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+
Any chance casino gambling in Las Vegas will be shrunken to sports book only?
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The 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.
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.
Yep. My wife asked me if I wanted to go and I passed. Too much cholesterol at my age.
I think the OP is implying that the properties have had to make these changes because they're making less per person per session at the tables.
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.
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.
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.
Las Vegas is the nearest big city for us. I was in Henderson yesterday to go to Costco, then straight back home again. The income tax seminar I go to each year is held at Little Caesar's or some other Caesar's property. The room rates are outrageous, even not counting the "resort fee." They do not even keep the pools open long enough to use them. Then there is the $ 20 daily parking charge. Then you have the crowds and traffic. I am going to the seminar in Dallas this year. I keep suggesting they hold the seminar in Laughlin, but they can't figure out where that is.
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.
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.
Didn't The Mint become the Horseshoe?
Bally's did
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.
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.
Today's Horseshoe started out as the MGM and that is the casino that had the horrible fire that killed many people. It changed its name to Bally's and now it's the Horseshoe. I've stayed there many times.
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'm talking Binions Horsehoe.
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.
I keep telling my wife that it's overbuilt but their occupancy rates are not dropping.