Rio getting desperate?

Here are the histories of two players at new Rio.

For the purposes of this story, we will call them "Jim" and "Bill".

Jim: Converted over from Caesars automatically, before he set foot in the place. Was Caesars Diamond at the time. Stayed once (last year) on a free room offer (though with resort fee), and did not gamble. He did not gamble at all there since the conversion from Caesars.

Bill: Got new players card earlier this year. Ran maybe $5000 in play at 98.91% deuces machine, broke about even, left. Hasn't been back.

For the past year or so, Jim's freebies stopped, and he was getting nonsense offers for "special rates", which he ignored.

Bill, who gambled once and didn't ever stay there or redeem an offer, has been repeatedly getting free room offers (with resort fee).


However, over the past 2 days, Jim and Bill got the following offers...


Jim: 3 nights for $25 at any time until November 30, no resort fee

Bill: 3 nights for $25 at any time until November 30, no resort fee, PLUS $25 food credit



Neither of these are exciting offers, but it says something about Rio.

They should be done with Jim. He was a Diamond from Caesars with relatively little play to get there, they inherited him, and he stayed in their "resort fee only" room and didn't play a dime, then never went back. Indeed, for the past year they had downgraded him to just getting rates slightly better than the standard ones. Now, suddenly they're offering him the best thing he's seen so far -- a room for $25 without a resort fee!

This makes it look like they just want bodies back in the place, even if those bodies have already shown they're just going to sleep there and leave.

Weird offers,

Neither player is that desirable & anyone who does any type of serious gambling at all is going to be used to getting free room offers with no fees.

So sending out offers like this seems like a waste of time & money.

Any player they would actually want would have free no fee offers from other properties with better locations & anyone who takes them up on an offer like these is not likely to generate much if any action.

Last I heard Rio was a ghost town.

Is it getting busier?

Do they offer anything worth seeking out?

Pretty sure on a non competitive night they turn a profit off the room offers.. what is the resort fee? What are added costs for room to be serviced? Then freeroll off the gambling. Last time I was at Rio I got hit $60 for a double.. a few years ago but meh. If the bars are already open along with other stuff. They probably break even on resort fee... no?

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Last I heard Rio was a ghost town.

Is it getting busier?

Do they offer anything worth seeking out?

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They have some very low rent hookers with matching looks if that is your type of thing.

I remember being there several years ago and the fucking sewer backed up.. all at once the lower casino floor just smelled strongly like shit
they got a tanker in there to pump something out. I dunno what would have happened otherwise. Would it start leaking out the lowest altitutude shitters? The memories of that place. The weed place nearby.. the shared degenerancy. Some of it way out there. Maximum degeneracy basically.

Automated offers. And you never know when a leach might start dropping coin into the casino coffers even someone like UNKewlJ has to drop some deng in every now and then to justify his hanging around while plying his male prostitution trade.

When other casinso are basically giving away free rooms to strangers for the cost of the resort fee - only the biggers knobs would think Rio has value given it is off-strip.

THose rooms are so shitty they may hope people damage the rooms as a source of revenue.

I remember getting some of those rooms during the WSOP. lol wow. Worst casino rooms in LV from everything I remember. Worse than late era IP rooms, worse than the Flamingo.

The old tower on its Concierge/Butler floor, and the new tower near the top floors, has some big suites. The new tower suites are pretty sparsely furnished, a la Aladdin/Planet Hollywood's largest suites, but great views.

Haven't stayed there in years, but used to like the Carnival World Buffet.

Rio just before Harrah's bought them and also for a couple years or so after (that is when I stopped by) used to have the highest public limits at Baccarat, up to $100K for anyone. I was barely gambling age, but they gave anyone the option to throw down six figures in one bet. So you can't say that Rio has always been low end, they once had a very nice high limit with very high limits.

Some cute cocktail waitresses too, although something about those outfits just didn't work.

Beauty Pageants have been held at Rio such as the Miss Rio, Miss Hawaiian Tropic which was at T.I. I was a judge for these pageants some years. The fact that places like Rio and T.I. held pageants like that is indicative of that they didn't always used to be lower end.

Now I just drive by and look at the Rio, say, while driving around the back way to Cosmo, same way I occasionally drive by The Martin. No one we know stays at either.

That place used to have the sky carnival or whatever. The tracks are still in the ceiling for the hanging floats. If you walk around on the 2nd floor you can see the entrance to the control booth.

They need warm bodes in there for the businesses paying rent. Get some revenue flowing through there... I can't imagine that place ever making a profit but I have no idea about the financials of such a place. The only thing good about it is there is no parking fee. If you had a big truck or something? I dunno.. but being off strip and locals don't care about you - then why are people going there? Cheapest rooms on hotels.com?

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That place used to have the sky carnival or whatever. The tracks are still in the ceiling for the hanging floats. If you walk around on the 2nd floor you can see the entrance to the control booth.

They need warm bodes in there for the businesses paying rent. Get some revenue flowing through there... I can't imagine that place ever making a profit but I have no idea about the financials of such a place. The only thing good about it is there is no parking fee. If you had a big truck or something? I dunno.. but being off strip and locals don't care about you - then why are people going there? Cheapest rooms on hotels.com?

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Yeah I showed Benjamin the tracks on the ceiling and explained the Show in the Sky. I pointed to the stage in the now-abandoned area of the Masquerade casino, and said they ran constant singing and dancing shows there. He was shocked to hear this, as now we were standing on empty floor with not another soul around, and absolutely nothing going on.

Rio made the same mistake as SLS/Sahara, Fontainebleau, Resorts World, et all. They decided they're going to be high end properties, and people will show up and pay high prices simply because they say they're high end and make the place look nice.

That's not how it works in Vegas. Location is everything. And if your location isn't good, you need something else attracting people there. And if you don't have that "something", it will be a ghost town.

The company that bought Rio is new to owning casinos, so they didn't realize any of this. Caesars found a mark, and rid themselves of the perpetual headache that was Rio.

Rio's day in the sun has come and gone--and it was a very good day. Lots of fond memories there for many people. It's now nothing but an uninteresting money pit for the fools who bought the place.

Close it up and tear it down before it gets too embarrassing.

I looked up pictures of the place and it doesn't seem too bad if I'm looking at the right pictures. It's truly amazing the places we have built for people to just destroy money.

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Heart has a song called Straight On and one of the lyrics is,"What the Winner don't know, the Gambler understands." That lyric is true. We gamblers are motivated by the chance and the probability that we can win. For example, I haven't won a Bingo in one of my local Casinos since January 2024, so for 19 months I haven't won a single Bingo there,but what keeps me motivated is the chance I could win a Bingo. :)

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I looked up pictures of the place and it doesn't seem too bad if I'm looking at the right pictures. It's truly amazing the places we have built for people to just destroy money.

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Heart has a song called Straight On and one of the lyrics is,"What the Winner don't know, the Gambler understands." That lyric is true. We gamblers are motivated by the chance and the probability that we can win. For example, I haven't won a Bingo in one of my local Casinos since January 2024, so for 19 months I haven't won a single Bingo there,but what keeps me motivated is the chance I could win a Bingo. :)

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Why did you vote for Trump this time? Your fans want to know.

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I looked up pictures of the place and it doesn't seem too bad if I'm looking at the right pictures. It's truly amazing the places we have built for people to just destroy money.

