The hotdogs cost 75 cents.

The penny slot machines of the early casinos have disappeared from all but a few places such as the Four Queens – you’re more likely to spend 45 or even 90 cents with every pull.

The downtown trolley makes a regular circuit of Fremont, Ogden, and Steward streets daily from 9:30am–1am. The fare is just $1.50 for adults.