Any crazy casino gambling stories? (non poker)

elevated · #1 10-20-2005, 12:53 AM

I hear alot of stories about how this guy ran $10 into 10k in two days at a casino by gambling- not poker. Any personal experiences or any crazy gambling stories- please share. I like hearing about people going on tears on blacjack or craps or roulette, or whatever.

Sykes · #2 10-20-2005, 01:11 AM

You need to read this book:

"The man with $100,000 breasts" by Michael Konik (i think).

idrinkcoors · #3 10-20-2005, 01:27 AM

I am not sure where I read it, maybe in the book posted above? Anyway, there is the story of the man who took his social security disability check, $500? to Treasure Island and turned it into over a million playing blackjack. He wasn't even playing correctly according to dealers...plus he apparently was a jerk. One dealer wanted him to lose badly. If I remember correctly, they put him up in the hotel and he ended up giving most of it back. When he got down to $50,000 or so, Steve Wynn cut him off. (this is how I remember the story and it may not be all accurate.)
P.S. The t.v. show Las Vegas ran an episode last year that basically had the same plot line.

kyleb · #4 10-20-2005, 07:57 AM

I find it very hard to believe that Steve Wynn would both interfere with this man's gambling ($1mil isn't all that much) and ALSO cut him off at $50,000. He'd still be walking out with their money and comps.

canis582 · #5 10-20-2005, 08:04 AM

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Now thats how you get addicted to gambling.

pipster · #6 10-20-2005, 11:48 AM

Yeah I remember that episode of Las Vegas... they actually GAVE that guy $10 or something because his wife ran off with another guy or something and they felt bad (so they got him addicted to gambling) and he ran it into several million and then went and invested it into even more, and came back in a later episode and tried to buy the place.

TheJunkyardGod · #7 10-20-2005, 12:16 PM

One time when I went to the Borgata with my friends, we all went our seperate ways to find our favorite games to gambool it up. I went to the poker room and most of my other friends stayed on the floor.

Each time my one friend came up, he was either up 2 grand on the roulette table or broke. He came downstairs 4 times with a different amount of what he was up or down.

He ended the night up 1600 dollars, though he said at one point he had almost 4 grand.

Meanwhile, I won 120 at the 3-6 table.....

_TKO_ · #8 10-20-2005, 02:40 PM

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Nice take.

Not that impressive but my one friend on his 19th bday goes to the racetracks and puts $5 on a 10:1 horse, cashes his $50 and never returns. He's been winning at poker lately.

youtalkfunny · #9 05-07-2006, 05:20 AM

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Anyway, there is the story of the man who took his social security disability check, $500? to Treasure Island and turned it into over a million playing blackjack. He wasn't even playing correctly according to dealers...plus he apparently was a jerk.

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Yes, the guy was a total prick. He called the female dealers and waitresses unspeakable names (made some of them cry), and stiffed everybody, male and female alike.

If you're going to tell the TI story, you MUST include two things: The pork chop bones, and the shoes.

He was eating his meals at the BJ table. For supper, he had pork chops. He was eating them with his fingers, and the cards were instantly ruined. When they got down to the cut card, it was time to bring in new cards. And the best part: when he was finished with a porkchop bone, he'd toss it over his shoulder, onto the floor.

He was way up at the end of Day One, high six-figures. He wanted to go home, but the pit critters didn't want to let him go. They comped him a suite. He said he didn't have any clothes to change into. They sent him next door to the mall, and gave him a clothing shopping spree. He bought some nice clothes, and went upstairs to hit the hay.

The next morning, he came down to the casino in a nice new outfit--and no shoes or socks. They told him he couldn't play in the casino with no shoes on. He asked in return, "What are you going to do about it?" They meekly caved, and he played Day Two barefoot. He continued to work them over, now into 7-figures.

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.

idrinkcoors · #10 05-07-2006, 04:48 PM

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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.