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Heart has a song called Straight On and one of the lyrics is,"What the Winner don't know, the Gambler understands." That lyric is true. We gamblers are motivated by the chance and the probability that we can win. For example, I haven't won a Bingo in one of my local Casinos since January 2024, so for 19 months I haven't won a single Bingo there,but what keeps me motivated is the chance I could win a Bingo. :)

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Why did you vote for Trump this time? Your fans want to know.

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Because I thought Trump was going to bring us back to 2019 Economy which was REALLY good. I turned out to be wrong. :(

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If there weren't a dozen superior casinos all within a few miles then the place would be just fine. It isn't the casino itself that is bad - it is the fact that there is nothing around there but homeless if you walk outside the casino. Then if you want to stay and have fun there are these dozen other casinos better located.

The only thing this casino could have going for it is having the absolute cheapest rooms. (possibly) but then that has its own problems and you can still go to OYO or whatever.

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Rio's day in the sun has come and gone--and it was a very good day. Lots of fond memories there for many people. It's now nothing but an uninteresting money pit for the fools who bought the place.

Close it up and tear it down before it gets too embarrassing.

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Rob,

I just got a report that says someone has had an update to their criminal record. Just sayin'.

And for those who want to hear about someone who (1) stayed at the Rio during their original "soft opening," (2) interviewed the Rio sports book manager as part of a comprehensive survey for Playbook magazine, and (3) recently was pulled out of the Rio check-in line and offered one of the suites MDawg described, just shoot me an email or watch for the report on my blog.

Over and out.

And Rob, I'm sure kewlJ can recommend a few good lawyers he claims to have met. Fantasy football; fantasy lawyers. it's all the same, more or less.

A "criminal record" is considered a badge of honor amongst many of my brethren, so don't hold it against anyone. I currently do not have such a record, but I'm working on it.

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Rio's day in the sun has come and gone--and it was a very good day. Lots of fond memories there for many people. It's now nothing but an uninteresting money pit for the fools who bought the place.

Close it up and tear it down before it gets too embarrassing.

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Rob,

I just got a report that says someone has had an update to their criminal record. Just sayin'.

And for those who want to hear about someone who (1) stayed at the Rio during their original "soft opening," (2) interviewed the Rio sports book manager as part of a comprehensive survey for Playbook magazine, and (3) recently was pulled out of the Rio check-in line and offered one of the suites MDawg described, just shoot me an email or watch for the report on my blog.

Over and out.

And Rob, I'm sure kewlJ can recommend a few good lawyers he claims to have met. Fantasy football; fantasy lawyers. it's all the same, more or less.

A "criminal record" is considered a badge of honor amongst many of my brethren, so don't hold it against anyone. I currently do not have such a record, but I'm working on it.

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THe url to your site would be useful. Google sucks. I've tried 3 different searches and you are not appearing on the first 10 pages. Skeptical gambler redietz blog goes nowhere except back here! hmm maybe it is in your profile.

I know.. everyone should "do their research" to find your URL .. you don't gotta tell us buddy.

Yea, google is crazy worthless these days. I'm not even trying to harrass Redietz. I can't find any reference to his blog and I really would expect to be able to find it. The fact that Google doesn't give it authority because of lack of traf fic is just a testament to how much down the gutter google has gone. As much as I don't like Redietz - he does put effort into having an authorative and truthful blog.

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How can you conclude this if you've never read his blog?

For all you know it could be filled with wild-eyed tales of alien abduction, anal probes and moonshine.

If nobody is reading, is it really a blog, or just some guy typing his thoughts into a diary or journal? :confused:

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How can you conclude this if you've never read his blog?

For all you know it could be filled with wild-eyed tales of alien abduction, anal probes and moonshine.

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I'm not sure where I implied I have never read it.. it has just been a long time. It is something like theskepticalgambler.

I'm not posting to razz redietz. Just wanted to give him some basic advice since he clearly wants people to read it ...just have to find it

Understood, thanks for clarifying.

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If nobody is reading, is it really a blog, or just some guy typing his thoughts into a diary or journal? :confused:

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Well, I haven't posted any additions in months, and there is no forum, comments section, and so on. Just my blog.

Readership for August was about 1200. For July it was 8K. Hong Kong and the US are currently the top viewers. Brazil was on top for several months.

We will await the brilliant conjectures by the inimitable kewlJ, whose guessing is about as authoritative as his personal narratives.

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If nobody is reading, is it really a blog, or just some guy typing his thoughts into a diary or journal? :confused:

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Well, I haven't posted any additions in months, and there is no forum, comments section, and so on. Just my blog.

Readership for August was about 1200. For July it was 8K. Hong Kong and the US are currently the top viewers. Brazil was on top for several months.

We will await the brilliant conjectures by the inimitable kewlJ, whose guessing is about as authoritative as his personal narratives.

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Dietz, congrats on being a "bot magnet". Or do YOU really think there are a ton of real live breathing people in Hong Kong and Brazil anxious to see what a "tout" from the U.S. has to say? :D

Dietz, you should have quit after your claim of having criminal "dirt" on Singer. It has been all downhill since.

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If nobody is reading, is it really a blog, or just some guy typing his thoughts into a diary or journal? :confused:

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Well, I haven't posted any additions in months, and there is no forum, comments section, and so on. Just my blog.

Readership for August was about 1200. For July it was 8K. Hong Kong and the US are currently the top viewers. Brazil was on top for several months.

We will await the brilliant conjectures by the inimitable kewlJ, whose guessing is about as authoritative as his personal narratives.

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Dietz, congrats on being a "bot magnet". Or do YOU really think there are a ton of real live breathing people in Hong Kong and Brazil anxious to see what a "tout" from the U.S. has to say? :D

Dietz, you should have quit after your claim of having criminal "dirt" on Singer. It has been all downhill since.

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I give up, what would the brilliant kewlj estimate is the actual readership? LOL. Whatever it is sans bots, it's both read more and believed (much more) than anything the kewlJ has to say. I've had X feed back-and-forths with Chris Cuomo and Michael Shermer, not to mention South Point's Jimmy Vaccaro, who just retired after 50 years of bookmaking. Mr. Vaccaro was kind enough, when Alan Mendelson questioned my claim of getting checks and cheques for futures wagers, to verify old school practices. So I'm sure tagging my blog address in those back-and-forths provided some of the source of the readership.

I love the kewlJ. Where else can you find somebody who was offered a book contract (he turned it down, of course), who was offered guest spots on various gambling podcasts, and who was on the very edge of hangin' at the Blackjack Ball? It was only his spartan discipline and aversion to glory that prevented this famed soul from appearing in prime time with his own book.

LOL. This is a guy with 5000 more posts here in five fewer years than me, and his aversion to the limelight is evident. He is the kewlJ, back from the dead and loving it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=468o-tZpYLA

Red's exaggerated sense of self-importance cracks me up. This dude literally thinks there are people in Hong Kong and Brazil hanging on every word that this hillbilly tout writes. :rolleyes:

He's aging out, KJ: as we get older some harken back to "the good old days" when they were actively playing the game of life: I guess it must help stiffen their "resolve."

Post retirement we typically / mostly just sit on the side lines and dabble, hope, and wait for that final dirt nap: just the way it goes: oh sure, we travel and keep sort of busy but without employment one can lose focus and a sense of purpose.

Fortunately that ain't me: I enjoy not working more than when I was working: being a lawyer was actually a lot of work, especially early on.

Now I'm set financially and my health is good: I just keep my eyes on the horizon to see what develops.

