Let’s get one thing straight: I’ve never been to Vegas. It’s not that I don’t want to go, but rather I’ve never had the opportunity to go there and have some fun. Truth be told, I don’t know many people who have gone other than to get married and spend a few bucks at the casino. But having heard so many stories and movies telling the woeful tales of regretful vacationers, I think I know enough to not want to even visit!
Everyone knows someone who has a friend who’s related to a traveller who knows someone else with a fantastic Las Vegas stories. From horror stories on the Vegas strip to drunken misfortunes on the casino floor, there are plenty of stories for the telling! Among them all are some golden tales that almost need to be seen to be believed! Here are some standout stories that made us cry with laughter, and others that make us never want to visit Las Vegas in our lifetime.
30. This Is A Story Where Everyone Came Together To Create A Magical Moment
“My wife and I were a little bit inebriated and we were looking to renew our vows in downtown Vegas but couldn’t find any open chapels. Defeated, we called a cab. When we got in the cab, the driver asked if we had just gotten married and we explained that we had tried but nothing was open, he then made it his mission to find an open chapel for us. He drove us to this quiet street, chased a man in a tuxedo then talked to him for a while. The man in the tuxedo called someone who then came out of her home and welcomed us into her home which turned out to be a chapel. She had obviously just gotten out of bed. We signed some papers, my wife grabbed a plastic bouquet and walked down the aisle. The best thing was our taxi driver had turned his meter off and agreed to be my best man. We even got him to sign our certificate as a witness. Even though my wife and I had been married for a year already, it was $350 well spent.” mrprimeminista
29. Here’s An Instance Where Complaining Got You Perks…And The Best Night Of Your Life
“Me and my girlfriend went to Vegas for her 21st birthday and decided to go to Sapphires. We’re used to strip clubs where girls get in for free though so we were quite surprised to find out they wanted us to pay $35 to get in. We had just paid $15 for a cab to get there and had spent over an hour getting ready, we looked hot and wanted to have a good night so we decided to pay it.
The place was packed and when we finally ordered drinks, bottom shelf mixed drinks we’re $20! So, we didn’t order drinks and just decided to go get our money back and to leave. My friend, let’s call her Katie, is a shy introvert and will do anything to avoid confrontation so she didn’t even want to ask for our money back but I wasn’t going to put up with that. I asked the receptionist for a refund which she refused, she got her boss who also refused so I asked for the guy who ran the place and they said I’d have to wait for a half-hour to talk to him. I waited.
A big, ripped guy with a name along the lines ‘slayer’ comes out and asked what my concern was. I explained why I was upset and that I wanted a refund so we could leave, he explained to me that in Vegas they actually pay taxi drivers a lot of money to drop off girls even if we already paid them. So that he would be losing money if we left. Instead, he offered us a VIP table with 3 rounds of drinks and a shot for free. That was enough for me, we stayed just long enough to drink our drinks and then decided to go see the Calvin Harris show.
We were tipsy and it took us a while to find the venue and by the time we go there, it was closed. Two cute bouncers saw us trying to get in and told us we missed the show but said they were done with their shift and we’re going to a party if we wanted to come. So, we did. We walked to the one guy’s car, a nice Porsche Boxster, and got in. Katie had to sit on my lap in the passenger side and the other guy said he would meet us there.
They took us to a club way off the strip that looked like it was closed, they had a password to get in and once we went inside it was amazing. Club lights, strippers, full bar, and food service. And everything was free! We got free lap dances, free drinks, free sushi, anything we wanted. The guys never made any moves on us, they never tried hitting on us or did anything to make us uncomfortable. They were complete gentleman the whole time and said they just wanted to make sure we had fun. We stayed there until 5:00 am having a great time and then they called us a cab to get back to our hotel. Best night of my life. Never got either of those guys names.” pwnkakeswce
28. This Trip Was Reminiscent Of A Certain Hollywood Movie…
“I can’t really remember everything that happened, but me and about 20 guys took a trip to Vegas after we had been deployed for 10 months. It pretty much went the way of The Hangover, but everyone was accounted for the next morning.
