esp. for Mexican construction worker types....likely less now, with construction dead, eh ?
I think that appealed to the lowerlifes with no bank accounts. Get them in on Fri/day, give em their cash, and two free beers....you just might get the whole check, at places like Palace Station, et al.
I think that appealed to the lowerlifes with no bank accounts. Get them in on Fri/day, give em their cash, and two free beers....you just might get the whole check, at places like Palace Station, et al.
I lived there 5-6 years, most locals I knew "gambled" as I described ....which won't hurt you....throw $2 down a slot once a week, occasionally even cashout a ticket.
That's like a guy drinking a beer or two a night, not exactly an Alky. Most locals can ignore a town full of casinos, even if they work at one, but you certainly should eat there sometimes.
Say someplace has a decent $6.95 Prime rib dinner, and you have a $10 Matchplay coupon sent in the mail to you....you're hungry anyway... well go there and play it, if you win, dinner and tip are free for two, if you lose....only $10 more. Both are +EV. Just leave the table after one hand/roll/spin/whatever. Many locals can do this, casino will still be there next week, afterall.
You're missing out, if you don't advantage of stuff like this. It's not even gambling, either !
Why do you even live in Vegas, if you never goto a casino ? You probably moved there from somewhere else, anyways !
Making a trip to the casino once a week would be more of a chore than anything. The number who do that has to be very low. Don't see throwing a dollar into the machine at the grocery store as being all that popular. Like scratch tickets in other states, most people learn it isn't even gambling so much as giving your money away
But it is a big city, so even if the percentage is low, it is still a good number of people. And even if it isn't weekly, even every six weeks adds up to a lot of customers. Then there are enough people from LA county who look at Vegas as their backyard
But it is a big city, so even if the percentage is low, it is still a good number of people. And even if it isn't weekly, even every six weeks adds up to a lot of customers. Then there are enough people from LA county who look at Vegas as their backyard
According to the most recent Clark County Residents Study, prepared by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, gambling ranked third among all activities in which residents said they participated, following close behind the more traditional dinner and the movies. Seventy-two percent of Clark County residents said they gamble at least occasionally. More than half of those, 54 percent, said they do so at least once a week.
How serious are locals about gambling? The study discovered that a whopping 44 percent of Las Vegas residents budget $25 or more to testing Lady Luck every week.
Because they live and play in Las Vegas, locals also tend to be educated gamblers. They know what constitutes a good bet. They aren't impressed with flashy marketing gimmicks, and they won't play slots that don't pay. They want to play the latest games, and they're quick to judge which are keepers and which need to vacate the casino floor.
In other words, if the locals are playing, it's a good bet the slots are paying. And that means it's definitely worth a visit
How serious are locals about gambling? The study discovered that a whopping 44 percent of Las Vegas residents budget $25 or more to testing Lady Luck every week.
Because they live and play in Las Vegas, locals also tend to be educated gamblers. They know what constitutes a good bet. They aren't impressed with flashy marketing gimmicks, and they won't play slots that don't pay. They want to play the latest games, and they're quick to judge which are keepers and which need to vacate the casino floor.
In other words, if the locals are playing, it's a good bet the slots are paying. And that means it's definitely worth a visit
Trust me ... I have lived here for over 8 years and I can tell you that at least 95 % of locals have no idea what constitutes a good bet. Hardly nobody have any idea how to play video poker correctly or even which machines offer 100 % plus odds. Locals are playing video Keno ! They go to this Casino or that Casino to play Keno because Casino X slots never pay ! How do you spell dumb ?
The first 15 years I lived here I probably did not gamble more than $200. My income from work increased almost every year being in construction mangmt. It was not until the last 5 years that I began to learn how to bet on sports that I also tried craps, roulette, baccarat, holdem. I have come to believe that sportsbetting will give me the +EV I am looking for over all the rest.