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Interesting question, so I did some research to figure it out:

The word blog comes from weblog — originally an online log of thoughts, commentary, or links shared on the internet. By definition, a blog is about publishing content to be read by others, even if the “others” never actually show up.

So:

If no one is reading it:

Technically, it’s still a blog, because the content is published publicly on the internet in a blog format. But functionally, it starts to resemble a diary or journal, since the audience is just the author.

The key difference:

A diary or journal is private by design — it’s meant for the writer’s eyes. A blog, even if unread, is meant for potential readers. The act of publishing to the web, with the possibility of an audience, is what separates it from a personal notebook.

Philosophical angle:

You could say a blog that nobody reads is like a tree falling in the forest with nobody around. It is a blog, but without engagement, it doesn’t fully fulfill the “conversation” part of what blogging was meant to be.

Answer in a nutshell:

Yes, it’s still a blog — but without readers, it functions more like a public diary. The difference lies in intent (publishing vs. recording), not in audience size.

I run websites and they're hammered by AI scrapers constantly. I am not going to try and figure out what % are real but I would nit be surprised if it isn't single digit percents. Lol redietz not posting the link. Probably all for the best that I don't bother.

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I lied and went to google. I've now tried multiple times. Whatever. You guys are all such losers even redietz. He's showing himself to be the time waste he is on levels he can't fathom. He could post the link to the stupid blog that no one gives a shit about. But nah that'd make too much sense and he's like to entertain the fantasy he is above it.

I'm still curious to read how he was pulled out of line .. or whatever he says. Rob redietz kewl and mdawg all looking to be important via the internet.

Weirdos

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Why...act like the victim for being called a liar? The reason people call you a liar is because you have a habit of lying on forums. How is that hard to understand?

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I love the kewlJ. Where else can you find somebody who was offered a book contract (he turned it down, of course), who was offered guest spots on various gambling podcasts, and who was on the very edge of hangin' at the Blackjack Ball? It was only his spartan discipline and aversion to glory that prevented this famed soul from appearing in prime time with his own book.

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kewlJ: just admit that you enjoy telling stories for attention on forums, and will try to stop doing this in the future.

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This retard doesn't gamble.

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I lied and went to google. I've now tried multiple times.

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use the search function on this site...not google

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The Castaways gets a prominent mention in Boz's article. Here's my blog entry regarding same:

https://theskepticalgambler.blogspot...castaways.html

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OmG he literally says watch for it. Like people are revisiting his blog waiting for the entry to drop. A blog so dead google no longer picks it up.

One would think he'd mention it after he posted it. It shows the level of egomaniac we are dealing with. Lol. Too much

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OmG he literally says watch for it. Like people are revisiting his blog waiting for the entry to drop. A blog so dead google no longer picks it up.

One would think he'd mention it after he posted it. It shows the level of egomaniac we are dealing with. Lol. Too much

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EVERYTHING Bob Deitz writes about whether here on this forum or in his public "diary/journal" are things that happened 35-40 years ago. Castaways closed 1987! Rio soft opening 1990! all his football contest win used for his touting new "clients" 1980s! People he name-drops that he played basketball with at lunch 50 years ago!

This person clearly is living in the past, which sadly is a telltale sign of Alzheimer's and dementia. Are we just supposed to ignore this?

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OmG he literally says watch for it. Like people are revisiting his blog waiting for the entry to drop. A blog so dead google no longer picks it up.

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EVERYTHING Bob Deitz writes about whether here on this forum or in his public "diary/journal" are things that happened 35-40 years ago. Castaways closed 1987! Rio soft opening 1990! all his football contest win used for his touting new "clients" 1980s! People he name-drops that he played basketball with at lunch 50 years ago!

This person clearly is living in the past, which sadly is a telltale sign of Alzheimer's and dementia. Are we just supposed to ignore this?

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Well, see, this is the issue with the kewlJ. He lies incessantly. I just reviewed the blog entries for 2023 and 2024, and literally none of the entries other than a review of OJ Simpson's legacy when he died, had anything to do with anything that wasn't current. In other words, zippo had to do with anything that didn't occur in 2024 or 2025. There weren't even any references (other than the OJ review) to non-current events.

I guess I suggest people check out the 2024 and 2025 blog entries for themselves.

But wait, let's review the 2023 entries while I'm at it. Okay, out of the 21 2023 entries, three have some reference to long-ago events. One is a reference to my short non-fiction being published in the 2022 book "Driving Southern," which is about coming-of-age stories involving first automobiles. The second is "LIV and Super Bowl III," which draws the parallels between the LIV tour hatred and the AFL/NFL rivalry. Eventually, and rather quickly, mergers ensued in both after one tried to paint the other as devil incarnate. The third was an homage to the LV Advisor's Jean Scott, who retired and whose husband had died. Jean has been writing about gambling in Las Vegas for 40 years or thereabouts.

So let's tally it up. The last three years, there were a total of three blog entries about anything not completely current out of 32 entries.

If my math is correct, and AP's can check me on this, this tally would seemingly put the lie to kewlj's partly capitalized statement in the post above that "EVERYTHING Bob Deitz (sic) writes about whether here on this forum or in his public 'diary/journal' are things that happened 35-40 years ago."

Perhaps the kewlJ's math is just bad. You know, 35 articles, three tangential references to past events, perhaps in his AP's math, that adds up to a capitalized "EVERYTHING."

Or maybe the dude just lies...and lies...and lies...and lies some more.

It's pretty funny. Now how is the kewlJ going to explain the slight disparity in his AP (Associated Press) reporting and reality? I suspect he will...wait for it...he'll LIE. LOL.

Have a good one, kewlJ. You are a piece of work.

And MDawg, please quote me on this. In fact, if you want to take an ad out in Gaming Today and quote me, I'll pay for it.

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OmG he literally says watch for it. Like people are revisiting his blog waiting for the entry to drop. A blog so dead google no longer picks it up.

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EVERYTHING Bob Deitz writes about whether here on this forum or in his public "diary/journal" are things that happened 35-40 years ago. Castaways closed 1987! Rio soft opening 1990! all his football contest win used for his touting new "clients" 1980s! People he name-drops that he played basketball with at lunch 50 years ago!

This person clearly is living in the past, which sadly is a telltale sign of Alzheimer's and dementia. Are we just supposed to ignore this?

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To be fair though the 1980s were very important in terms of where the world is today.

The 1980s saw the climax of the cold war, and the beginning of the digital revolution.

And these are just 2 small things off of a long list.

So I wouldn’t be so quick to write off the 1980s as irrelevant.

The 1970s? Maybe as they were more of a transitional time and not as important as the 1980s although still consequential.

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OmG he literally says watch for it. Like people are revisiting his blog waiting for the entry to drop. A blog so dead google no longer picks it up.

One would think he'd mention it after he posted it. It shows the level of egomaniac we are dealing with. Lol. Too much

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EVERYTHING Bob Deitz writes about whether here on this forum or in his public "diary/journal" are things that happened 35-40 years ago. Castaways closed 1987! Rio soft opening 1990! all his football contest win used for his touting new "clients" 1980s! People he name-drops that he played basketball with at lunch 50 years ago!

This person clearly is living in the past, which sadly is a telltale sign of Alzheimer's and dementia. Are we just supposed to ignore this?

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To be fair though the 1980s were very important in terms of where the world is today.

The 1980s saw the climax of the cold war, and the beginning of the digital revolution.

And these are just 2 small things off of a long list.

So I wouldn’t be so quick to write off the 1980s as irrelevant.

