This is the de facto casino in Los Angeles. All of the LA based poker pros play here, and the limits range from $2 to $10,000. Speaking from personal experience losing a ton of dough, if you’re going to play here, you better be good.

Despite the extremely high real estate prices on the west side, Hollywood Park’s Casino and Race Track has been around forever. $1 hot dogs and beers bring out all of the weirdos, but I always ignore them in pursuit of that money.

The French-style, Normandie Casino features all forms of Poker including Texas Hold’em, Caribbean Stud, and Pai Gow Poker. Too bad I’ve never won here before in all of my visits. Don’t bother frequenting Normandie Casino unless you want to launder a lot of money.

Seeing the Hustler Casino as one of Larry Flynt’s attempts to legitimatize his business holdings, gives you a pretty good idea of the type of business he used to run. I think it’s pretty brilliant that they get male patrons distracted by all the female flesh, but then again that’s for another guide.

With the credit crunch and the fall of investment banks making daily newspapers, none of the once mighty have fallen as hard as Bear Stearns. Greed and fear are said to be the only emotions in the stock game, but apparently the latter was pushed aside in favor of the former.

You know you’ve made it in this town when they name a street after you. Infamous for their powerful Hollywood backers and outlandish theories (Xenu anybody?) L. Ron’s religion brings in a prodigious amount of money, usually spent on wacky proselytizing literature and blue buildings. whisper It’s to keep the aliens away.

You see the main pastor Dr. K.C. Price here on Channel 11 every Sunday morning exhorting people to pray, repent and of course donate generously to the church. However, with great power comes great responsibility.

A men’s clothing store in West LA that features high end clothing that looks decidedly low end. Lots of Ed Hardy stuff here.