I have a lot of fond memories of the Stardust - one of the places I hung out a lot at when I made that drive from LA to Vegas for the 1st time in Oct '86 (wow, 20 years ago soon). And they were very blackjack friendly for quite a while - double deck games with decent penetration and no heat for bumping up your bet (as long as you weren't greedy).
Opening the sports book at 6AM to take college and pro football bets.

But time marches on - and the MBAs and their influence are firmly entrenched in the gaming industry and won't be going anywhere.

Julie, a better strategy would be to buy 1 share of Boyd Gaming stock and show up at the annual shareholders' meeting and raise a little heck.