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Casino Monte Lago

#1

In a message dated 5/11/2003 8:34:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,
vpFREE@yahoogroups.com writes:

  Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 19:32:50 EDT
  From: Desertrat4144@aol.com
Subject: Casino Monte Lago

Visited Casino Monte Lago at Lake Las Vegas Saturday morning. The casino
and
hotel fit in with the surrounding area, not glitzy, just nice. If you
haven't
been to Lake Las Vegas it is worth the short drive out Boulder Highway
through Henderson to Lake Mead Drive.

The casino is relatively small, but is chocked full of full pay VP, nicely
arranged, comfortable. I saw full pay deuces, 10/7 DB, 10/6 DDB, 9/6 JOB,
9/6/4 JOB w/sequential royal. It looked as though the multi-play games were

less than full pay. These are just some of the games I noticed, there are a

lot more. The place was not very crowded, we were there at around 10:30 AM.

I believe their cash back is about .25%. From the looks of the place, I
would
think a room comp might be a tough call. I wish it was only a ten minute
drive from Summerlin.

Room comp would probably be impossible right now as the Ritz-Carlton is
independent of the casino. Food comps are also tough because they only have
one restaurant open & all properties outside of the casino are independent
properties. However, they do plan to open up a steakhouse upstairs soon.

They also have FPJW but these may be gone soon as we overhead an IGT tech
talk as if that were an oversight.

In any case, it's an elegant property in a serene setting & I'll be looking
for excuses to return.

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#2

Room comp would probably be impossible right now as the Ritz-Carlton is
independent of the casino. Food comps are also tough because they
only have
one restaurant open & all properties outside of the casino are
independent
properties. However, they do plan to open up a steakhouse upstairs soon.

And now for a more or less rhetorical question....

Why would anyone open new casino that is independent of the hotel
and most of the food? It seems like that just has to be a bad idea.

QZ

#3

And now for a more or less rhetorical question....

Why would anyone open new casino that is independent of the hotel
and most of the food? It seems like that just has to be a bad

idea.

QZ

I have the answer to this one. I was told this last year and may get
the name wrong but the gist is: Marriott Corp is the parent company
of the Ritz Hotel. The head of Marriott is a member of the Mormon
church and did not want to be associated with a casino. So, the
casino got built seperate.
The Hyatt does very well booking seminars and conventions. Casinos
at Lake Las Vegas are ammenities of the hotels, not the other way
around.

#4

<<I was told this last year and may get
the name wrong but the gist is: Marriott Corp is the parent company
of the Ritz Hotel. The head of Marriott is a member of the Mormon
church and did not want to be associated with a casino. So, the
casino got built separate.>>

Same situation as at the Rampart.

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#5

Jean Scott wrote:

<<I was told this last year and may get
the name wrong but the gist is: Marriott Corp is the parent company
of the Ritz Hotel. The head of Marriott is a member of the Mormon
church and did not want to be associated with a casino. So, the
casino got built separate.>>

Same situation as at the Rampart.

I thought I had read somewhere (the Net?) that many of the old Fremont
St. and old Strip casinos were in fact owned by Mormons. There had
been a pronouncement by the president of the church that because a
casino can set odds that ensure a net profit over time, that owning a
casino is not gambling. Urban legend, or for real--I don't know.

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#6

I thought I had read somewhere (the Net?) that many of the old Fremont
St. and old Strip casinos were in fact owned by Mormons. There had
been a pronouncement by the president of the church that because a
casino can set odds that ensure a net profit over time, that owning a
casino is not gambling. Urban legend, or for real--I don't know.

--
Pat O'Connell

I was being dealt in the BC by a man from Provo once. I asked if he was
Morman and he said yes. I then asked if he was allowed to gamble and he
said no. I asked him how he felt ethically not only providing for me what
he considered a sin, but profiting by it. His only reply was a wry smile.

This is not to condem or condone any religion or personal belief system.
Just a retelling of a tale.

Don

#7

Whenever I'm in Las Vegas, I see plenty of cars with Utah plates in the garages. But then, there friends in church don't know where they are. <g>
   It's like the Bill Bennett flap. Its only a sin after you get caught.

Ned C.
The Wild Joker

jjendon@charter.net wrote:

I was being dealt in the BC by a man from Provo once. I asked if he was
Morman and he said yes. I then asked if he was allowed to gamble and he
said no. I asked him how he felt ethically not only providing for me what
he considered a sin, but profiting by it. His only reply was a wry smile.

This is not to condem or condone any religion or personal belief system.
Just a retelling of a tale.

Don

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#8

Just so you know, not everyone in Utah is a Mormon. I for one am a
very proud Catholic Living in Utah that makes many treks to Las Vegas
Annualy with my Utah Plates Car.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, The Wild Joker <jokerswild1203@y...>
wrote:

   Whenever I'm in Las Vegas, I see plenty of cars with Utah plates

in the garages. But then, there friends in church don't know where
they are. <g>

   It's like the Bill Bennett flap. Its only a sin after you get

caught.

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Ned C.
The Wild Joker