Many players get nasty, especially when they are drinking and losing, but one of the worst was the owner of several California shrimp boats who loved to play the wheel. When he lost he would cuss out the dealers, often driving away other players with his foul language. He was a good player and many casino bosses were reluctant to ban him. He had a $5,000 credit line in most clubs and had no qualms about losing up to $5,000, but he never exceeded his limit.
One Saturday night he started to play at a Strip casino and was drinking heavily. He asked for $300, lost that, and became nasty and belligerent. He kept drinking, cussing and betting. He finally passed out at the table, about $1,000 loser. The dealer leaned over to wake him up, but the casino boss rushed over. It was the moment he had been waiting for. "Let him be. Just let him sleep," he told the dealer. "I'm going to teach him a lesson."
The Dealer
Several hours later, shortly before dawn, the shrimp boat owner woke up with a groan. The dealer Summoned the boss, who said to the still groggy player, "Well, Mr. B, how far do you want to go? You've lost $9,000 already." The shrimp-boat owner leaped to his feet, trying to focus his bleary eyes on the boss. "How could you let me go that far? My limit is $5,000." "Well, you know how you are when you are drinking, Mr. B. I tried to stop you, but 1 couldn't."
The shrimp-boat owner wrote a $9,000 check and told the boss to drag him to his room if he ever got that drunk again. "If you ever again give me more than my limit, I will not pay you," he added.
The boss, who later divided $8,000 among the blackjack casino help, replied-relishing every word-"Gee, Mr. B, if you had quit three hours ago when you were $8,000 winner, you wouldn't have to worry about paying me."
Green Stamps
The wife of one of Las Vegas' richest casino bosses doesn't know it but she owns the world's most expensive portable barbecue. She needed just a couple more pages in her stamp book for the barbecue, so one afternoon she asked her husband to fill the car with gas at a station that gave green stamps and bring the stamps home before the redemption center closed.
The station he picked was near the Stardust Hotel. The boss asked the attendant to fill the tank and have the car washed. Then he strolled into the online casino to kill some time. Unfortunately he strolled a little too close to a roulette table, started playing, and lost $25,000. He checked his watch and rushed home forgetting the stamps. Three hours had passed. His wife was furious. Not only did he forget the stamps but the redemption center had closed. The boss rushed back to the station, got the stamps, and went into the Stardust to buy his wife a gift at the jewelry store. He also tried to get even at the craps table and lost another $15,000. His wife is now saving stamps for a toaster. I wonder how much that will end up costing.
A big wheel player at one of the large Las Vegas hotels always played late in the morning, about 3 or 4 o'clock, $100 chips scattered all over. He always liked music when he was playing. so he would hire a clarinet player from one of the lounge bands to play soft music for him at the roulette wheel One time the high roller had to go to the men's room, so he took fifteen $100 chips ($1,500), gave them to the clarinet player, and said "I want you to follow me into the "can' and play for me."
