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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! And what happens specifically in the casino stays between you, the dealer, and everyone with access to the security cameras.
Movies and TV shows often portray casinos as wild places full of debauchery and opportunities to earn thousands. However, the reality is that the owners of these casinos usually work hard to describe a perfectly curated image to the world.
Redditors have recently been revealing secrets that those in the gambling industry might not want you to know. From surprising ways companies encourage visitors to spend more to information these hotels want to keep under wraps, enjoy scrolling through this juicy list.
And be sure to upvote the details you think everyone should be aware of before putting money into a slot machine!
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#1
Security has to constantly wander the parking lots to see if there are any babies or dogs being left in the car. Real bad if security doesn't notice in time.
sturmwesen 11 months ago
S****y that they have to do it, great that they do it. ...even if it's propably partly for cleaning their image
Karl der Große 11 months ago
I worked in a casino once where a woman would lock her developmentally disabled sister in the bathroom and then go gambling. It took us a while to figure out what was going on - who knows how long she did that?
Wang Zhuang 11 months ago
People get so caught up in their gambling addiction that everything, including their children, become secondary. I can only imagine how many times people have encountered babies, children and animals locked in cars for hours at casinos
The Dusty Rhino 11 months ago
There are signs in the parking lot of Niagara Falls, Ontario, casinos saying: "it is illegal to leave your children unattended in the car while you gamble". I thought it was a joke: it happens all the time. Summer and winter.
Mike F 11 months ago
This is something that should not be necessary. I (of all people) know how powerful an addiction is and the havoc it can wreak on your life, but dammit, if you are caring for another living thing drop them off with someone who is equipped to deal with them rather than "I'll just be a minute" and leave them to die.
Pam Branham 11 months ago
We have a building for exercising off site from the rec center and people leave their pets (mostly dogs) in their cars all the time.
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#2
Used to be a blackjack dealer, in NV. To me, the most disgusting thing was watching people I knew, who were struggling to feed their families, come in and feed their entire paycheck into a slot machine, or gaming table. And, I was never allowed to say anything. Not on or off the job. I ended up quitting, as it was so depressing.
Jenka666 11 months ago
I can understand this. I’m not even sure if the money is good, but I can see how the job would erode your soul
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
My mother spent this last weekend at her favorite casino. She came back today and announced to me how mad she was that she had lost $4,000 on this trip. I've been putting off critically-needed repairs on my car (my only mode of transportation) for almost a year now because I got laid off and I can't afford them. If I got all the repairs it needs, it would cost $3,100. My mom blew more than that on the slot machines at the casino in a 48-hour time period. It's my mom's money, and playing the slots makes her happy, and I have no rights to her money, but sometimes it still hurts when she makes casual remarks about losing $4k playing the slots.
Nikole 11 months ago
Nah, that’s pretty callous. Hope you find a new job soon!
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Friskey Horton 11 months ago
Our local GP’s husband used to put $500 every day through the pokies. What a useless article he was.
Brazen 11 months ago
I had a co-worker that would open up a bunch of credit cards, go to the casino, lose all his money and try and hide it from his wife. She would always find out somehow, shred the cards, take away his paycheck and get caught up on bills....then he would do it all over again. Not sure why she didn't divorce him. I think it would be hard to live like that all the time.
Donna Peluda 11 months ago
On your job I understand. In your personal life it's your call. The problem is they will probably go somewhere else. Gambling is an very hard addiction to shake.
#3
Not *totally* hidden from the public since I, a member of the public, was shown it... but major casinos in Vegas have an armory room, stockpiles of weapons and tactical gear.
Was staying at a casino on the main strip, and had a number of guns with me for a meetup at a nearby shooting range, and asked the front desk if they had somewhere I could keep them since I didn't really like the idea of leaving them unattended in my room or car. A security guy came out and said "follow me to the armory", and led me to an extremely secure room full of all kinds of rifles and vests and whatnot, pointed to an empty locking cabinet I could put my stuff in, and gave me a claim ticket to pick them back up again later.
Janissary35680 11 months ago (edited)
As someone originally from a country where guns are famously legal, this is more than slightly unnerving.
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DeoManus Argentem 11 months ago
I'd imagine most high end hotels have larger safes available for valuables that wouldn't fit inside the in-room safes. Not just firearms.
#4
If you drunkenly break into the kitchen to make a quesadilla, they let you eat it before having someone take you back to your room.
Janissary35680 11 months ago (edited)
I'll bet they also charge an arm and a leg for the quesadilla and the escort service as well as for any damage caused by breaking in.😀
General Anaesthesia 11 months ago (edited)
Escort services aren't usually free. (Heard that from a friend)
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#5
The number of kids who are left alone at a casino so Mom and Dad can gamble. Not on the floor, but gift shops or food courts. It’s pretty sad.
Damned_Cat 11 months ago
I used to see them just sitting on the sidewalk outside of the casinos in downtown Vegas. Sometimes, fairly big groups of kids like several parents had left their kids there. It was terrible.
Arlene Harris 11 months ago
I remember being 10 years old, standing outside a Vegas casino at midnight in 100 degree weather (yes, at midnight) while my parents played slots just inside the open bay where the air conditioning was pouring down on them. I got heat stroke. WOke up the next day in a campground in Barstow and my dad pissed off because they had to leave town to get me somewhere cooler. Pretty much sums up the 1970's for me :-/
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BookFanatic 11 months ago
I was a "kid" left alone while my mother gambled. Granted...I was Mom's ride, and I was in my 30s, and I brought a book because gambling bores the snot out of me. Security kept walking by and looking at me until one finally asked me what I was doing there.
