Andre Agassi pals around at N9NE bar. Rita Rudner begins new gig Oct. 2. Louie Anderson a surprise guest.

After a five-year run at New York-New York, Rita Rudner is moving across the Strip to Harrah's.

She will be moving into the showroom being vacated by Clint Holmes, who has not yet announced his plans.

Rudner, who will be leaving New York-New York in June, said her one-year deal with options begins Oct. 2.

Besides getting a bigger showroom, "I'm very excited because it put me much closer to Forum Shops, which I think they might rename the Rita Shops," she added.

New York-New York reportedly has plans to turn the theater into a nightclub.

A release date for Rudner's book, "Turning Tables," from Crown Publishing, has been set for Aug. 29, she said.

It's about a relationship "that goes very wrong in Las Vegas and a woman who gets even," she said.

BET ON IT

Nothing brings out an army of characters at Las Vegas sports and race books like the big event.

Michael Gaughan, president of Coast Casinos, recalls "a guy we called 'Wheelchair' Jimmy."

"He had already bet $110,000 on the Super Bowl -- this was '83 or '84. I got lines out the front door, and I heard Jimmy yelling, 'I want to bet another $100,000.' I yelled, 'Pass it in.'

"And it came in, hand over hand," Gaughan said.

SIGHTINGS

Louis "Luke" Parker Bowles, representing himself as a member of England's royal family, partying at the Palms' ghostbar on Friday night. Was it a royal April Fools' Day joke? Camilla Parker Bowles, who married Prince Charles last April, has one son, named Thomas. ... Andre Agassi, hanging out at the bar at N9NE with pals Friday. He told me he was taking LSU to win the Final Four. At another table: star chef Hubert Keller of Fleur de Lys (Mandalay Bay) and host of Bravo's "Top Chef," which was taped at his Fleur de Lys in San Francisco. ... TV talk show host Montel Williams, playing craps at Hooter's hotel-casino on Saturday. ... Chopper, the general manager of Towbin Dodge, on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Friday, promoting his A&E (Channel 32) reality show, "King of Cars," which premieres at 10 p.m. Tuesday. ... "Hustle & Flow" star Taryn Manning and co-designer Tara Jane at the Las Vegas launch party Friday for their new clothing line, Born Uniqorn, at Light (Bellagio). ... Louie Anderson, a surprise guest at the 36th birthday of producer Adam Steck (Thunder From Down Under) at Tao (The Venetian) on Thursday night. ... Siegfried Fischbacher, backstage chatting with Harvey Fierstein after Friday's performance of "Hairspray" (Luxor) and dining at the Hofbrauhaus on Saturday with German folk singer Heino, who was celebrating his 27th wedding anniversary with his wife, Hannelore. ... Illusionist Criss Angel, making his co-star, Tai, a 4 1/2-ton Asian elephant, disappear outside the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood on Friday as part of the second season of his "Mindfreak" show on A&E. ... Film tough guy Robert Davi, who played Colombian drug lord Franz Sanchez in the James Bond "License to Kill" film, in the casino at the Las Vegas Hilton on Friday night. ... Rappers Chamillionaire and Lil' Flip, turned away from OPM (Forum Shops at Caesars) on Friday Night for not meeting the dress code. They offered to buy 20-plus bottles of Cristal champagne, about $15,000 to $20,000, for their 20-person entourage, but management declined.

THE PUNCH LINE

In France, rioters looted stores. Actually, to be politically correct, you cannot call them looters anymore. You have to call them undocumented shoppers. -- Jay Leno

Norm Clarke can be reached at 383- 0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com