What wasn’t accounted for was about $12,000 from my bank account, which I apparently spent gambling and eating junk food. The TV in our room was missing, three guys lost their wallets with their CAC and credit cards (one of whom had their account cleaned out over the span of about an hour), one guy lost all his luggage which was stored in the room overnight, and one guy we found in the bathtub had passed out and pooped himself while drinking a bottle of champagne.
All in all, we paid a few thousand dollars on room reparations but I’ll always remember that morning because of the hangover and the humour.” MikeOxbigg
27. The Trip Started Off Slow, But Ended With A Lustful Bang
“I went with my best friend for a few days and on the last day, he asked if I would be mad if he went on Grindr to find someone to hook up with. I said no, and that I’d go on the web to see if I could scrounge something up. Mind you, I had just eaten a whole bag of Andy’s hot fries and it wasn’t quite agreeing with me.
So, I’m sitting on the toilet pooping, browsing profiles for about an hour. I found someone, they came up to my hotel, we had s*x, then I promptly asked him to leave after we finished. While all of this was happening, my friend met up with an Australian man, had a few drinks, and ended up hooking up behind a vending machine in our hotel. Maybe not the wildest and crazy story, but we both felt pretty accomplished on our last few hours in Vagas.” Dween_Deedles
26. This Tourist Had Not One, But Four Incredibly Bizarre Stories From Vegas
“Last year when my fiancee and I went to Vegas, we had the following happen in a 48 hour period:
- Met a one-eyed Canadian Oil Millionaire, one of the friendliest people I’ve ever met
- Saw a group of overweight security guards have a speed-walk chase after a woman who ripped off a casino. It was one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen.
- My fiancee getting blatantly hit on by an incredibly drunk Australian Lesbian, who started getting increasingly frustrated because absolutely everything she tried flew over my fiancee’s head
- Getting a gun pointed at us in the Flamingo by a drunken racist Jamie Hyneman-looking mountain survivalist.
Vegas is a magical city, I can’t wait to go back!” GlastonBerry48
25. These Two Girls Had No Idea The Couple Of Men They Met Were Filthy Rich
“So I went to Vegas with my really good friend for a week to celebrate her recent graduation from college. Her family had paid for everything except my flight, their only request that I make sure she has a good time since I was her ‘fun’ friend. Not huge gamblers but loving to party, we hit the strip and ended up at Omnia.
We have fun, and end up meeting two guys that were going to be visiting for a few days as well. They look a bit older but cool, so we ended up going back with them. Great times pursued. We ended up hanging out with them some more, and the next night I went back with the one guy to use their hotel room.
Lo and behold this guy was loaded. I had an idea that he made money and was a bit older, but it turns out he was about 13 years older and really rich. His room was the penthouse.
We proceeded to fool around against the glass of the penthouse overlooking the strip when we hear a knock at the door. It’s the guy I was with’s friend whom was also staying in the room, with my friend. We then had a really wild time altogether, and in the resulting days they took us out and essentially treated us as sugar babies. It was awesome 10/10 recommend.” B4RBI3
24. This Runner Was Caught, But Still Kept A Consolation Prize
“My favourite story though is about the guy who stole a ball out of the roulette wheel and legged it for the front door, not expecting the dealer to run after him and straight up rugby-tackle him to the ground. That was pretty funny.
He got to keep the ball.” buttsandbuttsandstuff
23. He Fired Her, Hired Her, And Gave Her Much More Than She Could Ever Repay
“Given I’m not a casino worker in Las Vegas, I really can only chime in with other stories, so I’ll stick with the one I read in an obituary for Australian billionaire Kerry Packer.
Packer was renowned for spending big at the tables, and for his generosity. During one trip, he had a table to himself and started talking to the dealer. Eventually, she mentioned that she was struggling to pay her mortgage and feed her family. Packer then decided to tip her a massive amount of money, but the dealer refused (even though she was grateful).
Packer asked why, and the dealer said it was because all tips had to be shared with the dealer pool, and that his money would be going to other dealers.
Packer stopped her, and said ‘get your manager over here’. She tried to interject, but he reiterated that she needed to get her manager.
