Source:www.lvhilton.com

These days, when the word, Hilton, is in the news, it usually involves the hotel heiress Paris Hilton and the latest round of her public shenanigans.

But the Hilton name became famous many years ago when the patriarch of the family, Baron Hilton, got the whole Hilton Hotel thing started with the first of his many upscale hotels.

With the competition among the Las Vegas casinos reaching an all time high, and with so many new, extravagant hotel-casinos under construction, it's no surprise that the Las Vegas

Las Vegas Hilton put $100 million into a makeover.

All this is good news for the gambler because competition brings better deals for both hotel rooms and gambling odds.

Here's the Hilton website.