Cab from the airport to the Flamingo. What route to I request so I don't get long hauled?

Have a dinner reservation at mesa grille tomorrow at 630, want to play the caesar's noon $110.

Assuming things go well and I'm still in. Any chance I still make the reservation?

Also if not, anyone suggest a good structured tournament that starts earlier than noon. I'm only finding very quick structured tourneys in the AM.

"flamingo please. could you take swenson north? thanks."

that still gives him a couple of options, but it'll keep you off the tunnel.

oh and if he takes you on the strip at all, you got longhauled.

no and no. just eat and then late reg a 7 pm!

I'm guessing the nerds from the Consumers Electronics Show in January are all nits and won't be dropping large $ at the poker tables?

more people = more fish.

pretty much true across the entire population and the nerds are no different

Thanks. Can you get an apartment in Vegas by just paying cash or do you have to have a job?

Depends on where your staying, note: as a self employed person they will take tax returns

Going to be in Vegas for four nights starting February 2.

Will I need to pre-book something for a Superbowl party? Or when I get in on the Thursday, start searching for a place to watch it?

Many people who go to vegas and bets on games usually don't bet too much. Many bet $10, some $100, others $500 and then you have guys who bet $1,000 a game or more. But what i want to know is, do people who try to bet say $30,000 a game usually just giving cash at the cashier to make their bets?


For example if a guy wants to bet 2 grand on an nfl game, the guy could easily give 20 hundred dollars bills or a mix of that and casino chips. I also know if you wager more than $10,000 at once, there is a CTR that is filed and also one that is filed if you bet say $5500 to win $5000 since you would collect $10,500 if you win. But to those guys who bet very large, i know they sometimes have to get management approval before the bet. But are these guys betting real big always place their bet with casino chips/cash at the sportsbook? Are casino chips and cash the only thing?


I watched that Billy Walters episode of 60 minutes last time and he was on the phone and he was telling his runners to go and bet x team or total and he was saying stuff like Packers for 250 which is Packers for $275,000 to win $250,000. But lets just say it was for $55,000 to win $50,000. Do these guys who bet this much actually bring this much money in chips/cash to the cashier when placing their bets? Because to me, that would not seem all too safe. And if you win, you would be carrying $105,000 with you when cashing out. Can't these guys just request a bank transfer or even a wire to their bank account instead Do people who bet real big place bets differently than someone who bets much much lesser? I can see people going and giving $10,000 cash/chips when placing a bet but I don't think someone who bets $30,000 or more would be doing the same thing right?


And yes, i know many use bookies but I don't think that is safe since there is always the chance you get stiffed even though i read many of the bookies in las vegas take huge action.

These stories may interest you and at least partially answer your questions:

http://www.lvrj.com/news/sports-bett...127283178.html
http://www.lvrj.com/news/las-vegas-m...134790903.html

In the first, you can't very well claim someone robbed you for $360K and have it be even slightly believed unless you do sometimes have $360K in cash or casino chips in your car.

In the second, you can't get in trouble for making a casino file a false currency transaction report unless you are transacting with currency.

on the back of any betting slip there is information on how to collect. i've taken tickets home with me that ended up winners and i mailed them in and got a check from the casino. nothing this big, but i'd imagine you can get a check for any winning amount.

Betting large amounts cash, 40-50k takes literally 75 seconds. If they approve bet of course. They usually know the better and run the hundreds through the machine behind the counter. Some guys just keep tickets till their next bet so the winning ticket acts as a huge cash credit.

Most guys use chips fwiw

alright a few more

Has nuclear weapons testing in Nevada affected the safety of the drinking water or the environment in LV?

Is there any going to be any drinking water in LV when Lake Mead dries up?

As far as dating goes in LV are there any women that aren't waitresses or strippers?

1) ah this might explain why I glow for 3-4 days when I get back
2)no, good news colorado is getting a ton of snow this year
3) what's wrong with waitresses and strippers might be a few

What's the best way to follow some of the NBA action on Christmas day? Thought it may be interesting to see them from the sportsbook area of a casino and see the gambler bet money on the matches. Any suggestion on which place best suits this description?

If you stay at a CET property, can multiple people contribute their Total Rewards points toward the room? Or is it only the person who it's booked under? (If the room is $300, can 2 people pay 15000 points each? 3 people 10000 each?)

