The Adventures of MDawg II
August 17th, 2022 at 3:27:52 PM
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As far as loss rebates, I already have in place that I may drag out payments as far as 90 days and still get the rebate. I haven't actually ever done that, I prefer to just pay off the occasional loss the very same day with winnings from another casino, but that extension is available if I don't need or want to use that line.
Last year I became aware of a whale who has a deal where may pay off lines a full year on down the line. Actually, not only may, but does. Now, this player pretty much blows out every time, and gets a loss rebate every time too (but, what's the point if always losing?), however the idea that payments may be dragged out a full year, and still get a rebate, is quite interesting.
A long time ago when I lived in Big Sur down the road from Lionel Olay I had a friend who liked to go to Reno for the crap - shooting. He owned a sporting - goods store in Carmel. And one month he drove his Mercedes highway - cruiser to Reno on three consecutive weekends - winning heavily each time. After three trips he was something like $15,000 ahead, so he decided to skip the fourth weekend and take friends to dinner at Nepenthe. “Always quit winners,” explained. “And besides, it’s a long drive.”
On Monday morning he got a phone call from Reno - from the general manager of the casino he’d been working out on. “We missed you this weekend,” said the GM. “The pit - men were bored.”
“Shucks,” said my friend.
So the next weekend he flew up to Reno in a private plane, with a friend and two girls - all “special guests” of the GM. Nothing too good for high rollers . . .
And on Monday morning the same plane - the casino’s plane - flew him back to the Monterey airport. The pilot lent him a dime to call a friend for a ride to Carmel. He was $30,000 in debt, and two months later he was looking down the barrel of one of the world’s heaviest collection agencies.
So he sold his store, but that didn’t make the nut. They could wait for the rest, he said - but then he got stomped, which convinced him that maybe he’d be better off borrowing enough money to pay the whole wad.
Mainline gambling is a very heavy business - and Las Vegas makes Reno seem like your friendly neighborhood grocery store. For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth.
Last year I became aware of a whale who has a deal where may pay off lines a full year on down the line. Actually, not only may, but does. Now, this player pretty much blows out every time, and gets a loss rebate every time too (but, what's the point if always losing?), however the idea that payments may be dragged out a full year, and still get a rebate, is quite interesting.
A long time ago when I lived in Big Sur down the road from Lionel Olay I had a friend who liked to go to Reno for the crap - shooting. He owned a sporting - goods store in Carmel. And one month he drove his Mercedes highway - cruiser to Reno on three consecutive weekends - winning heavily each time. After three trips he was something like $15,000 ahead, so he decided to skip the fourth weekend and take friends to dinner at Nepenthe. “Always quit winners,” explained. “And besides, it’s a long drive.”
On Monday morning he got a phone call from Reno - from the general manager of the casino he’d been working out on. “We missed you this weekend,” said the GM. “The pit - men were bored.”
“Shucks,” said my friend.
So the next weekend he flew up to Reno in a private plane, with a friend and two girls - all “special guests” of the GM. Nothing too good for high rollers . . .
And on Monday morning the same plane - the casino’s plane - flew him back to the Monterey airport. The pilot lent him a dime to call a friend for a ride to Carmel. He was $30,000 in debt, and two months later he was looking down the barrel of one of the world’s heaviest collection agencies.
So he sold his store, but that didn’t make the nut. They could wait for the rest, he said - but then he got stomped, which convinced him that maybe he’d be better off borrowing enough money to pay the whole wad.
Mainline gambling is a very heavy business - and Las Vegas makes Reno seem like your friendly neighborhood grocery store. For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 17th, 2022 at 10:51:33 PM
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Quote: AlanMendelsonAxel I thought you were going to find a post where I insulted him, not state what happened.
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It's too bad Singer didn't apologize for all the pain he caused others with his vicious personal attacks.
I will never allow Singer to use me as a platform for his unproven claims and statements and after this year long struggle at finding the truth no other publisher, host, forum owner, website owner, should allow his claims and statements to be made again using their media.
This interview by Mike put the final seal and the final nail in the fantasy of the Rob Singer claims.
I don't know the circumstances but I consider him dangerous. I won't have any further contact with him.
These are not really things that happened. "This interview by Mike put the final seal and the final nail in the fantasy of the Rob Singer claims." That is no different than some of the things you are chastising others for. That's an insult that would get you suspended here.
"I don't know the circumstances but I consider him dangerous." Definitely an insult, no matter if you think it's true or not... Funny how you changed your tune, see below.
