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The story goes that when he lost his last chip, there was a security guard on either side of him, eager to show him to the door, and invite him to never return.

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So the kind hearted Steve Wynn version I heard was incorrect? Thanks for the details of this amazing story.

My own "Best story":

Wife and I go to Vegas for 4th of July. We drive from Colorado and stop in Mesquite on the way, where I win $100 playing BJ at the Casabalanca Casino. I keep the black chip. Once in Vegas, I lose everything. Then again. I Go to Atm, lose, wash, rinse and repeat several more times. Finally, (thankfully), it's time for the 7 hour drive home, and I'm hungover, tired, and broke....but I still have that $100 chip from the Casablanca in Mesquite.

We stop in there, and I buy in at the craps table, where I a guy rolls point after point. I'm up $700 or so from the $100 buy-in and the lucky thrower tosses $100 on the hard eight. I figure, what the hay, I'm up (here at least), and toss a black chip on the hard eight. Next throw, hard eight for $1,000.

Long story long: he keeps throwing, then I throw for a long time and cash out for $3 grand. Even for the trip, but it feels like I won huge.