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And the Players Club goes on, too.
Imagine the level of comps that must be available in that place.
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At your level you might end up being given ALL of the comps!

You may also go on the roof which is fourth level of the paddock and look down on the track looking either straight down below or the other direction towards the strip.
While we were there, I wasn't sure how to gain access to the first level but that’s generally not an option for those on the suite level anyway.
I think it’s really more about the experience than having the best view because to get that best view you have to stand outside and stay there by the edge if you leave to get food or a drink you’re going to lose your spot.
If you want to be seated and see the races there are grandstands all along the track including t mobile at the Sphere and other grandstands right here at the paddock. Those do not include access to the gourmet food stations or luxury suite seating.
The food stations are high end think lobster, truffles on ravioli pasta, lamb rib rack, short ribs with goat liver, sea bass and much more including salads and desserts.
The paddock is at the finish line though which means something because at any other spot you’re not going to see that grand finale.
F1 did sell out completely.
Quote: MDawgOutdoor viewing is split level (two rows) with standing only no seats.
This is the view you got from directly outside the suite.


Some of the suites were more filled than others. Since I am connected with so many casinos in Vegas, we could walk around and enter a number of suites, but they were all basically the same - high end liquor, wine, champagne, and non alcoholic drinks, with luxury seating in the suite, and the standing only right outside on the balconies to watch the track.
I believe there was a suite for Master Card, and I joked that these must be people who spend at least a million a year.
The food was all right outside the suites.





This is similar to how it's been when we have gone to Allegiant for Raiders games - although there, the individual suite does have some food in it, but the best food is outside and available to all suites.
To access the suites besides your paddock ticket you needed a pink wristband. After the race, to go down to the track and walk it, you needed a blue wrist band. The wrist bands were how they controlled who got to go where.
Verstappen (Red Bull racing) was in the lead for most all of the race, and won. Red Bull racing uses their own cars, powered by a Honda engine.

Last year Russell (Mercedes) won. He came in second this year. I took the above picture well before the end of the race, but Verstappen was already in the lead.
Norris and Piastri (both McLaren) were disqualified for illegal plank wear. F1's rulebook states the thickness of the planks underneath both cars must be no less than 9mm, but McLaren's two cars were found to be below that after Saturday night's race. Now Verstappen is tied with Piastri with 366 points for F1 races so far.
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I won back about fifty of that, then a lot of back and forth to where I was down still about -$140K.
Thirty K on tie that was predicted (the first and only tie I bet in the shoe), fixed that right up, followed by a small Bank win.
Walked +$110K
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I noticed only after the second session, first time assumed it was just some pit boss strolling through but now know it was directed at me.
Last time I saw something like this was a couple decades or so ago, before my decade or so hiatus, after a ten day or so winning streak that ended > $400K. Nothing happened to me at that casino, I still play there. I also saw it back then at a completely different casino, when I was pushing a $100K win, at a casino where (at that time) the max bet was only $5000.
However, when I got booted from the Strip Major a year or two ago, I never noticed anyone in particular watching me. And the word came just before a scheduled trip, more than a month or so after we had even been in Vegas at all. Right when it happened and I discussed the details with Wizard, he said that something similar had happened to him at a casino in Vegas too, where in his case too they declined to explain why they were giving the boot.
As I've mentioned before, there are different types of private tables (these days). Years ago, and before I ever qualified for a private table, it was illegal to disallow the general public from any gaming area of the casino. So in those days, no matter where the private table was located, the general public could wander by and watch.
Steve Weinberg used to get around this by "leaving the door open a crack" although in reality, he didn't really care about this particular gaming rule and simply closed off private tables at the Mirage, for example, from public purview completely.
These days, and since 2001, private salons closed off from the public are allowed, so long as the player has a sufficient credit line or sufficient front money on deposit. It takes a little time to set one of these up, and a given casino sets a table and room like that up for the duration of a high roller's stay.
In general, I don't bother with that sort of thing, which takes time anyway to set up. I just show up at random times, ask for a given public table right out in the open to be reserved, or for one to be assigned to me in a back room that is technically open to the public (but where no public generally dare to go) and play.
As far as this suited vulture, yes, appeared again. But seemed less stony faced and less fixed to one spot (less fixed in the direction of my table). So I am hoping I was wrong, and there is no special heat on me. Or that the heat is off.
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A high end ready to wear jacket should not have the button holes already cut. Just the sleeves separated and your tailor does the rest.
Quote: MDawgPretty bad spill in the range of -$220K. A fair amount of quarter mill hands with losing slightly more than winning.
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Are you saying you are occasionally betting $250k a hand? If so, the up $220k or down $220k is really a +/- of one hand.
Betting that much you should expect to get wins or losses in the millions, but you’ve never reported those kinds of wins or losses.
But I don’t flat bet a quarter mill nor do I bet that regularly.
Quote: MDawgWell if you recall I have posted about wins so big I chose not to report specifics.
But I don’t flat bet a quarter mill nor do I bet that regularly.
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Then what does ‘a fair amount of quarter mill’ hands mean? I thought it meant you bet ‘a quarter mil’ on specific hands.
These sorts of stacks here represent when I am ahead, pay off the line and keep pushing to see what I can do with just winnings.