Sue User 11 months ago (edited)
Atlantic City has an " arcade" on the boardwalk where you play games , win tickets and buy cheap prizes. Felt very much like " gambling in training ".
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Some of the casinos that cater to locals do/did have "Kid Zones" where you could pay to have someone watch your kids while they played on a variety of playground equipment. Unfortunately, most tourist casinos don't have that.
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Nikole 11 months ago
Despite my apparent proclivity for addictions, I’ve somehow managed to avoid those neon clutches.
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Cydney Golden 11 months ago
When I taught kindergarten I ran into one of my students (one who always seemed neglected) waiting outside the OTB store in the cold in her pjs. The poor child.
detective miller's hat 11 months ago
My mother and her friend used to leave me and her friend's kid at the Steel Pier when they went to Atlantic City. We were like 8 at the time.
#6
The security cameras are *scary* good. Like can read your name off your badge hanging off your waist good. You aren't doing a damn thing the camera can't see.
BookFanatic 11 months ago
Which is why I usually make a face or stick out my tongue when I pass one. Figure I'll entertain whoever's watching.
Gabby M 11 months ago
Worked in Surveillance for a while ... PTZ Pan Tilt Zoom cameras can see a zit on your face.
Florence O'Grady 11 months ago
Can these kind of cameras be bought for home surveillance?
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 11 months ago
Depends on the casinos. They do get better every day. More then the resolution isn't the issue. It's the storage and that has become cheaper and cheaper.
#7
How safe casinos are for kids in a weird way. I had a young relative experience distress in LV and told her to get into any casino ASAP. Security intercepted her in a second and she was helped.
UpupaEpops 11 months ago
Even if you are just being followed. Any establishment with security will help you immediately. At least in Europe. Fancy luxury store you'd never be able to shop at? No problem. Club, gambling parlour and you are under age/Muslim, etc. Doesn't matter one bit. Yes in some countries bouncers tend not to have a stellar reputation but if you are in distress, reach out. In my experience they are far quicker to recognise danger and will not be playing it down.
Stephanie A Mutti 11 months ago
Security did nothing when I was carrying my adopted 3y/o black daughter [I am white] who was screaming for her mother through the casino. It was fine of course because I was her lawful parent and she was screaming because she had peed her pants and was unhappy. I was a little suprised that no one even glanced. I could have been kidnapping this kid.
Kit Black 11 months ago
I'm super pale white, & had the same experience with my black nephew on a crowded beach - walking him back to the car & his angry lil' 4yo self is yelling ~She's not my mommy!~ No one even looked twice 🥺
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Sue User 11 months ago
You are probably safe from domestic violence in a casino. Security will step in fast.
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I knew someone who hit the jackpot on a slot. It was around $200,000. The casino managers came out to verify, but they said the machine malfunctioned and it didn’t count.
How is that legal?
Heir of Durin 11 months ago
I can’t imagine “winning” that much money and then being told it was a fluke. Terrible.
Jenka666 11 months ago
That’s so unfair. Also, would it pay out in quarters? my only references friends.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
There are very few modern machines in casinos that pay out in tokens or quarters these days. Now, most of them print out a ticket with a barcode on it, and you take it to the cashier, who will pay out the ticket's amount in cash.
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Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 11 months ago
Read a story about a couple seeing a casino once and they won. If that ever happens, take pictures with your phone for evidence. But usually casinos don't care
MagicJacket 11 months ago
Convenient. A woman won a $43 million dollar jackpot and the casino said the machine malfunctioned, offered her a free steak dinner and told her she was lucky to be getting that. This sort of thing is not terribly uncommon.
#9
At this casino, employees were only allowed to gamble there 1 day a month. You'd think it'd be money right back into the casino's pocket, but they don't want the risk of an employee being heavily in debt.
Stephanie A Mutti 11 months ago
"Not being in debt" was the nice pretext. The reason is they figured if employees gambled a lot with their fellow employees, the employees would start getting abnormally lucky at the tables.
Joe Reaves 11 months ago
No the issue is if you can easily be bribed or blackmailed then you're a security threat to the casino.
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Laura R. Varanda 11 months ago
I work for an online casino and we're not allowed to gamble at all. Even after people quit, they can never ever have an account with that casino.
#10
When the MGM Grand opened in Las Vegas, you walked through a giant Lion’s mouth to get to the front door. Many Asian gamblers saw it as a sign of bad luck so they wouldn’t go in. Now it’s a smaller statue.
Katie Allen 11 months ago
The number 4 is bad luck in Chinese culture so the casinos have a computer system where they will automatically not put somebody with a Chinese name (or a name that just might be Chinese, like Lee) in a hotel room with a 4 in the number.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
Yep! The Cantonese pronunciation of the number "4" is very close to the pronunciation for the word "death", which is why the superstition exists.
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General Anaesthesia 11 months ago
Unless they suspect that your parents were trying to be creative.
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#11
The father of a friend of mine was robbed and stabbed in the parkade of a local casino in the late 90s, after he won big.
It never made the news, and a friend of mine who worked at the same casino 5 years later swore I was making it up because she had never heard anything about it. After talking to a few security guys she finally had someone give her an off the record, wink/nod confirmation that it did happen, but they went the extra mile to keep the story buried.
Donna Peluda 11 months ago
In most casinos if someone make a big win the our escorted, or the money is kept at the casino until they can make safe arrangements.
#12
Fire Rock Navajo Casino has the best Pozole and Fry Bread I have ever tasted! I'm Mexican and I may just make a trip to eat their pozole!
Leigh 11 months ago
When I was a kid I had no idea elephant ears came from native culture! I like them with cinnamon and sugar.
