After sportsbook consolidation, how many different sportsbooks does Vegas now have to choose from?

AfraidOfBush · Mar 29, 2004

I am thinking like only 7 or 8 good ones. Are there more? I want to shop lines there this weekend for the final four games.

Fezzik · Mar 30, 2004

Downtown: Horsheshoe (may be same as Harrahs), Coast (plaza), LV Club, El Cortez (bring your smokes and dress down), Stardust (CAl) and Leeroys (4 queens).

Hiltons everywhere and MGM/Mir. Also IP, Harrahs/Rio, Venetian, Aladdin (AVOID these clowns), Circus (better clowns), M Bay, Coasts.

Off strip: Strat/Az Charlies, Jerrrys Nugget, Poker Palace (leaves you yearning for El Cortez upscale atmosphere), Cannery/Marriott (Summerlin), LeeRoys, Hard Rock, Terribles (two in Pahrump), Palms, Stations everywhere, Cal Neva (Tuscany on Flamingo)Primm shops(40 miles), and Mesquite shops(80 miles). Castaways had one, but now closed.

I may have missed 1.

mvbski · Mar 30, 2004

Fezzik,you have missed the only real bookmaker left in Vegas Golden Nugget downtown

WEEKENDALKI · Mar 30, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mvbski:
Fezzik,you have missed the only real bookmaker left in Vegas Golden Nugget downtown<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The nugget is taking really high limits, i have heard. Is this true?

WildBill · Mar 30, 2004

Yep, and money lines are back. The Poster boys came in and said they wanted a real book again and for now they have it. Then again Carl Icahn was making that kind of noise when he bought the Stratosphere and now you never hear anything out of them. Sad fact is that sports action just isn't what draws in the big spenders so casinos will always just shun promoting the business.

mvbski · Mar 30, 2004

sad part was Ichan didnt have the heart for the big losses that come with booking large bets he would sing when he won them but cry like a baby when he lost them

Fishhead · Mar 30, 2004

W.B.-

Corporate doesnt realize what a sportsbook brings to the other parts of the casino as far as patrons is concerned.

A good sportsbook is a vital part of any successful casino.

NICKYTHEFISH · Mar 30, 2004

Don't forget the Golden Nugget downtown which imo could be one of the better books in town.Also out at Lake Las Vegas Casino Monte Lago has a book in there.