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I still feel Redietz vs Kewl to be the greatest forum matchup on here. Mdawg lost his charm years ago when he became a bot. He was funny when he took on half the board but he's a droid. Singer lost whatever little he had and uses the same style of rehashed insults. Such an uncreative bore. (But hey, he just pulled over in the mountains and it taking his time out for us!! <eyeroll>)

Funny thing is - I'd be ok with meeting anyone on this forum except the guys on here that put a lot of effort into showing their legitimate gamblers on the forum.

Except Mdawg - this guy fascinates me. What is behind the curtain running that thing?

I'd like to see a picture of Kewl out of curiousity. Redietz and Singer I do not trust at all. The handful of other people left would be pretty funny to meetup with.

There are few finer humans to spend time with in the world outside of old grizzled gamblers who have lived a life. I mean.. at least in small portions. ha!

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OmG he literally says watch for it. Like people are revisiting his blog waiting for the entry to drop. A blog so dead google no longer picks it up.

One would think he'd mention it after he posted it. It shows the level of egomaniac we are dealing with. Lol. Too much

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EVERYTHING Bob Deitz writes about whether here on this forum or in his public "diary/journal" are things that happened 35-40 years ago. Castaways closed 1987! Rio soft opening 1990! all his football contest win used for his touting new "clients" 1980s! People he name-drops that he played basketball with at lunch 50 years ago!

This person clearly is living in the past, which sadly is a telltale sign of Alzheimer's and dementia. Are we just supposed to ignore this?

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Well, see, this is the issue with the kewlJ. He lies incessantly. I just reviewed the blog entries for 2023 and 2024, and literally none of the entries other than a review of OJ Simpson's legacy when he died, had anything to do with anything that wasn't current. In other words, zippo had to do with anything that didn't occur in 2024 or 2025. There weren't even any references (other than the OJ review) to non-current events.

I guess I suggest people check out the 2024 and 2025 blog entries for themselves.

But wait, let's review the 2023 entries while I'm at it. Okay, out of the 21 2023 entries, three have some reference to long-ago events. One is a reference to my short non-fiction being published in the 2022 book "Driving Southern," which is about coming-of-age stories involving first automobiles. The second is "LIV and Super Bowl III," which draws the parallels between the LIV tour hatred and the AFL/NFL rivalry. Eventually, and rather quickly, mergers ensued in both after one tried to paint the other as devil incarnate. The third was an homage to the LV Advisor's Jean Scott, who retired and whose husband had died. Jean has been writing about gambling in Las Vegas for 40 years or thereabouts.

So let's tally it up. The last three years, there were a total of three blog entries about anything not completely current out of 32 entries.

If my math is correct, and AP's can check me on this, this tally would seemingly put the lie to kewlj's partly capitalized statement in the post above that "EVERYTHING Bob Deitz (sic) writes about whether here on this forum or in his public 'diary/journal' are things that happened 35-40 years ago."

Perhaps the kewlJ's math is just bad. You know, 35 articles, three tangential references to past events, perhaps in his AP's math, that adds up to a capitalized "EVERYTHING."

Or maybe the dude just lies...and lies...and lies...and lies some more.

It's pretty funny. Now how is the kewlJ going to explain the slight disparity in his AP (Associated Press) reporting and reality? I suspect he will...wait for it...he'll LIE. LOL.

Have a good one, kewlJ. You are a piece of work.

And MDawg, please quote me on this. In fact, if you want to take an ad out in Gaming Today and quote me, I'll pay for it.

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One thing about Kewl is he has 0 attachment to the truth. He will gladly make up his versions of what other people have said. It is very clear that the truth has no value to him. I've encountered this numerous times with going back and forth with him.

On the other hand I feel you're quite honest in that regard. Oh well tell us when your Rio story drops now that we've done the research to find the URL.

I don't read Dietz diary. I think I might have taken a look ONCE several years ago to see what it was about. I would rather have root canal than read this not wit's diary. :rolleyes:

But what was referenced about the diary, by redietz himself, was his account of the Rio soft opening. Um....1990!!

Add to that all his nonsense about the 1980's sports betting contest, and I can only conclude there is nothing of any value coming from reditez, for an AP in 2025.

Basically, I have come to view such people doing what Redeitz does, focusing on and talking about the past....the way distant past...as "has-beens". But in Deitz's case I don't think he ever was close to what he claimed or claims. That makes him a "never was".

And he is not alone on this forum. The person who posts as Rob Singer is similarly a "never was". Not a has been....a never was! And the person that posts a Mdawg is just your typical losing gambler. A dude with some money that likes to gamble and gets comped for it. Not a damn thing special abut that dude, except he has some family money he can blow. That makes him a "never was" as far as what he claims.

I like reading accounts from real advantage players. Mickeycrimm, Axelwolf, Zenking, Druff, a few others that I may not even be aware of your "credentials". Anything that might benefit a player TODAY, or even just historical accounts of REAL advantage play. But I am just tired of the "never was" crowd.

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EVERYTHING Bob Deitz writes about whether here on this forum or in his public "diary/journal" are things that happened 35-40 years ago. Castaways closed 1987! Rio soft opening 1990! all his football contest win used for his touting new "clients" 1980s! People he name-drops that he played basketball with at lunch 50 years ago!

This person clearly is living in the past, which sadly is a telltale sign of Alzheimer's and dementia. Are we just supposed to ignore this?

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To be fair though the 1980s were very important in terms of where the world is today.

The 1980s saw the climax of the cold war, and the beginning of the digital revolution.

And these are just 2 small things off of a long list.

So I wouldn’t be so quick to write off the 1980s as irrelevant.

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I still feel Redietz vs Kewl to be the greatest forum matchup on here. Mdawg lost his charm years ago when he became a bot. He was funny when he took on half the board but he's a droid. Singer lost whatever little he had and uses the same style of rehashed insults. Such an uncreative bore. (But hey, he just pulled over in the mountains and it taking his time out for us!! <eyeroll>)

Funny thing is - I'd be ok with meeting anyone on this forum except the guys on here that put a lot of effort into showing their legitimate gamblers on the forum.

Except Mdawg - this guy fascinates me. What is behind the curtain running that thing?

I'd like to see a picture of Kewl out of curiousity. Redietz and Singer I do not trust at all. The handful of other people left would be pretty funny to meetup with.

There are few finer humans to spend time with in the world outside of old grizzled gamblers who have lived a life. I mean.. at least in small portions. ha!

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AQ trying to act relevant and as if he's not a lonely old man with no future again. Liberals lie to fit their warped agenda/AQ lies out of frustrations with others.

Here's an easy one: we stopped at a hotel in Blackhawk where I took a look at what the go-nowhere/do-nothing losers on this anemic forum were wasting their time on.

And today, I see kew bending the truth once again about time frames by redietz. Talk about a phony who has no past..... :)

Rob, you seem to travel a lot, as does MDawg.

I find that...a bit curious, for lack of a better word.

Can't you guys find peace and contentment at home, where ever that may be?

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Rob, you seem to travel a lot, as does MDawg.

I find that...a bit curious, for lack of a better word.

Can't you guys find peace and contentment at home, where ever that may be?

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I was thinking the same thing. I was into casinos because you get nice hotel rooms for so cheap all over. I basically broke even on AP stuff.

However at some point you kinda grow tired of it, yanno? Like.. gambling ain't all that unless you legit have a screw loose.

For Rob it seems to be the only thing he lives for ... he even has a fake casino in his basement and a little piggy-safe for his fake winnings.

Whatta crowd.