BookFanatic 11 months ago
And TIL elephant ears were native culture. Thank you!
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Mason Kronol 11 months ago
TIL what pozole is and will be making it very soon. Could you put any more of my husband and my favorite ingredients together? But I will be making it with beef. Pork and I don’t get along. But bring on the hot peppers and cabbage 🤪
#13
A couple are not hidden, but not obvious to the average casino goer. Some casinos add scents to the air (they do not pump in extra oxygen in as some people believe). They also keep the temperatures on the cool side to keep people from getting sleepy. No clocks on the walls and, in general, no windows with views to the outside.
Robert Cosgrove 11 months ago
The no clocks trick still works because when you check your phone or watch it is a conscious thing. If you are distracted you wouldn't do this but a quick glance away from your game could take in a clock on the wall.
Panda-sized Potato 11 months ago
Scents make sense. No one wants to play when it smells bad. The "no clocks" thing is kinda pointless nowadays. Just about everyone has a phone.
LuckyL 11 months ago
its more about the marketing with the scents - like you know this play, feel at home, can remember it just by smelling it
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90% of casinos have private areas for the high rollers, politicians, gangsters, and other vips.
I was able to deal cards at one of those events. I was literally tipped $500 by some guy for keeping the water 'liquid'.
Jenka666 11 months ago
This is how corruption happens. Politicians and gangsters hanging out together.
Janissary35680 11 months ago
Upvoted because I'd like an explanation too. Off the top of my head I'd say it has something to do with either drụgs or booze.
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#15
If you like to play slot machines never play penny slots. Those are the machines that make the casinos their most money. Play quarter or dollar machines you spend just as much or less each spin and they tend to have better payouts. But your brain says penny slots are cheaper but they have machines that you can hit $20 a spin and higher. Where I used to work penny machines had a 14% hold while quarter and dollar machines had an 8% hold. The hold is how much the machine will win over the lifetime of the machine the higher the hold the more you are likely not to win.
Also, a machine is never due. They use random number generators that act the moment you hit the spin button or pull the arm. The machine already knows if you have won or not and everything you see in front of you is for your entertainment.
Always use your player's card. Yes, they track your play and try to lure you back based on how you play but it's also how they determine if they give you things.
Every casino has its own scent. They want you to associate that smell with the casino subconsciously. It's like going to the movies and you smell the popcorn and your brain is ready for the experience.
Rinso The Red 11 months ago
Depends on why I'm there. If there's free drinks while you're gambling, I can turn $20 into a night of drinks and entertainment.
Bacon Tentacles 11 months ago
I hit it big on the quarter slots once. Had the sense of mind to cash out instead of feeding it all back into the slots. Probably will never happen again.
Panda-sized Potato 11 months ago
I play the penny slots because they usually are the specific slots I like. I tend to do the $4 spins on those.
Lame Llama 11 months ago
Not just casinos. Shopping malls, retail stores, airports etc, pretty much standard for higher end establishments nowadays.
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Not sure about western casinos, but this is for Asian casinos. Asians generally subscribe to the supernatural and definitely the superstitions that go along with gambling. casino owners tend to "hire" ghost babies, toyols or kumantongs (aborted baby spirits) to kind of "curse" players into losing. superstitious players will bring candies, toss them under tables so the ghost babies leave them alone because of the candy bribe and let them win.
David 11 months ago
Accountant: "We're not making enough profit Boss. I think we should adjust the payout in the computer programs." Boss: "I have a better idea. Let's hire some dead babies to curse our customers" /J
Stephanie A Mutti 11 months ago
Not just dead.. ABORTED babies... I can't even imagine how that "lucky charm" evolved.
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Annie 11 months ago
My parents were both dealers in casinos in NV & my Dad told me something similar in that when someone was winning (whether playing cards or slots), other players would throw pennies under their chair to throw their luck off. I always celebrated when I saw someone win. Guess it takes all kinds.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
It's no more "insane" than believing in God, Jesus, and miracles. It's just another culture's beliefs.
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#17
The employee dining room is an entire buffet and convenience store with good quality at great prices.
WhatISaidWas 11 months ago
that was years ago.......now everything is like vending machine food that is deducted from your paycheck
#18
In Atlantic City there are a lot of unused stairwells and corridors especially now that the casinos are not as busy. Many homeless people find their way into them and live.
A friend of mine told me about a time they were using a stair well to move furniture and drywall for a remodel. They found two landings with beds and clothing there and one "resident" claimed he had been there over a year.
detective miller's hat 11 months ago
It's much safer for them than trying to survive in Atlantic City itself (away from the casinos). Honestly one of the scariest places I ever got lost.
Lowrider 56 11 months ago
I went to Atlantic City too. Literally one block away from the boardwalk it is very dangerous.
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#19
I don't know if this is still done but...
Many years ago I worked at Sahara Tahoe and in our paycheck envelopes the management would put 5 "drink tokes" that were good for 5 free drinks. It was introduced as an employee benefit. But you could only use the drink tokes in the casino bars, not in the restaurant or the hotel bars.
Now here's the kicker -
If you CASHED your paycheck at a casino cashier (again not at any of the hotel or restaurant cashiers) they would give you 10 MORE DRINK TOKES.
So what you would have on payday is many of the staff with a bunch or drinks under their belt and thousands of dollars in their pockets wandering around the casino.
It wasn't hard to see what the hotel wanted us to do with the cash...
halazia 11 months ago
Interesting, this kinda contradicts many of the other posts on this list
Sue User 11 months ago
Perhaps the idea has changed. If it was pay envelope , thats at least 30 years ago. They probably realised that employees in debt are a liability.
