Dear Mr. Kremen,
Unfortunately you are no longer able to participate in our Keno
Tournaments, due to the manner in which you played in our August 2004
Keno Tournament. Playing in an "Opportunistic" manner, such as
waiting for the last minute tournament results or any other fashion
of play that gives a participant an undue advantage is strictly
prohibited. Management reserves the right to disqualify participants
from the tournament and any future tournaments at our discretion.
Thank you,
Sandra Nebarez
Keno Assistant Manager
Fitzgeralds Las Vegas
301 Fremont St.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Here is the truth. I did poorly during the first half of the
tournament, thus I decided to buy in again, and since they process
credit cards through the front desk, the process took a few hours.
Several hours b4 the tournament was about to end the lead player had
about $2800 in winnings, as posted for all. They have a rate at the
Fitz (Vegas) called true special which I played. I played an 8 spot
grouped as follows, 2 deuces and 4 kings, as follows:
1, 6, 53-54, 57, 59-60, 80 for a 10 game multi at 40 cents/way -this
translates in to 1-eight spot, 4 seven spots, 8 six spots, and 12
five spots for a total coast of $4.00/game or $40 for the 10 games.
As luck would have it, several games in tot he series, 1,6,57,
59,60,80 came up giving me a solid six and 4 solid fives for a win of
about $2900 that put me in first place. The odds of getting 6 of 8
are 422:1 There are 28 different ways of getting 6 of 8. Only 2 of
these ways involve hitting a group of two and four kings (a king is a
group of one).thus you have odds of approxiamtely (1/422 * 2/28)/10
games = about 591:1 hardly opportunistic play and at 40 cents a way!
But as a result I hung on to win the tourney. Thus after trying to
enter the upcoming tourney and ignoring emails, telephone messages,
visits to the hosts office, and even othe rcontact attempts I faxed
and mailed a letter asking why no response to my inquires and this is
the email response I got. I am positive over the years at the Fitz
because about 18 or so months ago at their $1 BP progressive I held
the A-K of spades and you can guess what 3 I drew for a $5935
payoff. The year b4 at regular BP hit a 4K royal and we all know
they had the edge there. In Keno non tourney play hit a solid 6 once
at the 40 cent true special rate for a $1200 win. Have hit a few
2222 and 2 royals over the year at their 5 cent 10/17 nickel loose
deuces, but have also had dry spells at their $1 BP progressive. it
seems that paranoia runs high at the Fitz. For more info try joining
the Yahoo Keno group or just check the recent posts there which
joining isn't needed to read. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/keno