Off to a good start betting today... Here is ya 10 to 1 Meme Accounting for today... Ozzy: 3 OHHH: 1 Script Taps: 5 "2 Red. You Lose": 1 Y Not Medellin?: 1 Danny doesn't know crap(s): 2 Oh hell yeah! Let it ride, let it ride!: 4 Simon plugs his other channels: 1 Simon has trouble speaking: 17 South Park Sick!: 1 Inscense? (WOT the hell was that?): 1 Fake sick: 2 Ha! Rich Bich: 1 Pokemon cards and chips: 1 Yal got any more of them slot machines: 1 You are really dumb. For real.: 1 Captain obvious B.B. Tip: 8 Vegas Sucks: 1 Trapped, Stinking Sewer Rats: 1 Danny and I - same page: 1 What year is it?: 1 Rim Shot: 1 GIRLS!!!!!!!!: 1 Almost mythical cashier cage: 1 Yes nod: 1 O.G. B.B. legend: 2 Penny Pinching Tight Arse: 1 Dancing Zebrea: 1 Transaction Declined - WOO-WOO-WOO: 1 ITS PRONOUNCED AS ROTHERAM - NOT "HAM": 1 Theranos: 1 Allegedly: 1 It's just a mystery: 1 What the F* is a pay line?: 1 Pay attention to teacher: 1 Poo Paper slot machine: 1 Fo-Real: 1 Stupid Brains: 1 You don't have to confess: 1 Red Fish: 1 Juicy Player Points: 1 SHOCK: 1 Its not for free, is it?: 1 Those dreadful carpets: 1 Wait, you guys are getting paid?: 1 FOMO: 8 Legend that you are: 1 Total meme count: 89 My take on today's episode: Simon has once again, revealed he doesn't know squat about slob, low level culture (doesn't bet, but remembered he played slot/fruit machines in a pub)! I'm getting confused by Simon over this. Remember - the Business Blaze tips are all on the end of a Butt Plug. I wonder if Sam (the Editor Fo Mo) has an anal fetish? Got Butt Plugs yet Sam? Time to check my Lotto ticket from the weekend.
Oh, there you are! I was afraid you got stuck in traffic or Danny got out of his cage again or something... Nine hours??? I think Simon's getting lazy in pinning your meme counts...or, as previously mentioned, Danny got out of his cage again....allegedly.
@@brainblaze6526 and if you have 5 friends have 5 friends have 5 friends all make UA-cam channels, then you can make 50 dollars a year for free (basically probably)
Gambler: "You took my money!" . Casino: " We didn't take your money, you GAVE it to us!". This is so close to one of my favorite jokes I have to say it. John: " you gave me a STD". Prostitute: " I didn't give you anything, you PAID for it !" .
The casinos here in Missouri send out like $10 to $20 coupons things that you can gamble with for free at said casino, they send you a little more when its your bday, but they are always mailed to you. I never gambled my own money lol. I used the coupons and when it if I lost then I'd end it there but there were a few times I would win over $200 with the coupons in which I'd cash out and leave $200 richer 🤣
I got $60 for my 21st birthday. After losing $40 I figured it was a better bet to buy drinks from the bar with the last $20. At least I'm getting something
It's all about only spending what you are prepared to lose. I gamble maybe $20 every couple years, coz it doesn't matter and can be fun for an hour (high roller I know), sometimes like you I win, nice. Usually, you don't.
Also, speaking as a casino dealer, another myth the house wants you to believe is that we dealers are on "their side." That we want you to lose. I can tell you that, with the exception of very rude or hostile guests, we would really prefer that you win. At least in the US, Dealers are a tipped position, so the casino often signs our checks for less than minimum wage.
I lived in Las Vegas as an exchange student for 9 months and my favorite casino was the Venetian. I wasn't old enough to gamble, but the stores were fun to browse (don't buy stuff in the casinos. There are cheaper stores just a short trip away from the Strip, and just walking up and down the Strip is an amazing trip through the real world version of the Shivering Isles). The Venetian also have weather patterns over the canal portions.
I did my internship at a casino, and yes we had NO clocks anywhere on the floor. There were clocks behind the scenes, but NOT in the casino it’s self! This was 2002, and not everyone had a cell phone, and a lot of people where on vacation so NO watch. It was crazy!
We need a video on the story of KFC and Colonel Sanders, his whole life is extremely interesting and his business success is incredibly inspiring. At the very least I want to see Simon react to the time that he escorted two criminals to jail while in his underwear.
@Jeffrey Jensen I think that was Fact Fiend, because I remember Karl talking about the Colonel "jumping over the counter and showing the staff how the fuck it's done"
I like how Simon says the lottery is "someone's got to win" when the slogan was "it could be you" and he then outright says " it's not going to be you though, is it? " I heard a saying that "the lottery is just a tax on the poor"
Actually, nobody has to win. At least, there doesn't need to be a grand prize winner. That's why the prizes get so big sometimes - the funds keep building up because no grand prize is awarded.
Eh, it's the only form of purely luck-based gambling (for money) that I don't really have much against as it lacks the flashy instant gratification factor of the various casino (or mobile or lootbox) games. And yeah, I can live with myself trying for the really huge jackpots once or twice a year. I've wasted more money on other stuff I ended up hardly using if ever at all.
