Casino Royale - How are the Dealers

While my next Las Vegas trip is probably several months away, I always have Vegas on my mind!

I am strongly considering a suggestion made by pacomartin and think that I might stay (and pay for my own room, food, etc) at the Venetian, and do all of my craps gambling at the Casino Royale. Not sure if I will be able to man up to the 100x odds, but definately at least 20x odds.

However, for those who have been to the Casino Royale, how are the dealers? Especially, how are the craps dealers? I would assume that they had to be professional and good if they occationally have high rollers looking to bet 100x odds. Are they friendly and nice? People you would feel good about tipping?

Would the Casino Royale allow me to open up a line of credit even though I will not be staying there?

And out of curiosity, does anyone know who owns the Casino Royale? I was curious to find out what their gambling profits might be considering their location on the strip. Thanks in advance.

I am curious as to why you would not play craps at the Venitian? or Palazzo? They are known for their fairly easy to score comp rooms given play that is no where close to yours. What exactly would you get next door for your play? Sheldon has some of the nicest suites in Vegas. CR had a nice tub at one time that people who know about these things could make money on. But those days are long gone. Sorry but I find there to be a nicer class of people at V-P also. Not to mention Wynncore next door. 100x odds is vastly over rated.

For the most part the craps dealers are friendly and professional, if a bit curt, as the tables tend to be pretty busy most of the time. The blackjack dealers tend to not be so friendly.

If anything, I would do the opposite, play at the Venetian and stay at the Casino Royale. That way you'll get the best of it while you're awake, and sleep cheap. The dealers are the Casino Royale rangles from average to way below average. Most of them just stood there and dealt the cards, without a word. This is based only on the Blackjack Switch dealers. I would doubt if many craps players took advantage of the 100x odds. You'll see bigger players at the Venetian, despite the better odds at the CR.

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I am curious as to why you would not play craps at the Venitian? or Palazzo? They are known for their fairly easy to score comp rooms given play that is no where close to yours. Sorry but I find there to be a nicer class of people at V-P also. Not to mention Wynncore next door. 100x odds is vastly over rated.

Do you know if the Venetian/Palazzo rates the odds bet at all? Or gives them any consideration for comps?

I am normally between a $25 - $50 passline bettor, full odds (at 3x 4x 5x), always coming with full odds.

If you do the theortical math, that makes me only a $100 to $200 player, unless odds are taken into consideration. If odds are added, I appear to be a much bigger gambler.

Gambler;
I am fairly certain that Venitian does not rate the odds. But as I said before your action will generate comps of 2-4 midweek nights and I believe this can be used more than once per month. Add on to that will be some free play on slots or tables. Be aware that there is a $17.95 daily resort fee, so it isn't a totally comped suite. Of course I am really partial to them since orange is my color and you will find it's sweet smell on the gaming floor, huge sour orange soap bars in your granite bathroom chambers and a remote control to adjust your window shades. Nice. But if you want to slum it one time, take the Wiz's advice and stay at the CR and split some time there. As noted they also have a bj switch game which I'm sure can be beaten with proper strategy and counting.

I doubt that Venetian rates odds. Do a search on this site since the question was raised earlier.

I was told that the CR used to have bets for $1 with 100X odds. Other versions had it at a quarter. Now it is 20X for a $3 bet, and 100X for a $5 bet. The high odds are also at only at one of two craps tables. Looking at the place once, it seemed that every other table game in the place sucked. They were all carnival games with huge HA. I would be shocked if they get ten $500 free odds bets on any given day.

The hotel at CR is an old Travel Inn. I could understand staying at Harrah's and hanging out at Venetian, but CR is probably unnecessarily crappy.

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The hotel at CR is an old Travel Inn. I could understand staying at Harrah's and hanging out at Venetian, but CR is probably unnecessarily crappy.

I meant to post something about this before. The rooms at Casino Royale are shockingly nice because they have been recently remodeled. I don't think there's a bigger contrast between the look of the casino floor and the quality of the rooms anywhere in Vegas. My parents like to spend a couple of nights each trip right on the Strip in a central location. After staying at CR, they won't stay anywhere else. That being said, don't expect amenities like a posh pool or spa; the room is basically all you get. Refreshingly, all the rooms have coffee makers and refrigerators for leftovers, which I appreciate and wish other properties would imitate.

Was gonna try and run a comparison on rates, but CR doesn't list on Expedia - oh well.

According to their website, Casino Royale is currently $59 during the week, $79 Friday and Saturday.