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The Goodbye Sahara Play

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Posted by: "Mickey" mickeycrimm@yahoo.com mickeycrimm
Sat May 21, 2011 4:40 pm (PDT)

"Casino officials gave away the last of the Sahara's jackpot cash Friday, awarding 63 players about $500 apiece." Note that the sentence says "the last." <

Thanks, Mickey, for posting the link to this article.

Yes,I would like to know what the reporter meant by "the last". And the phrase "jackpot cash" needs clarifying, also.

Can't go into specifics, for fear my relative (who is an AP) will lose her day job, but many journalists, even those based in Las Vegas, are woefully ignorant about a major industry here. Maybe some of the stuff in this article wasn't so clear or accurate.

The article ought to have addressed the issue of what the gaming commission requirements are in disposing of progressives,and also player card points, when a casino closes. I had a fabulous Last Supper at the House of Lords, but what happens to the few cents left on my card?

On a lighter note, it would be fun to know what happened to the four or five year old Corvette and the "Happy Days" era car, atop their bank of slot machines. While walking by, I would not Roll On The Floor Laughing, but would be wondering why most folks were playing short coin, when placards on each machine stated that a max bet was required to win the car.

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Thanks, Mickey, for posting the link to this article. Yes,I would like to know what the reporter meant by "the last". And the phrase "jackpot cash" needs clarifying, also. The article ought to have addressed the issue of what the gaming >commission requirements are in disposing of progressives,and also player card points, when a casino closes. I had a fabulous Last Supper at the House of Lords, but what happens to the few cents left on my card?

The law HAS BEEN that the money belongs to the public and has to be returned to the public. But it may be changing. I'm thinking I read something recently about the law changing.

There weas an advantage play I put down one time where I didn't make any money but I definitly had a big edge. When Becky closed the bingo hall at the Horseshoe she had to give away the progressive money. It was like $8,000 and she let the whole thing go on one coverall. A 3-on cost $5. No electronic units. I bought 6 of those 3-ons. I was two numbers off when the coverall hit.

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There was a play going on at the Sahara anyway. My buddy Al got walked off the property I'm thinking about a year and a half ago. I think it was something like 10/7 with cashback and freeplay. He's not answering his phone right now. I'll keep trying.

#4

Al didn't get walked on the play. They just squashed the game. About two years ago he found a quarter 9/6/90 Jacks triple-play on one machine. The card was worth .5% cashback and .5% freeplay. The freeplay was capped at $100 a day so he ran $20,000 a day in action.

He was also getting .666% comp. He used about $30 a day on himself and bought NASCAR stuff with the rest and sold it at a discount.

There were also drawings. He averaged getting pulled twice a day to spin a wheel with cash and prizes on it. He says he averaged $80 a day, plus, on the wheel. One of the stops was a Carnival Lines cruise. He would go in on graveyard and practice spinning the wheel. He won 7 cruises which he sold for $500 apiece. On a humorous note he said a few weeks after he sold the cruises there was a swine flu epidemic on Carnival Lines and the people he sold the cruises too got to cash them for $1000.

Although he doesn't know the details, because he wasn't there, he says there was definitely an end play at the Sahara. About a month before the closure information was obtained as to how they were going to unload the progressive money. Tickets were based on past play, but one pro he knows generated lots of extra tickets and his named was called 8 times out of the 63.

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Strangely I was there with one of the players club supervisors and can distinctly recall that no more than one person's name each was called. I believe they actually called a total of 67 or 68 names as there were people who didnt actually claim a prize.

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On May 22, 2011, at 4:11 PM, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com> wrote:

Al didn't get walked on the play. They just squashed the game. About two years ago he found a quarter 9/6/90 Jacks triple-play on one machine. The card was worth .5% cashback and .5% freeplay. The freeplay was capped at $100 a day so he ran $20,000 a day in action.

He was also getting .666% comp. He used about $30 a day on himself and bought NASCAR stuff with the rest and sold it at a discount.

There were also drawings. He averaged getting pulled twice a day to spin a wheel with cash and prizes on it. He says he averaged $80 a day, plus, on the wheel. One of the stops was a Carnival Lines cruise. He would go in on graveyard and practice spinning the wheel. He won 7 cruises which he sold for $500 apiece. On a humorous note he said a few weeks after he sold the cruises there was a swine flu epidemic on Carnival Lines and the people he sold the cruises too got to cash them for $1000.

Although he doesn't know the details, because he wasn't there, he says there was definitely an end play at the Sahara. About a month before the closure information was obtained as to how they were going to unload the progressive money. Tickets were based on past play, but one pro he knows generated lots of extra tickets and his named was called 8 times out of the 63.

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#6

Paul, anyplace there is a fat card like Sahara's had there is going to be one person playing several cards. That's just the facts of life.