The manager turned up and Packer said ‘fire this woman immediately’. Being the whale that he was, the dealer was fired on the spot.
Packer then turned to the dealer and said ‘now you don’t have to share this with the other dealers’, and gave her the full tip. She accepted (obviously).
Packer turned to the manager and then said ‘hire this woman immediately’. She was hired right away, and got to keep the entire tip.” upforgrabs21
22. He Wanted Donuts To Go To Another Country – So They Delivered!
“A former co-worker of mine was a host for high rollers, and had Packer or someone of that level as a customer. He wanted donuts to go with him to France. The casino forgot to put the donuts on the plane. So, my friend has to grab a dozen donuts, hop on a private plane to follow this guy, and deliver the donuts to him when he lands. She was allowed to stay in France for the weekend, then had to come back.” cirena
21. He Forgot The Number One Rule And Lost It all
“This is a second-hand story from a lovely lady who was a dealer in Vegas in one of the crummy casinos on Freemont Street. She was dealing at a blackjack table where you can do one of those crazy side-bet things on certain rare hand combinations to get a bonus jackpot. Anyways one guy hit it and won 35 grand. This was a big deal and he grabbed his cards off the table to show his friends and the Casino invalidated the play because apparently that was against the rules. Anyways he did not get his winnings and was escorted out crying. Seemed unfair to me.” IntrepiduxX
20. This Owner Bet It All To Keep His Company Afloat And It Paid Off
“Worked with FedEx. Everyone should try it!
Full story, as it’s casino related. Owner of FedEx when it was still a startup didn’t have enough funds to make the weekly payroll, let alone pay to keep the company going. He took every penny out of the company account, went to a casino and ‘bet on black’, and won. Giving him enough money to keep going, and get to where they are now.
Edit: Just found on a few other sites, it was blackjack, and not roulette. He turned $5,000 into $27,000 (or $32,000, depending on site), so that he could afford flight fuel costs to keep the company going.” smokinbbq
19. While This Wasn’t In Vegas, It Was A Terrifying Story Nonetheless
“I didn’t work in Las Vegas, but a casino in Oklahoma.
The craziest story was a man brought a backpack full of money to my window. Crazy amounts of money. He requested $25,000 of twenties to be exchanged for [multiple] hundred dollar bills. This happens quite a bit, but $25,000 was way over the limit of what was acceptable to do without proper paperwork, so I requested his ID. All I needed it for was to type him into the system that checks to make sure he isn’t evading taxes.
But the ID he gave me definitely wasn’t him, unless he had Benjamin Button disease. The guy in the ID was in his 70’s, IIRC, and the guy in my window was maybe in his late twenties, early thirties.
This is grounds to call my supervisor and fill out even worse paperwork, that we send to authorities, also IIRC, the secret service.
I had scanned the ID he gave me, and when my manager got there, she told him pretty much ‘obviously this isn’t you’. And he apologized, said he had grabbed his grandpa’s ID instead of his own, his was in his car.
[I] took his backpack, still with some money inside, left, and never came back. We just had $25,000 in twenty dollar bills that remained in our vault until we got the report back from SS (or whoever it was sent to, I still can’t remember) that said homeboy murdered the man in the ID, buried him in his own backyard, and robbed him.” nosidamadison
18. Like Most Of Us, This Casino Employee Had Both Good And Bad Days On The Job
“A guy tipped me three grand once which was nice. Oh, when I was a slot attendant we were told that we weren’t allowed to let customers sleep on the slot machines because it’s irresponsible gaming or something. I was walking around once and saw an old lady sleeping so I tried to wake her up. I guess she was dead, it was a weird shift.” [deleted]
17. This Employee Has Seen The Worst Of Humanity Working At A Casino
“Oh my God, where do I begin……I’ve seen a man inject himself in the leg with insulin, and then leave the syringe sticking out of his leg for an hour because he won a jackpot when he injected himself, so therefore it must be a lucky charm.
I have seen people pee and **** themselves because they didn’t want to leave the table/slot machine.
I’ve seen people pass out after having sat chain-smoking at a slot machine for 36 hours straight, and I’ve seen other customers get mad because the paramedics interrupted their winning streak.
