Editor's Notebook: Improving The Odds

Bugsy Siegel, Donny & Marie, Holly Madison, Willie Nelson….all names that kept cropping into my overworked brain during our trip to Las Vegas. It was my first time there so I knew I was missing something. Exactly what that was I couldn’t be sure until we spent a few days at the posh Bellagio resort on the Strip next to Caesar’s Palace. The Bellagio was built in 1998, has 4,000 rooms, a staff of 10,000 and the world’s largest chocolate ice cream fountain. The Bellagio was recently held up in the wee hours by a helmeted bandit who ran off with $1.5 million (face value) in betting chips from the casino.