Las Vegas TV Show--how real was some stuff?

I never watched it new except once but last year thru the help of a DVR I saw every episode. Some things were obviously "TV" such as:

"The best pit-boss in the city" being in her late 20s.
A guy in his late 20s and only worked security taking over as President

My favorite--

The outside of the building being located where McCaran Airport sits but the view from Ed's Office puts the building somewhere near Harrah's.


One does get me, though. When they would find an obvious cheat, such as the Terry Bradshaw guest star episode, they seemed to want to win the money back THEN arrest the person. The episode in question they found the group had rigged the satellite to delay 90 seconds or so to allow past-posting. Another time they caught a BJ Player getting radio signals from outside via the dealer who was in on it I think.

So the question is, in this day and age if they catch you cheating by using some kind of device, will and can they legally take what chips you have in front of you or must they prove that the cheating caused the win by backtracking the eye to show your buyin and cheating.

Back when the mob ran things it would be the former and they might not bother with the cops. But what is the law on this and how much of that was TV?

BTW: Anyone who would have passed up Mary for that slut Delinda should have a promotion to Resort Manager denied based just on that.

I only watched about 20 minutes of that show, which was all I could take.

I'm not the best one to ask the cheating question to, but I suspect the casino would put the chips aside as evidence. If the player asked for them back, I suspect that the Gaming Control Board would have to make a ruling. I think they would rule to not give back any winnings as a result from cheating. As always, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

There are a couple factors that come to mind. How cooperative is the cheater? How much does the casino want to keep things quiet?

If the casino is making any attempt to keep the winnings, and the person doesn't attempt to get it back, that's pretty much an admission to guilt, in my book.

I think the casino would be in the drivers seat if a device was being used. Its a felony and if the guy wants to hang on to the chips or insist the film be played back to make fine distinctions about all or part of his chip stack, well the casino just makes that phone call and its felony time for sure.

My understanding is that surveillance really doesn't catch that many cheaters, they more build an evidence file against the ones that have already been spotted by the floor people.

Dont know about all the technical stuff but come one Delinda (Molly Sims) was so so much hotter then Mary (Nikki Cox) I dont care what her past was. Plus her dad is super powerful and rich so that doesnt hurt, but on looks alone she had Mary crushed.

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Dont know about all the technical stuff but come one Delinda (Molly Sims) was so so much hotter then Mary (Nikki Cox) I dont care what her past was. Plus her dad is super powerful and rich so that doesnt hurt, but on looks alone she had Mary crushed.

I'm guessing you are also a Ginger and Jennifer man vs Mary Ann or Bailey? Mary was still hot and a totally great person. Delinda was totally annoying and high-maintainence. And do you want to be dating Ed Deline's daughter? Ed was in the CIA for crying out loud. At least Nicky Santoro would just stick you in a hole in the desert. Who knows what Ed would have in line for you.

Sam would probably be the one to take out of all three given the choice. Then Mary. Then Delinda.

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Sam would probably be the one to take out of all three given the choice.

Yes.

Sam for the weekend. Mary for a long term relationship (awesome breasts!). Delinda- distant third.

Just goes to show you that all we really care about what is real is what the girls have underneath their shirts! But to contribute, my preference would be definitely Sam followed by Delinda. Mary has way too many emotional issues that would offset anything she could 'do'. Being Ed's daughter has its rewards and consequences. Sam is just wild.

Although the casino scenes were not all that realistic and the fact that Ed's office overlooked the wrong part of the strip (the hotel would be across the street from Mandalay Bay), my understanding is that some of the pool scenes and exteriors was at Mandalay Bay. I also lauded the effort to make the casino "look" real with actual games and slot machines, though the play itself was mostly wrong when illustrated.

I really enjoyed the series and it was a shame that they ended it without a finale. Good ol' NBC.

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Just goes to show you that all we really care about what is real is what the girls have underneath their shirts! But to contribute, my preference would be definitely Sam followed by Delinda. Mary has way too many emotional issues that would offset anything she could 'do'. Being Ed's daughter has its rewards and consequences. Sam is just wild.

Although the casino scenes were not all that realistic and the fact that Ed's office overlooked the wrong part of the strip (the hotel would be across the street from Mandalay Bay), my understanding is that some of the pool scenes and exteriors was at Mandalay Bay. I also lauded the effort to make the casino "look" real with actual games and slot machines, though the play itself was mostly wrong when illustrated.

I really enjoyed the series and it was a shame that they ended it without a finale. Good ol' NBC.

Word on wikapedia was that they would resolve Delinda's baby and some other things via a walk-on scene in the new "Knight Rider" (don't get me started!) which seems to share part of the same parallel universe.

As a Steelers fan I liked that they had Terry Bradshaw guest star. Though when security ran him and after the ficticious background they added "and he played some football somewhere" I just shook my head. Everything is an in-joke.