And I’ve seen a man die of a heart attack at a poker table, and then watched as the rest of the players try to steal his winnings before security could get there.” devatoo
Another user commented:
“Sounds about right.” [deleted]
16. This Man Won Some, Then Lost It All, And Barely Broke A Sweat
“I was in my cities main casino after a night out, trying to claw back the money I spent on drinks as I do every time I go out (just a bit of fun), playing roulette because guessing numbers/colours is easy for an intoxicated person.
A foreign dude, looked Chinese came up to the table, put a couple of decent-sized bets down and the majority of his stack was on green, I thought it was a ridiculous bet but he didn’t seem too bothered, figured he was just having some fun.
Anyway he wins, seems completely unfazed by the whole thing (whereas I’m losing my ****, and I’m not even the one who won), gets his winnings back, immediately throws it all down on red, becomes a nervous wreck losing all his composure as if it is his life savings, it lands on black & he kneels down as if he’s winded, gasping for air, after about 20 seconds he gets up, facial expression back to normal – walks off with quite a pace on, never saw him again, one of the weirdest things I’ve seen.” rondo420
15. They Could Only Guess That All Of These Odd Items Were Used For A S*x Scene
“I posted this once upon a time on another account, and it happened 10+ years ago at this point:
I worked at the front desk, my sister worked in Housekeeping. She was assigned to clean one of the high end suites…. The guests had left behind empty orange soda cans, like cases and cases worth…and s*x toys. S*x toys everywhere. The room had been booked by a single, middle-aged woman that seemed normal enough. (Except she drank straight crème de menthe and had a permanently green tongue, it HAD to be the green kind)
I can only assume whatever happened was filmed, so if anyone sees an amateur p**n featuring a hot tub filled with orange soda, please please please share.” Ishtizzle
14. He Had An Important Decision To Make…And He Made The Wrong One, Losing It all
“Obligatory ‘not a dealer, but…’ I loved in Las Vegas for 20 years, much of which was spent as a compulsive gambler, some of which was spent working for a company that manufactured and serviced card shuffling machines (Not Shufflemaster, one of their early competitors).
Anyway, two stories, one I heard, one I witnessed.
In a craps game at the Stardust, many years ago, an older player leaned across the layout to place a bet. His false teeth fell out of his mouth and landed on the felt. Without missing a beat, the veteran stick man removed his own set of teeth, tossed them out onto the table, and said ‘We’ll fade that action.’
The one I watched happened at the Hard Rock early one morning, midweek, in a mostly-empty casino. I was playing blackjack at a table with a few other people. We had a roulette table next to us, opposite where I sat on the 3rd base. The dealer stopped to shuffle, and one of the people at our table noticed that the ball had landed on ‘9’ for four consecutive spins (It had one of those signs that light up and records the last X number of spins).
One guy says to his buddy ‘Hey, put some money on 9!’ The other guy says ‘Not 9, 36! Four nines is thirty-six!’
So the player on first base, with his pile of chips in front of his chair on the blackjack table, stands up and places a bet on 36. Before the dealer could spin, however, the pit boss intervened and told the hopeful bettor that he could only play at one table at a time. In other words, he’d have to give up his spot at the blackjack table to place a wager at the roulette game.
The dealer was done shuffling her cards, so both tables were on pause until the guy on the 1st base decided what he was going to do, under duress of the pit boss to get both games moving again.
Blackjack had been going well, and his friend was still playing, so sat back down with us at the blackjack table, grumbling all the while.
The roulette wheel spun and landed on 36. Because, how could it have landed on anything else?
I can’t prove it, the witnesses have scattered who knows where, but I watched it go down, circa 1997, Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.” WanderingLuddite
13. This Gambler Lost $30,000 In No Time At all
” I had a customer lose about $10,000. He’s walking to the ATM to get more money and the dealers let him know that there’s a $500 max withdraw on the ATM but he can do a Credit Card advance at the cage for a lot more.