Really, you learned your lesson????? Could've fooled me. Didn't you in fact have further contact with him? It certainly seems as if you DID allow Singer to use you as a platform for his unproven claims and statements, recently, regarding his supposed BIG UX hit. There are more holes in that story than the odds of hitting 18 yo's in a row. You were right there defending his claims and playing devil's advocate the entire time.
Most people disengage themselves from people they find dangerous when it's not something they are forced to deal with.
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♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
August 17th, 2022 at 11:18:13 PM
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I'd be avoiding this Singer guy, and stop asking about his tax forms.
August 23rd, 2022 at 9:10:24 AM
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Day 5 play.
DD Blackjack.
There were periods when I kept winning most every hand, other periods when I lost some I expected to win, but over all, fine. Not a heavy hitting session.
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And this is the MDawg challenge.
DD Blackjack.
There were periods when I kept winning most every hand, other periods when I lost some I expected to win, but over all, fine. Not a heavy hitting session.
+3850
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/betting-systems/33908-the-adventures-of-mdawg/
August 23rd, 2022 at 10:06:05 AM
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There is this App I became aware of that tracks weight, exercise and meals along with input from "coaches" with the goal of eliminating diabetes and other issues like high blood pressure high cholesterol without the need for drugs. It is also for people who want to avoid ever developing diabetes who might be at risk for it.
The program includes a "free" digital scale for daily weigh ins that connects to their system.
I understand that the app works with FitBit, but not Apple Watch.
My insurance doesn't seem to cover it, but I am looking into it anyway. I don't have any health issues but still, the app sounds pretty cool as far as preventative medicine.
Wonder what the coaches will think of Vegas hotel and restaurant meals! Certainly they will approve highly of MDawg Family at home meals.
The program includes a "free" digital scale for daily weigh ins that connects to their system.
I understand that the app works with FitBit, but not Apple Watch.
My insurance doesn't seem to cover it, but I am looking into it anyway. I don't have any health issues but still, the app sounds pretty cool as far as preventative medicine.
Wonder what the coaches will think of Vegas hotel and restaurant meals! Certainly they will approve highly of MDawg Family at home meals.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 23rd, 2022 at 10:46:57 AM
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Quote: MDawgThere is this App I became aware of that tracks weight, exercise and meals along with input from "coaches" with the goal of eliminating diabetes and other issues like high blood pressure high cholesterol without the need for drugs. It is also for people who want to avoid ever developing diabetes who might be at risk for it.
The program includes a "free" digital scale for daily weigh ins that connects to their system.
I understand that the app works with FitBit, but not Apple Watch.
My insurance doesn't seem to cover it, but I am looking into it anyway. I don't have any health issues but still, the app sounds pretty cool as far as preventative medicine.
Wonder what the coaches will think of Vegas hotel and restaurant meals! Certainly they will approve highly of MDawg Family at home meals.
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I guess I should be honored that whatever thread is started due to me, (Gout, Cytodyn, multicarding, lawsuits) that MDawg comments in his own thread about it.
Proof the Dawg follows the Oz!
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
August 23rd, 2022 at 11:06:20 AM
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I got wind of it!
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 23rd, 2022 at 3:35:31 PM
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The casinos (two of them actually) offered to put us in a suite for the Friday Raiders-Patriots game but it's pre season so we declined.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 23rd, 2022 at 5:27:59 PM
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Just so you don't have to suffer through the whole video (I skimmed it myself, reading the CCs to get the story), the synopsis is that this guy (playing Baccarat pretty much for the first time) started with $1400. at the Baccarat tables, took that to $20,000., lost all but $500. of that, took that $500. to $10,000, then over the course of two weeks, to over $100,000.
Then he ended up losing about $70,000. of that, and in one day he took his remaining $18 - $20,000. "because he wasn't willing to recover just 1/5 of what he had won" all the way to a total of a little over $90,000., only to have all of it stolen by some guy he befriended who spent the night in his hotel suite on the couch.
He then made some kind of Facebook post about how he was ripped off including for his bronchitis medication (he has a dry cough throughout the interview), to try to get the money back another way.
It's only post Covid that you started seeing more and more American players at the Baccarat tables, years ago especially it was almost all Asians and Europeans.
Then he ended up losing about $70,000. of that, and in one day he took his remaining $18 - $20,000. "because he wasn't willing to recover just 1/5 of what he had won" all the way to a total of a little over $90,000., only to have all of it stolen by some guy he befriended who spent the night in his hotel suite on the couch.