@@jbird4478 thats the exact same thing in germany, alone with the gambling money the could renovate this country, but instead we get more taxed than ever
5:50 - Chapter 1 - You play with monopoly money 8:10 - Chapter 2 - You can't find your way out 11:35 - Chapter 3 - Time has no meaning 13:35 - Chapter 4 - You are getting smashed for free 16:15 - Chapter 5 - Lucky john doe just won the jackpot 19:10 - Chapter 6 - You feel you have won...when you have lost 21:10 - Chapter 7 - Build up points for whatever lousy dollar you lose
Yep, I go in with a set budget and leave when I am broke or have a decent profit. On average that means I basically break even long term. (I play Blackjack, which is as close to even odds as it gets in a casino) I have had VERY short times and some decently long ones. Then I take the free food (I never drink alcohol at a casino) -- depending on how it went that is a diner, a buffet (if it was a crappy day) or a nice steak dinner. It helped that I lived an hour from Tunica back then and Tunica had the BEST table comps in the US back then. Buffets were pretty much free if you played anything. A few hours at the tables with $25 bets and you could get a comp for the steakhouse. I heard that dried up after the consolidation -- most of the casinos there are the same company now. Haven't been in a casino since I left, like 10 years ago.
Actual gambling tips I got from my grandma that worked well for me: Give yourself a daily budget. When you feel like you're running low for your daily budget, go play cheaper slots and then stop when you run out. Have a budget and then stick to it. And whenever you win "big" (depends on what you're doing, but I went with 10x's my bet), immediately take the ticket from the machine and keep it. At the end of your time, cash those tickets out. And if you're on a machine that loses 3 times in a row, switch to a new machine (the machines are programmed to win in intervals to feed off the gambler's fallacy). I set myself at 200 a day for 2 days and walked out of my parents' gambling weekend with 450 bucks. I didn't "win big", but I got 50 extra bucks, played a bunch of crazy/ flashy games, and heavily enjoyed the soda machine.
The insane carpets in casinos, and hotels also, are also designed to not show stains as well, if the pattern is super busy with odd shapes your eyes won't focus on the defects. Great for areas where puking guests are likely. It makes for a great tip for pet owners with animals that may have accidents, get area rugs with busy irregular patterns so they'll last through more cleanings.
I feel like Danny's description of being so drunk and losing all his money is him narrating the night before he woke up in his cage with nothing but bread and water and a laptop, with Simon just screaming at him to "WRITE THE BLOODY SCRIPT!" Allegedly. I'm still not helping you Danny, I need to keep Blazing. Sorry Mate. Know that at the end, you've helped (involuntarily, allegedly) to the Taj Mahal of UA-cam channels.
@EmperorJuliusCaesar welcome legendary blazer, a running joke on this channel is that Simon has Danny locked up and he is being forced to write these sketches. That being said kill the protestors (less than 6% of them)
My time has finally come! So I'm a casino dealer and I can in fact confirm most, if not all, of what Simon says here. (Maybe not "don't go to the casino at all." Let me keep my job, please. I quite enjoy it. Allegedly.)
Closest I've come to winning at the casinos was my first legal trip in one, walked in with $20, spent 4 hours playing poker had chicken tenders and fries about 5 strawberry daiquiris and walked out with $17
There is one reason why our family would even touch casinos and that is the subsidized buffet. Really cheap and usually pretty good. We eat then we bail the fuck out.
I'd call that a win. My grandma would not. She had the most amazing luck. She'd play with a free roll of nickels on senior day and walk out with at least $25, and a free meal. She passed last year, but her luck still blows my mind.
Simon in 2030 "So I really hope you enjoyed that. If you did, you may enjoy this other channel I do called S&#ts I've Taken. I've long ago run out of quality material for UA-cam videos but my fanbase is more rabid than Kylie Jenner's was before she became my second wife.
Some of these scripts must have been put through Wordly or Grammatically to rehash them and produce them on the latest "New Simon Whislter UA-cam Channel"
I still remember back in October of 2004 when my dad's real estate team went to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and I went with them as it was the 2 day break in work for me. There was one lady who I ran across who was gambling heavily at a roulette table, and kept winning until she had over $120000. She then took that whole amount and placed it on one of the numbers (forget which one she'd chosen), and proceeded to lose the entire amount in that single play.
@@LizRealGirlBeauty I don't remember how this happened, but back in the early 2000's, I visited Las Vegas and ended up with a literal catalog of hookers, complete with pictures, short bios, and phone numbers.
I suggest the following model for gambling. #1 Don't gamble money you expect to have. (If the boss gives you a bonus if you go to the casino after a company party is my model) #2 Pocket part of the money. #3 Gamble only a set amount. If you got $100 pocket $40. #4 If your $60 becomes $120 and you drop to $80 stop you won congratulations! If your $120 becomes $180 stop if you fall to $130 Stop you won congratulations. No matter what don't withdraw money for the ATM!!!! In all fairness I got through most of a second degree as an Accountant.
I have a few family members that work in a casino close to me. Here's some of the sneaky tricks they've told me: - No windows to the outside anywhere, this way you lose track of time more easily - Oxygen is pumped into the building through the ventilation system, which keeps gamblers more alert longer - High rollers get wined and dined for obvious reasons - As mentioned in the video, exit routes intentionally made less obvious, but not too dubious due to safety standards I'm sure there's more but that's what I remember being told
@@superkirk11 While very possible that drug use (though I doubt LSD) plays a role in his condition, he also claimed in 2005 to have Parkin Syndrome, which appears linked to early onset Parkinson's Disease...
