Gambling (This is Why You Came)

Determine your gambling budget before you arrive in Las Vegas and then don’t exceed your limits no matter how strong the temptation. Stay away from the ATM machines and only use your credit cards for cash in an emergency. Remember that a great vacation quickly turns into a nightmare if you can’t pay the bills. Most vacationers find Las Vegas to be great bargain, a terrific return for your entertainment dollar so enjoy all that the city offers and practice a little common sense. Don’t let the gambling get out of hand.

Las Vegas offers every betting game known to man and new games of chance are introduced often. Anything that lends itself to odds and even some that don’t are offered as an opportunity to bet. Las Vegas is the big leagues of gambling and accepts wagers on everything from penny slots to multi-million dollar propositions. Table games include blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, Caribbean Stud and our passion, live poker.

Thousands of slot machines in every variety and denomination await the Las Vegas vacationer. Expect to see the latest in technology and convenience with many machines now coin less. Every budget size has an opportunity to hit it big playing everything from pennies to five hundred dollar tokens. Slot jackpots go from a few dollars to the Super Mega-Bucks statewide progressive jackpot that starts at ten million dollars and continues to increase until someone wins it. Bingo games run twenty-four hours a day, everyday as well as keno. Many of the bingo games offer super prizes and keno games often have progressive jackpots that are a quarter million dollars or more and in most casinos you can play a ticket for a million dollars. Something for everyone in Vegas.

Most of the Las Vegas hotel casinos have a slot club or player club that provides a card to each registered player. The players are then rated on the amount of time spent playing and the size of the average wager. All of the player clubs are free but you must register and play with your card to enjoy all the freebies the hotels offer member players. Depending on the time and amount of your play the clubs will comp most everything from food, booze, shows, rooms and even air travel. If you are rated as a top player you can expect to be invited to special events and offers, all at no cost to you. But remember, you must register so make that one of the first things you do when you arrive before you risk any of your money, even if you are only in Las Vegas for a couple of days.