The way to enjoy Vegas is to live here. I’ve lived all over the world and I love it here for quality of life. However, I avoid The Strip like the plague and I don’t gamble. I consider it a very schizophrenic city, except that most people that come here aren’t actually visiting Las Vegas, but Paradise if staying on The Strip. It’s hard to believe it’s changed so much so quickly, but now it’s definitely like Disney with alcohol and gambling, invaded by The Food Network.
I don’t gamble either, but I do go ahead here in CA about $1500 every 6 weeks playing the machines.
If you know what you are doing you can greatly increase your odds of making money.
I won’t get into it here, because I don’t want to alert or help casinos but I do well in my very part time visits and it to me isn’t gambling.
Two weeks ago $2100 minus $500 thrown back always from their own money to educate myself on various new machines.
Last year I gave my sister a bad time because she was watching me win $700, $600, $700, $400, $600 all in one night. I can only say the last $600 was luck though.