18:27 - They got the idea from BBC Radio's version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the universe exists only to sell people shoes. This was being explained to a child by his robot teacher which went something like this: "You are in a declining economy, times are hard. Where are you looking?" "Down." "Correct! And what do you see?" "Um, my shoes?" "Correct! Now what would cheer you up?" "Uh... a new pair of shoes?" "Correct! Now you have a new pair of shoes: where are you looking?" "Up." "Correct! And what do you see?" "Um, the sky, the stars, an infinite universe!" "Correct! Now don't forget to smash that like button!"
FUN FACT: in light of the C19 lockdown many vegas casinos discovered that many of their doors didn't have locks on them....when were they going to close. They had to be covered in plywood
Sam, as always meme game strong Danny, you'll get off that radiator one day. Simon, as said below do KFC. It's an awesome story of Colonel Sanders plus I live in Kentucky and it would be awesome to hear.
IDK why but the “no more then a good sneeze away from...” really tickled me. Is that expression a thing? Or has Danny invented the next “cant swing a dead cat without hitting something” expression?
If that tickled you then my grandpa would have split your ribs. "Fart and your stink will be on it in two seconds." "Hiccup and you'd swallow the darn thing" and a million others.
On your ten dollar ticket? Lol! I used to cash out lottery tickets and people would buy 5 dollar scratch off tickets and be like "Hey I just won 5 dollars." and I'd be like "funny way of saying you broke even." Lol!
I play the lottery once a year at Christmas because our family buys all the adults scratchers and puts them in the stockings. Usually we wind up with around $50 back on average which just about breaks even. I usually use my portion to supplement my gas to get back home lol.
The thing with the cashiers cage so deep in the casinos maze is not only to trap customers. The cashiers cages used to be near the exit, but when there were a few grand thefts in casinos they changed that so the thieves couldn't get out that fast and were more likely to be caught on site.
I have never disliked a UA-cam video, and who do you think you are, but perhaps it is advisable to not make the same typos as ignorant Americans, or possibly other native English speakers. Many typos can be surmised to rational reasons people get confused, like in this case, English not having many natural words that end with "s" in singular form, but are you seriou's?
I used to work graveyard shift in a casino... and it is true that the casino looked the same no matter what time of night it is... it was actually really disorienting as an employee, because everything looked the same except there were a lot less people. Oh, and 3am was actually one of the busiest parts of the shift, promotions always started at 3am so there would be a small rush of people who woke up specifically to come down and use their promo as quickly as possible.
I work in a call centre overnight. Whenever people think of my job they assume it's dead and we are just manning the phone for the odd emergency. It's not, you will be surprised about the time people are still up and about calling for bullshit reasons. People are weird and will be awake at God forsaken hours for the dumbest of reasons.
A former gambler addict told me this: "The reason you gamble sometimes isn't money. Even if you win money, you'll gamble to make it more. The reason is hope. Odds are against you, but it's against everyone. Everyone is equal in a game of chance. That's the beauty of it - that's the impossible hope of it."
There is a nice saying that can describes the casinos as well as the lotteries and any other gambling business: "Anyone can become a millionaire. But not everyone."
I went to a casino one time, lost about $300 and went home. I got drunk one time for that basically. Next time I had the extra money I blew it on beer and weed, no regrets.
I grew up beside a casino. There are people that actually live in the attached hotel, and the ONLY thing they do is get up and go gamble all day. I really, REALLY don't get the allure.
Hold onto your pants boys and girls, this is a long one! As someone who loves the blaze, this episode was both great and cringy. I worked at the now defunct Harrah's Reno in the pit (table games). My main game was craps, but I could deal every game the casino offered. There are insanely strict and intricate laws and policies that we have to follow. So I'll go into some further detail on your questions as you ask them in the video! Firstly, talking about how you pay to play both slot machines, other video machines, and other non table games is predominantly cash. The only other option is free play or other rewards and incentives. However, when you are done playing on a machine and still have money in it oh, you hit the cash out button. it will print a voucher that states what casino you got it from oh, and what the cash equivalent value is. That voucher is useless outside of that casino, unless you are a more unscrupulous type trying to use it as a dirty currency. Due to archaic gaming regulations, credit and debit transactions are completely illegal as immediate redemption. So there are ATM machines placed every twenty or so feet throughout gaming areas. These ATM's also will exchange your vouchers for cash, or break bills into smaller denominations. They also charge exorbitant fees up to 10$ USD per transaction. The vouchers can be put into other machines in that casino, and are treated as cash. They can't be used at tables. When you get to table games, things get even more regulated. Every single table has multiple cameras for surveillance to monitor the game. Only cash or our own casino's chips can be played on the table. Cash has even started to be phased out. But currently as soon as cash is seen, it has to be thrown down along with a verbal bet. If the stick man (one of three positions on a craps table) hears this, and then shouts money plays! It'd a bet. If there is no call from the stick, one of the other two dealers on the game (inside dealers) has to shout no bet! It is also completely frowned upon from making repeated bets in cash, a pit boss will come over and have a chat with you if you try. As far as the no clocks idea, that is completely true. And it is still used to this day! It is used as you said, to seem like daylight. They use orange tint on windows to give a much warmer appearance to any incoming light, even bright lights from say the giant parking lot surrounding all the windows. It goes further, cocktail waitresses are generally trained to say good afternoon no matter the time. As far as being smashed and playing games, that happens, but it's rare. It's rare because it's illegal, and as a casino employee you hold a license that part of it includes keeping drunk patrons from playing. Despite the idea that casino's get all their money from taking people's whole life's savings, that's actually only a small percentage. The best customers are middle and high income couples and families. They will come stay at the casino for 4 days to a week, pay 100-300$ a night for a hotel room or two. Eat at the restaurants that are inside the casino. (some have up to 19 restaurants!) Take their kids to the high priced arcade, (some casino's spend lots of money to have great ones, here in Reno we have three great huge ones!) Go see a show. The shows usually play four nights a week two shows a night for anywhere from one week to twelve straight. And then if there is anything going on, like a local uni game against a rival, they have free shuttles from the casino to the stadium and back. Of course free alcohol and soda onboard. And that shuttle use is for every guest, not just high rollers. Of course you can't forget the slots and table games while the kids sleep. And the exclusive retail stores like a Harley Davidson store, jewelry, licensed Starbucks so the casino gets a bigger cut, and can't forget ethnic themed concerts and holidays! Overall Simon, loved the video. Thanks for the great content.
