Had buffet at Cafe Lago for breakfast. It was shitty. The slots near the buffet made up for it though - I won 150 quarters on a red white and blue on the second pull.
Caesars Penthouse. |
They had this promo going on for Roman Rewards - one of the most brilliant promotions I’ve ever seen. Basically, they took a bank of normal slot machines - like 20 of ‘em or so. Then, they got a guy in a costume and a babe to hang around with him, and they gave the costume guy a microphone.
And when the promotion started, he talked up the crowd with his special brand of Caesars by-Jim-cracky hypey hype, “C’mon and grab a seat while you can… we’re starting soon… limited time…. special promotion…. limited edition… blah blah hooey….”
Once everyone is seated, and here comes the brilliant part, he gets you to put your own money in the slot machine and play as fast as you can.
And of course, over a minute or two, somebody is going to win something worthwhile, like $300 say. But they are playing through $40 or $50 a minute. Anyway, he uses that one winner to hype up everone else, interviewing the person “KEEP PLAYING though, while you talk to me!!!...” and encouraging everyone else as well.
Some hinted at reward beyond the slot play is in the offing, but you’re never sure what it is, or what you have to do to get it, but you are supposed to keep playing!
Of course, there is nothing special about all this - they are just normal slots, and this huckster is just some fast talkin’ city slicker, ready to bafflegab the rubes who just came out of the “great” Grubstake Jamboree at the Westward Ho.
That would be me. I sat down, of course, put in $40, and started playing. And hey!!! I hit for $300!!!!
Hot damn!
“Sir, how much did you win? This man, he’s just won $300! You can too, pull those levers! Sir?” he said to me?
“Yes?”
“I strongly advise you to keep playing.”
I did, just a little and cashed out at $276.
(2014 Flusher: They run a carbon copy of this same promotion at the Fremont even now.)
Incredibly, at this point, the state of the gambling budget was such that I was down a mere $178 on the trip so far!!!
They featured characters like this Forbidden Dance woman at Caesars. They also had a (fake) Caesar. |
Fortunately, I was saved by Jesus. (Jesus, the bellman.)
One of those snafus, fairly quickly righted. I was pleased with the service, although it was kind of odd to have Jesus working for Caesar. Also, Jesus takes tips. His El Camino is a right gas guzzler, he can use every buck.
(This part of the trip report is kind of boring - my notes are much as they were in other parts of the trip report - went here, tried 20, went there, tried 20…. Shopped at Forum, tried Mirage. Played for an hour, no quad.)
Then I met one of those people you sometimes meet, the kind of person that touches your heart a bit. In this case, Mona.
Mona who talked to me at the Mirage. Mona with only one eye working, and three retina and cornea operations behind her on the other. But her spirit was uplifting, and, she didn’t ask me for money or anything.
Sometimes you need to meet someone like that who takes life’s challenges head on to make you realize how good you have it.
That’s what Mona did.
Back to Caesars, where I visted the very interesting Brahma shrine (which is by now, moved a bunch of times, and possibly hidden away where no one can find it anymore… but then, it was in the gardens, right out in front of the Court Porcine.
The sign there reads ““The Brahma Shrine is renowned throughout the far east, to people of all faiths, as a place of prayer which in turn bestows prosperity and good fortune on those who come to visit and make their hopes and wishes known. The casting ceremonies for the four-faced, eight-handed statue of the Brahma were held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 25, 1983 and many important religious authorities and international dignitaries participated.”
I enjoyed the incense, closed my eyes, and said a half-hearted prayer. For Mona. Then a full-on full-hearted prayer for gambling luck. Let’s not mess around here.
The prayer worked, a bit. I made a quick $20 in Caesar’s lobby on a full pay 9/6 Jacks machine.
Time for a rest - which I took, and then ate at Cafe Lago. They have a special, P.R.O.B. and crab for $14.99. We’ve had it a few times, and it is great.
Lost at Keno on a play 4 get 1 free coupon. Played some slots, losing back the $20 profit from earlier. It’s great playing the 9/6 Jacks in the lobby, just off the original, round casino, one of the sole leftovers from the original 1966 Caesars. Back then, that’s all the casino there was.
Back at the Barges, I did manage to hit quad 3s, so that was good. Played the last of Mrs. F’s stake there, lost more on slots by the buffet, and more again on the Roman Rewards by the very cool Shadow bar.
I love the sexy dancers at the Shadow bar, except for the fact that all of them, every single one, is flat.
Found a Jacks machine where I could keep an eye on the bar and played for an hour. That’s more like it. Up to $60 down to $5 back up to $60. Had 2 quads and made $40.
On the day, I was at $140 profit, plus the gifts for Mrs. F. It was the end of an absolutely great day in Vegas.
The best part was, I found another bank of elevators to get to my floor. And when you use those ones, my floor number is… 69, Dudes!
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