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Author:	[Gaming Industry - US] Topic: Las Vegas Stations Casino Sports Book is the WORST!!
UHQB	RSI View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: Mandalay Bay \|
Veteran Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1630 Location: Nevada	#1 Posted: 1/18/2012 8:23:56 PM Not only do they have the WORST ODDS in town, they're AFRAID to book a 2 team teaser for the NFL playoff games. You can only bet a 3 team teaser. How chicken sh*t is that? The writers are all roling their eyes when you ask them and some say their drop is down from last year. Was this John Forts call ? Majority of locals are taking their money else where to Caesers or Wynn's. When it comes to the Super Bowl , screw the Stations Casino !
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Yavapai	View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Nevada	#2 Posted: 1/18/2012 8:39:16 PM most of the books have no balls , inept employees and dont even put out the correct betting sheets. Perfect example is the Imperial Palace , was one of the best books, put out the sheets early and even had a guy who put out the horse racing sheets for the next day by 10 am the day before. Now the place is a garbage hole and mostly a ghost town.
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mrquija27	View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: betED.com \|
Veteran Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2330 Location: Michigan	#3 Posted: 1/18/2012 9:09:14 PM When I went to Vegas I realized one thing. Taking bets has to be the worst job ever. Every single person taking bets was miserable.
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Veteran Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2783 Location: California	#4 Posted: 1/18/2012 9:24:49 PM I noticed MGM and Wynn had some of the better odds (for dogs) when I bet SF this last weekend. Totally agree though, the people taking bets all seemed to just hate the world and everyone at the window.
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Prospect Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 421 Location: California	#5 Posted: 1/18/2012 9:42:07 PM I love sportsbooks, love being there, love em, but no way would I ever want to work in one. The bellagio sportsbook has been good to me and takes whatever, my favorite in my opinion
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Rookie Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 674 Location:	#6 Posted: 1/18/2012 10:41:58 PM while i agree with you that they suck i did a 2 team nfl teaser last week at a stations owned casino art manteris has no balls and doesnt want to gamble with the fertittas brothers cash
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Yavapai	View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Nevada	#7 Posted: 1/18/2012 11:14:12 PM if you want a glimspe of working in a book especially as a ticket writer, imaging dealing with dopes who first call the bets incorrectly, bet $5 , and basically are like Jim Ignitowski but worse. The Palms, Cannery , Palace Station are typical low life scumbag hangouts.
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Crashdavis565	RSI View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: 5Dimes \|
All-Star Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10132 Location: Colorado	#8 Posted: 1/18/2012 11:20:36 PM The Palms, Cannery , Palace Station are typical low life scumbag hangouts. oh garbage, I need a new book!
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keven vanlith	RSI View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Veteran Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1218 Location:	#9 Posted: 1/18/2012 11:26:45 PM They are all running scared been like that for years not like 25-30 years ago when they would take almost any bet until the greedy scum of the earth corporations started taking over most of them
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NJDevils	View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Covers Rehab Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 33122 Location: Nevada	#10 Posted: 1/18/2012 11:40:54 PM Uhqb I was gonna post this last week (about the teasers) the ironic thing is they would have cleaned up on teasers with the steelers going down and with NO and GB both losing this week.
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braves5795	RSI View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: South Point \|
Prospect Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 267 Location: Washington	#11 Posted: 1/18/2012 11:55:03 PM Dealing with the public is never easy, then add a mix of alcohol and general stupidity and it can get really tedious in a hurry. What I have done is tip a ticket writer 2 to 5 dollars on your first bet of the day, and then continue to use the same writer all the time. the service then gets much better.
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braves5795	RSI View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: South Point \|
Prospect Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 267 Location: Washington	#12 Posted: 1/18/2012 11:58:05 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by Yavapai: most of the books have no balls , inept employees and dont even put out the correct betting sheets. Perfect example is the Imperial Palace , was one of the best books, put out the sheets early and even had a guy who put out the horse racing sheets for the next day by 10 am the day before. Now the place is a garbage hole and mostly a ghost town. The IP used to be one of the better places to play, 2 years ago I went in around 10am on a week day, no one was there, staff or customers.
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Banned Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3202 Location: United States	#13 Posted: 1/19/2012 12:04:58 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by keven vanlith: They are all running scared been like that for years not like 25-30 years ago when they would take almost any bet until the greedy scum of the earth corporations started taking over most of them Well said. I have been visiting vegas for 30 years. It has definitely jumped the shark. It has lost its personality, which was hospitality and customer service. Now most ( not all ) have not factored in the give back to entice return business. They recruit from a labor pool that considers a job an inconvenience rather then a privilege and it is reflected i every aspect of that city. That being said there are obviously a garbage load of consumers that demand very little for there money.
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VegasGourmet	View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Rookie Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 799 Location:	#14 Posted: 1/19/2012 2:31:32 AM Really a "Catch 22" here guys......Wanting a free well-drink for a $2 show bet.....or the guy in the first row screaming "darn You Kobe" and never made a bet......And the ticket writers have to sit there through their shift watching/listening/apologizing...... I was at the Bellagio over the weekend......please accept this criticism for what it is worth.....THE CROWD IN THE SPORTSBOOK BELONGED AT THE EXCALIBUR!!!.....but....free drinks??????....and there they are!!!! Yeah, this town has really gone downhill concerning sports gambling since I first starting coming here over 30 years ago.....but so has the customer. Which is why Cantor, Leroys's (William Hill eventually) will take over this town with electronic/mobile gambling......Good luck to AC; the hookers will charge more and it will make Vegas look like Heaven. The people that work here REFLECT the people that come here.