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#20
I wandered down to the basement of MGM from a truck ramp and man, it was like a whole city down there, imagine a massive warehouse with roads and offices and supplies everywhere. The opposite of the glitz going on above it.
Janissary35680 11 months ago
They could probably monetize it by organizing tours. I'm even a bit surprised they haven't.🤷♂️
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Janissary35680 11 months ago
The opposite of the glitz going on above it is what keeps the glitz above it going on.
Earthquake903 11 months ago
It's nerve-wracking to make a delivery in a semi there, very weird feeling
Donna Peluda 11 months ago
Some casino shave street names and maps on the walls so you don't get lost..
A girl 11 months ago
I had an "experience" in the MGM that left me concussed and lacking knowledge of about 6 hours. My fault. MGM handled it well. I checked in with security at the end of my stay to ask what actually happened. Guy I spoke to was the guy who handled my incident. After I explained that I wasn't planning to sue, he walked me through an incredible maze of back rooms to the primary surveillance room and let me see the video of me falling asleep at a high top table, tipping over and cracking my head open, literally seconds later, paramedics whisked me away and house keeping cleaned the carpet. Amazing response time. I do not recommend gambling for 36 hours straight. Will never happen to me again.
#21
Just how much money goes unclaimed/uncollected. I worked in the accounting department at one of the main gaming conglomerates and was tasked with cleaning up their unclaimed property accounts. There were players aka "whales" who'd deposited millions and just forgot about it for years.
#22
Casinos actively work with the police to assist in apprehending persons with warrants.
Gabby M 11 months ago
In my case they also worked with insurance companies, like workers comp. People who claim a disability i.e. they can't walk upstairs or any physical activity from a work-related injury. Surveillance would track said individual to document the physical activity the "disabled" individual.
🇳🇬 Asi Bassey 🇳🇬 11 months ago
I wonder if they would willingly give up high rollers with warrants.
White Sauce Hot Sauce 11 months ago
High security and not wanting any trouble makers inside. This makes sense.
#23
How much waste there is - tons of food, paper products, stuff like soaps, shampoos, lotions, key packets/folders... It's obscene.
We've got a lot of rats here in Vegas that appreciate it, though.
Mason Kronol 11 months ago
Isn’t that pretty much any hotel, especially in a tourist area? I really like how some hotels are putting big pump bottles of soaps, shampoo and conditioner in showers. And good stuff! Would have helped a few years back when I forgot our toiletries bag at home and we had to go buy all new stuff. I have long curly hair so those tiny bottles won’t do.The Aveno in a recent Sheraton was amazing! I brought my own stuff but had to try it.
#24
Anyone getting a job within the casino itself is getting background checked, especially for bad credit and outstanding debts. If you're a guy down on his luck, with some maxed out credit cards and you want a job to get back on your feet, the casino doesn't want you. You're a liability, you're not worth the risk.
BookFanatic 11 months ago
Yep. My bestie was a chef for a riverboat casino in Illinois. She was very thoroughly background checked, interviewed, and references were quizzed.
#25
Here in Australia, its money laundering
Any gambling wins here are tax-free. So if you've got s**t loads of dirty cash and you need to clean it. Go to any pub, club casino, etc, and start feeding your ill gotten gains into a pokie machine, press collect, and hey presto clean money. You don't even need to play. Just collect tax-free cash.
Robert Cosgrove 11 months ago
No, just put the money in but instead of playing just press collect to get it straight back
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Donna Peluda 11 months ago
It doesn't work like that. Most casinos I work in are TITO ticket in ticket out cashless. I'm sure they have th dames systems in Australia. Put your notes in, get tickets out. If you just put money in and cash out the system raises a flag..if you gamble you stand to loose 10-15% so the casino will look the other way but in most countries the casino is obliged to report to tax agency..in Portugal then slots are directly connected and audited buy the gaming board in real time.
Judy Reynolds 11 months ago
Money needs a history to be "clean", or laundered. If you got it illegally, it is "dirty".
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Chicken Mitten 11 months ago
This example is literally the most basic definition of laundering money.
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#26
The amount of people who get their car repossessed. They come to security thinking their car got stolen. The company will call us out of courtesy to let us know they took someone’s vehicle. Can’t pay their car payment but come gamble for hours.
#27
[Self-harm].
Properties go to GREAT lengths to hide these events from the public, given how bad for business it is. But it happens, and quickly taken care of. It's a very open but grim secret amongst casino workers apparently.
ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 11 months ago
SUICIDES, BP. The original post is talking about SUICIDES, not self-harm. For FÙCK'S SAKE BP, STOP CENSORING IMPORTANT TOPICS! All this does is tabooing them, making it harder for people with SUICIDAL thoughts to seek help!
Chicken Mitten 11 months ago
When did it stop censoring suicide in the comment section? BP is f*****g stupid.
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Caiman 94920 11 months ago
the one and only time we went to Vegas, we stayed at the Luxor. Came out of our room and just missed the man that jumped from one of the top floors to land just in front of the check-in desk. The body was covered quickly and gone in minutes...no evidence that this happened to be seen
Pittsburgh rare 11 months ago
Not only the ones that commit suicide. A lot of people die at the slot machines and tables and they're quickly and discreetly wheeled out
whineygingercat 11 months ago
It makes sense. A person gambles away everything they have, gets insanely drunk from all the free drinks the casino comps them as they lose, that person then goes to the comped hotel room/suite and realizes what's happend, does not want to face reality/family/friends... ends up doing something monumentaly stupid.
