{"id":57528,"date":"2017-08-29T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=57528"},"modified":"2017-08-29T18:32:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:32:50","slug":"man-throwing-100-dollar-biils-causes-vegas-strip-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/man-throwing-100-dollar-biils-causes-vegas-strip-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Throwing 100-Dollar BiIls Causes Vegas Strip Stampede"},"content":{"rendered":"

A spectacularly magnanimous clubber caused a full blown riot outside Drai\u2019s Beachclub and Nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning when he decided to share the wealth and toss a stack of 100-dollar bills into the crowd.<\/p>\n

\"Man
Vegas\u2019 favorite after-hours club Drai\u2019s has had its fair share of drama over the past few days but police have reason to be cautious following a notorious shooting at the club in 2013. (Image: Caesars Entertainment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police said fights broke out in the ensuing scramble, with around a thousand people jostling for cash at the height of the melee.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you might expect, it caused quite the commotion,\u201d said Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon.<\/p>\n

Making it Rain<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to Gordon, the aforementioned benjamins were propelled into the air by an unknown benefactor at around 4am, as crowds were milling out of Drai\u2019s at The Cromwell Hotel.<\/p>\n

Chaos initially broke out around the Cromwell\u2019s east valet area.<\/p>\n

As the stampede escalated, police were drafted from other Metro area commands to assist with crowd control. The Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> reports that officers were spotted handcuffing a \u201cstruggling, shouting man\u201d at about 5.30am and police later confirmed that two people had been arrested in relation to the incident, although no injuries had been reported.<\/p>\n

False Reports of Shooting <\/strong><\/h2>\n

It was the second time in 24 hours that police had cause to descend on the Cromwell en masse<\/em>. In the early hours of Sunday morning, just hours after the Mayweather-McGregor<\/a> fight, reports of gunfire at Drai\u2019s sent clubbers scuttling for cover and resulted in the evacuation of 2,000 people from the club and the casino floor.<\/p>\n

Multiple Metro units swarmed to the scene, fearing the presence of an \u201cactive shooter,\u201d but police ultimately determined that not a single shot had been fired.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A fight had indeed broken out at the famous after-hours hotspot and a set of large statues had been pushed over onto tiled floors, created a noise that had been mistaken for the sound of gunfire.<\/p>\n

Frazier Rampage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Drai\u2019s has reason to be jumpy. In 2013, when the club was based temporarily in Bally\u2019s while Bill\u2019s Gambling Hall was being converted into the Cromwell<\/a>, gunman Benjamin Frazier shot and injured two security staff members and killed a member of the public who had tried to subdue him.<\/p>\n

Frazier apparently flipped over a $30 entrance fee. According to court documents, he had initially demanded to preview the crowd before paying the fee.<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s security refused, and Frazier relented, but returned soon after to demand his money back because the club wasn\u2019t full. During the ensuing argument, he pulled out a .38-caliber revolver and began firing.<\/p>\n

Last month, prosecutors told Frazier they would withdraw a death penalty charge if he agreed to plead guilty but mentally unstable and accept a sentence of 32 years to life in prison instead.<\/p>\n

Frazier responded telling the judge he wanted to fire the defense attorneys who negotiated the deal. The judge refused the request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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