Last time I went I lost a boat load of money, but I had the best time at O Shea's. It is kind of a dive of a casino but everyone was having a blast and there was a midget in a leprechaun suit running around and dancing on the bar.
The hooters casino was solid too, I liked that you didn't just hear all the slot machine noise. Instead they had music going pretty good. The "scenery" wasn't bad either.
PG uhh they have that in Vegas
I saw the blue man group and it was pretty good. Maybe more of a PG13 though. The rides at the top of Statosphere are pretty exiciting and there is a decent midway at NYNY.
As far as a deal on hotels go... good luck specially during SEMA. But I think I would stay off the strip to get a little better deal maybe at one of the Station casino's, if those are still around.