#28
One of my dad's best friends died on the floor of the Horeshoe casino in Baltimore. Upon googling his name, I can't find a single mention of it. I imagine deaths that don't involve violence aren't ever really talked about.
Pencil 11 months ago
No different than if it happened in a movie theater or supermarket. I'm sorry for OP's friend's loss but there's nothing here to suggest it would be newsworthy.
Donna Peluda 11 months ago
A guy had a heart attack playing BJ, he was stabilized and when they were trying to put him on a stretcher he want d to get back on the table.
#29
My cousin works at a Casino, and depending on what table he is working, requires a uniform/vest/cumber/tie/clip change. There is a large employee room with hundreds of lockers. He shares his with 2 others that usually work different shifts/areas than him. In the locker are 6 hooks (2 for each person), a top cubby with 3 sections (for water bottles, etc), a lower section with 3 sections (for boots/change shoes), and above the footwear section a 3 section 'mini locker' that you bring your own lock, where you put your wallet, valuables, etc that you can't have on your person when you are on the floor. The lockers are large enough to keep your "section" clothes if you need to swap during your shift.
He only very rarely runs into a locker buddy, unless they've picked up an extra shift, or if there is a special event.
He is super short and his locker mates are a very tall man and an average height woman. He thinks locker mates are chosen very specifically to avoid thefts, minimal contact, etc, though he can't prove that.
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
I worked food distribution for one once. Filling the cigarette machines (this was 2013/14 when smoking was allowed), if you dropped a pack, you had to hold it up in the air to prove you didn't pocket it.
Pencil 11 months ago
When I managed a nightclub in Manhattan, I trained staff to carry anything they found over their heads so the cameras could see it on the way to turning it in. I recommend everyone do it.
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Maybe not, cs then they would know if you were wealthy etc
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A bunch of years ago, the matriarch of a family jumped overboard because she spent the family’s vacation cash in the casino on our cruise ship.
David 11 months ago
"I blew the family's vacation money. Let's see if I can also dump funeral expenses on them."
Isabella K 11 months ago
To be fair... there was most certainly no body to be found for a funeral...
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Secret VIP doors. I used to hang with high rollers, if you wagered over ~$400k+/year at the casino you're given a VIP card to access private rooms and lounges. Randomly next to a slot machine in the wall would be a card reader. Even if you did see it, you might assume it's a staff area but in reality, it was a VIP lounge. One door opens to a huge balcony overlooking the lobby. Full bar, food, and private staff that will take care of you.
#32
My aunt worked at one in Palm Springs, and she said they basically had a room full of extra stools. Old people were sure they were about to hit, and they'd just [pee] and [poop] themselves instead of giving up their machine.
ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 11 months ago
BP fúcked up their quote as it only lists the reddit thread, not the specific post/comment they're referencing, but I'm sure it read PÌSS and SHÌT beforehand. Either quote it 100% or stick it up your ÀRSES, BP.
#33
Human trafficking happens a lot in casinos. I very briefly worked at one and a huge part of the training was human trafficking.
Also roaches are everywhere.
Janissary35680 11 months ago
I had to read that a couple of times. My first take was that casinos engage in human trafficking and train their employees in it. 🤔
#34
(In LV) The sheer amount of data that is collected and analyzed on everything, from the weekend traffic coming from LA, the demographics going to see a concert/show and how that impacts staffing, everything about your slot or table play, down to how the size of the pans used in a buffet relate to food waste.
#35
I worked at a racetrack/casino for a summer and what surprised me the most was how intense the hiring and training process was. i knew there would be a background check and d**g test, but i also had to get certified by my state's racing and games commission. it wasn't a difficult process but it took forever and they took my fingerprints which i thought was weird. it was basically like i was getting security clearance. and everyone who worked there had to do it, even if they were working at the adjoining hotel and never stepped foot into the actual casino.
once i got hired i had to watch a bunch of orientation videos that were required by the state or federal government. one was about recognizing the signs of gambling addiction and when to intervene with guests who showed these signs. like how bartenders have to cut people off. it was pretty obvious that they only showed that video because they had to and they didn't want us to cut off their best customers.
and then there was a powerpoint and quiz mandated by a federal agency (either the fbi, irs, or sec, i can't remember) about fraud and tax evasion. basically, if someone won over a certain amount (i think $5,000?) in one day they had to report their winnings to the irs before they could leave with their money. and there were ways that people tried to game the system to get out of paying taxes. like they would cash out just under the threshold (so if the $5,000 number was correct, they would cash out $4,999) and wait to collect more until the next day. so either they do a transaction before midnight and another after or they take their chips home to bring back later. or they could get other people to collect money for them. so casino staff was supposed to be on the lookout for any sort of shady behavior that could be tax avoidance. and if you had suspicions but no proof, they had a computer program for you to input profiles with any details you could gather (name, physical description, amount won) so security could keep an eye out. i never had to do this since i worked at the racetrack and not the actual casino but it was crazy to me that the dealers and other casino employees had to worry about all that on top of their regular job duties. the pay was pretty good but not enough for investigating financial crimes imo.
Janissary35680 11 months ago
Tax avoidance is using legal methods to minimize the amount of tax owed. It's legal. Tax *evasion* is illegal.
#36
As someone that worked in the business for 24 years I can tell you that the employees are talking serious s**t on you in thier breakroom.
Edit: Most casino employees have 'nicknames' for the regulars. They are rarely nice nicknames.
Pencil 11 months ago
That's true pretty much anywhere employees have prolonged interaction with the public. Bars, restaurants, hairdressers, dog groomers....