1. Nuclear weapons testing (above and below ground) has affected the environment nationwide and possibly worldwide. Hundreds of underground nuclear explosions at the former Nevada Test Site occurred near natural aquifers. Depending on whom you believe (the feds or the environmentalists), this will or will not adversely affect public water supplies, the most significant alleged risk being to well water in Nye County/Pahrump. (Per international treaties, the U.S. Govenment no longer conducts aboveground or underground nuclear weapons testing.)

Probably the water supply in Las Vegas itself won't be affected for decades (if at all) because most Las Vegas tap water comes from the Colorado River basin.

Alleged radiation issues aside, the conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas tap water doesn't taste all that great, and most homes, hotels, and restaurants have a water filtration system. YMMV. The cocktail waitress will be happy to bring you a bottle of water. Tip her a buck. Drink up, you're in a desert.

2. Lake Mead's water level increased significantly this year and is expected to also increase significantly in the coming years due to increased rainfall in the Rockies.

3. It's anybody's guess. If you are looking for women who aren't waitresses or strippers, look outside casinos (although bachelorette parties aren't hard to find).
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i haven't done it personally, but i think you can. they have something on their website where you can book using two TR numbers. and when it comes to stuff like room and food i think their credits pretty much work like any other form of payment.

I get to the casino garage about 3am. I'm walking to the stairwell when a car comes up behind me and just keeps pace. My first thought is "he's confused and thinks I'm heading TO the car, not from, and he wants my parking spot". But there are many good parking spots--it's 3am. As I'm getting to the stairwell, he stops the car, leaves it running, and gets out. I take off down the stairs two at a time. As I am about 1.5 levels down I hear stairwell footsteps, but I'm far enough ahead I can't see him. I exit the stairwell one level early and sprint across the very empty garage to the other stairwell and don't get followed.

I cannot think of any non-nefarious thing a person could be doing leaving their car running in the middle of the parking garage while they get out and follow someone down the stairs. First such event I've ever had in Vegas (and I'm still not sure what it was--I just know whatever he was selling I didn't want it).

Must have been a pretty tough dude. I mean who mugs Dolph Lundgren?

Seriously, that's pretty ballsy in a casino garage - I would generally consider those a relatively safe place. Perhaps valet parking from now on?

Hate valet. Never liked it much in the first place, and then one day I tried to leave Caesars (where parking is way far from the poker room so I sometimes gave in and valeted) just as a Celine show was letting out. Took like 45 minutes to get the car.

I'm not huge, but am big enough I figure I'm not a very tempting target. Alas, folks with weapons don't always care all that much how big their victims are so I still pay attention when going to/from the car at those sort of hours.

You should probably disavow yourself of any notion that casino garages are "relatively safe". If you're gonna be jacked, the garage is a likely spot. Casino garages can be pretty empty places during the week at 3am. And garages often don't have great camera coverage. Maybe a couple years ago there was a string of armed robberies in Vegas casino garages that had cops sharing grainy photos and warning people to be careful. I feel better in Harrah's garage than most, because I see bicycle security going through there very, very regularly (kudos to them for that). I see security in many other casino garages once in a blue moon.

I'm still not really positive what was going on, but it was close enough to how the armed robbery spree operated that I wasn't going to interview the guy to find out what his intentions were. In those, the robbers made their getaway in a car from the garage, but had one person in the getaway car and two people doing the hands-on work.

Scary stuff, have to agree this persons intentions were probably not something that would improve your day. I agree casino garages are not always as safe as they appear. I remember a lady who used to run bets for a gambler was robbed in a CP elevator and she over the course of her work day never even left CP. she just sat in the sports book. They tried to keep it pretty quiet but I found out in a round about way.

Did you alert security? I know you had no concrete evidence but what you described certainly was something were investigating.

Yeah, my perspective on both the safety of Vegas casino garages and valet parking is probably pretty skewed. We're only there on weekends and only in the garages with Vegas friends at pretty busy times. I've never experienced one at 3am on a Wednesday in December.

I'm also not a huge valet fan, mostly because I don't like others driving my car. But, I would trade that for relative safety if I thought things were too sketchy. Like you, I'm large enough not to be an easy mark and keep myself really aware of my surroundings. I've never been mugged/assaulted despite traveling by myself in a lot of less desireable places around the world. I hope that you mix up your routine - I would think that if someone knew you were a poker player and reguarly carried cash, they could mark you pretty easily if you parked in the same place, same time, etc...

By the way, does Vegas have much of a problem with follow home type robberies? I know it has been a problem in SoCal and it has even happened from some underground games in Austin. Not really heard of it in Vegas.

Nobody? Guess sports bar are a better bet then to enjoy the games?