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Well, I haven't posted any additions in months, and there is no forum, comments section, and so on. Just my blog.

Readership for August was about 1200. For July it was 8K. Hong Kong and the US are currently the top viewers. Brazil was on top for several months.

We will await the brilliant conjectures by the inimitable kewlJ, whose guessing is about as authoritative as his personal narratives.

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Dietz, congrats on being a "bot magnet". Or do YOU really think there are a ton of real live breathing people in Hong Kong and Brazil anxious to see what a "tout" from the U.S. has to say? :D

Dietz, you should have quit after your claim of having criminal "dirt" on Singer. It has been all downhill since.

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I give up, what would the brilliant kewlj estimate is the actual readership? LOL. Whatever it is sans bots, it's both read more and believed (much more) than anything the kewlJ has to say. I've had X feed back-and-forths with Chris Cuomo and Michael Shermer, not to mention South Point's Jimmy Vaccaro, who just retired after 50 years of bookmaking. Mr. Vaccaro was kind enough, when Alan Mendelson questioned my claim of getting checks and cheques for futures wagers, to verify old school practices. So I'm sure tagging my blog address in those back-and-forths provided some of the source of the readership.

I love the kewlJ. Where else can you find somebody who was offered a book contract (he turned it down, of course), who was offered guest spots on various gambling podcasts, and who was on the very edge of hangin' at the Blackjack Ball? It was only his spartan discipline and aversion to glory that prevented this famed soul from appearing in prime time with his own book.

LOL. This is a guy with 5000 more posts here in five fewer years than me, and his aversion to the limelight is evident. He is the kewlJ, back from the dead and loving it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=468o-tZpYLA

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KJ's aversion to the limelight does not match yours, deetz. Your "coming appearance" on a podcast, any podcast, has been coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming, to the 29th power.

Easy enough to be on Druff's podcast. All you had to do was pick up the phone and call in whenever he was on the air. Evidently, that's to hard for you.

LOL, how you've ducked the podcasts for two years but are now berating KJ for doing the same as you and avoiding the limelight. Typical deetz.

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Hum. Figures. Says a lot about you and your "expertise". :rolleyes:

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KJ's aversion to the limelight does not match yours, deetz. Your "coming appearance" on a podcast, any podcast, has been coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming, to the 29th power.

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An active advantage professional player has to be careful. And especially a card counter type AP. So easy to say something on a podcast or live interview that you regret. Something that can be identifying and damaging. I do ENOUGH of that on forums. But at least on forums, I have at least a limited amount of time to go back and delete something, I instantly know was a mistake. You don't have that on podcasts and interviews. :rolleyes:

Now I know some guys (card counters), quite a few actually have done GWAE with Munchkin. You will have to ask them if they ever said anything damaging that in hindsight they wish they hadn't. I know in just listening to a few of them they said some things that I immediately though "Oh boy, he shouldn't have said that".

Munchkin asked me way back on Norm's forum to be on GWAE. I was on that forum from 2011- 2014, so I am taking 12 years ago or so. I declined not only because I didn't want to say something I would almost immediately regret, but because I knew there would be questions I would not answer. And I didn't think it would be fair to Munchkin or listeners to be unwilling to answer probably a fair number of questions.

There is a time to safely do that kind of thing, at the end of your career or at least towards the end. I don't think it is advisable for an active player. And I am STILL an active player and plan on being so for the foreseeable future.

Now this Bob Deitz, claims to have been a sports bettor all these years. I don't know how it works or worked for a real professional sports bettor working Vegas (as opposed to the online book) all those years. Maybe there isn't the same kind of 'Danger, Danger, Will Robinson' associated with exposing yourself on a live interview or podcast. But then again we now know Deitz was never a real professional sports bettor. :D How much danger is there for a "tout" or former "tout" doing such an interview? Probably less danger from the casino industry and more danger of just exposing himself further as NOT what he claimed all these years.

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KJ's aversion to the limelight does not match yours, deetz. Your "coming appearance" on a podcast, any podcast, has been coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming, to the 29th power.

Easy enough to be on Druff's podcast. All you had to do was pick up the phone and call in whenever he was on the air. Evidently, that's to hard for you.

LOL, how you've ducked the podcasts for two years but are now berating KJ for doing the same as you and avoiding the limelight. Typical deetz.

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True 'dat, but then many of us troll these forums and we have our own inimitable styles of doing so.

Redietz is having a long running troll...good fun.

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KJ's aversion to the limelight does not match yours, deetz. Your "coming appearance" on a podcast, any podcast, has been coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming and coming, to the 29th power.

Easy enough to be on Druff's podcast. All you had to do was pick up the phone and call in whenever he was on the air. Evidently, that's to hard for you.

LOL, how you've ducked the podcasts for two years but are now berating KJ for doing the same as you and avoiding the limelight. Typical deetz.

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True 'dat, but then many of us troll these forums and we have our own inimitable styles of doing so.

Redietz is having a long running troll...good fun.

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There are different kinds of trolls on these (especially this) forums MrV. There are some that it is just kind of a game, kind of humorous, kind of fun. And then especially on gambling forums, there are a few (lifelong) losing type gamblers, that really wanted, tried and wish they were winning players. And they are pretty bitter and angry about and with real advantage players that find and do things at an advantage and win (longterm). And some of the worst and nastiest trolls fall into that later category. Redietz and Singer among them.

Mdawg? Who even knows what that freaks story REALLY is....but it most definitely isn't a long-term winning player making millions from casinos. THAT we know. His obsessive trolling and stalking says there is something really fucked up with him.

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kewlJ has also been caught in a lot of lies over time, both on this forum and elsewhere. Therefore, it is unclear if he really makes much (or anything) playing blackjack these days.

kewlJ is basically the Boy Who Cried Wolf of these AP forums. He has lied so many times that it's impossible to believe any stories he tells.

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kewlJ has also been caught in a lot of lies over time, both on this forum and elsewhere. Therefore, it is unclear if he really makes much (or anything) playing blackjack these days.

kewlJ is basically the Boy Who Cried Wolf of these AP forums. He has lied so many times that it's impossible to believe any stories he tells.

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Mickey's on serious drugs.

I'll do any podcast any time. That's established. I can't interview myself.

Not sure how that's "ducking" anything. I guess in the AP world, offering to be in the limelight is "ducking" the limelight.

Also not sure how publicly discussing topics with Chris Cuomo, Michael Shermer, and Bret Weinstein on X, using my real name, constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how having lunches with Richard Munchkin in public places constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how posting on Dancer's LV Advisor blog site using my real name constitutes ducking anything. Not sure how doing the occasional acting stint in independent films, with my real name in the credits, constitutes ducking anything.

But mickey lives in his own world . . . somewhere in Montana . . . driving solo in his vehicle on interstates and back roads. Hmmmm, that sure sounds like "ducking limelight." But who am I to judge?

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I basically broke even on AP stuff.

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Hum. Figures. Says a lot about you and your "expertise". :rolleyes:

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I never claimed to be professional or an expert in anything. But of course you QUOTE expertise as if I said that. Which demonstrates you have absolutely no attachment on the truth.

Get help.

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kewlJ has also been caught in a lot of lies over time, both on this forum and elsewhere. Therefore, it is unclear if he really makes much (or anything) playing blackjack these days.

kewlJ is basically the Boy Who Cried Wolf of these AP forums. He has lied so many times that it's impossible to believe any stories he tells.

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Mickey's on serious drugs.

