Originally Posted by regnis View Post
There used to be one table that was reserved only for big players at the Horseshoe. With my $5,000 buy in I was just a speck at that game. But the mainstays of that game were an unsavory bunch with loads of cash--no markers--. I have seen them lose 100's of thousands all in cash on a night. But they were also a group that no one would mess with. The money and group were clearly from drugs. They were probably safe to carry that cash. With 100x odds they could bury the casino, but usually didn't as they were just wild and bet crazily.

I did see them hit the casino for over 1 million one night.

But Horseshoe doesn't want that kind of action anymore and they chased all the big players away. I see them now and then at another casino.
Regnis and I are from the same era. After the Mirage opened, its glittering monstrous sports book did the most volume of any in the city. I would ask the trivia question, "Which sports book does the second most business?" The answer was the teeny sports book at Binions. They took massive wagers in an unafraid manner.