I have played at an (old) Laughflin casino for a number of years, i dont like the table so i dont play alot there each trip.. I have seen every year the dealers encourage new players to place a $5 line bet and then a $1 lucky bet next to the line bet for them, at times they also ask them to make minimum place bets with $1 lucky bet.
AS you know, this makes the odds against the player worse than a loan shark.

The new people have no idea what happens to all their money

Monday i saw something different.

WE were on a decent roll and after a couple of hits the dealer asked the 3 guys next to me to place a $5 line tip bet so he could play along, then said if you add odds it is even better. So the guys were playing $5/$25 odds on pass line and $20 for the dealers. I had my usual $1 on top and on the side. Each hit the dealer would take the line bets/ odds and profit and slide them to the boxman and then request another line tip bet with odds.

We all had place bets at $24–$60 and each win the dealer would say drop me a red chip and a white chip and i will be on the 8 or 6 etc, with you…. ( 4 guys including me)
he would place the $24 on the eight or 6 etc. when it hit he would slide the $24 place bet and winnings
to the box man and then state in a low voice here are your winnings on the 8, drop- me a red chip and white chip and i will go back up on it with you.
Each hit he was taking the $24 bet plus $28 profit for $52 and sliding that to the boxman… he was actually making more on each than the players.

At first we felt he was just asking to drop a red and white because he was paying us in larger chips…. but it was for his play.

Over the roll the dealer raked in hundreds…. i would say more than any
player made.

I admit to not being a big tipper, but i tip all the time…. i felt this was very
wrong…
I feel this crew is taking advantage of players not understanding not only the
math of the game, but what is reasonable expectation of treatment by the
crew. I was also upset because three times during that roll they screwed my
pay, once by taking down a complete come bet and odds, and also missing a
payment on a $24 6 and then 8. They were either pissed i was not tipping as
much or they were paying to much attention to their own bets.

I called the casino manager and stated my complaint.. i indicated how long i had seen the activity of taking advantage of new players also indicated others had mentioned that to me including a number of casino people in Laughflin. He seemed to be upset
and said he has heard there is a problem there, and needs help to stop it and wants a letter of complaint indicating what happened with my name on it.

I have decided ( with guidance) to not forward a complaint with my name on it. There
are a couple of reasons for this, First the crew knows me by name One boxman and dealer
are originally from close to me in Wisconsin) and i dont want
to be singled out there.

Also i am a dice setter and i dont want them to take that out on others

Finally, this activity was so blatant any decent review of the tapes could
show the bets being placed and the money handed to the boxman…

It is funny they single us out for dice setting because we are trying to win and they
grind every dollar they can out of people that dont pay attention or are
new players.

gman

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