I'll do any podcast any time. That's established. I can't interview myself.

Not sure how that's "ducking" anything. I guess in the AP world, offering to be in the limelight is "ducking" the limelight.

Also not sure how publicly discussing topics with Chris Cuomo, Michael Shermer, and Bret Weinstein on X, using my real name, constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how having lunches with Richard Munchkin in public places constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how posting on Dancer's LV Advisor blog site using my real name constitutes ducking anything. Not sure how doing the occasional acting stint in independent films, with my real name in the credits, constitutes ducking anything.

But mickey lives in his own world . . . somewhere in Montana . . . driving solo in his vehicle on interstates and back roads. Hmmmm, that sure sounds like "ducking limelight." But who am I to judge?

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So get on a show to be asked tough questions.

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Mickey's on serious drugs.

I'll do any podcast any time. That's established. I can't interview myself.

Not sure how that's "ducking" anything. I guess in the AP world, offering to be in the limelight is "ducking" the limelight.

Also not sure how publicly discussing topics with Chris Cuomo, Michael Shermer, and Bret Weinstein on X, using my real name, constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how having lunches with Richard Munchkin in public places constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how posting on Dancer's LV Advisor blog site using my real name constitutes ducking anything. Not sure how doing the occasional acting stint in independent films, with my real name in the credits, constitutes ducking anything.

But mickey lives in his own world . . . somewhere in Montana . . . driving solo in his vehicle on interstates and back roads. Hmmmm, that sure sounds like "ducking limelight." But who am I to judge?

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So get on a show to be asked tough questions.

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So how about I hire you as my manager, to get me on a show? Then I can get asked tough questions. Easy Peasie.

Get to work. Any show you put me on, I'm there.

Here's a form letter you can use:

Dear [show host],

I would like to be interviewed on [show name] about [topic]. I am available [days of week] from [time] to [time]. What do you think?

[name of person who wants to be interviewed]

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I'll do any podcast any time. That's established. I can't interview myself.

Not sure how that's "ducking" anything. I guess in the AP world, offering to be in the limelight is "ducking" the limelight.

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Round and round the Dietz merry-go-round we go.

It has now been YEARS, not months. If Dietz really wanted to do one of these interviews he would have by now. Dan Druff, who expressed an interest in interviewing Deitz is a little scatterbrained. He tends to lose interest in things when he has other things going on. So Dietz had an out there. But if Dietz REALLY wanted to be interviewed by Druff, he would have contacted him repeatedly until Druff got around to it. He didn't do that.

In the case of Munchkin, we have mickeycrimm relaying that Munchkin said Dietz turned it down. Dietz says he didn't. I guess it is up to each of us to decide who is more credible mickeycrimm and Munchkin, or Bob Dietz "the Tout" (a line of work that has an adherently dishonest ring about it).

For me, it all changed when Axelwolf expressed a desire to be involved and question Dietz. Prior to that, I think Dietz he could bluff his way through a Dan Druff interview and Munchkin has a history of not really challenging his guests to much. BUT Axelwolf, a knowledgeable AP questioning Dietz wasn't going to go favorably.

So now we get the merry-go-round.

Anyway, travel day for me. Off to uhh well somewhere.... :rolleyes:

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Mickey's on serious drugs.

I'll do any podcast any time. That's established. I can't interview myself.

Not sure how that's "ducking" anything. I guess in the AP world, offering to be in the limelight is "ducking" the limelight.

Also not sure how publicly discussing topics with Chris Cuomo, Michael Shermer, and Bret Weinstein on X, using my real name, constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how having lunches with Richard Munchkin in public places constitutes ducking limelight. Not sure how posting on Dancer's LV Advisor blog site using my real name constitutes ducking anything. Not sure how doing the occasional acting stint in independent films, with my real name in the credits, constitutes ducking anything.

But mickey lives in his own world . . . somewhere in Montana . . . driving solo in his vehicle on interstates and back roads. Hmmmm, that sure sounds like "ducking limelight." But who am I to judge?

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So get on a show to be asked tough questions.

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So how about I hire you as my manager, to get me on a show? Then I can get asked tough questions. Easy Peasie.

Get to work. Any show you put me on, I'm there.

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And if I get a time and you make up a random reason you can't call in, are you going to still pay me in BTC?

Seriously though. You've been given so many chances. You always start dancing around about having other people there and/or not being able to do it in the phone. lol

While I do find you to be a truthful guy who probably doesn't particularly exagerate your accomplishments and so forth - I have 0 reason to believe you have made a sincere effort to be on any call-in show. All I recall seeing is your putting up roadblocks.

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Rob, you seem to travel a lot, as does MDawg.

I find that...a bit curious, for lack of a better word.

Can't you guys find peace and contentment at home, where ever that may be?

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V, we travel a lot because I spent too much time away overseas in my life, and although my wife (and at times, the children) visited me around the world many times, most of it did not include sightseeing for them. Now, because we're both blessed with excellent health still, we're taking advantage of that by going everywhere and doing everything TOGETHER as much and for as long as we can. We also both gave up the ever-increasing hassles of flying in 2000. That's a big reason for the new car, which already has over 12,000 miles on it with its 2nd oil change coming up soon.

And yes, we do greatly enjoy the peace & contentment of being at home, whether in Az. or enjoying shooting my guns at our rural place in SD. We are fortunate to be able to get away from the miserable summer heat for basically 5 months every year. Snowbirds is what we're now called.

As for casino visiting--I certainly have always known what Im doing playing vp--whether legitimately or not--and I continue to beat the game handily at nearly every place I play at. In fact, in Black Hawk I just finished mugging Monarch (where I have a Royal Diamond card from Atlantis and was treated very respectfully in all aspects of our stay...psst kew: winners get showered too :) ) along with winning a little at Ameristar (where I'm nothing, but because of some minor play last summer at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot Nv., our rate was a simple $25/night "resort fee".)

We lost our beloved shih tzu Porsha @15 in Dec. and on this trip we finally found the one we want to follow what was really a perfect companion for us, in Wyoming. We can't pick her up until Oct.16 because she's only 3 weeks right now, but we'll be making that trip too.

Time to go.

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Rob, you seem to travel a lot, as does MDawg.

I find that...a bit curious, for lack of a better word.

Can't you guys find peace and contentment at home, where ever that may be?

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V, we travel a lot because I spent too much time away overseas in my life, and although my wife (and at times, the children) visited me around the world many times, most of it did not include sightseeing for them. Now, because we're both blessed with excellent health still, we're taking advantage of that by going everywhere and doing everything TOGETHER as much and for as long as we can. We also both gave up the ever-increasing hassles of flying in 2000. That's a big reason for the new car, which already has over 12,000 miles on it with its 2nd oil change coming up soon.

And yes, we do greatly enjoy the peace & contentment of being at home, whether in Az. or enjoying shooting my guns at our rural place in SD. We are fortunate to be able to get away from the miserable summer heat for basically 5 months every year. Snowbirds is what we're now called.

As for casino visiting--I certainly have always known what Im doing playing vp--whether legitimately or not--and I continue to beat the game handily at nearly every place I play at. In fact, in Black Hawk I just finished mugging Monarch (where I have a Royal Diamond card from Atlantis and was treated very respectfully in all aspects of our stay...psst kew: winners get showered too :) ) along with winning a little at Ameristar (where I'm nothing, but because of some minor play last summer at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot Nv., our rate was a simple $25/night "resort fee".)