He comes back with $20,000 and loses that in 5 hands.” IHateTomatoes
Another user commented:
“I saw a guy lose $20,000 on double-deck blackjack. He was playing two hands, $500/hand. He was shaking so bad losing, he then went and got another $20,000 and lost every. single. hand. Sometimes it’s just a losing day, and you should leave.” tommygunz007
12. A Casino Employee Had Two Troublesome Stories, Both Equally Maddening
“New Year’s Eve was always the craziest day of the year. The [casino] owner threw a giant party for all his high rollers, so there were no rooms available at the hotel (I worked the hotel front desk). Tons of other people, however, would show up and attempt all sorts of bribery, trickery, and outright threats to hotel staff to get a room. The casino would be a tightly packed wall of bodies, and it would take forever to wade through it.
The one New Year’s Eve I worked, we had an elderly man die at a slot machine. Nobody noticed for a while, he simply slumped over in his chair with a bucket of quarters in his lap. Eventually, some woman wanted his slot machine and tried to rouse him before realizing he was dead. She panicked and began screaming. This kind of freakout is contagious, so other people around her started freaking out, but the place was so crowded people couldn’t get away. It took hours for security to make it over to this area, figure out what was wrong, calm people down, and get the body out of there. The EMTs and cops eventually had to strap him to a stretcher and lift him over their heads to carry him out over the throng of people.
One time (not on New Year’s Eve) we had a couple come in and check into the hotel with a stolen credit card. It didn’t flag as stolen at first, so we had no idea anything was amiss. Then the cops from Wells showed up looking for them. They had me page the name on the card, which was female. When that didn’t bring anybody forward, they had me page a man’s name. A woman came forward hesitantly, and when she saw the cops, she dropped her tub of quarters and began wailing and crying. The cops handcuffed her while she sobbed, and we stood behind the counter at the front desk watching this.
They had us page the guy’s name again. At this point, the dude decided to make a run for it. He went tearing through the casino, leaping over tables and stuff, with detectives chasing him. He ran past the front desk and tried to get out of the casino but ended up slamming face-first into one the huge glass doors at the front entrance. It literally knocked him out cold. He slumped to the ground, leaving streaks of b***d on the glass from breaking his nose.
It turned out this guy had broken into some old lady’s house, then beat her up and terrorized her for a while before taking off with her purse. She had lain there all night before someone found her. Once he had her purse, he decided to take his girlfriend gambling.” a_b*tch_on_a_mission
11. This Abusive Husband Beat His Wife When He Found Out He Could Have Won The Jackpot
“I heard this from a bartender in the casino at the LV Hilton. There was a couple playing the progressive slot machine where you can play 3 lines at once by paying triple. (Essentially lets you gamble faster). Well, the husband goes to the bathroom and the wife takes over the machine and hits the button for ‘Play 1 Line’ instead of ‘play 3 lines’.
The jackpot combo (triple 7’s or whatever) comes up on the top line meaning the didn’t win the $200,000 progression because she only played one line. The husband comes back and she shows him. This was 20-30 years ago so $200,000 was a lot of money back then. The husband proceeds to beat the snot out of the wife right on the casino floor. He ended up being arrested.” JohnnyTT314
10. In a One-In-A-Lifetime Hattrick, This Employee Bestowed A Great Hand To A Kind Gambler
“One of the coolest things to happen with a customer was when I was dealing 3-card poker (the player gets three cards, and hopefully they have got something good. Three-of-a-kind and straight flush are the two big jackpot hands).
I had been dealing to this lady who was alone at my table for a while, she wasn’t winning but she was really nice and chatty so I was hoping that I would deal a good hand to her and she would win a jackpot. I was joking around and occasionally as I dealt her cards to her (face down) I would say something like ‘This one’s gonna be a straight flush!’ but it wouldn’t be.
Then, one hand I dealt her cards and jokingly said ‘Three queens!’ She picks them up, says something like ‘Holy ****’ turns them around so I can see, and it was actually three queens. The friggin’ chances of that are so ridiculous I was buzzing out!
