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Vegas Travel: How Not to Lose Your Cash

January 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM | 0 Comments

The Consumer Electronics Show is wrapping up in Las Vegas, which means all the tech geeks and fameballs are clearing outta town. That means it's up to you to find the cheapest blackjack tables and spend, spend, spend. And when you're playing the three dollar tables, you can play all night.

Temporary Gridskipper correspondent Jordan Golson took a C-note to the Sahara to see not how much he could win but how fast he could go broke. Turns out, not fast:

After six hours, I'm still up $52. I have to do something to break the monotony. I vow that if I am up $100, I'm walking away, and I start playing badly. Of course, I win...

After six and a half hours, the casino is almost deserted, save for my hugely bored dealer, the cleaning staff, and a busty young woman who called to me from the slots, "Hey handsome, come see me when you're finished," as I returned from the bathroom.

If the glamourous life of $3 tables and prostitute solicitation is for you, your best bet is at older casinos. The Sahara is one, Sunset Station is another. Also worth a try is Imperial Palace. Not into blackjack? The ever-shady Ellis Island Casino and Brewery has an off-menu $5 full steak dinner.

Related Stories:
· Dying to Lose in Vegas: The $3 Blackjack Death March [Gridskipper]
· The Sahara [Official Site]
· Sunset Station [Official Site]
· Imperial Palace [Official Site]
· Las Vegas Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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