He then made some kind of Facebook post about how he was ripped off including for his bronchitis medication (he has a dry cough throughout the interview), to try to get the money back another way.
It's only post Covid that you started seeing more and more American players at the Baccarat tables, years ago especially it was almost all Asians and Europeans.
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I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 24th, 2022 at 8:44:07 AM
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Day 6 play.
DD Blackjack.
Maybe I should stick to this win 3K a day get a million a year deal?
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Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
DD Blackjack.
Maybe I should stick to this win 3K a day get a million a year deal?
+3100
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/betting-systems/33908-the-adventures-of-mdawg/
August 24th, 2022 at 8:45:46 AM
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Thunderstorms today?
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 24th, 2022 at 9:42:12 AM
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It's only post Covid that you started seeing more and more American players at the Baccarat tables, years ago especially it was almost all Asians and Europeans.
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I read in a couple of books that back in the '60s and '70s the majority of Baccarat players in the US were Mexican. Like upwards of 90%.
August 24th, 2022 at 9:45:35 AM
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You do see some Mexican Bacc players these days. The ones I see at the high limit tables in Vegas are actually pretty big players.
Generally they come in pretty big groups, with the men doing most of the playing and their wives or girlfriends along for the trip, and the ones I have met mostly hail from Mexico City.
One big difference at the tables is that the Mexican guys really drink it up, whisky, tequila all that, while the Asians I rarely if ever see drinking anything with alcohol in it.
The European Bacc players drink it up too.
But just in general you didn't see too many Americans playing Baccarat when I started over two decades ago. And then, the very first table I sat down to in 2018, when I started playing again after taking that decade or so hiatus, was this guy from the south, Alabama or some such, I was surprised. You definitely see sprinklings of Americans playing these days. Plus also, African Americans, never saw any at the tables back then, zero, now they love Baccarat and some play pretty big too. I mean back then you saw some black Africans but zero African Americans playing Bacc.
Generally they come in pretty big groups, with the men doing most of the playing and their wives or girlfriends along for the trip, and the ones I have met mostly hail from Mexico City.
One big difference at the tables is that the Mexican guys really drink it up, whisky, tequila all that, while the Asians I rarely if ever see drinking anything with alcohol in it.
The European Bacc players drink it up too.
But just in general you didn't see too many Americans playing Baccarat when I started over two decades ago. And then, the very first table I sat down to in 2018, when I started playing again after taking that decade or so hiatus, was this guy from the south, Alabama or some such, I was surprised. You definitely see sprinklings of Americans playing these days. Plus also, African Americans, never saw any at the tables back then, zero, now they love Baccarat and some play pretty big too. I mean back then you saw some black Africans but zero African Americans playing Bacc.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 24th, 2022 at 11:21:59 PM
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My local Baccarat tables are almost always full up. Maybe I should find somewhere else to play that has stadium Baccarat.
August 25th, 2022 at 8:27:13 AM
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I really don't like to play at a table, Blackjack or Baccarat, with anyone else present.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 25th, 2022 at 8:30:03 AM
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Day 7 play.
DD Blackjack.
Just cruising. Had something else to do that came up had to leave the session quickly.
+2800
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
DD Blackjack.
Just cruising. Had something else to do that came up had to leave the session quickly.
+2800
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/betting-systems/33908-the-adventures-of-mdawg/
August 25th, 2022 at 12:35:38 PM
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Quote: MDawgThere is this App I became aware of that tracks weight, exercise and meals along with input from "coaches" with the goal of eliminating diabetes and other issues like high blood pressure high cholesterol without the need for drugs. It is also for people who want to avoid ever developing diabetes who might be at risk for it.
The program includes a "free" digital scale for daily weigh ins that connects to their system.
I understand that the app works with FitBit, but not Apple Watch.
My insurance doesn't seem to cover it, but I am looking into it anyway. I don't have any health issues but still, the app sounds pretty cool as far as preventative medicine.
Wonder what the coaches will think of Vegas hotel and restaurant meals! Certainly they will approve highly of MDawg Family at home meals.
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I got a free trial with them. What it amounts to is posting pics of whatever you eat all day long, and all activity (exercise, etc.) for comment from "coaches." You also input your weight regularly for input.
One thing that occurs to me is that height and weight in a vacuum to calculate BMI aren't accurate for body builders like me. For example say you're 6'0 and weigh 165, Well then your BMI is 22.9 which sounds great, but that's a pretty skinny male. A 6'0 tall 185 lb. male has a BMI of 25.09 which is technically overweight! but 185 lbs. at 6'0 is not overweight at all if the weight comes from muscle, and is actually under the weight of many 6'0 body builders.
