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Free drinks in sportsbooks?
| March 27th, 2011 at 1:23:58 PM permalink | |
| makeshots22 Member since: Apr 21, 2010 Threads: 2 Posts: 11 | Does it exist? How does it work? |
| March 27th, 2011 at 1:42:00 PM permalink | |
| ahiromu Member since: Jan 15, 2010 Threads: 56 Posts: 552 | Bellagio (other MGM properties with legit sportsbooks I don't know) will serve pretty much anyone sitting in their sportsbook. I've never tried to take advantage of this by not playing and just sitting down, but I think you could get away with it. Harrah's (Caesar's) will give you drink vouchers. |
| March 27th, 2011 at 3:38:10 PM permalink | |
| mkl654321 Member since: Aug 8, 2010 Threads: 65 Posts: 3412 | In a very few places, the cocktail waitress will ask to see a betting slip, but that's more trouble than it's worth--usually, if you're sitting there and watching a game, the (almost always valid) assumption is, you have a bet on some game or the other. In a way, I think a sports bet is the best gambling value in the casino. Bet $20 on the Sheboygan Seahorses (or whomever), kick back, relax, watch the game, and slurp down several free drinks, all for an expected loss of $1. The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.---George Bernard Shaw |
| March 27th, 2011 at 3:55:51 PM permalink | |
| FinsRule Member since: Dec 23, 2009 Threads: 52 Posts: 779 | Most sportsbooks require you to be betting on horses to receive free drinks or receive drink tickets. Minimums vary from I guess as little as $.10 to as high as around $5 to receive a drink ticket. But if all you need is a betting ticket to get a free drink, a $2 show bet on the favorite for unlimited free drinks is probably the best deal in all of Vegas. |
| March 29th, 2011 at 11:14:47 AM permalink | |
| JIMMYFOCKER Member since: Jan 24, 2011 Threads: 12 Posts: 339 |
This is completely false. |
| March 29th, 2011 at 11:40:45 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 313 Posts: 6783 |
You can get drink tickets for betting sports too. The minimum bet will vary, but I think $5-$20 is the usual range, the nicer the casino, the higher the minimum. Even at $20, you could bet both sides of a game, and end up with two drink tickets for a loss of $1. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| March 29th, 2011 at 11:47:08 AM permalink | |
| FinsRule Member since: Dec 23, 2009 Threads: 52 Posts: 779 |
I'm referring to strip casinos, and unless it's changed in the last few months, here is a list of sportsbooks that would not comp me a drink unless I had a horse bet OR was betting $250+ on sports: Mandalay Paris MGM Grand Caesars Palace Venetian Mirage Maybe waitresses just don't like me... |
| March 29th, 2011 at 12:05:47 PM permalink | |
| progrocker Member since: Feb 21, 2010 Threads: 4 Posts: 299 | Cheapovegas has pretty good comments on drink service at each sports book, and also for the casino in general, of each hotel they cover. For example, their entry on Bally's does mention it will be easier to get a drink ticket with a horse bet than a sports bet. Solo venimos, solo nos vamos. Y aqui nos juntamos, juntos que estamos. |
| November 17th, 2011 at 3:40:45 PM permalink | |
| makeshots22 Member since: Apr 21, 2010 Threads: 2 Posts: 11 | Anyone have any update to this? |
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