BookFanatic 11 months ago
Libraries...oh, wait, did I type that out loud...(innocent humming)
Load More Replies... White Sauce Hot Sauce 11 months ago
This can probably be said for every customer facing position. The general public are a bunch of m0r0ns.
#37
I only have the one experience that likely doesn’t qualify because I still have no idea what was happening or why.
I was collecting water samples at a major casino/hotel for legionella testing - a big deal for any hospitality type industry. They were diligent and had consistently good results - just fyi.
We were down on the floor with the villas. We’d already passed a couple levels of security (the presidential suite was empty, we were given a key and took our time), but when we were halfway down a hallway for the villas, two very large men in suits (I’m a fairly well built man, but I understood my place at that moment) came up and angrily asked for verification and then radioed in our credentials. They very bluntly told hotel security that they were meant to have complete privacy. Once we were cleared they told us to mind our business and move on quickly. A third, very angry, albeit very well dressed giant of a man walked out of a room as we walked by. What I saw was a giant U-shaped sectional sofa with a couple dozen or more elderly men in suits . Behind each man was a beautiful, very scantily dressed, much younger woman. They all stared blankly at me and my coworker as we passed.
We were told to get the f**k out of there in a way that we, with puckered buttholes, listened to. Bizarre experience, but I thought it basically confirmed what I thought about Vegas.
#38
When I worked at a tribal casino for 2 different positions, I went through orientation for each time.
I remember we were told that it was encouraged to befriend the customers who frequent the casino a lot. This includes trying to figure out why they have so much money.
Also, the application to this casino stated that they preferred to hire those who were Native American. I’m a member of the tribe, despite being very white, so idk if I was picked for my papers, but whatever.
Don’t work at a casino, people. They profit off of vices.
David 11 months ago
Our local three casinos (all belonging to different tribes) definitely prefer to hire native. I know a couple of white people who work/worked there as well as some Filipinos (friends or relatives of mine). Ours do hire outside but I'm told the native employees definitely get preference both in the hiring and in stuff like Christmas bonuses. Can't speak for other tribes / other states.
Carl Roberts 11 months ago (edited)
So, basically, discrimination. But it's ok, because a minority is the one doing the discrimination, right?
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Infrared cameras. Ladies - don’t wear a red dress into a casino.
Jonathan 11 months ago
I've never seen red chaps... but I am sure there is red leather dye chaps on the market
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#40
How about the design that prevents you from seeing the exits or figuring out how to get out.
Pandemonium 11 months ago
Where you're gambling whether you'll be able to put together the Snûrblåt end table when you get home.
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If you're on a roll and someone shows up to make a really weird bet that f***s up the flow of your winning, it's probably someone on the casino's payroll that's been sent over to f**k you over so that the casino doesn't have to pay you out.
Verfin22 11 months ago
All too often in blackjack especially if you started a table solo. Not exactly counting cards, but knowing your odds. In comes someone who "pretends" not to know the game or "looks" drunk. Sucks when it happens. I'm not a big spender, but it does kill the mood when the game is not fun anymore.
Penelope Orange 11 months ago
Blackjack is a good example. I don't play but my husband loves it and knows how other players at the table affect things for the whole table based on how they play. If you get a 'bad' player at a table you'll see others leave the table because they're messing up wins based on the way they're playing. Apparently there's a right and wrong way to play certain hands that impacts the deck. Sorry I can't be detailed because I don't understand how it works, I've just seen it happen.
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#42
D**g use! I've so many people do d***s while playing slots. Casino doesn't say anything, they are just happy they are losing their money.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
It's very easy to use certain substances openly, especially if you're an addict and have a little kit set up. I speak from personal experience. I've been clean for 3 years, but during my darkest time, I had my little cocaine kit in my pocket at all times and I could very easily take a snort and make it look like I was just rubbing/wiping my nose. Other substances are probably harder to use publicly (especially those that require injecting) but many, many substances can be used/taken fairly quickly/secretively, even in public.
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I was an auditor for a casino. They are watching everyone at all times and the cameras can zoom in to see ALL the details of what you’re looking at on your phone, etc. No secrets in casinos!
#44
The amount of money you can find just looking DOWN on the floor.
All sorts of cash. Not just on the casino floor but in the bathrooms and halls too.
Katie Allen 11 months ago
I've been to Vegas 7 or 8 times and never saw any dropped money, must have been looking at the wrong floors.
David 11 months ago
Katie, I expect the money on floor thing is less common now than in years past. Locally, and from what I read - many other casinos - are going to those paper ticket / card things so there is a lot less physical coin / cash being taken out on the gaming floor.
Load More Replies... Damned_Cat 11 months ago
In the state of Nevada, they have a law that any lost money or cash tickets found in the casinos are the property of that casino. You are expected to turn it into security or a cashier's cage. I've never seen anyone do that though, not tourists anyway. There are folks who go into casinos looking for abandoned low-value cash tickets (a few pennies worth) so they can play.
#45
The ATM's don't make it well known that someone's account is empty. Their bartenders also have a magic way of making bills disappear if you've spent a long time at one of their machines.
Data1001 11 months ago
That photo looks like there's an E before the neon 'ATM' and another E after it. ("Eat" followed by "me".) Or maybe I've just got a dirty mind...
Panda-sized Potato 11 months ago
Most casinos I've been to don't charge for some of the basic alcoholic drinks, particularly beers and cheap well drinks. Friend and I were at a Strip casino in Vegas. We wanted to watch the World Series. We ended up at one of the side bars. We ordered beers, and the bartender told us if we gamble, the beers are free. After an hour, I broke even and got 4 free beers.
