Vegas in winter
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Rooms are certainly cheaper but I don't think the off-season affects food prices, pay tables, 6:5 blackjack, CSM, or show tickets.
I'll be there during the first week of December for a convention with my American Casino Guide in hand, trying to come out a few bucks ahead.
Avoid the second week this year as it's National Rodeo time and things get crowded.
I'll be there during the first week of December for a convention with my American Casino Guide in hand, trying to come out a few bucks ahead.
Avoid the second week this year as it's National Rodeo time and things get crowded.
I go every February and haven't noticed any real difference from any other time of year. It's a good time to get away from torturously cold east coast winter weather, and it's a whole lot more pleasant than the summer months in Vegas, where it can be 115 degrees in the shade. Conventions and big holiday weekends is where the change takes place IMO, not so much seasonally. Secondhand I have it that at these times casinos changeover to their "tight" chips in the slots, and I presume penetration and all other casino edges are milked to the nth.
PS--According to my Vegas casino buddy, casinos have two chips on record and filed with the gaming commission for every slot. They employ the low percentage chip when the hotels are filled to the brim. Maybe an urban legend, but I put it out here in hopes of corroboration or refutation.
PS--According to my Vegas casino buddy, casinos have two chips on record and filed with the gaming commission for every slot. They employ the low percentage chip when the hotels are filled to the brim. Maybe an urban legend, but I put it out here in hopes of corroboration or refutation.
Cheap prices and empty casinos
Once the rodeo leaves Vegas in December, the town kind of gets empty. The week before Christmas has traditionally been a time where many showrooms close for vacations and renivations, same for some restaurants. They then re-open for the rush that comes after Christmas till New Years when the town is full and prices are sky high.
ihate17
Once the rodeo leaves Vegas in December, the town kind of gets empty. The week before Christmas has traditionally been a time where many showrooms close for vacations and renivations, same for some restaurants. They then re-open for the rush that comes after Christmas till New Years when the town is full and prices are sky high.
ihate17
Solo trip or with another counter time
That week before Christmas has always been a good time for me to hit the casinos either solo or with another counter. The significant other wants the shows and best restaurants and because they may be closed it is a poor time for her.
Empty casinos also means easier and more casino jumping. Keeping sessions short becomes more important at many places, as it gets hard to get lost in the crowd when there is none. I will play perhaps 15-20 casinos on a 4 day trip and return to many of them on different shifts.
If my trip overlaps with rodeo, this Bronx boy has the proper clothing to fit right in.
ihate17
That week before Christmas has always been a good time for me to hit the casinos either solo or with another counter. The significant other wants the shows and best restaurants and because they may be closed it is a poor time for her.
Empty casinos also means easier and more casino jumping. Keeping sessions short becomes more important at many places, as it gets hard to get lost in the crowd when there is none. I will play perhaps 15-20 casinos on a 4 day trip and return to many of them on different shifts.
If my trip overlaps with rodeo, this Bronx boy has the proper clothing to fit right in.
ihate17
Back around 2002,when they were still doing the second security check just before you boarded,I had a funny situation.
I'm traveling with a friend whose brother is a semi-pro rodeo rider in Mejico.
We're taking the red-eye and I'm playing some VP killing time. I hit for a royal on a 25 cent Dueces Wild and get a shitload of quarters.Suddenly we hear our names called for immediate departure. We run over,and they clear me with my $75plus worth of quarters in my pockets but give him a hard time because he's wearing a belt buckle his brother had won in a rodeo.They say it can be used as a weapon.Without thinking,I ask who do you think would be more dangereous. Me at 6'3 325 pounds and two socks full of quarters or him at 5'5 140 pounds and his belt buckle?
Not the right thing to say.
Luckily,there was another plane in two hours and we were able to buy a $15 bag and check it.
I'm traveling with a friend whose brother is a semi-pro rodeo rider in Mejico.
We're taking the red-eye and I'm playing some VP killing time. I hit for a royal on a 25 cent Dueces Wild and get a shitload of quarters.Suddenly we hear our names called for immediate departure. We run over,and they clear me with my $75plus worth of quarters in my pockets but give him a hard time because he's wearing a belt buckle his brother had won in a rodeo.They say it can be used as a weapon.Without thinking,I ask who do you think would be more dangereous. Me at 6'3 325 pounds and two socks full of quarters or him at 5'5 140 pounds and his belt buckle?
Not the right thing to say.
Luckily,there was another plane in two hours and we were able to buy a $15 bag and check it.