Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing everyone a happy holiday from my mountain retreat in FairPlay, Colo. Just sitting by the fire waiting for my kids and grandkids to arrive later this evening. I always do the turkey and I hide a secret ingredient in…
Looking for some info about Reno
My bride, Lady Luck, has gotten an offer for 5 nights, round trip airfare, ground transportation, and hotel accomodations to a casino in Reno. I don’t recall seeing much on the forum about Reno. I know we don’t want to…
BEST Beer Commercial
Usually beer commercials are full of goofy characters and funny gags, but this one carries an important message. Even Budweiser couldn’t top this one. …Well Done Guinness! https://www.youtube.com/embed/rx0MRawkrj4 Replies: Posted by: Mr Finesse on December 7, 2015, 12:06 pm Just…
As a 'professional' casino cheat, John Vaccaro set the bar high
The Nevada Gaming Control Board‘s Excluded Person List — also known as the "Black Book" — shows information on John Vacarro Jr. For more information, see http://gaming.nv.gov/index.aspx?page=72 Courtesy, Nevada Gaming Control Board By John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal John…
Atlantic City casino profit up 61 percent in 3rd quarter
Wayne Parry, Associated Press · November 23, 2015 at 2:49 pm ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Atlantic City’s casinos saw their gross operating profits increase by 61 percent in the third quarter of this year. Figures released Monday by the…
Trip Report: The Caribbean
Had a great vacation trip with a decent amount of casino time. Flew to San Juan on the 6th. I’d booked at the Condado Plaza Hilton in part because I had points to use and they had a casino, I…
Vegas over turkey day
I will be in Vegas late Tuesday the 24th to Monday the 30th. I have a friend joining me but would love to have another GTCer join us. Please let me know . Happy Thanksgiving. Replies: No replies were posted…
KC Trip Report
So, teaching in Kansas. Stop at Harrah’s. The table is not bouncy but is long. I cannot really report on it because I played tired. Left them… a bunch. Dom is already shaking his head that I palyed tired but……
Mob Protégé Bernie Sindler Tells All
Bernie Sindler By David G. Schwartz, Green Felt Journal, Vegas Seven When card games were dealt in clubs and private homes, when the mob ran most American gambling and when Las Vegas was barely an idea, Bernie Sindler was there….
New partnership gives SLS hope for turnaround
By John Katsilometes Scott Kreeger, president and COO of SLS Las Vegas, said the resort has an 18-month to two-year period to “ramp up.” SLS Las Vegas just turned a year old in August, but the hotel’s ownership and image…