Damned_Cat 11 months ago
The bartenders not charging you is just called "comping a drink". Most Las Vegas casinos do it if you're actively gambling. The gaming machines at the bar have a light in the back that the bartenders can see and tell if you've run enough money through to earn a comp.
#46
If a death occurred in a casino or casino hotel resort, the time of death cannot be declared until it is off the property - at the hospital or on arrival.
This spans from peaceful deaths during sleep or after scraping the body off the pool deck after the person jumped from above.
The last thing casinos want is the number of deaths, or rather [self-harm], officially linked to them.
#47
Almost all sounds and music coming out of the slot machines are tuned to the key of C because it’s the most pleasant and least bothersome key.
Sebastián Rodríguez 11 months ago
Nope. In the modern tuning system all keys sound the same. It's just an easy way to make just there's not a huge cacophony in the room created from the sounds of different machines.
John Boy 11 months ago
You're absolutely wrong. Look up the science of the noises, lights and smells of a casino.
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Grape Walls of Ire 11 months ago
That's complete BS. It's not the key that makes a song more, or less, "bothersome". If I repeatedly slammed my foot on all white keys for 3 minutes, it would be in the key of C, but I suspect most people would be bothered by my song.
Nathan Mickay 11 months ago
This one would be interesting if true. It's easiest to play on a piano, I don't know about the least bothersome feature
#48
At this casino, employees were required to wear badges clearly visible at all times when on the premises, even if not on the clock. Escorting your grandma to the bingo hall after your shift? Badge still better be visible. In the parking lot? Badge still better be visible.
#49
Had a friend that worked one of the ‘party’ pools at a Vegas casino (similar to the former Rehab at Hard Rock). He said that an average of 12 people die a year and if no one notices, they are directed to just leave the person there, i.e. if they are on a float or lounge chair.
#50
I used to work at an Indian casino who was a customer of ours. The tribe takes their cut and basically don't work or even show up. A few of the kids were given token jobs like security but just sit in the booth not actively doing anything. Everyone else who had to pick up the slack hated them. The main board is called the "Tribal Council" and although they had primo parking spots they never showed up when I was there.
I sold to their IT department and as a whole, was shocked how much access they had to all of the systems. We could pull up real time slot machine traffic and payouts. We could access everyone the security cameras picked up. Anybody with a player's card we could track their movements and winnings. Anybody staying at the hotel they knew everything about them (and their spouses).
#51
I worked in a casino for a couple years in Scotland and there’s a whole database on the customers. What you wear, who you talk to, what your hair looks like. Also if we didn’t know your name and we had to put you on the machine next to us, sometimes we’d just call you *twat 1* or *man with awful hair*.
#52
Probably fairly well known but there are plain-clothes security EVERYWHERE. The uniformed security are not the ones you need to worry about.
BookFanatic 11 months ago
The first time I went into a casino (21yo) I took a good look around to see if I could spot any hidden security stuff and pick out security. I wasn't going to do anything...I was just a dumb kid trying to see everything. One of the pit bosses gently encouraged me to keep my eyes to myself.
#53
I used to be a graveyard shift slot technician. A few times we thought dead people were just normal people that fell asleep at their machines because of how late it was. Security would just scoop them up, put them in a wheel chair, and wheel them to a sally port to wait for an ambulance. It must've happened a lot because the staff would be annoyed when you told them someone was sleeping.
#54
Burglaries of the rooms. I was staying at the Four Queens downtown many years ago and my room was burglarized in what was clearly an inside job. Housekeeping had cased the room, they picked which bags had which items at the time, then when the burglary happened later that evening, they ignored much more valuable items in bags that had not arrived until later and were not part of the initial scan. They then tried to extort us after calling later at night. Management would not provide video, call logs, or other data and was totally useless, as, interestingly, was LVPD - never in my life has it been clearer that something was organized crime.
Carl Roberts 11 months ago
OP got this story from a Wikipedia article about a former casino that closed after it's crime ring was exposed to the media. Redditors constantly lie for karma.
Chicken Mitten 11 months ago
I don't even wear my engagement ring on vacation, much less pack valuable items that will be either a) hanging out unattended or b) hanging off of me when I certainly don't want to get mugged on vacation.
#55
The office in the basement where you can sign over your house for gambling money.
#56
Worked for a Tribal Council, but heard stories from the casino. Typical tribal members drunk and going into the casinos and telling all the white employees they own them. Also at this casino, tribal members received a 4-5 figure check PER MONTH, just for being a member and having a casino. Tons of women showing up claiming to have tribal babies for the $$. And they hated other tribes, especially the poor ones.
Bell-icose 11 months ago
Tell us you’re a white guy without saying you’re a white guy.
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john doe 11 months ago
I grew up close to a very wealthy Indian casino, one of the stipulations for tribe members to get their money was they had to graduate highschool. My highschool was full of super rich natives that just acted like how you'd expect super rich entitled white kids to act. I didn't even know natives were most very poor until I left my home town after highschool, it just goes to show wealthy people are the bad people, it has nothing to do with race culture or creed, wealth corrupts.
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
Lots of drama now in the Chippewa tribe as ' per cap' has become a LOT more stringent. I believe that unless you are at least 1/4 blood, no check for you.
#57
The casinos hire researchers to develop scents that not only promote gambling, they make you more likely to lose. Then they pump that sh!t into the ventilation system.
David 11 months ago (edited)
"A scent that makes you more likely to lose." So.. AXE body spray then? /J EDIT: Okay, I'm laughing. I got a notification of an upvote on this post. I checked because BP rarely notifies me of replies. Except when I came back - vote total is back to zero. So somebody out there downvoted me for making fun of the smell of Axe. LOL You do you but -- EWWW! LOL
Heir of Durin 11 months ago
Interesting. I wonder what sort of smell makes you more likely to lose.
