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As I had reported earlier this month, the Bob Dancer machines were gone and the better machines (the ones with 9/6 JoB) were relocated or missing. In their place ( by the aquarium) they had put some $.25 BP instead. Well, a month later, the nickel 9/6 JoB machines showed up over by the restrooms next to the Mi Casa restaurant. I also found a Blackjack machine that let you play nine hands at a time at either $.25 or $1 per hand. Tried that one successfully for a couple of hours.
If you like Craps, they also have a couple of tables with $3 minimums with 10x odds. You can play a long time with those. The table we were playing seemed to be cold so we played the Don't Pass line and I kept throwing out 7s so we won a few bucks.
I had never been to Hooters so after going to the Trop to see the "Bodies" exhibit, we went next door to see what they had. Just as you enter the right front door to the right, the first set of machine are the ones called "Optimum". Nice schedules. I didn't see anything else worth playing just on a cursery stroll through. My family likes to make fun of me because I can't go thru a casino without checking out the pay schedules.
The Venetian, Wynn and the Bellagio had really, really lousy schedules. No surprise there! But a 6/5 for JoB?!! That sucks! Also, didn't see ANYBODY playing the machines either. 7/5 JoB was the most common at these properties.
My son-in-law wanted to try the Craps at the Monte Carlo. While he was at the table ($3 minimum, 20x odds and extremely crowded and smoky on Saturday night) I found a $.01 VP machine with 50 hands. That was fun. I won $30 and of course had to play $20 of it back into the machine.
The next day (Sunday) we visited the Palms. It was 11 o'clock AM and there weren't a dozen people in the whole casino. I guess everybody was partied out from the previous evening. There was one guy playing Craps that had turned about $300 into several thousand. He was playing the Don't Pass Line and agressively playing the Don't Come. He had worked his stake on the rail to at least 150 to 200 $25 chips and at least 125 $5 chips. It was amazing.
While we were in the Bellagio seeing "O", our kids went over to the Wynn. They watched a guy blow thru at LEAST $40 grand in about 30 minutes playing Craps (obviously not very well!!).
I came home $100 poorer but had a great time. My problem is I can't leave the 100 hand machine at the Silverton alone. I usually win at everything I play and then blow it all on the 100 hand. Oh well! Sure was fun.
Christmas we are going back out to SoCal to check on momma (she's 96) and are going to spend a long weekend in Vegas again. Don't you know that Southwest ONLY flies through Vegas from Nashville to Ontario??!! gonna stay at the Stratosphere this time for something different.