We lost our beloved shih tzu Porsha @15 in Dec. and on this trip we finally found the one we want to follow what was really a perfect companion for us, in Wyoming. We can't pick her up until Oct.16 because she's only 3 weeks right now, but we'll be making that trip too.

Time to go.

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lol you don't beat VP anywhere you math illiterate bozo. Thats why you literally have a fake basement casino. lol gtfo with that nonsense.

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Rob, you seem to travel a lot, as does MDawg.

I find that...a bit curious, for lack of a better word.

Can't you guys find peace and contentment at home, where ever that may be?

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V, we travel a lot because I spent too much time away overseas in my life, and although my wife (and at times, the children) visited me around the world many times, most of it did not include sightseeing for them. Now, because we're both blessed with excellent health still, we're taking advantage of that by going everywhere and doing everything TOGETHER as much and for as long as we can. We also both gave up the ever-increasing hassles of flying in 2000. That's a big reason for the new car, which already has over 12,000 miles on it with its 2nd oil change coming up soon.

And yes, we do greatly enjoy the peace & contentment of being at home, whether in Az. or enjoying shooting my guns at our rural place in SD. We are fortunate to be able to get away from the miserable summer heat for basically 5 months every year. Snowbirds is what we're now called.

As for casino visiting--I certainly have always known what Im doing playing vp--whether legitimately or not--and I continue to beat the game handily at nearly every place I play at. In fact, in Black Hawk I just finished mugging Monarch (where I have a Royal Diamond card from Atlantis and was treated very respectfully in all aspects of our stay...psst kew: winners get showered too :) ) along with winning a little at Ameristar (where I'm nothing, but because of some minor play last summer at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot Nv., our rate was a simple $25/night "resort fee".)

We lost our beloved shih tzu Porsha @15 in Dec. and on this trip we finally found the one we want to follow what was really a perfect companion for us, in Wyoming. We can't pick her up until Oct.16 because she's only 3 weeks right now, but we'll be making that trip too.

Time to go.

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All joking and trolling aside I am very sorry you lost your dog last year.

I am also a dog lover & I know how painful that can be.

Thanks for the response, Rob.

It always surprises me how different people can be.

My wife and I have little or no desire to travel for any extended distance or period of time, but then there are folks like you who seem to love it.

One thing we ALL have in common here is our love of gambling, and that ain't a bad thing...until it becomes one.

Carry on and I hope that highly-strung Caddy you bought meets your expectations: me I prefer to maintain, rebuild and pilot my ancient Volvo turbos, but as with anything: "to each his own."

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Rob, you seem to travel a lot, as does MDawg.

I find that...a bit curious, for lack of a better word.

Can't you guys find peace and contentment at home, where ever that may be?

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V, we travel a lot because I spent too much time away overseas in my life, and although my wife (and at times, the children) visited me around the world many times, most of it did not include sightseeing for them. Now, because we're both blessed with excellent health still, we're taking advantage of that by going everywhere and doing everything TOGETHER as much and for as long as we can. We also both gave up the ever-increasing hassles of flying in 2000. That's a big reason for the new car, which already has over 12,000 miles on it with its 2nd oil change coming up soon.

And yes, we do greatly enjoy the peace & contentment of being at home, whether in Az. or enjoying shooting my guns at our rural place in SD. We are fortunate to be able to get away from the miserable summer heat for basically 5 months every year. Snowbirds is what we're now called.

As for casino visiting--I certainly have always known what Im doing playing vp--whether legitimately or not--and I continue to beat the game handily at nearly every place I play at. In fact, in Black Hawk I just finished mugging Monarch (where I have a Royal Diamond card from Atlantis and was treated very respectfully in all aspects of our stay...psst kew: winners get showered too :) ) along with winning a little at Ameristar (where I'm nothing, but because of some minor play last summer at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot Nv., our rate was a simple $25/night "resort fee".)

We lost our beloved shih tzu Porsha @15 in Dec. and on this trip we finally found the one we want to follow what was really a perfect companion for us, in Wyoming. We can't pick her up until Oct.16 because she's only 3 weeks right now, but we'll be making that trip too.

Time to go.

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All joking and trolling aside I am very sorry you lost your dog last year.

I am also a dog lover & I know how painful that can be.

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True story I didn't read enough of Rob's post to even see that. You just kinda glaze over like a kewl post.

Sorry for your loss, Rob.

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Rob, you seem to travel a lot, as does MDawg.

I find that...a bit curious, for lack of a better word.

Can't you guys find peace and contentment at home, where ever that may be?

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V, we travel a lot because I spent too much time away overseas in my life, and although my wife (and at times, the children) visited me around the world many times, most of it did not include sightseeing for them. Now, because we're both blessed with excellent health still, we're taking advantage of that by going everywhere and doing everything TOGETHER as much and for as long as we can. We also both gave up the ever-increasing hassles of flying in 2000. That's a big reason for the new car, which already has over 12,000 miles on it with its 2nd oil change coming up soon.

And yes, we do greatly enjoy the peace & contentment of being at home, whether in Az. or enjoying shooting my guns at our rural place in SD. We are fortunate to be able to get away from the miserable summer heat for basically 5 months every year. Snowbirds is what we're now called.

As for casino visiting--I certainly have always known what Im doing playing vp--whether legitimately or not--and I continue to beat the game handily at nearly every place I play at. In fact, in Black Hawk I just finished mugging Monarch (where I have a Royal Diamond card from Atlantis and was treated very respectfully in all aspects of our stay...psst kew: winners get showered too :) ) along with winning a little at Ameristar (where I'm nothing, but because of some minor play last summer at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot Nv., our rate was a simple $25/night "resort fee".)

We lost our beloved shih tzu Porsha @15 in Dec. and on this trip we finally found the one we want to follow what was really a perfect companion for us, in Wyoming. We can't pick her up until Oct.16 because she's only 3 weeks right now, but we'll be making that trip too.

Time to go.

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Rob, I get the Penn Entertainment rooms for just the resort fee too. I have the PENN Play app and they give me free rooms at all of their 40 properties. Haven’t been to all of them yet though.

The PENN Play app and the CZR app are gold for getting free rooms for running not that much action. And between the two they have 90 casinos across the country.

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So get on a show to be asked tough questions.

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So how about I hire you as my manager, to get me on a show? Then I can get asked tough questions. Easy Peasie.

Get to work. Any show you put me on, I'm there.

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And if I get a time and you make up a random reason you can't call in, are you going to still pay me in BTC?

Seriously though. You've been given so many chances. You always start dancing around about having other people there and/or not being able to do it in the phone. lol

While I do find you to be a truthful guy who probably doesn't particularly exagerate your accomplishments and so forth - I have 0 reason to believe you have made a sincere effort to be on any call-in show. All I recall seeing is your putting up roadblocks.

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Deetz is in luck. He now has a great excuse. Skype went out of business so Druff currently has no way for anyone to call in until he comes up with a solution.

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Thanks for the response, Rob.

It always surprises me how different people can be.

My wife and I have little or no desire to travel for any extended distance or period of time, but then there are folks like you who seem to love it.

One thing we ALL have in common here is our love of gambling, and that ain't a bad thing...until it becomes one.

Carry on and I hope that highly-strung Caddy you bought meets your expectations: me I prefer to maintain, rebuild and pilot my ancient Volvo turbos, but as with anything: "to each his own."

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Yes we're all different. But if you had a home in the Phoenix area and didn't have to spend summers there, you'd hit the road for the summer too.

