Overnight Sat. we drove up here to Reno for a 3-night stay in a Tuscany suite at the Peppermill--compliments of casino mgmt. friends of ours. You know, the same people who've shown/proven to me that no card counter who claims to beat any and all Nevada casinos year after year by "travelling under the radar" is telling the truth.
Anyway, we came up specifically to go the the annual Italian Festival (filled with greaseballs like me, yes) outside the Eldorado yesterday. I always choose to valet park at Harrahs across Virginia St. and walk over. But this year it seems valet is only open for Diamond and 7-Stars, and because I'm a lowly Gold we had to self-park.
Here's where I discovered why there were so few people inside that dump: they charge $10 to park. However, surprise of surprises! If you show your card with the ticket at the casino cashier, they'll reward you with TEN DOLLARS OF FREE PLAY! OMG!! I mean, free play is the bomb, right? If I could turn in all my cash for free play + 10%....who wouldn't do THAT?? A reason to live on!
Well as soon as we walked inside the dingy place I tossed the ticket right where it belongs--into the trash can. In addition to the place looking depressed and unkempt, we were clearly in a casino where normal white people are the minority...big time. Yeah there were your typical mohawk-sporting, wooden earring-wearing weirdo white trash all over the place. But the Chinese, Philippino, and the bros of course were predominant, while the workers were mostly hispanics.
But don't let me discourage anybody from getting some free play. Sure you have to pay ten bucks to have it bestowed upon you, but ap's never lose correct? What a life they must have, frequenting dumps like this, Ellis Island, Sam's Town, etc.
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