Anyway, I weighed myself but am going to get when I have time, and submit, a body scan (body composition analysis) to the coaches too for further analysis.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 26th, 2022 at 2:03:31 PM
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People were actually blocked from entry to Vegas for a while on Wednesday from what I was told, as I-15 was closed.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 26th, 2022 at 2:07:49 PM
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The gift cards I received recently, $7000. just for showing up (based on past play), with double that coming if I put in enough additional play, turned out to be just Visa gift cards. So, no shopping for the wife, no sale of these babies, just running them through one of my merchant accounts at a cost of about two percent (Much better than The Seven Percent Solution, no doubt!).
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 26th, 2022 at 2:14:59 PM
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Did someone say something about buying free play at 80% of value??
I assume this was talking about slots free play, but I get promo chips all the time. My recovery on these has ranged from quadrupling them to getting zilch for them. The time I got zero for some of them I had won a tournament and had tens of thousands of promo chips with which to play. Some player offered to pay me four grand for six thousand in promo chips, and I said, Sure just to help the player out, and then directed me to place the chips on Bank or Player at a public table the player was playing at, and lost every bet.
After that, the player tossed me a couple thousand but that was it. What about the remaining two grand? I lost! okay? the player cried. Man, a person's word, such as sticking to staying off a forum if declares will never return, should mean something! But not to everyone. What could I do anyway, kick the player's a**? I let it go.
I assume this was talking about slots free play, but I get promo chips all the time. My recovery on these has ranged from quadrupling them to getting zilch for them. The time I got zero for some of them I had won a tournament and had tens of thousands of promo chips with which to play. Some player offered to pay me four grand for six thousand in promo chips, and I said, Sure just to help the player out, and then directed me to place the chips on Bank or Player at a public table the player was playing at, and lost every bet.
After that, the player tossed me a couple thousand but that was it. What about the remaining two grand? I lost! okay? the player cried. Man, a person's word, such as sticking to staying off a forum if declares will never return, should mean something! But not to everyone. What could I do anyway, kick the player's a**? I let it go.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 26th, 2022 at 2:24:14 PM
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Lot of elephants at Resorts World these days.
More elephants than people, in some areas.
More elephants than people, in some areas.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 26th, 2022 at 3:03:37 PM
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Quote: MDawgDid someone say something about buying free play at 80% of value??
I assume this was talking about slots free play, but I get promo chips all the time. My recovery on these has ranged from quadrupling them to getting zilch for them. The time I got zero for some of them I had won a tournament and had tens of thousands of promo chips with which to play. Some player offered to pay me four grand for six thousand in promo chips, and I said, Sure just to help the player out, and then directed me to place the chips on Bank or Player at a public table the player was playing at, and lost every bet.
After that, the player tossed me a couple thousand but that was it. What about the remaining two grand? I lost! okay? the player cried. Man, a person's word, such as sticking to staying off a forum if declares will never return, should mean something! But not to everyone. What could I do anyway, kick the player's a**? I let it go.
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And this is one reason I stay away from Freeplay purchases. People are grimy.
Your mistake was to not insist on the cash up front but it sounds like you were trying to help out someone you knew.
In that case the deal should have been a split of the profit agreed in advance, 50/50 or 60/40 or whatever.
One of my most trusted workers is a former girlfriend. When we had just started dating she asked for $200 to go gambling for fun. I laughed and said that should last fifteen minutes. Have fun. And keep whatever you win.
But she didn't come back for seven hours. I slept soundly until late in the morning she returned and I said well at least you made it last. Have fun?
She whips out like five grand. She hit a major win streak and a jackpot and finally called it a night.
Which is good for her. Then without a word she peeled off two grand for me. I said I had told her she could keep what she won and I set no limits (since I figured she would lose everything) and she owed me nothing but she said she wouldn't have won the money without me and she felt I deserved to share in her good fortune.
When you find people like that you hold onto them and even though we don't date anymore, she is still one of my most trusted workers.
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
August 26th, 2022 at 3:39:07 PM
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Quote: MDawgThe gift cards I received recently, $7000. just for showing up (based on past play), with double that coming if I put in enough additional play, turned out to be just Visa gift cards. So, no shopping for the wife, no sale of these babies, just running them through one of my merchant accounts at a cost of about two percent (Much better than The Seven Percent Solution, no doubt!).
Why can't your wife use them to shop?