And as far as wins, typically I will pull a session win out via check.

I have shown privately millions of dollars of these winning checks (above is redacted of course) either via shared images or in person to Wizard, when he was verifying (just for the heck of it), my action.
As I have said,
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/off-topic/36179-casino-anti-money-laundering-and-compliance/
notwithstanding nonsensical comments from the unknowing, casinos will not issue a cage check for a penny of a table win beyond a verified win.
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Can I ask, what games are you usually playing?
Or is this generally from sports betting?
Baccarat lately although there are periods when I play a lot of DD BlackJack.
Quote: MDawgI usually play with just a quarter or half million pulled at a time, so for me to throw down $250K on one bet isn't typical, but I will do it including at times that I have pulled seven figures from my line.
I have shown privately millions of dollars of these winning checks (above is redacted of course) either via shared images or in person to Wizard, when he was verifying (just for the heck of it), my action.
As I have said,
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/off-topic/36179-casino-anti-money-laundering-and-compliance/
notwithstanding nonsensical comments from the unknowing, casinos will not issue a cage check for a penny of a table win beyond a verified win.
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Aw, that table would not be much fun for me! Not enough stuff to bet on.
I'd have to win $100K several times on a few $50K buy-ins first and build up a LOC from there with top bets around $25K-$30K.
Do banks have limits on the amount that can be deposited by casino check?
Banks seem to have limits on how much cash you can take out of the bank without ridiculous questions and delays. I guess if you want more than $5K in cash from the bank, you'd better get it wired to the casino.
If you keep winning and winning AND deposit all those winning chips at the cage, once you pass $250K on deposit, the casino will consider special limits for you for that trip.
Banks don't care about deposit of checks. At worst, they might put a 5 day hold on the check if it is large. Cash they do care about deposits of it.
I've had my bank hand me as much as $50K cash in one shot, they don't care, but they will file a CTR.
Quote: AutomaticMonkeyAw, that table would not be much fun for me! Not enough stuff to bet on.
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Maybe Station Casinos would be for you. Golden Frog. Over there I once put $100. on a tie and turned out I put it not on the tie but by mistake on some 200:1 and I was paid $20000. I told them it was a mistake, and they asked if they should pay me then, and of course I said, Yes!
Quote: MDawgQuote: AutomaticMonkeyAw, that table would not be much fun for me! Not enough stuff to bet on.
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Maybe Station Casinos would be for you. Golden Frog. Over there I once put $100. on a tie and turned out I put it not on the tie but by mistake on some 200:1 and I was paid $20000. I told them it was a mistake, and they asked if they should pay me then, and of course I said, Yes!
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Oh sure, Frog! You bet on a 3 card 9 beating a 3 card 7. There is some value in that bet. Frog is dealt Downtown at the El Cortez too, and at a few other places in town. But Frog is a stressful layout to play due to the character of the counts required. There are a few others that are easier and have more EV too.
Wife doesn't even want to enter the casino, for any reason, doesn't like the atmosphere at all.
Quote: ChumpChangeit's done for specific ... player's cards.
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Are you saying that the myth of "pulling your player's card out" to win, is not a myth?
One person said he was told by the promotions desk not to use his card in certain machines because it would bring down his ratings for table games and the mailers he gets from those.
This video I ran across this morning accentuates these conspiracies with pushback from the legislatures.
5 Slot Machine Law Updates Coming in 2026 That Could Affect Your Gambling
Quote: ChumpChangeOne person said he was told by the promotions desk not to use his card in certain machines because it would bring down his ratings for table games and the mailers he gets from those.
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That makes perfect sense.
Quote: ChumpChangeBut anecdotal evidence is appearing on the internet from others complaining about remote switching of RTP based on ... whether the Player is ahead and using their card causes a losing streak they wouldn't have had if they never inserted it.
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This sounds illegal.
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Quote: ChumpChangeBut anecdotal evidence is appearing on the internet from others complaining about remote switching of RTP based on ... whether the Player is ahead and using their card causes a losing streak they wouldn't have had if they never inserted it.
This sounds illegal.
That definitely would not fly in Nevada. The RTP can not be changed unless the machine has been inactive for some period of time.
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