2026 Gambling Trip Reports
January 10th, 2026 at 12:58:15 PM
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On my way to Vegas. First gambling trip in about 6 months. I believe CES just ended and it seems to be a quiet week. I was able to get 7 nights comped at Harrah’s. No resort fees with a diamond card. 16,000 airline miles round trip, non-stop. Will have to do a little work but mostly a vacation trip. Have tickets to two shows—Mad Apple and Zombie Burlesque. Expecting this trip to be mostly craps, crapless, UTH, and some PGP and VP. If Paris has tiles for $50 or less I’ll play it. But last two trips it was $100 min. I’ll post periodic updates.
If anyone gives you 10,000 to 1 on anything, you take it. If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I am going to be a very rich dude.
January 10th, 2026 at 2:40:58 PM
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Have fun, safe travels, and be sure let us know if you see any interesting games, side bets, or video poker varieties ;)
January 11th, 2026 at 2:18:19 AM
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Day 1
Trip from NY went well. It started raining about two hours before departure so I thought it might get delayed but no issues. Flight was maybe 75% full. Arrived 45 mins before schedule.
Uber to Harrahs was $21. No cars on the road. Roads were empty all the way to the strip. Checked into Harrah’s. Room is fine. Clean and fairly newly renovated. Advertised as an “attraction room”. I can see about 15% of the sphere.
Walked to Linq. Played $5 UTH. Played with several Canadians and one guy who was the “you gotta bet on Trips” guy. At one point down close to $100 but came back and left up $75. Made one bad fold when I had a 10 high but only 16 cards or so to lose. Would have won too. Frozen Baileys was great as ever.
Back to harrahs. $15 craps. I did not see any craps above $15. Surprising for a Saturday night. There were some drunk guys who didn’t really know what to do (lot of $25 and $50 6/8 place bets and couldn’t follow what 3/4/5 odds meant). But they did know they loved betting hard ways. At one point two guys hit a hard 8: about $1100 for one guy and about $1600 for the other guy. They would start with $25 hard ways and after every roll randomly throw in from $5 to $100 more. One guy got up to over $300 on a hard 8 but didn’t hit it. I left up $300.
Wanted something relaxing so went to $15 PGP. Nothing notable. Lost $60.
Foot court pizza and burgers are more expensive than last time. Got a basic burger from Bobby flay. It was fine but $15 with tax.
Running total: up $310 or so.
Trip from NY went well. It started raining about two hours before departure so I thought it might get delayed but no issues. Flight was maybe 75% full. Arrived 45 mins before schedule.
Uber to Harrahs was $21. No cars on the road. Roads were empty all the way to the strip. Checked into Harrah’s. Room is fine. Clean and fairly newly renovated. Advertised as an “attraction room”. I can see about 15% of the sphere.
Walked to Linq. Played $5 UTH. Played with several Canadians and one guy who was the “you gotta bet on Trips” guy. At one point down close to $100 but came back and left up $75. Made one bad fold when I had a 10 high but only 16 cards or so to lose. Would have won too. Frozen Baileys was great as ever.
Back to harrahs. $15 craps. I did not see any craps above $15. Surprising for a Saturday night. There were some drunk guys who didn’t really know what to do (lot of $25 and $50 6/8 place bets and couldn’t follow what 3/4/5 odds meant). But they did know they loved betting hard ways. At one point two guys hit a hard 8: about $1100 for one guy and about $1600 for the other guy. They would start with $25 hard ways and after every roll randomly throw in from $5 to $100 more. One guy got up to over $300 on a hard 8 but didn’t hit it. I left up $300.
Wanted something relaxing so went to $15 PGP. Nothing notable. Lost $60.
Foot court pizza and burgers are more expensive than last time. Got a basic burger from Bobby flay. It was fine but $15 with tax.
Running total: up $310 or so.
If anyone gives you 10,000 to 1 on anything, you take it. If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I am going to be a very rich dude.