It was a super quiet day shift though, she was the only one at my table and my supervisor wasn’t even nearby so nobody else saw. Whenever I tell people (including other dealers, and we have all seen some crazy chancy stuff) they are like ‘uh-huh, whatever’.” lunapuff
9. After All That Hard Work, The Customer Walked Out, Leaving Everyone Frustrated
“Does fast food in a Vegas casino work? My sister worked graveyard at a Subway and a homeless guy just started peeing on the floor.
And when I worked there, the worst customer I ever had was a CRAZY homeless lady. You can tell she was mentally ill but she was so rude that I d**n near cried. She basically asked me if I can promise her to not ‘mess with her food’ since other places usually do that to her. I was weirded out but I promised her I would not mess with her food.
Anyone who has worked in fast food knows that tone that rude customers use, and she was using it.
‘Give me six-inch wheat!!’
I go to cut a footlong in half and put one six-inch away.
‘NOO! Get the other one!! You probably did something to the other one’
Okay, it’s not like I’m doing your sandwich in front of you but okay…
‘I want this sandwich!! What does it have?! How much is it ?’
I proceeded to do her sandwich and she was SO picky.
‘Get another slice of salami! You probably poisoned it!!’
I was getting so frustrated at this point because she was so rude. Then, when it came to the veggies, she just started cursing that we were so ‘**c***g rude’ and tampering with her food that she just walked out. I spent a long time doing her sandwich just for nothing. Ugh.” ilovetotour
8. This One Drunkard Let Things Get A Little Too Out Of Hand
“I’m not a casino worker. But played blackjack with some dude for about 6 hours and we both proceeded to get absolutely drunk. He finally got up from the table and went out the front door. About 10 minutes later he comes back in driving a golf cart he had stolen from one of the groundskeepers. Drove it right in the front door. Security had him ripped out of that thing in seconds. It was hilarious.” bluebecauseiwantto
7. They All Left Happy Because Of One Drunk Mistake
“Obligatory not a dealer, but a customer.
The Excalibur, the summer of 2002. My wife, daughter and I are playing roulette at like 1:30 in the morning. A new player comes up and my daughter, trying to tell the croupier that a new player is in and needs to color up to yellow says, instead, ‘Eleven.’ (We were all pretty intoxicated by that point.)
We laugh and then look at the board. The 11 square is totally uncovered. Gamblers are superstitious people, and everyone starts PILING on 11. I think I put at least six chips on, my wife piled on, my daughter, everyone else at the table piled on. The tower was at least seven or eight inches tall.
We start chanting ’11! 11! 11!’
Swear to God, it dropped.
You should have heard the cheer. My wife said, ‘Ssssh! They’ll kick us out!’
So I won like $500, so did the wife and daughter, and we called it a night.” dramboxf
6. In This Case, What Happened In Vegas Ruined An Entire Family
“Not a casino worker, but I witnessed the aftermath.
A friend of mine had a completely nuclear family. Dad works for as an engineer, busts his butt, provides for his wife, my friend, and his two sisters. They live in a huge house, have nice things, and are generally an outwardly-normal family.
One day, I’m over to play video games with my friend in the den, just off the garage. Mom and dad are unloading groceries. Dad stops and is just holding a two-litre of soda. Mom continues past him…back and forth…back and forth. Dad suddenly launches the two-litre into the wall. As soda sprays everywhere and all of us look on in horror, he pulls out a huuuuuuge wad of what look like bank receipts.
[It] turns out, he had bankrupted them and then took out loans to keep on gambling. They were in the hole tens of thousands of dollars, so I’m told. They divorced. Mom got all the kids, and they all turned out reasonably well adjusted. As a kid with divorced parents who always looked at them with envy, that ended really quickly.” GamingTrend
5. His Escort Orders A Drink, But The DIY Stirrer Was Appalling
“Blackjack dealer told me that Dennis Rodman played at his table a few years ago and was accompanied by an escort. She would come and go while he played and he would give her money to play games and stuff.
She orders a drink and when it gets there he pulls out his forearm-sized s*****g on the table and mixes her drink with it in front of everyone. He then tells the dealer he’ll be back in a few minutes, ‘I’m gonna go do her in the butt’.
