Thursday 2 June 2011
Highlights: The view from the Stratosphere Tower, gambling at ten casinos in one day!
We started today with a visit to the Stratosphere Tower to view Vegas from 500 metres height. Not a bad view, makes you realise you are in a desert, the only green places are the exclusive golf courses.
From here we aught the bus down to New York, New York Casino. I had a plan to bet $10 at as many casinos as possible during the day, shopping off as we walked back to Circus Circus. This plan took in 10 casinos and 7 hours but I can now say I gambled at;
- New York, New York (won)
- Monte Carolo (lost)
- Planet Hollywood (lost)
- Paris (even)
- Bellagio (lost)
- Caesars Palace (won)
- Mirage (won)
- Venetian (lost badly)
- Treasure Island (even)
- Circus Circus (lost)
So out of ten casinos I won at 3 of them, broke even at 2 and lost at 5, I’d say that is about the right percentages. Finished back at the hotel with a Buffet Dinner, I shouldn’t go to one of these places often or I’ll end up looking even more like an oversized local.
