Harrahs AC

[olds442jetaway]

Now I don't feel so bad posting all the time about the down streaks I have had and am still having. I'm waiting for the close together good streaks for the offset. Hope I won't be using a walker or chair by then, but it wouldn't surprise me either. Beautiful weather here today in Ct. That is the good news. Another trip up tonight, but that will be for my scouting mission at Foxwoods. Mohegan Sun has worn out their welcome for me. I hope they have Peroni beer. There is one place near home that has it on tap. I wonder if Vman has ever tried it.

[notes1]

Omt, if you read my original post, where I mentioned the difficulty getting the matching fourth card, I did not call for some FBI investigation. I simply asked if others had noticed the same thing. But, when others, who unlike you, that actually play there chime in with similar stories, it raises my curiosity. And, I considered the source of those who noticed the same thing. They are not inclined to cry wolf regularly. That is what peaked my interest.

Recently a lottery security official was nabbed rigging a state lottery, an online poker scandal involved an insider stealing millions, at one time Nevada gaming approved a slot feature that mislead the public, a Nevada gaming employee found and exploited a weakness to hit a $100k at an AC keno game, the list goes on.

You and others are free to believe/trust whatever/whoever you want. I live in the real world.

[FAA]

a total of 1617 hands of TDB. I "amassed" a grand total of zero quads.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Seven Stars seeing stars. I have major frustration w 600 hands without a quad. At that result, I'm knocking down the doctor's door for a Valium or Xanas RX.

[FAA]

Mohegan Sun has worn out their welcome for me.------------------------------------------------------------------I'm with you in solidarity down the shore with my ongoing Resorts boycott. My pulling teeth quarter JOB session is still too firmly entrenched a nightmare. Great restaurants, to be sure.

[DaBurglar]

Black Friday was something altogether different. I believe that was the day the Bush administration cracked down on money transfers, in the name of national security. I think the owners of one of the largest online gambling transfer businesses were arrested in Seattle. The far right did not like gambling and I believe they used national security as an excuse to shut down online gambling.

This is my memory, could be wrong.While I agree with the "spirit" of your post Notes1, and find it encouraging that you are at least balanced in your criticism of the Bush ADMIN in regards to the general issue of overzealous government intrusion into general business/capitalism (which is what America is all about) in the name of "National security"......you are correct in that your memory is a little bit off.Black Friday happened in 2011, well into the administration of Obama (a.k.a.  "the Barackness Monster")    There actually were a slew of issues altogether in the Government's  "CASE"  against the three largest online Poker websites, namely  Full TILT,  Absolute/Ultimate,  and Poker Stars....of course, the backdrop of all those issues (which included what you described, namely transfer and laundering allegations and the potential danger to national security and Drug trafficking, banking irregularities and tax issues, etc)   there was the simple fact that it was still  "ILLEGAL"  in the USA.You are partially correct though in that during G.W.  Bush's admin, much of these investigations and accumulation of "issues"  did happen, and a large portion of the Obama Admin's  case was derived from work done during the previous administration......but of course, under ATTY  General  Holder, there was a simple chance to look "tough" on a bunch of issues  by going through with Black Friday, and hence, in my opinion, that is a big reason why they went ahead and slammed the three largest websites in the manner they did.     The issues and repercussions still reverberate to this day and MANY professional (and amateur) Poker players have never fully recovered!On the plus side though, Black Friday did help to fully expose and reveal ONCE AND FOR ALL the truly "BAD" side of online poker and what was happening, particularly at FULL TILT POKER (the one where 90% of the most famous and prolific, high profile  Poker professionals called 'home') ...... Full Tilt was exposed to be a giant ponzi scheme, although that was actually NOT the focus of the initial government case/charges against them.

[notes1]

I stand corrected on Black Friday. Maybe there is no name for it, but the arrest of two executives at an online money transfer business located in Canada, was the cause of the near collapse of online gaming, in the USA.

Thanks for the correction.

[olds442jetaway]

I agree with you KO. Certain nights at Mohegan Sun, you will see the same number over and over no matter which machine you play and which part of the casino you play in. Once in awhile it is King night. Those usually work out pretty well unless you are just playing deuces wild. Once in a great while, it will be deuces night. Those are banner days if you are playing deuces. More often than not though, the lower numbers are the ones that come in way out of whack. One other thing...the quads in Aces, twos, threes, and fours, are way way more frequent when playing job than normal. I wonder why.....hmmmmmmm. I will find out soon. They have beat me up long enough and I am giving Foxwoods a try after I scope out where the better paytables are. That is on the agenda tonight actually.