A few minutes later he walks out of the bathroom smiling. The escort isn’t far behind and now is noticeably limping.” [deleted]
4. She Was A Nice Lady, But Accumulated Enough Debt To Bankrupt Most Folks
“Not a casino worker but I have been going to Vegas about 3 times a year for over 15 years. This story is from The Mandalay Bay about two days before the McGregor and Mayweather fight.
My significant other (SO) and I are not high rollers, but we go into the high roller slots room and play a few random slots from time to time. Our first night there I go into the High limit room to check out the $25 and $100 wheel of fortune slot and notice a man in a suit standing next to the machine with his arms crossed but he’s not playing. As I get closer to the machine the man stops me and says sorry you can’t play this machine. I’m ok with that because I was just looking to see what the last bonus was anyways.
So I walk around to the other side of the room and find a $25 machine to play as I notice a very normal looking middle-aged women going around in circle of a 4 machine bank and she’s putting $100 bills into each machine pressing the spin without seeing if she won or not and goes to the next machine. She has an oversized McGregor/Mayweather shirt on that the casino was selling in the hotel gift shop. She’s making a waving hand jester as if she’s taunting the machines and going ‘WOO, WOO’ each time. I’m thinking to myself ‘dang this lady is having fun.’ I then notice about 4 other men in suits all watching this lady from different areas of the room. By the way, the men in suits all worked at Mandalay Bay. I really think nothing of it and leave the high limit room.
The next day we get up early and head over to $10 Wheel of fortune machine that we like to play that is located directly in front of the High limit room. I again notice the same lady in the HLR talking and smiling with all the employees. She seems really friendly and amped up. This time she is wearing a leopard print shirt, jeans, and a fanny pack. Again she is very normal looking almost hillbilly like. I go into the HLR again and head towards the side by side $25 and $100 Wheel of Fortune slot to see what the last bonus was. This time I notice ‘out of order’ stickers on the machines but I also notice there is still credits in the machines. This time there is a lady in a suit that tells me I can not play these machines. This is when I start to wonder what the heck is going on.
I leave and come back several hours later and see the same lady playing both $25 and $100 wheel of fortune machines. She is hitting the buttons as fast as the slots can keep up with her. At this point, I’m shaking my head like W*F is going here. She has got to be spending $1000’s in minutes. Not only is she playing the Wheel of Fortunes but she is also playing 4 other machines that have casino employees standing by them. As I’m getting closer to the lady the casino employees start to look at me as if I am doing something wrong. I get close enough to talk with her and she is surprising a very talkative and friendly lady. She tells me she hit $40,000 on the $100 machine earlier that day but that she is down about $200,000. I am completely blown away at this point. I tell her good luck and go on about my day.
It’s about 2 am and we head back down to the HLR to see the same lady still playing the $25 and $100 wheel of fortune slots. She has a table next to her with food and drinks and employees all around watching her. I don’t bother her this time but again I am blown away by the amount of time and money she has spent.
We get up the next day and head down to our $10 slot in front of the HLR once again. It’s about 11 am and she is still in the HLR wearing the same clothes from the day before. She looks a little more worn down but not out. I only watch her from a distance for a few minutes as I am in disbelief. We come back that night to find her still in the HLR wearing the same freaking clothes. I go up to her this time to find her chain-smoking cigarettes and still playing the $25 and $100 Wheel of Fortune machines over and over and over. I strike up a conversation and ask her how she’s doing. She tells me she lost another $160,000 for a total of $360,000!! Now, I am not sure how the h**l this is possible but she seems to be telling the truth. She is still smiling and very talkative. The strange thing is that she is still telling me that all she wants in life is a horse, a pool, and a pig. And that she rents a room from her daughter. I’m thinking to myself that with all that money you can buy tons of horses, pigs, and have your own house. I wish her good luck once again and go on about our night.
