"What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas"

[Mullins, Bill]

>From LA Times, re: a sexual harrasment suit involving the writers of
"Friends":

"There is an unwritten rule that what is said in the writers' room stays in
the writers' room, said Bob Stevens, who has written for television for 20
years."

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-friends13nov13.story

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> WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS-- 5,100 Google hits, 345 Google Groups
> hits WHAT HAPPENS IN LAS VEGAS--389 Google hits, 46 Google Groups hits
>
> The speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver,
> is being accused of buying a $1,500 luxury suite in Las Vegas
> for only $109. The place was owned by Caesars Entertainment,
> a company that was seeking approval to build a casino in New York.
>
> 13 September 2004, NEW YORK SUN, pg. 9, col. 5:
> Sometimes, it turns out, that happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas.
>
> I've covered a similar phrase before.about football locker
> rooms, where a posting often says: "What happens here stays here."
>