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pulledclear	RSI View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Banned Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3202 Location: United States	#15 Posted: 1/19/2012 4:00:54 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by VegasGourmet: Really a "Catch 22" here guys......Wanting a free well-drink for a $2 show bet.....or the guy in the first row screaming "darn You Kobe" and never made a bet......And the ticket writers have to sit there through their shift watching/listening/apologizing...... I was at the Bellagio over the weekend......please accept this criticism for what it is worth.....THE CROWD IN THE SPORTSBOOK BELONGED AT THE EXCALIBUR!!!.....but....free drinks??????....and there they are!!!! Yeah, this town has really gone downhill concerning sports gambling since I first starting coming here over 30 years ago.....but so has the customer. Which is why Cantor, Leroys's (William Hill eventually) will take over this town with electronic/mobile gambling......Good luck to AC; the hookers will charge more and it will make Vegas look like Heaven. The people that work here REFLECT the people that come here. Wow! Vegasgourmet I am seriously rethinking my opinion of you. That was stated so perfectly I am in tears. If people today could only experience the Vegas that was! Its a new age and apparently theres not much we can do about it.
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Parlayed	RSI View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: Mirage \|
Prospect Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 87 Location: Michigan	#16 Posted: 1/19/2012 11:53:25 AM I did downtown for 3 months this past summer. The people at the windows were for the most part professianal and courteous. A very few exceptions here and there. The El Cortez had good folks and a decent place to watch the games and horse / dog tracks. Love the old school feel of the place. Also some exceptionaly nice folks at Fitzgeralds. - It can I'm sure be a trying job at the windows. Especially putting up with the tourist without a clue. All things considered I had a blast. Can't wait to return.
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Yavapai	View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Nevada	#17 Posted: 1/19/2012 11:59:26 AM someone who sits in the book cursing and doesnt wager gets tossed out by the staff after a complaint call to the security office. The book I worked in we didnt hesitate to toss someone and did it so much we had our own security officer walking the book. Regarding the low life quality of the customers and the books itself , it is true but thats mainly thanks to the southern-california trash that really took this town down , but I have been here since the early 90's and it was trash then too.
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Banned Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 23 Location:	#18 Posted: 1/19/2012 1:30:55 PM Las Vegas got out of the sportsbetting business in the early 90's. The sportsbooks are here now to keep the people in the hotel, take small bets, those moronic parlay cards and to have those stupid football contests where some 95 year old lady wins a house because her dentures landed on the right teams. A jagoff named Art Manteris mismanages Station Casinos sportsbooks. He doesn't know the first thing about sportsbetting and doesn't care to. He'll take action from squares because that's 95% of the cutomers there and he ran out the sharps years ago. Station casinos are local, dumpy casinos that cater to lowlifes and bustouts. Their properties are dives. Las Vegas is a has been destination. I don't know why anyone would come here. It's a dirty, ghetto city with overpriced rooms, overpriced food and drink and entertainers way past their prime or ones that never had a prime. The machines are tight as hell. The table games suck. Save your money and go someplace else for a vacation.
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ohiostate711	RSI View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: betED.com \|
Prospect Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 41 Location: Florida	#19 Posted: 1/19/2012 2:10:46 PM All good comments about the books in lasVegas but ALTANTIC CITY should have sportsbetting by the end of summer or end of this year if all goes well in the courts and that will low life vegas a ghost town because Altantic city will do what it takes to have excellant CUSTOMER service
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NJDevils	View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Covers Rehab Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 33122 Location: Nevada	#20 Posted: 1/19/2012 5:36:28 PM Who the hell is going to AC to place sports bets? The people that live in AC? ooh. That will be an exciting clientele
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mrquija27	View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: betED.com \|
Veteran Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 2330 Location: Michigan	#21 Posted: 1/19/2012 5:56:23 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by allin69: Las Vegas got out of the sportsbetting business in the early 90's. The sportsbooks are here now to keep the people in the hotel, take small bets, those moronic parlay cards and to have those stupid football contests where some 95 year old lady wins a house because her dentures landed on the right teams. A jagoff named Art Manteris mismanages Station Casinos sportsbooks. He doesn't know the first thing about sportsbetting and doesn't care to. He'll take action from squares because that's 95% of the cutomers there and he ran out the sharps years ago. Station casinos are local, dumpy casinos that cater to lowlifes and bustouts. Their properties are dives. Las Vegas is a has been destination. I don't know why anyone would come here. It's a dirty, ghetto city with overpriced rooms, overpriced food and drink and entertainers way past their prime or ones that never had a prime. The machines are tight as hell. The table games suck. Save your money and go someplace else for a vacation. I love coming to Vegas. But yeah the downtown area is definitely ghetto as I was approached to buy drugs on mutliple occasions.
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Yavapai	View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \|
Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Nevada	#22 Posted: 1/19/2012 6:11:54 PM its great too see some real on the nose comments on how bad las vegas really is now. It is a slum, go a mile either direction from center strip and see the real action. Regarding the STATIONS you know how bad their books are as many of their employees are old rejects from the IP.
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braves5795	RSI View Space \| Blog \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: South Point \|
Prospect Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 267 Location: Washington	#23 Posted: 1/19/2012 8:55:14 PM I miss the old days at the stardust, and if you didn't like their number, you could walk across the street to the riviera and get that needed half pt.
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UHQB	RSI View Space \| Friends \| Playbook \| My Sportsbook: Mandalay Bay \|
Veteran Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1630 Location: Nevada	#24 Posted: 1/21/2012 7:45:07 PM
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Veteran Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1630 Location: Nevada	#25 Posted: 1/21/2012 9:07:42 PM
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