Don't think of the Elephant table? Inquiring minds want to know: Simon, can you find out what that means and let us know in the beginning of your next video. Or TIFO Wow Nice one Danny, "A herd of drunken unicorns gate crashed the party and spewed up rainbows all over the place before popping next door to the strip joint" More, please give us more analogies like this
0:31 - the house edge can be anywhere between 0.3% and 25% depending on the game, so averaged out it's actually much closer to 10% than 30%. Allegedly... Also, poker only gives the casino a "rake", and kinda, sorta isn't really gambling. It's a game of skill with an element of luck.
Ja Genau, but Poker absolutely is gambling, it's just that the players are acting like bookies if you like, placing and offering bets to each other, with the house taking a steady flow of profit regardless of who wins because they own the infrastructure. The only truly effective strategy to dominate cash games, is to fold everything but pocket aces and kings, and with those go all in immediately regardless of previous action, even if it's not your turn to act (the dominance of this move just makes all the other players shit themselves so hard, some of them invariably knock their own stacks over, and once their chips roll into the middle, they're yours too now). Or go all in every hand from as soon as you sit down at the table, no matter what your holding. I can't remember which now..
@@waiifii22 I totally disagree. There's a reason why you always see familiar faces at the top tables of WSOP. It's cos they make good decisions based on the mathematics and table position. Your strategy is waaay of the mark.
@@LiamNI the assumption that such a drastic strategy won't work is off the mark. I'd agree it won't work in a competition, but it certainly can at a casino at a table of strangers. But as with all gambling strategies you have to have deep enough pockets to see it through, if your going to fold hand after hand you need to be able to sit it out long enough to get the "all in" hands.
@@jaydunbar7538 the assumption that it won't work is based on mathematics bud. You'll inevitably come up against a better hand at some point, and then you've just lost all your chips. I'd love to come up against a player like that at a table, cos 8 handed they will go bust very quickly,
Gotta point out it's actually quite easy to learn how to throw dice to land on specific numbers. Learning how to do it well enough to fool a casino for more than 2 or 3 goes, is the hard part.
The fun thing is to walk into a casino as the sun's going down, and come back out as the sun is rising again... where it only felt like a few hours had passed.
Video suggestion What the Norwegian oil fund isn't allowed to invest in (imperial tobacco group, Lockheed Martin, Phillip Morris, g4s, Walmart. ... etc) Dunno if it'll work, but sounds interesting
Simon, I love this and your other, channels. Out of curiosity do you know what if means "to blaze" in american (at least Gen X) drug slang terminology? I'm not criticizing. I just have to giggle a little inside when I hear "Its time to start an epic blaze!". Love your work, keep it going!
20 years or so ago, I lease the building from a man, whom would later become a casual friend. One day we were chatting about the Texas lottery and he shared that he hired people to buy lottery tickets for him. It was exactly the type of thing that the mathematicians were doing in this segment. To entice them he paid them $10 an hour while they were buying tickets, and 10% of all winnings. He said the system was fairly lucrative. And he was fairly wealthy. I admired him though simply because despite his wealth, he lived in a modest, but very nice home in a very nice neighborhood, and drove a 10 year old Toyota. He used his money to buy property, most of which was then leased by gasoline stations with extremely long term leases. He told me that everything he did was for the security of his children and grandchildren. Arch was a cool dude.