Libstak 11 months ago
Calming scents to make you forget you are in serious financial trouble
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Nuku Nyara 11 months ago
When I walk through my casino I can smell vanilla scents in the one half and the other half smells like hot chocolate.
What do you think ?
ElfVibratorGlitter 11 months ago
I work for the division of gaming for my state where I audit casinos. And that's all I can really say. Super not exciting 🎉
Shane S 11 months ago (edited)
My sister works for a company that builds slots for the US and Canada and as one of the posts states above, the machine operates at random. Everything on the screen is just for entertainment. There is no “strategy” that wins. The graphics for bonuses can change at random meaning that they really don’t keep track of when they are ‘due’ to payout. And staying at one machine only increases your chance of winning the same way a stopped clock is right twice a day- the more you play, the more likely you are to hit. That’s just simple probability- not skill or machine programming. Also, the house will always win in the end and casinos band together to split the payouts on the major jackpots so that they are never in the red.
Bill Evs 11 months ago
When my wife and I went to Vegas for the first time I was taken aback by the sheer size of the casinos. You might see them in TV shows or movies but it doesn't really prepare you until you're stood there in person. I remember popping to the toilet and left my wife playing a machine. She got up and moved to a different machine when I was gone and it took me a good half an hour to find her again. I can totally see how people can lose hours and hours of their time in those places.
Damned_Cat 11 months ago
When a casino has a sign saying no cell phones in the sports betting area, they are NOT joking with that. I once stopped to take a call from my mother and didn't realize I was standing just outside of the entrance to the sportsbook. A security guard made me hang up and then chewed me out and threatened to have me arrested. I guess I got lucky that he just chased me away from the area.
James Crabtrey 11 months ago
That's NOT true . They stopped banning cell phones in sportsbooks over 20 years ago. And if they seen you on one when it wasn't allowed they would simply just tell you no cell phones allowed. HARDLY a big deal
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Florence O'Grady 11 months ago
I say thank you for the information and please give more information to us!!!
Ruth Watry 11 months ago
I avoid gambling. I prefer to use my entertainment dollars on a sure thing.
Mason Kronol 11 months ago
Apparently the casino in Cincinnati has not caught up on these type of security protocols. I will never go back to that place again. I was actually winning on a penny or nickel slot and having fun. Obviously not a lot of money but caught the attention of 2 shady people because we were celebrating like we won big, obviously not. Pennies to dollars 🙄They kept following us. When we left there was no security outside the main entrance, just homeless people begging for money. Even our Uber driver was nervous and told us to hurry up. It was daylight. I’ve also been in other casinos at blackjack and roulette tables where men have been pushy to me and no security showed up.(young 30-40s female) This has been Canada and Cleveland. We just won’t go anymore. We were the spend $50 type of people while passing time and nearby. Maybe have a glass of wine. Budgeted a little more for black jack but that was a rarity.
ElfVibratorGlitter 11 months ago
I work for the division of gaming for my state where I audit casinos. And that's all I can really say. Super not exciting 🎉
Shane S 11 months ago (edited)
My sister works for a company that builds slots for the US and Canada and as one of the posts states above, the machine operates at random. Everything on the screen is just for entertainment. There is no “strategy” that wins. The graphics for bonuses can change at random meaning that they really don’t keep track of when they are ‘due’ to payout. And staying at one machine only increases your chance of winning the same way a stopped clock is right twice a day- the more you play, the more likely you are to hit. That’s just simple probability- not skill or machine programming. Also, the house will always win in the end and casinos band together to split the payouts on the major jackpots so that they are never in the red.
Bill Evs 11 months ago
When my wife and I went to Vegas for the first time I was taken aback by the sheer size of the casinos. You might see them in TV shows or movies but it doesn't really prepare you until you're stood there in person. I remember popping to the toilet and left my wife playing a machine. She got up and moved to a different machine when I was gone and it took me a good half an hour to find her again. I can totally see how people can lose hours and hours of their time in those places.
Damned_Cat 11 months ago
When a casino has a sign saying no cell phones in the sports betting area, they are NOT joking with that. I once stopped to take a call from my mother and didn't realize I was standing just outside of the entrance to the sportsbook. A security guard made me hang up and then chewed me out and threatened to have me arrested. I guess I got lucky that he just chased me away from the area.
James Crabtrey 11 months ago
That's NOT true . They stopped banning cell phones in sportsbooks over 20 years ago. And if they seen you on one when it wasn't allowed they would simply just tell you no cell phones allowed. HARDLY a big deal
Load More Replies... Florence O'Grady 11 months ago
I say thank you for the information and please give more information to us!!!
Ruth Watry 11 months ago
I avoid gambling. I prefer to use my entertainment dollars on a sure thing.
Mason Kronol 11 months ago
Apparently the casino in Cincinnati has not caught up on these type of security protocols. I will never go back to that place again. I was actually winning on a penny or nickel slot and having fun. Obviously not a lot of money but caught the attention of 2 shady people because we were celebrating like we won big, obviously not. Pennies to dollars 🙄They kept following us. When we left there was no security outside the main entrance, just homeless people begging for money. Even our Uber driver was nervous and told us to hurry up. It was daylight. I’ve also been in other casinos at blackjack and roulette tables where men have been pushy to me and no security showed up.(young 30-40s female) This has been Canada and Cleveland. We just won’t go anymore. We were the spend $50 type of people while passing time and nearby. Maybe have a glass of wine. Budgeted a little more for black jack but that was a rarity.
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