Tales from the seedier side of Las Vegas and the gang who turned it upside down with scams, mischief, and mayhem.
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Season 2, Ep. 8 - Gambling Expert Lucky Ned
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1:03:38Up your game with the advice of the World's Greatest gambler! Lucky Ned joins the Neon Gutter crew and shares advice on how to win, win, and win using the techniques from the unorthodox Lucky Ned Incredisystems (TM). And follow along as Ned demonstrates his winning skills, his life coach tips, and his uncanny ability to get free cocktails. Plus, if…
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Season 2, Ep 7 - The Sigma Derby Handicapper's Corner
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1:08:50Burt, Matt, and Dan drag one of the world's foremost authority on Sigma Derby into the Neon Gutter. Ski shares his knowledge of the world's most fun mechanical horse racing game earned from observing and wagering on more than 50,000 races. He schools the Neon Gutter crew on history, the joy of wagering on tiny plastic horses with friends, and the e…
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Season 2, Ep 6 - The Rise of the Big Empire
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59:51Matt, Dan, and Burt talk about the web site that started it all, the Big Empire, and the friendships it created, the shenanigans it inspired, and the unexpected fame it gave them. They talk about the trip reports, the jokes, haikus, and why they created a web site in the first place.By Randy Shandis Enterprises
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Season 2, Ep. 5 -Las Vegas on $39 a Day, Part 2
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1:31:35The Neon Gutter completes their $39 a day adventure with slightly less walking, a huge free play score, a disagreement that sends Matt, Dan and Burt in different directions, an outrageous expenditure, a stuffed baboon, and one member's fitful night of sleep.By Randy Shandis Enterprises
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Season 2, Ep. 4 - Las Vegas on $39 a Day Part 1
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1:40:41The Neon Gutter Crew has lived to tell the tale of their $39 a Day trip to Las Vegas, starting with Part 1, which features lonely magicians, Dracula weddings, late night treks through the desert, and a lot of bus rides.By Randy Shandis Enterprises
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Season 2, Episode 3 - Doing it Again - The $39 Challenge
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50:55Burt, Dan, and Matt prepare for their $39 a Day challenge, wherein they will live or die on the all-inclusive budget of $39 a day for 72 hours in Las Vegas. You'll probably think they're idiots (and be right), and yet still glean some money saving (and making) tricks.By Randy Shandis Enterprises
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Season 2, Ep. 2 - Vegas on $19 a Day - Part 2
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1:20:36Matt reveals to Dan and Burt how he, Stinky and Robert survived the mean streets and even meaner gutters in Las Vegas all the way to the conclusion of their $19 a Day trip. Also discussed is a near brawl, contraband, egg equivalencies, and how the trip changed the boys forever.By Randy Shandis Enterprises
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Season 2, Ep. 1 - Vegas on $19 a Day - Part 1
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1:15:19The Boys recall a trip done on $19 a day for all food, lodging, transportation, entertainment, gambling, and--of course--drinks. Including a stay at the famous Western Hotel, cheap hot dogs, bus rides, and near death experiences.By Randy Shandis Enterprises
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Surgeon General’s Warning: This episode of The Neon Gutter is a gift to you. And keeping it in the gutter, it’s cheap and may be hazardous to your ears. So, listeners be forewarned that you are entering the Stupak Community Center where the Neon Gutter Crew played “Stupak: the Game,” designed by Bob Stupak, whom you may have heard about in Episodes…
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The Neon Gutter crew takes a live stroll down Fremont Street, from the headwaters of the Plaza Hotel at Main Street past Binion’s, the Golden Nugget and all the way East, past the D, the El Cortez and on to the husk of the Western. Along the way, they reminisce of what used to be and used to happen along the fabled street, and they encounter surpri…
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Episode 5 – The Worst Casinos, or where losing money is the least of your worries
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52:56Burt grills Matt, Dan, and their guest Phil on the crummiest, dirtiest, smelliest, and most fun casinos they ever wandered into or escaped from. A philosophical discussion breaks out about what makes a casino a shithole, the difference between good and bad shitholes, and why the dumps can be more fun. Stick around and learn where you can go today t…
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Burt queries Matt and Dan about all the terrible places they stayed in Vegas, including why in the world they stayed in them. Join us to hear about hookers working the front desk, broken Magic Fingers, jumping on beds, and dead pigeons by the pool.By Randy Shandis Enterprises
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Matt and Dan are joined by Phil and Mike for a look back to their first group trip to Las Vegas, when they were just babes in the woods, thrilled at the prospect of cheap buffets, free decks of cards, and a chance to see naked ladies.By Mattm85
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In this episode, the Neon Gutter recounts the many ways they thanked Bob Stupak for the free money, free rooms, and free drinks with a series of practical jokes involving a lump of beef, police tape, Jell-o, and the most advanced printing technology the era offered to college kids. One of the jokes had a lasting legacy on Vegas World in its waning …
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Episode 1 – Bob Stupak, Vegas World, and all the Free Money
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50:17In this episode, Burt, Dan, and Matt recall what was surely the strangest major hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the space-themed Bob Stupak’s Vegas World, its maverick owner, and how the Neon Gutter crew exploited a loophole to enrich themselves while the property fell into decay.By Mattm85
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