August 26th, 2022 at 3:54:07 PM
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Tiger, it's not that she can't use them, it's just that when they are actual Visa gift cards I may just strip them for cash in one of my own merchant accounts, at about a 98% recovery rate. She understands and in these gift card situations she would be mostly buying stuff she doesn't really need.
D.Oz, I didn't know this player personally, just had seen around. More of a table acquaintance than any kind of friend. I would have done the exchange right at the tables, but the pit boss realized what was going on and started chiming in with a "that's illegal" comment about selling promo chips, however the same pit boss declared that as long as we didn't make it too obvious, would not interfere. That's why I had to manipulate the chips as if they were my own, at the direction of this player.
In a way, I was trusting the player to pay me as agreed, and the player was trusting me to hand over the winnings from each hand. It certainly wasn't my fault that every bet the player directed me to make lost.
Still, you're right, I should have just stepped away from the table and asked for the payment up front or at least had the player set aside on the table the chips that were for me, up front, which would have made it a little harder psychologically for the player to swipe away chips from my intended agreed payment pile.
Even if I had handed the promo chips straight across the board for payment up front the player could have gone to a different table and used them. I was trying to make things easy so that the player didn't have to move, and in the end, I got screwed.
D.Oz, I didn't know this player personally, just had seen around. More of a table acquaintance than any kind of friend. I would have done the exchange right at the tables, but the pit boss realized what was going on and started chiming in with a "that's illegal" comment about selling promo chips, however the same pit boss declared that as long as we didn't make it too obvious, would not interfere. That's why I had to manipulate the chips as if they were my own, at the direction of this player.
In a way, I was trusting the player to pay me as agreed, and the player was trusting me to hand over the winnings from each hand. It certainly wasn't my fault that every bet the player directed me to make lost.
Still, you're right, I should have just stepped away from the table and asked for the payment up front or at least had the player set aside on the table the chips that were for me, up front, which would have made it a little harder psychologically for the player to swipe away chips from my intended agreed payment pile.
Even if I had handed the promo chips straight across the board for payment up front the player could have gone to a different table and used them. I was trying to make things easy so that the player didn't have to move, and in the end, I got screwed.
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I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 26th, 2022 at 3:56:13 PM
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I went to buy a slice of pizza and a sign there said they don't accept casino gift cards. I asked if they accept Player's Card points and they said "yes." So what are gift cards? Comps that are given that are not given onto the Player's Card. MDawg has photos of casino gift cards. Now, how to win them?
August 26th, 2022 at 4:01:31 PM
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Sometimes the casinos give gift cards that may be used only at certain shops or even at only one shop. It's always high end shops and at some casinos there are so many high end shops that the choice is still pretty varied.
For example earlier this year one of the casinos had a Gucci card giveaway where I maxed out at around ten K They gave a few K just for showing up and putting in a tiny bit of play, then for putting in some more play within a set time, many K more. In that case she went Gucci shopping to the max because if I had sold those, I doubt I could have gotten more than 70-80% of value for them, so I just let her shop.
But also sometimes they give actual Visa gift cards, which if you have a merchant processing account, translates to straight cash. You can't really process them in, say, a PayPal account, you need a real merchant processing account with a virtual terminal, and I have a couple of those.
For example earlier this year one of the casinos had a Gucci card giveaway where I maxed out at around ten K They gave a few K just for showing up and putting in a tiny bit of play, then for putting in some more play within a set time, many K more. In that case she went Gucci shopping to the max because if I had sold those, I doubt I could have gotten more than 70-80% of value for them, so I just let her shop.
But also sometimes they give actual Visa gift cards, which if you have a merchant processing account, translates to straight cash. You can't really process them in, say, a PayPal account, you need a real merchant processing account with a virtual terminal, and I have a couple of those.
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August 26th, 2022 at 4:08:10 PM
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So what would you buy with $50,000 in Visa pre-paid debit cards without a merchant account to launder it through? A couple new computers? A new entertainment system? My, these cards could become a lifetime comp if they have no expiration date.
Edit: I looked a little closer and the card has a one year expiration date.
Edit: I looked a little closer and the card has a one year expiration date.
August 26th, 2022 at 4:11:05 PM
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I'd run $50K through my merchant account! Just not all at once. Not that my merchant account couldn't handle $50K in one month, but the fact that they are all gift type cards (the system detects that), would be suspicious.
What would I buy if I could not strip them all for cash? Probably...gasp...another watch. (I'm actually eyeing another six figure one, right now.) The right watch, purchased brand new but grey market or pre-owned, or for some watches, at MSRP at the dealer when they are selling grey market for much more, is like cash, in a way. Some watches even go up in value.