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V, we travel a lot because I spent too much time away overseas in my life, and although my wife (and at times, the children) visited me around the world many times, most of it did not include sightseeing for them. Now, because we're both blessed with excellent health still, we're taking advantage of that by going everywhere and doing everything TOGETHER as much and for as long as we can. We also both gave up the ever-increasing hassles of flying in 2000. That's a big reason for the new car, which already has over 12,000 miles on it with its 2nd oil change coming up soon.

And yes, we do greatly enjoy the peace & contentment of being at home, whether in Az. or enjoying shooting my guns at our rural place in SD. We are fortunate to be able to get away from the miserable summer heat for basically 5 months every year. Snowbirds is what we're now called.

As for casino visiting--I certainly have always known what Im doing playing vp--whether legitimately or not--and I continue to beat the game handily at nearly every place I play at. In fact, in Black Hawk I just finished mugging Monarch (where I have a Royal Diamond card from Atlantis and was treated very respectfully in all aspects of our stay...psst kew: winners get showered too :) ) along with winning a little at Ameristar (where I'm nothing, but because of some minor play last summer at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot Nv., our rate was a simple $25/night "resort fee".)

We lost our beloved shih tzu Porsha @15 in Dec. and on this trip we finally found the one we want to follow what was really a perfect companion for us, in Wyoming. We can't pick her up until Oct.16 because she's only 3 weeks right now, but we'll be making that trip too.

Time to go.

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All joking and trolling aside I am very sorry you lost your dog last year.

I am also a dog lover & I know how painful that can be.

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True story I didn't read enough of Rob's post to even see that. You just kinda glaze over like a kewl post.

Sorry for your loss, Rob.

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I appreciate the understanding; it was a huge loss for us, as dog-lovers know. No better creatures walk this earth.

This is our new Shih Tzu.

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But mickey lives in his own world . . . somewhere in Montana . . . driving solo in his vehicle on interstates and back roads. Hmmmm, that sure sounds like "ducking limelight." But who am I to judge?

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Boy you've sure got me pegged, deetz. I've been hanging in some real backwater towns this year....like Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis. Not near as cosmopolitan as Johnson City but what the hell.

But I have been busy teaching slot plays over on PFA:

https://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sh...loitable-Slots

And I've also been teaching a little bit about obtaining room comp

https://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sh...ond-in-14-Days

And even giving a trip report or two:

https://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sh...eshoe-St-Louis

Avoiding the limelight? Hell, I've got 2300 followers on X. How many follow your blog?

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I've got 2300 followers on X.

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You might need somethin’ to hold on to
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Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch

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All joking and trolling aside I am very sorry you lost your dog last year.

I am also a dog lover & I know how painful that can be.

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True story I didn't read enough of Rob's post to even see that. You just kinda glaze over like a kewl post.

Sorry for your loss, Rob.

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I appreciate the understanding; it was a huge loss for us, as dog-lovers know. No better creatures walk this earth.

This is our new Shih Tzu.

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Sorry to cut in away from the insults / trolling etc, but I just have to say, that is one cute pup!

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I've got 2300 followers on X.

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You might need somethin’ to hold on to
When all the answers, they don’t amount to much
Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch

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I have no clue what you are talking about? And I failed to mention to deetz that I've done 4 GWAE interviews and 1 Risk of Ruin interview. I'm not the one hiding out.

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I've got 2300 followers on X.

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You might need somethin’ to hold on to
When all the answers, they don’t amount to much
Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch

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I have no clue what you are talking about? And I failed to mention to deetz that I've done 4 GWAE interviews and 1 Risk of Ruin interview. I'm not the one hiding out.

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That's great. Glad for you.

I do, however, fail to understand how making myself available to anyone, anytime (except during college football games), is "hiding out?" Explain it to me. LOL.

Tell you what. At some point, Dennison will interview me for a podcast, at least a few times. Instead of Dennison coming up with riveting topics, why don't you and the stellar "AP" crew here submit some questions?

Send them along to my email.

redietz -

I guess maybe that has always been your opinion on EV that ultimately it is an "opinion" (contrary to what wikipedia and others say) but the last time you were able to express your view without some implied insults that it was others who didn't understand things. I said you moved the goalposts or something maybe but nah this is what you've always said. The real lesson to learn there would be to not believe someone just because they use the word EV without the "it is my opinion" disclaimer. However when smart sports bettors who are talking to known professional associates - you can assume that they all understand this.

Now just because some tout is saying/giving EV - should not be a reason to give them more credibility. We would agree there. Those are the lessons to be learned though. Not insulting APs.

The only other thing you're really wrong about is the idea of sharp vs weak lines. You went through a great deal of effort mocking that. Could you be more specific about what you see worthy of mockery? That is really the only thing I'd ever want to ask you. You're a football nerd. People around here are all different kind of gamblers which isn't your world and it shows. I have no good questions for you. It isn't like I doubt you don't know about football or most other stuff you say.

Even though I'm kinda a dick to you I'd like to see you give an interesting interview. I'd listen to you far far sooner than I'd listen to Singer. With Singer it'll all be bullshit. Kewl and Mdawg I'd listen to because they're both nuts. You however were around some interesting characters in interesting times. You talking about your daily routine and grind. I believe you or Mickey could write an autobiography of sorts that would be worth reading to a decent amount of folks.

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You might need somethin’ to hold on to
When all the answers, they don’t amount to much
Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch

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I have no clue what you are talking about? And I failed to mention to deetz that I've done 4 GWAE interviews and 1 Risk of Ruin interview. I'm not the one hiding out.

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That's great. Glad for you.

I do, however, fail to understand how making myself available to anyone, anytime (except during college football games), is "hiding out?" Explain it to me. LOL.

Tell you what. At some point, Dennison will interview me for a podcast, at least a few times. Instead of Dennison coming up with riveting topics, why don't you and the stellar "AP" crew here submit some questions?

Send them along to my email.

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Deetz, GWAE was the crux of the matter. You turned Munchkin down flat. But you never told us you turned him down. You let us think you were going to appear. After months went by I went to Munchkin for an explanation. He said you turned him down. You denied you turned him down. More months went by. i went to Munchkin a second time for an explanation. He again confirmed you turned him down.

You lied to us about it.
Repeat.
You lied to us about it.

And when you once again deny you turned him down, which you will after reading this, you will once again be lying.

Druff is a different story. He has no set schedule for his radio show. He hasn’t been doing many lately. Seems to do a podcast on a whim. What you have to do is tell him to give you a date and time, even short notice, and you have to call in at that specific time. If he calls you and says ‘i’m doing a podcast tonight, call in.” You have to call in. Dont bullshit around with ‘I have to fly to Vegas to do it” or “It’ll take me a few days to get my ass wiped.” Just fucking call in that night.

You can text Druff anytime.

775-372-8355

Quit blaming others and take some initiative.

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You might need somethin’ to hold on to
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Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch

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I have no clue what you are talking about? And I failed to mention to deetz that I've done 4 GWAE interviews and 1 Risk of Ruin interview. I'm not the one hiding out.

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That's great. Glad for you.

I do, however, fail to understand how making myself available to anyone, anytime (except during college football games), is "hiding out?" Explain it to me. LOL..

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This is how I negotiated the date and time of my interviews.

I told them “Give me a date and time convenient for you and I will be there.” I made no conditions. They told me when they wanted to do it and I said no problem. So, deetz, you need to stop with the ‘I need to do this and this and this first” routine. Just do it.

PS Who have you been in contact with to “make yourself available?” Give us some names.