[DaBurglar]

I stand corrected on Black Friday. Maybe there is no name for it, but the arrest of two executives at an online money transfer business located in Canada, was the cause of the near collapse of online gaming, in the USA.

Thanks for the correction.Now you have me interested.....I'd really like to know more about THIS specific particualr incident  you are talking about......sounds very interesting and relevant, as well as different in important ways from BLACK FRIDAY.........there is Online  POKER  and there is Online  GAMING (in general);  obviously, Poker is a subset of the latter.Plus, either way, with which ever administration or political bent, there are a few key issues which still manage to cross bi-partisan lines and somehow "galvanize" both types of politicians (right & left....and center too sadly) into taking precipitous, and ridiculously suffocating, action in the name of "protecting" the american public from something perceived as a vice!       Gambling, particularly online, is one of them (others would be certain drug issues, like Pot legaization or the current so-called "opioid EPIDEMIC")  whereby both political wings deem it  "SAFE" to be zealous in the public eye when it comes to dealing or addressing these issues.Of course, its total political showmanship by all political stripes and sides.......Online Gaming should simply be LEGAL EVERYWHERE.    This notion of somehow protecting people from themselves, which both Democrat & Republican like to spin, is absurd, as well as un-american.    Like you recently stated notes1, "personal responsibility" has been totally hijacked and lost in this country & society!        Most of us can play and enjoy online gaming safely and within our budgets......while it is too bad that a certain minority of people are UNABLE to play online without getting themselves in total trouble, that is THEIR problem. Likewise with Marijuana (which, anyone with medical or chemistry or pharmacological expertise will tell you is no MORE harmful than alcohol, and likely is less so in many individual peoples' cases) it no longer makes ANY sense to maintain its federal (and some states') status as a class 1  ILLEGAL substance (the same status as Heroin or LSD or METH or Cocaine)....most people who use it do so without ruining their life or others' lives (just like alcohol) so what's the problem?    And with this absurd, so-called OPIOID EPIDEMIC, the fact that a small (but admittedly GROWING) minority of people who allegedly are prescribed opiates for a legit medical reason (or somehow get a hold of someone else's prescribed meds) find that they suddenly cannot live without the 'buzz' these meds give and yet who are (rightfully) 'cut off' by their doctor, make the conscious decision to instead use HEROIN to achieve that buzz, and they then in turn DIE from overdoses.......how in the hell is this the fault of Doctors or "Society'?  How is that a 'disease' (as opposed to sheer stupidity, weakness and debauchery)?   and Why is it necessary to punish or penalize the MAJORITY of people who can and do use prescription opiates responsibly by severely curbing, stigmatizing and restricting their use via arbitrary regulations, such as limiting the number of pills a doctor can prescribe for a "first time patient" (what the liberal Democratic legislature in MASSACHUSETTS recently did with the help of the REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR)?!?!?!     And while I am at it, how come, since the REAL problem here is all this insanely CHEAP and pure HEROIN which is flooding the streets of USA, the federal government cannot utilize its ever expansive reach and powers and employ the TRILLION dollar military we have and go after these drugs at their source!?!?!?    We know where the drugs are made and where they come from.......!    Does the Republican Congress and Democratic "President" currently in office both want to tell me that Illegal drugs flooding the country is NOT a matter of national security?!?!?Gahhhh!   Arrrggh!     Please note, I do not advocate Gambling in general, Booze, Pot, Heroin, Prescription Opiates, Sugary Beverages or excessive consumption of tabloid media as a means of coping with life's problems.......but I do get annoyed at the HYPOCRISY and INCOMPETENCE and sheer STUPIDITY of politics in the USA as it is practiced these days!    And although we may disagree on particulars, I do fully ENDORSE notes1 notion of Personal responsibility as being vital to protecting individual Liberty in this country, and it is under direct threat from ALL political angles and bents!YOU CANNOT, by means of politics, PROTECT PEOPLE (especially the American people)  from THEMSELVES!   it just does not work......

[jetermacaw]

Anyone want to bet what multiplier I get today?

[Carcounter]

$1,000 on 3x.