As someone who frequents casino here in the states, I like to dispel alot of the stereotypes. 1. Gamblers know EXACTLY what they are doing. They are not being "tricked" or "swindled" by the casino. It is something they do as a pastime. If you go to the bar and spend $4 a beer when you can buy a 6 pack for $10, is the bar "swindling" you? No. You are paying for the experience and good time. 2. Most casinos outside of NJ and NV DON'T have free booze. Soft drinks, juice, and coffee are free but not alcohol. 3. Scenario: If I go to Vegas and spend $500 gambling over the course of a weekend, A. there is a chance I could break even or win money, B. I'm going to get a offer in the mail to return with a deeply discounted room or even free, C. I spent maybe $1000 on a Vacation. Compare that to a typical vacation. Some people are theme park people. Some are beach people. Everyone has there thing they enjoy at that ok. But people shouldn't shame gambling because they don't "get it." Ps I do love your channels, all 400 of them BUM BUM CHIIIIII!
I used to hate watch you Simon, but now I`ve come to appreciate these longer videos for the amount of time they distract me from living in this horrible year.
I got stuck in the MGM Grand, couldn't find my way out and the one door I found I could see the street but it was a fire door. After another few laps somehow managed to get out.
@@brainblaze6526 I only went in to see the white tigers, fun bonus fact: That was only a couple of days before one of them attacked Roy. And no I had nothing to do with it, I swear.
It's been more than a decade, but if you go to the second floor and take the skybridge over to Camelot or whatever it's called you can follow the sound of the screaming dragon animatronic to find the exit lol
Simon, Danny and Sam, thank you for Business Blaze. Please keep on doing what you're doing, it's hilarious. I've never been to Vegas, but I have been to Reno, which I really liked. I don't have much luck with the casinos. I have better luck with horse racing. I pick the one with the weirdest names. Swamp Donkey, Nuke the Bunny, Bologna Lips, etc. I actually do well.
Considering the endless sh#t on the tele and the rest of social media, my daily dose of Simon creates a guardrail of sanity against going over the edge. Thanks bro!
I work(ed) at a casino in Washington state. They would have almost hourly announcements about "Congratulating our lucky jackpot winners" where they would announce the slot machine and how much the jackpot they won was, but oddly enough, never even their first names. Their definition of jackpot was pretty loose, so there was usually a dozen or so every announcement. I always found it hilarious.
Story time! About five years ago we made a short stop in the Seychelles while I was deployed. One of the hotel/resorts nearby had a casino in the lobby, and after losing at the roulette wheel, I decided I'd use the rest of my casino budget at the slots. First penny I dropped I won the jackpot. I cashed out and came away with a couple hundred local currency. When I went to the currency changed, I found out that about four hundred shillings(?) ended up being about $40, so at the end of the night I ended up ahead about $30. I hadn't gambled before or since, and I plan on leaving my gambling winnings on a positive note.
Weird, I just watched a casino tactics video on another channel the other day... Suggestion: a video about what massive, dastardly bastards Nestle are.
13:31 I was in Vegas for a convention in 2017; you could indeed smoke on most of the gambling floors then ; the place smelled more like air fresher though; basically like a kid trying to hide the fact that he was smoking in the school bathroom. The walk ways were well identified with signs warning those under 21 to stay in the walking path per the Nevada gambling board. The TV had similar channels to that found in any hotel in the US; but a lot of programs were on awkward times, due to some programs that started two hours early and other starting one hour late depending upon if the channel had a west coast feed or not; but that's shared with every place in the Pacific Timezone. I don't recommend July; outside it was miserable after 11 AM or so. There were also massive lines in the food court in the morning for those few places open during breakfast hours; with the weekend being worse.
This has to be one of my favourite videos from Simon. I'm going to try and put all the Blaze tips into action when I'm next in the cruise ship casino... 😆
Love this episode, as well as all of these, and this one is as per usual very true! Could you please maybe next, "parley" this on to how ever in the world in such an industry which successfully uses all the many tricks and more to have a business model based around mathematically taking ones money, please explore and try and answer the question on how Mr. Donald J. Trump managed to loose lots and lots of money in this business venture, many many time. I think that would be very entertaining and informative. Thank you and look forward to your next installment!
As a (former) Las Vegas casino worker, I can confirm any all offers made by a property are all made with the intent that it'll get you in the door and thus be tempted to drop some money at the machines, tables, or races. The best example from the one I worked at in particular, were the giveaways every thursday, which were just days we'd give out specially ordered stock to casino goers with a few caveats. The biggest is that to get any of the giveaway items you need to have a property points card (being part of a collective of casinos across town meant the cards could be used at any of the casinos under the brand name). The next layer is that just having the card wouldn't get you the items if you just got a new one for it. You'd need to have a certain number of points earned THAT DAY to get the item, but not just any points. It had to be the Base points value (basically the non-promotions affected points you get from playing on the machines, and ONLY the machines, with the card). If you went through all this then you could get 1, and often ONLY 1, giveaway item which could be anything from a 375 mL bottle of jagermeister, to a Vegas Golden Knights grilling spatula set, to a blue tie-dye shirt made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock (with property and brand logos conveniently applied around all of the items).
And yes, there were different levels of the points cards that would create their own issues, and yes people would be drawn in by the fact that some of these things were being given away for """"free"""" and be willing to drop as much as 80 dollars for something like a cheap chinese knock off pair of airpods that probably cost the property 80 dollars to get multiple stacked palettes' worth. The property, last I checked, is still closed due to the pandemic and everyone who worked there (along with everyone from at least 4 other casinos in the company umbrella, last I checked) were laid off on June 1st with no bump rights nor opportunity for employment at the casinos that did reopen.