What would I buy if I could not strip them all for cash? Probably...gasp...another watch. (I'm actually eyeing another six figure one, right now.) The right watch, purchased brand new but grey market or pre-owned, or for some watches, at MSRP at the dealer when they are selling grey market for much more, is like cash, in a way. Some watches even go up in value.
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August 26th, 2022 at 4:28:58 PM
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There was this period, actually more than one period in my life, when I was buying suits right and left. Both off the rack and tailor made. A friend of mine was with me on one such occasion, and piped up with, You need another suit like you need a hole in the head.
I've gotten over the suit crazy phase, but not the watch crazy phase.
I've gotten over the suit crazy phase, but not the watch crazy phase.
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August 26th, 2022 at 6:33:54 PM
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Makes me want to buy a lifetime supply of Timex watches before they run out; supply chains are killing all the time.
August 26th, 2022 at 7:05:00 PM
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The girl, the gold watch, and everything.
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August 26th, 2022 at 8:50:18 PM
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I know someone who "laundered" casino gift cards with his merchant account and then had to report sales taxes and had his tax return audited and then lost his merchant account.
But there's no sales tax on Legal work, you have no inventory to trace and your merchant account would be safe, right?
But there's no sales tax on Legal work, you have no inventory to trace and your merchant account would be safe, right?
August 26th, 2022 at 11:38:34 PM
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Sounds like that guy had multiple issues going on. Hard to speculate on what did him in.
Sales tax is not necessarily an issue even for a company that sells tangible goods, if they are shipping the goods out of state, selling goods to a reseller, or selling non taxable goods such as food. Sales tax is pretty much the last thing that would become an issue in the situation your describe and I doubt that had anything to do with what got your friend in trouble with his processor. Processors don't get involved with sales tax and have no records of it. A dollar amount per a transaction goes through at the processor's end and the processor has no idea what the breakdown is for what is being charged.
The only internal rule with merchant accounts is that you should not be processing your own credit cards to obtain cash, and the rule is on behalf of the credit card issuer (Visa/MC) because doing that robs the issuer of cash advance fees. But gift cards may not be used for cash advances anyway, not the way a regular credit card is used for one, so no one is losing out on potential fees. And many gift cards allow cash to be drawn against their balance straight at the ATM, in which case the issuer also would not care how the card was used up.
Sales tax is not necessarily an issue even for a company that sells tangible goods, if they are shipping the goods out of state, selling goods to a reseller, or selling non taxable goods such as food. Sales tax is pretty much the last thing that would become an issue in the situation your describe and I doubt that had anything to do with what got your friend in trouble with his processor. Processors don't get involved with sales tax and have no records of it. A dollar amount per a transaction goes through at the processor's end and the processor has no idea what the breakdown is for what is being charged.
The only internal rule with merchant accounts is that you should not be processing your own credit cards to obtain cash, and the rule is on behalf of the credit card issuer (Visa/MC) because doing that robs the issuer of cash advance fees. But gift cards may not be used for cash advances anyway, not the way a regular credit card is used for one, so no one is losing out on potential fees. And many gift cards allow cash to be drawn against their balance straight at the ATM, in which case the issuer also would not care how the card was used up.
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August 27th, 2022 at 1:24:40 PM
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Day 8 play.
DD Blackjack.
Steady as she goes. I actually had some big bets but they cancelled out - won lost them equally.
+2200
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And this is the MDawg challenge.
DD Blackjack.
Steady as she goes. I actually had some big bets but they cancelled out - won lost them equally.
+2200
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 27th, 2022 at 1:32:36 PM
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When the gold watch alarm strikes One,
you'd better be ahead!
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August 27th, 2022 at 4:50:06 PM
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The girl, the gold watch and everything.
That's a reference to a rather obscure but enjoyable movie
I was interested if anyone got the direct reference.
That's a reference to a rather obscure but enjoyable movie
I was interested if anyone got the direct reference.
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August 28th, 2022 at 3:55:59 AM
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When the gold watch alarm strikes One,
you'd better be ahead!
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In my opinion, that is an ugly watch.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
August 28th, 2022 at 9:12:34 AM
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Ugly how? 😂 Like a 1950s 300SL roadster versus a 300SL gullwing? I'd take either one (family member has a gull wing, I have something close from around that same period, but I wouldn't call my non-gull wing ugly 😇).
