If you want to talk about casino buffets, yeah, those have mostly gone away. The ones that remain are super expensive and I only go to the one at Hard Rock on Monday nights where it's 50% off for 55+
The Palms in LV has a lobster buffet. Reservations required but I've heard it's amazing.If you want to talk about casino buffets, yeah, those have mostly gone away. The ones that remain are super expensive and I only go to the one at Hard Rock on Monday nights where it's 50% off for 55+
https://www.palms.com/dining/ayce-buffetThe Palms in LV has a lobster buffet. Reservations required but I've heard it's amazing.
https://www.palms.com/dining/ayce-buffet
*Lobster Dinner – $79.99
Wednesday & Thursday | 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Why would they shrink something that makes so much money?
The changes you’ve seen (6:5, shuffling) are to increase the odds in favor of the house - so they can make more money.
People aren’t good at math, they have no idea what that does to the margin - so, they will keep gambling.
Doubtful. You paint a picture of greed which is more likely. There is also going to be less regulation in general so it will continue.Watching numerous videos and reading articles, I keep learning that Las Vegas strip casinos are changing the already bad mathematical odds against their customers. ....
So, it begs the question- is the future of Las Vegas more on entertainment and sports, and less on gambling.
Arizona has I think from my sister and mom 30 plys year drivers licenses. The casino is owned by one of the native American tribe. My moms driver's license is a little faded but very legible. They claimed due to the picture being over 10 years old they couldn't take her driver's license. My mom whipped out her hospital ID from the va which is a governor issued document again nope. My mom luckily had her passport and they rolled their eyes and said "ok fine". They really didn't want to pay out.I've had a situation where I hit a side bet on 3 card poker and the had to correct the dealer to pay me. I was making a bet that wasn't common and the dealers are often on autopilot and not paying attention to out of the ordinary things. If your neighbor was loud and annoying, I can see him getting backed off the table. If he wasn't, I don't understand why the pit boss would back him off.
Hits over $1200 trigger a hand-pay and you need to provide ID for tax purposes. Sometimes that takes time if it's your first hand-pay and you're not on file at the casino. What were the details of them not wanting to pay out the $1350?
No longer any billboards advertising $1.99 steak and eggs, that's for sure!The restaurant tab is still memorable--- not a happy memory.
Didn't The Mint become the Horseshoe?Gambling is buying time, as are all other recreational activities, gambling just happens to be as expensive as you want it to be.....to some people's peril.
There used to be a casino downtown called The Mint. It was easy to get onto the roof. As a kid I witnessed several people jump from The Mint. Today, you cannot access the roof of any casino without great difficulty.
Bally's didDidn't The Mint become the Horseshoe?
I've been visiting Vegas my whole life. I think you're right. The peak has definitely passed at least for in person gaming. The strip is nothing like it once was. The new properties are posting huge losses. They are adding fees to everything and ruining the games for gamblers. 000 roulette and 6:5 blackjack are a couple examples.I strongly suspect we've hit "peak casino" and "peak gambling" nationwide in the US, or we're about to. Why travel to Las Vegas to gamble now when most US states are allowing casinos in some form?
Thanks for the info about Las Vegas hotels on the Strip charging for everything including parking. For years I had toyed with the idea of visiting that city just to see the Strip, not to gamble. Now it's clear that would be too expensive a trip. Vegas has evolved into just another tacky, expensive tourist trap.
Didn't The Mint become the Horseshoe?
The Mint became part of the Horseshoe in Downtown Vegas. Caesars purchased the Horseshoe, mostly because they owned the World Series of Poker. Caesars sold the Horseshoe hotel casino and its name changed to Binion's. Caesars kept ownership of the WSOP and the Horseshoe name and renamed Bally's to Horseshoe. So, both the Mint and Bally's became the Horseshoe at one time.Bally's did
Not exactly. The Horseshoe expanded, sometime in the late 80s, maybe 87ish The Mint became a part of the Horseshoe. My dad was a friend of Jack Binion, and worked for the Horseshoe for quite sometime. I would go to work with him in the summer when not in school. Suit and tie, and all. Looking back on it now, I got to see quite a bit, much more than most at my age at the time. Good and bad.Didn't The Mint become the Horseshoe?
I'm talking Binions Horsehoe.Bally's did
okay, that makes sense. I've heard a lot of stories about father Benny Binion. He was a character. Jack always seemed like a well respected guy. Shame what his sister did to the place. The Binions Horsehoe is a shell of its former self. The hotel has been closed for what seems like 15 yrs but the parking garage still has what my wife and I affectionately call the scariest elevator in LV.Not exactly. The Horseshoe expanded, sometime in the late 80s, maybe 87ish The Mint became a part of the Horseshoe. My dad was a friend of Jack Binion, and worked for the Horseshoe for quite sometime. I would go to work with him in the summer when not in school. Suit and tie, and all. Looking back on it now, I got to see quite a bit, much more than most at my age at the time. Good and bad.
I keep telling my wife that it's overbuilt but their occupancy rates are not dropping.I've been visiting Vegas my whole life. I think you're right. The peak has definitely passed at least for in person gaming. The strip is nothing like it once was. The new properties are posting huge losses. They are adding fees to everything and ruining the games for gamblers. 000 roulette and 6:5 blackjack are a couple examples.