I absolutely love Vegas...the atmosphere, the gambling, the shows, the gambling, the wide array of international cuisines, and the gambling. This is also why I can never go back. Last time I went, I gave myself a $100 limit for gambling, which was gone in 15 minutes...then sad to myself "well, $200 isn't too bad", and the next $100 was gone in 20 minutes. I love it too much...and I have family members who are/were addicted to it (my uncle, my deceased grandmother, and a great aunt I never met). If I ever go to Vegas again, it will only be for shows and restaurants...but even that's unlikely (no matter how much I loved Blue Man Group when I saw them in 2008).
I got a friend that once said he could roll anything he wanted whenever he wanted. I handed him some dice and said "prove it". He then said he was gonna roll double 6s three times in a row. And then proceeded to do exactly that. And these were my dice he was using. I know for a fact they weren't loaded. So I'm pretty sure it possible to control the outcome of dice. At least to some extent. Probably not super reliable, but good enough for the occasional party trick.
@@GeneralNickles I mean, if he didn't actually roll them around in his hand prior to the throw, sure. More interesting would have been if he could predict exactly what he would throw if they were different numbers (assuming he actually rolls the dice around in his hand properly as opposed to just pretending).
We had a casino close to us by the beach. On a sweltering day the beach shops and cafes were crowded and had long queues waiting. Realised it was free to join the casino so we did and went in for a nice break, air conditioning no crowds and a comfortable lounge area (in the afternoon), and if you put a pound in a slot machine you could be comped beautiful sandwiches made to your specifications and free coffee or tea. Service was excellent as there were only two or three actual gambling. Loved it and very few cottoned on to it. Unfortunately the casino owners decided the evening profits were not great and closed it!
My wife and I go to Reno casinos and go to the children’s arcades. We have a 2 year old now, so it’s not so weird, but before we’d get hella stares for draining the games of tickets.
Jayme Vosburgh Jayme is correct. Arcade games don’t give you a chance to end up with more money than you started with. They, unlike slot machines, are guaranteed to be a waste of money.
Off to a good start betting today...
Here is ya 10 to 1 Meme Accounting for today...
Ozzy: 3
OHHH: 1
Script Taps: 5
"2 Red. You Lose": 1
Y Not Medellin?: 1
Danny doesn't know crap(s): 2
Oh hell yeah! Let it ride, let it ride!: 4
Simon plugs his other channels: 1
Simon has trouble speaking: 17
South Park Sick!: 1
Inscense? (WOT the hell was that?): 1
Fake sick: 2
Ha! Rich Bich: 1
Pokemon cards and chips: 1
Yal got any more of them slot machines: 1
You are really dumb. For real.: 1
Captain obvious B.B. Tip: 8
Vegas Sucks: 1
Trapped, Stinking Sewer Rats: 1
Danny and I - same page: 1
What year is it?: 1
Rim Shot: 1
GIRLS!!!!!!!!: 1
Almost mythical cashier cage: 1
Yes nod: 1
O.G. B.B. legend: 2
Penny Pinching Tight Arse: 1
Dancing Zebrea: 1
Transaction Declined - WOO-WOO-WOO: 1
ITS PRONOUNCED AS ROTHERAM - NOT "HAM": 1
Theranos: 1
Allegedly: 1
It's just a mystery: 1
What the F* is a pay line?: 1
Pay attention to teacher: 1
Poo Paper slot machine: 1
Fo-Real: 1
Stupid Brains: 1
You don't have to confess: 1
Red Fish: 1
Juicy Player Points: 1
SHOCK: 1
Its not for free, is it?: 1
Those dreadful carpets: 1
Wait, you guys are getting paid?: 1
FOMO: 8
Legend that you are: 1
Total meme count: 89
My take on today's episode: Simon has once again, revealed he doesn't know squat about slob, low level culture (doesn't bet, but remembered he played slot/fruit machines in a pub)! I'm getting confused by Simon over this.
Remember - the Business Blaze tips are all on the end of a Butt Plug. I wonder if Sam (the Editor Fo Mo) has an anal fetish? Got Butt Plugs yet Sam?
Time to check my Lotto ticket from the weekend.
Oh, there you are! I was afraid you got stuck in traffic or Danny got out of his cage again or something... Nine hours??? I think Simon's getting lazy in pinning your meme counts...or, as previously mentioned, Danny got out of his cage again....allegedly.
Dude I got worried! Good to see ya back!
If your not on the payroll, you should be!
Is "memeologist" a real thing? Hmm.. according to Googly autocorrect, I'm guessing it is?
You know, I’ve noticed significantly more but plug jokes from Sam, is he going through a phase?
With all the channels that Simon has started, either he is wildly successful, or we will soon have a Business Blaze about Simon.
It's a pyramid scheme. I'm all levels of the pyramid. What could go wrong?
@@brainblaze6526 hey, at least you're not bugging friends about making UA-cam videos because it's a way to make a fuck ton of money
@@brainblaze6526 Haha, _"all levels"..._ that's so crazy it might just work.
@@brainblaze6526 Bit-CoooooNeeeeeeect! 😁
@@brainblaze6526 and if you have 5 friends have 5 friends have 5 friends all make UA-cam channels, then you can make 50 dollars a year for free (basically probably)
It’s easy to leave Vegas with $10K.
Go into Vegas with $20K and leave when you have lost half of it.