300SL Roadster
300SL Gull Wing
By the way, when you buy a Breguet
The history of Breguet
(new anyway, from the dealer)
your name is entered into the Breguet book as its owner, right up there with Napoleon Bonaparte and Winston Churchill, among others.
Many Breguets, including that one, are "Complications," which means that they have more features than just telling of time. That one I posted has a Power Reserve feature, dual time zone, alarm, separate sweep second hand, and calendar. I have others that include a tourbillon, and are skeleton (see through). Most of the most expensive watches sold of all time
List of most expensive watches sold at auction
are Pateks, but Breguet is up there too, with a pocket watch sold for $4.686M in 2012.
The most expensive watch ever sold is the Patek Philippe GrandMaster chime, Ref. 6300A-010, $31.2M, in 2019. A one of a kind piece.
300SL Roadster
300SL Gull Wing
By the way, when you buy a Breguet
The history of Breguet
(new anyway, from the dealer)
your name is entered into the Breguet book as its owner, right up there with Napoleon Bonaparte and Winston Churchill, among others.
Many Breguets, including that one, are "Complications," which means that they have more features than just telling of time. That one I posted has a Power Reserve feature, dual time zone, alarm, separate sweep second hand, and calendar. I have others that include a tourbillon, and are skeleton (see through). Most of the most expensive watches sold of all time
List of most expensive watches sold at auction
are Pateks, but Breguet is up there too, with a pocket watch sold for $4.686M in 2012.
The most expensive watch ever sold is the Patek Philippe GrandMaster chime, Ref. 6300A-010, $31.2M, in 2019. A one of a kind piece.
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August 28th, 2022 at 9:21:44 AM
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Quote: darkozThe girl, the gold watch and everything.
That's a reference to a rather obscure but enjoyable movie
I was interested if anyone got the direct reference.
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We watched it last night
I had actually already read the online description of the movie and knew it had something to do with a time stopping watch, so I compared it humorously to a Breguet of mine that has an alarm feature built into it.
It is filmed in San Diego, California, including at the Hotel Del Coronado, which is unusual for Hollywood movies as most stick to Los Angeles. (Silk Stockings was another one filmed in San Diego (also Scottsdale, Arizona) from what I understand.)
The movie actually drags on a little until the science fiction element is introduced, but somehow keeps your interest through it. I later realized that the Girl is Pam Dawber of Mork and Mindy fame. I don't think I have ever watched an entire episode of Mork but I might have watched a rerun or two if I had known how hot Pam Dawber was in 1980!
Before watching the movie I started to think - of what use a time stopping watch would be in a casino other than for dishonest moves like stealing chips or cash.
There is one major casino on the Strip that allows Baccarat bets even after the cards are out albeit face down. With that time stopping gold watch you could look under the cards and then bet. 🧐
However, the movie answers that question and besides the casino game where the watch is utilized to great effect obviously it would also be great for craps.
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August 28th, 2022 at 12:57:52 PM
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Quote: MDawgUgly how?
Those cars look okay I would not call them ugly, not attractive either. That watch is too busy for me, I don't like the thin bezel, and the Roman Numerals are not a good fit on that watch.
This is the perfect style watch for me:
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
August 28th, 2022 at 2:31:56 PM
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Quote: MDawgQuote: darkozThe girl, the gold watch and everything.
That's a reference to a rather obscure but enjoyable movie
I was interested if anyone got the direct reference.
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We watched it last night
I had actually already read the online description of the movie and knew it had something to do with a time stopping watch, so I compared it humorously to a Breguet of mine that has an alarm feature built into it.
It is filmed in San Diego, California, including at the Hotel Del Coronado, which is unusual for Hollywood movies as most stick to Los Angeles. (Silk Stockings was another one filmed in San Diego (also Scottsdale, Arizona) from what I understand.)
The movie actually drags on a little until the science fiction element is introduced, but somehow keeps your interest through it. I later realized that the Girl is Pam Dawber of Mork and Mindy fame. I don't think I have ever watched an entire episode of Mork but I might have watched a rerun or two if I had known how hot Pam Dawber was in 1980!
Before watching the movie I started to think - of what use a time stopping watch would be in a casino other than for dishonest moves like stealing chips or cash.
There is one major casino on the Strip that allows Baccarat bets even after the cards are out albeit face down. With that time stopping gold watch you could look under the cards and then bet. 🧐
However, the movie answers that question and besides the casino game where the watch is utilized to great effect obviously it would also be great for craps.
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I'm pretty certain Pam dawber was in the middle of her Mork and Mindy run.
