Seventeen Las Vegas restaurants received the prestigious nod from Michelin, with MGM Mirage eateries garnering seven of them. Leading the way was MGM Grand's Joel Robuchon, which was the city's sole three-star designee for the second year in a row.

Garnering two stars were Picasso (Bellagio), Restaurant Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace) and Alex (Wynn Las Vegas), while single-star designations went to L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (MGM Grand), Michael Mina (Bellagio), Aureole (Mandalay Bay), Le Cirque (Bellagio) MIX (Mandalay Bay), Wing Lei (Wynn), Alizé (Palms), Bradley Ogden (Caesars Palace), Daniel Boulud Brasserie (Wynn), DJT (Trump International), Nobu (Hard Rock Hotel & Casino), Restaurant Charlie (Palazzo) and stand-alone André's in Downtown Vegas.

LOW LIMITS: The latest casino to jump on the low-limit bandwagon is the Eastside Cannery, where $3 minimums for blackjack and craps are now being dealt 24/7.

MORE FRIDAY'S: Following the success of the T.G.I. Friday's brand at the Orleans, a Friday's has just opened at Gold Coast and restaurants will open at Sam's Town and Suncoast within two weeks.

Q. I've heard that Harrah's is phasing out Megabucks. Say it ain't so.

A. It might be so. At last check, not all Megabucks machines had left the Harrah's buildings, but most had. Caesars Palace still has two, while Harrah's, the Flamingo and the Rio all have one each. It appears that the casino giant is experimenting with the replacement of "participation games," for which they have to pay licensing fees to the game manufacturers. Another popular participation game that could go missing is Wheel of Fortune.

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