Business Blaze tip, purch the merch instead of gambling. If you're going to throw your money away anyway, might as well get a t-shirt with it.
Purchthemerch.co
Business Blaze why not purch purchthemerch.porn?
@@simonkimberly6956 Because Columbia and Cocaine my friend, truly blazing it with that domain
I'd gamble if I could get a t-shirt out of it.
Terry Peterson smh just host a webserver from a raspberry pi with apache2. It takes like 2 commands
Gambler: "You took my money!" . Casino: " We didn't take your money, you GAVE it to us!".
This is so close to one of my favorite jokes I have to say it.
John: " you gave me a STD".
Prostitute: " I didn't give you anything, you PAID for it !" .
Booooo
The casinos here in Missouri send out like $10 to $20 coupons things that you can gamble with for free at said casino, they send you a little more when its your bday, but they are always mailed to you. I never gambled my own money lol. I used the coupons and when it if I lost then I'd end it there but there were a few times I would win over $200 with the coupons in which I'd cash out and leave $200 richer 🤣
That's how it's done.
I got $60 for my 21st birthday. After losing $40 I figured it was a better bet to buy drinks from the bar with the last $20. At least I'm getting something
It's all about only spending what you are prepared to lose. I gamble maybe $20 every couple years, coz it doesn't matter and can be fun for an hour (high roller I know), sometimes like you I win, nice. Usually, you don't.
Mark: "Aw yeah, this big brain time."
They all do that lol, the native casinos here in Arizona do that too.
Also, speaking as a casino dealer, another myth the house wants you to believe is that we dealers are on "their side." That we want you to lose. I can tell you that, with the exception of very rude or hostile guests, we would really prefer that you win. At least in the US, Dealers are a tipped position, so the casino often signs our checks for less than minimum wage.
I lived in Las Vegas as an exchange student for 9 months and my favorite casino was the Venetian. I wasn't old enough to gamble, but the stores were fun to browse (don't buy stuff in the casinos. There are cheaper stores just a short trip away from the Strip, and just walking up and down the Strip is an amazing trip through the real world version of the Shivering Isles). The Venetian also have weather patterns over the canal portions.
I did my internship at a casino, and yes we had NO clocks anywhere on the floor. There were clocks behind the scenes, but NOT in the casino it’s self! This was 2002, and not everyone had a cell phone, and a lot of people where on vacation so NO watch. It was crazy!
A bit of hesitation but Sam wasn’t forgotten THREE EPISODES IN A ROW, this is allegedly a new record you absolute legends
2:40 is Basically
Simon: I don't always launch a new UA-cam channel.
Also Simon: *Plugging the launch of a new UA-cam channel.*
We need a video on the story of KFC and Colonel Sanders, his whole life is extremely interesting and his business success is incredibly inspiring. At the very least I want to see Simon react to the time that he escorted two criminals to jail while in his underwear.
Simon’s favourite fast food
I think they did something about KFC but for the life of me I can't remember where
@Jeffrey Jensen I think that was Fact Fiend, because I remember Karl talking about the Colonel "jumping over the counter and showing the staff how the fuck it's done"
I'm not so sure about the Colonel. I recall he needed Dave Thomas to save the company. Or am I have one of those senior moments? 👩🏼🦳
I like how Simon says the lottery is "someone's got to win" when the slogan was "it could be you" and he then outright says " it's not going to be you though, is it? "
I heard a saying that "the lottery is just a tax on the poor"
That saying is correct.
Actually, nobody has to win. At least, there doesn't need to be a grand prize winner. That's why the prizes get so big sometimes - the funds keep building up because no grand prize is awarded.
Eh, it's the only form of purely luck-based gambling (for money) that I don't really have much against as it lacks the flashy instant gratification factor of the various casino (or mobile or lootbox) games. And yeah, I can live with myself trying for the really huge jackpots once or twice a year. I've wasted more money on other stuff I ended up hardly using if ever at all.
@@jbird4478 thats the exact same thing in germany, alone with the gambling money the could renovate this country, but instead we get more taxed than ever
The saying is “the lottery is just a tax on people for being bad at math.”
Simon: Business Blaze tip!
Sam: I have been waiting for this moment. Mwahahahaha!
Just the tip though
5:50 - Chapter 1 - You play with monopoly money
8:10 - Chapter 2 - You can't find your way out
11:35 - Chapter 3 - Time has no meaning
13:35 - Chapter 4 - You are getting smashed for free
16:15 - Chapter 5 - Lucky john doe just won the jackpot
19:10 - Chapter 6 - You feel you have won...when you have lost
21:10 - Chapter 7 - Build up points for whatever lousy dollar you lose
I treat casino visits like any other entertainment. It's like going to the movies and blowing $ on tickets and popcorn
iced fire same last two times I went was my friends hens night and my hens night 6 months apart
Yep, I go in with a set budget and leave when I am broke or have a decent profit. On average that means I basically break even long term. (I play Blackjack, which is as close to even odds as it gets in a casino) I have had VERY short times and some decently long ones.
Then I take the free food (I never drink alcohol at a casino) -- depending on how it went that is a diner, a buffet (if it was a crappy day) or a nice steak dinner. It helped that I lived an hour from Tunica back then and Tunica had the BEST table comps in the US back then. Buffets were pretty much free if you played anything.
