The Single Lonely Diner Boofay Table

Day 4 Saturday Sept 7, 2024 - part 2

Incredibly, they actually have a Single Lonely Diner table at the Dirty Castle Boofay.

My meal was very good. I had a freshly made omelette and some sausages, two rounds of amazing orange chicken which was clearly made with actual orange juice in the sauce, some smoked brisket that was tender, juicy, and flavorful, and a few other things.

But sadly, the place was locked down in terms of stuff I could abscond with. No apples. No bananas. No packets of emergency cream cheese.

All I managed to grab was a couple of things of peanut butter, and five or six creamers for my in-room coffee.

Full of boofay, I made my way downstairs to The Front Desk where I chatted up a delightful Front Desk Sheila named Cassady.

For the third time in two hours, I recited The Booking Story. She made good typey-typey on her terminal and confirmed the status of my booking - including the fact that there were no boofays mentioned.

That's when I pulled Savvy Move #19.

"You know, Cassady," I shmarmed, "I'm actually" and here I paused to add a sort of self-congratulatory smug chuckle "I'm actually - heh heh - royalty".

And I presented her with an official Royal Flusher Business Card 2.0.

Cassady was incredibly impressed with the hunk of gaudy cardboard.

"That's funny," she said, shoving it into a cubbyhole in a part of the desk I could not see or access. Probably File 86.

After much typey-typey Cassady said, "I've added two boofays to your card."

Just. Like. That.

"You have? Wow, thank you!"

"All you have to do is charge them to your room, and they'll be taken care of. Don't worry."

Don't. Worry.

I've been in situations like this before, and what usually happens is I charge stuff to the room, and then have to fight like a prison yard go-boy to get them to take it off the bill, weeks after the fact.

Well, I figured that was about as good as I could do for now. And, it was just possible that my incredible charm and savvy mouth noises would result in me receiving not two but three boofays.

With all that messing around behind me, it was time to actually gamble.

I wandered the newly configured Excalibur casino - the center bar is really quite nice - and looked for anything resembling the machines I used to play.

They are all gone. Keno is gone. It's the same old story, a sea of flash video slots, and a pit full of short pay table games.

I found something sort of interesting to play - triple play nickel Double Super Slutty Times Pay.

I put in $20 and set up my $25 free play to go with it. And I did have a modicum of luck.

I got quad 5s on nickel Boner Deluxe, and cashed out $55. Now, $20 of that was my own money, so the profit on my $25 free play was $35. Not too shabby!

Wandering the casino some more, I did find the last of the game kings, about 8 or 10 of them up against the wall between the lobby and the casino.

I checked the Keno paytables at the bar near there and they paid only 740 credits for 5 out of 5 - something I've never seen before. Usually the lowest is 750, and the best is 838. That's a significant difference.

The center bar needed trying out, so I saddled up, ordered a Michelob Ultra, and played some Keno - the paytable there was better but on quarter Keno you have to play a minimum of 50 cents.

I'm seeing the pattern now.

Well, Keno was a bust, so I played some VP and hit another quad.

That eventually went away and by the time I finished my beer, my free play profits were gone, and I was into my $100 stake for the day.

I could feel the tide turning. This was it - the end of my good luck run.

I took the walkways to Luxor and played $20 in Buffalo Gold Collection. It was done in 2 minutes with almost no wins.

I repeated this on Huff 'n More Puff. Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing.

On to Mandalay Bay.

And there it is again, more huge open casino spaces. Where are the machines? Where have they gone???

I shuffled through Mandalay Bay, looking for any of the old machines I used to play with half decent Keno on them. I know there's no point in looking for good VP there.

They all seem to be gone.

I opted for the bar, and another beer. And the same 50 cent minimum video Keno.

I felt flat, unhappy, and deflated.

All told in the afternoon, I'd had four 4 out of 5s on video Keno. I just couldn't get the luck I've been enjoying thus far in the trip.

My stake was gone and I blew an extra $20 from the admin money.

That was enough for the day.

I took the tram back to Excalibur, and headed up to my cell, stopping on the way to buy a diet Pepsi, and to fill one of the plastic bags in my pocket with ice.

When your room is wayyyy down there and the ice is wayyyy up here.

Savvy, no?

Savvy yes!

Budget

I really can't complain that the day wasn't full of winning. I've had so much support from readers, and I've had winning days, three out of four. And I'm still ahead on the trip.

It's all going well, let's see if I can bring it home in the second half!

Actual Total Expenses so far are $406.

Gambling Day -$110
Gambling Trip +$243

Lots more to come!