Robert Hays, was also flying high (no pun intended) as the lead in the Airport spoof, Airplane.
I watched that movie several times four decades ago and then completely forgot about it until you mentioned your gold watch and girls and bam that movie and title popped into my head.
Glad you enjoyed it.
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August 28th, 2022 at 9:22:19 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: MDawgUgly how?
Those cars look okay I would not call them ugly, not attractive either. That watch is too busy for me, I don't like the thin bezel, and the Roman Numerals are not a good fit on that watch.
This is the perfect style watch for me:
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If you like that shape, you might like the octagonal Audemars Royal Oaks.
This one is 39mm, solid 18K:
Wizard had a mid-sized 29mm Audemars Royal Oak (stainless and 18K gold) for sale.
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August 28th, 2022 at 9:25:51 PM
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Day 9 play.
DD Blackjack.
I wasn’t getting anywhere then lost some big bets I expected to win. Was down five figures at one point.
Plodded onwards steadily quit when I got back to even.
+1450
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
DD Blackjack.
I wasn’t getting anywhere then lost some big bets I expected to win. Was down five figures at one point.
Plodded onwards steadily quit when I got back to even.
+1450
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 28th, 2022 at 9:26:11 PM
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Day 10 play.
DD Blackjack.
I got ahead then lost two very big hands. Then had a period when I won almost every hand.
+18200
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
DD Blackjack.
I got ahead then lost two very big hands. Then had a period when I won almost every hand.
+18200
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 28th, 2022 at 11:59:19 PM
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I don't cotton to talking about the house edge any more than talking about the player advantage. I've won more than I should have based on my edge and seen many lose more than they should have based on having no edge.
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August 29th, 2022 at 9:02:02 AM
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Vegas gonna hit over 110 this week?
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August 29th, 2022 at 10:49:38 AM
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Quote: MDawgVegas gonna hit over 110 this week?
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Yeah, man, but it's a dry heat....
August 29th, 2022 at 11:32:50 AM
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Quote: MDawgDay 9 play.
DD Blackjack.
I wasn’t getting anywhere then lost some big bets I expected to win. Was down five figures at one point.
Plodded onwards steadily quit when I got back to even.
+1450
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
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Congrats on the win streak. I will tell you the many members who don't believe you will point to this post, and the many others that mimic it. What does "lost some big bets I expected to win" really mean? Even if you were counting, and had the slight advantage that card counting can give you, there is never a bet you are actually favored to win BEFORE the cards are dealt. The expectation may be positive (+EV) due to the possibility of BJ, splitting, or doubling, but saying you expected to win is just the hocus pocus others call you out for.
Now.... if the dealer was flashing the next card to be dealt, and you KNEW you were getting an ace or face, then yes, you could expect to win that hand more often than losing or pushing combined. But I'd find that hard to believe is happening at your private table.
August 29th, 2022 at 12:07:17 PM
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Quote: SOOPOOQuote: MDawgDay 9 play.
DD Blackjack.
I wasn’t getting anywhere then lost some big bets I expected to win. Was down five figures at one point.
Plodded onwards steadily quit when I got back to even.
+1450
Note: Lately, for security reasons, session reports are not necessarily presented in real time corresponding directly to the day played.
And this is the MDawg challenge.
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Congrats on the win streak. I will tell you the many members who don't believe you will point to this post, and the many others that mimic it. What does "lost some big bets I expected to win" really mean? Even if you were counting, and had the slight advantage that card counting can give you, there is never a bet you are actually favored to win BEFORE the cards are dealt. The expectation may be positive (+EV) due to the possibility of BJ, splitting, or doubling, but saying you expected to win is just the hocus pocus others call you out for.
Now.... if the dealer was flashing the next card to be dealt, and you KNEW you were getting an ace or face, then yes, you could expect to win that hand more often than losing or pushing combined. But I'd find that hard to believe is happening at your private table.
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I have a theory that MDawg may actually know somewhat the composition of the cards at Baccarat to be dealt.
I have a hypothesis how this could be done, how it would not be cheating and how the Casino might never catch on.
That's not to say I am guessing correctly. Just that I could see a possible way it could be done.
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August 29th, 2022 at 12:49:53 PM
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Quote: darkoz
I have a theory that MDawg may actually know somewhat the composition of the cards at Baccarat to be dealt.
I have a hypothesis how this could be done, how it would not be cheating and how the Casino might never catch on.
That's not to say I am guessing correctly. Just that I could see a possible way it could be done.
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Well, yeah, you could know the general composition by counting cards....