This was our last night there and our flight leaves at like 7 am the next morning. We get up around 5 am and head back down to our $10 machine to play it a few more times before we leave. I take a peek inside the HLR to see if the lady is still in there. And there she is playing in the SAME freaking clothes, but this time she has the ‘out of order’ sticker stuck on her forehead as she continues to play one machine after another. I am not joking when I say she looks emotionally and physically drained but at least she has a good sense of humour! Not once throughout my trip did I not see this lady it the high limit room. I have a ton of Las Vegas stories but this one is most definitely at the top of my crazy list.” Helopav
3. This Employee Had Witnessed and Been A Victim Of Some Terrible Things
“I enjoyed most of my time there, minus the numerous drug dealers with bridge cards using the casinos to launder money.
[I] met a lot of women that way. We called them ‘player girlfriends’.
[On] my first day on the job, I was super nervous, a chick asked when my break was (I didn’t know, had no clue at the time). Pit boss told me after that she was coming onto me…I had no clue then because I was so green.
[I] never really met any celebrities, [but] had a chick who was a regular in the high limits, tons of plastic surgery, always wanted to sit solo on a table and play the dealer one on one (most gamblers are superstitious and don’t like to do this at all, you typically lose faster)..I remember her once saying, while on a streak…
‘If I win this hand, I’ll have s*x with you’.
She tipped very well, usually $50 per hand, at minimum, was her tip, winning or losing.
Worst I ever saw was leaving work one day, our employee parking was basically a dirt lot, we had to cross the common street intersection to the casino to get there, a guy laid in the street begging for cars to run him over, after losing.” AleksanderSuave
2. Nobody Could Help This Rampaging Man After He Claimed To Get Hit By A. Car
“I had gotten off work at my casino and wanted to play at a local casino. I’m playing the slots when a man runs into the casino and starts screaming that he got hit by a car. He goes on a rampage, throwing drinks at bartenders, and punches the glass on several machines. This completely messed up his hands. By the time hotel security tackled him, he was passed out from b***d loss. Meanwhile, the girl next to me gets 6 out of 7 quick-hits while this is going on for 1,800 bucks.” ijmanic
1. From Busting Prostitutes To Tipping Stories, This Bartender Has A lot of Stories
“Vegas bartender reporting for storytime! Newb to Vegas, moved here in 2015 so just over 2 years. I work at a casino where all the Ferrari cars go, we’ll call it Ferraria.
We have an on-duty cop that busts prostitutes that sit at the bars in the hotel. We know who he is, but the public does not. You’re always being watched in Vegas, and the cameras are so precise, they can zoom in on a dime on the floor and read the writing on it from ceilings that are high up. When there is a suspected prostitute(s) that are mingling with guys that have money from gambling, he comes to the bar dressed as a normal dude. He orders a ‘drink’ from us. It’s a ‘vodka tonic’ but we just pour tonic with a lemon wedge garnish instead of the usual lime to indicate the drink is non-alcoholic. He starts chatting up the prostitutes, figures out if they’re really prostituting or not. If they are he finds out their price, asks them to his ‘room’ where a staff of officers are waiting to arrest them and book them. Wash, rinse, and repeat.
Just had a coworker tell me about his biggest night in tips in the high limit room: $15,000. Showed me pictures of the $5,000 chips the guy was tipping him. Tipped the staff $3,000 and went home with $12,000. Then the other bartender chimes in after he’s done and tells a similar story about a cocktail waitress that received $60,000 in tips from a guy tipping her $20,000 chip at a time for 1 drink. The girl walked with $60,000 in one shift at Wynn.
[I] had a manager from the pools at Wynn tell me that the most the entire staff got in terms of tips from one shift at Encore Beach Club was around $12,000…the entire freaking staff. Apparently the girl that told him said she left and went and bought her boyfriend a new Yamaha R1 cash as a gift.
Celebrities freaking everywhere trying to act like normal people! [I] swear to god I saw LL Cool J walking out of a restaurant. As I’m standing there a tall drink of water walks in and blocks my view of LL Cool J. The guy turns around and it was Owen Wilson. Sits down and gets a drink and it turns out it wasn’t LL Cool J, but I made Owen Wilson a Tito’s and soda instead.” [deleted]
Remember, if you’re planning a trip to Vegas, have a little extra handy to tip your bartenders, wait staff, and casino employees! Do you have an interesting casino or Vegas-related story to tell? Tell us your tale below!
