CheapoVegas was the inspiration for my own site, over 20 years ago. The new owner tried to get me to publish a guest post. Even though I’ve never accepted any guest posts, I would have jumped at the chance to have an original article by Matt or Stinky, but that’s not what was being offered.
I do list the square footage of the gaming areas for the casinos (click my name for the link), but not the number of slots, although now that I see that there’s interest in that, I’ll add it to my to-do list.
BTW, since there are Cheapo fans here, I hope someone has a link for the old Lucky Ned story that I’ve been unable to find, something like, “Let me tell you a story. Once there was a guy, not too handsome, but not too plain, [then a bunch of uninteresting details about that guy, and then:] Well, would you believe that guy was me?”
]]>I was lucky enough to go to the Western based on the El Cheapo Review. It was the most foul place id ever seen.. AND I LOVED IT!!!!
]]>Yes you are correct. I should have mentioned that there are other places that are the same amount.
]]>If your gambling budget is $300 per trip I suppose it works out the same. I suspect most people gamble more than that. Even if you pay the exorbitant $10 ATM fee out of convenience, you can get $1,000 for that $10 fee. RW would charge you $30. Works out to $20 versus $60 if you take out $2,000. The ATM is much cheaper.
]]>The week old pizza at the Western was the best. If I remember you had to have a manager to hand pay any “jackpot” over $50
]]>Huh? It’s 3%, which means for $300, it’s $9. Caesars ATMs are $9.99.
]]>And speaking of the ATM, if you want to get cash from your debit card, the fee is $9.99
That is not a typo.
]]>I went to many of their infamous soirees. Got to know them pretty good.
One night, a bunch of us went to The Western to try out Lucky Ned’s gambling system for blackjack on a $1 table. We HAD to play the way Ned noted:
https://www.bigempire.com/vegas/luckyned.html
The penny slot tournaments at Gold Spike were hilarious. We took over the penny slot area and had a tournament.
I was referred to in those trip reports as “Ted Newkirk of Ted Newkirk fame…”.
]]>Yep, if it’s a large amount of cash! Interacting with humans doesn’t feel high tech, however.
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