Originally Posted by
RS__
Many hotel casinos in LV don't have surveillance.
As far as being a "$100 video poker player", well, that can be a few things. A gambler would say that's someone who plays $100 denom. Just like someone who plays 25c VP is a 25c player. Or someone who plays penny slots plays pennies.
A non-gambler might conclude someone who plays about or on average $100 a whack at the machine is a $100 player, so that includes stuff like $25 VP ($125/whack), $2 10-play, $10 triple play ($150/whack), or $5 triple play ($75/whack).
I also don't have much faith in his brother talking about what he plays. A while back I remember talking to a guy who said he plays black action on craps, he has line bets, odds, hard ways, place bets, sometimes come bets, etc. and had some question about getting shit comps or something like that. It turnt out, he wasn't a black action player, he just had ~$100+ average bet total on the table. $10 pass + $30/$40/$50 odds, maybe $26/$27 or $52/$54 across, and $5 on all the hard ways (or however it was). But that's just a red chipper. A black chipper is someone who bets at least black chips on most bets.
I remember reading an article I think on some guy who hit dealt AWAK on $1 100-play TDB (at Cosmo, I want to say?). The article essentially said the guy hit for $400,000 on just a $1 bet!!
I hit dealt AAAA on BP playing $2 10-play for $8k and the slot attendant was like "wow you hit for $8k on just $2 bet??!! That's awesome!!!"
People also don't tend to actually know how much they're winning or losing life time, especially for others they know. I don't know if the guy's brother talked about it or not (I think they said he hit for $40k once and $250k another time?), but it'd be easy for him to think his brother was winning all sorts of money if he only texted him pictures of big wins. On the other hand, he may conclude he was in a big hole if he stopped sending him jackpot pics many months or a year ago, or heard some stories recently of him losing a lot. This is part of the reason why if you ask any gambler in a casino, they'll likely either say they always lose or they're up lifetime.....neither of those are likely to be true.