A few hours at the tables with $25 bets and you could get a comp for the steakhouse.
I heard that dried up after the consolidation -- most of the casinos there are the same company now. Haven't been in a casino since I left, like 10 years ago.
Actual gambling tips I got from my grandma that worked well for me: Give yourself a daily budget. When you feel like you're running low for your daily budget, go play cheaper slots and then stop when you run out. Have a budget and then stick to it. And whenever you win "big" (depends on what you're doing, but I went with 10x's my bet), immediately take the ticket from the machine and keep it. At the end of your time, cash those tickets out. And if you're on a machine that loses 3 times in a row, switch to a new machine (the machines are programmed to win in intervals to feed off the gambler's fallacy).
I set myself at 200 a day for 2 days and walked out of my parents' gambling weekend with 450 bucks. I didn't "win big", but I got 50 extra bucks, played a bunch of crazy/ flashy games, and heavily enjoyed the soda machine.
Simon where’s the it’s you’re boi with the blaze
Apologies. I forgot. I shall proceed with the 50 lashes.
Your* is the word you wanted there.
The insane carpets in casinos, and hotels also, are also designed to not show stains as well, if the pattern is super busy with odd shapes your eyes won't focus on the defects. Great for areas where puking guests are likely. It makes for a great tip for pet owners with animals that may have accidents, get area rugs with busy irregular patterns so they'll last through more cleanings.
New from Simon: "Allegedly, a show all about conspiracies"
"Alleged" conspiracies..
I would allegedly watch the shit out of that.
Alegendly: A Show About Fictional Legends.
Allegedly a show about serious things with jokes peppered in.
I didn't hear a single joke,.
Okay but I would watch this.
I feel like Danny's description of being so drunk and losing all his money is him narrating the night before he woke up in his cage with nothing but bread and water and a laptop, with Simon just screaming at him to "WRITE THE BLOODY SCRIPT!" Allegedly.
I'm still not helping you Danny, I need to keep Blazing. Sorry Mate. Know that
at the end, you've helped (involuntarily, allegedly) to the Taj Mahal of UA-cam channels.
Yes somethings are important enough to not solve slavery for
@EmperorJuliusCaesar welcome legendary blazer, a running joke on this channel is that Simon has Danny locked up and he is being forced to write these sketches.
That being said kill the protestors (less than 6% of them)
My time has finally come! So I'm a casino dealer and I can in fact confirm most, if not all, of what Simon says here. (Maybe not "don't go to the casino at all." Let me keep my job, please. I quite enjoy it. Allegedly.)
:D
2 weeks later, but as a former dealer I know you don’t enjoy your job.
I'll admit, it's not the most fun job I've ever had, but it sure beats fast-food or retail.
Closest I've come to winning at the casinos was my first legal trip in one, walked in with $20, spent 4 hours playing poker had chicken tenders and fries about 5 strawberry daiquiris and walked out with $17
There is one reason why our family would even touch casinos and that is the subsidized buffet. Really cheap and usually pretty good. We eat then we bail the fuck out.
I'd call that a win. My grandma would not. She had the most amazing luck. She'd play with a free roll of nickels on senior day and walk out with at least $25, and a free meal. She passed last year, but her luck still blows my mind.
Win!
Simon in 2030 "So I really hope you enjoyed that. If you did, you may enjoy this other channel I do called S&#ts I've Taken. I've long ago run out of quality material for UA-cam videos but my fanbase is more rabid than Kylie Jenner's was before she became my second wife.
I’ve taken some pretty good shits.
How I feel hearting my own comments: ua-cam.com/video/gYISxUsDqoA/v-deo.html
Some of these scripts must have been put through Wordly or Grammatically to rehash them and produce them on the latest "New Simon Whislter UA-cam Channel"
@@brainblaze6526 I always like my own comments. It's the least sticky kind of self love.
@@brainblaze6526 finding out your as big of a nerd\troll\Ect. As the rest of us with that clip 🤔
🎩👌
I still remember back in October of 2004 when my dad's real estate team went to the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and I went with them as it was the 2 day break in work for me. There was one lady who I ran across who was gambling heavily at a roulette table, and kept winning until she had over $120000. She then took that whole amount and placed it on one of the numbers (forget which one she'd chosen), and proceeded to lose the entire amount in that single play.
the good thing about Las Vegas: you can get cocaine delivered to your hotel room... allegedly
Great!!
And hookers.
I mean allegedly... I don't know about that... some random person told me...
Sweet.
@@LizRealGirlBeauty I don't remember how this happened, but back in the early 2000's, I visited Las Vegas and ended up with a literal catalog of hookers, complete with pictures, short bios, and phone numbers.
@@lmpeters "allegedly"??
I suggest the following model for gambling. #1 Don't gamble money you expect to have. (If the boss gives you a bonus if you go to the casino after a company party is my model) #2 Pocket part of the money. #3 Gamble only a set amount. If you got $100 pocket $40. #4 If your $60 becomes $120 and you drop to $80 stop you won congratulations! If your $120 becomes $180 stop if you fall to $130 Stop you won congratulations. No matter what don't withdraw money for the ATM!!!! In all fairness I got through most of a second degree as an Accountant.
Everyone says hi to Simon, no one ever says hi to Sam
Sam is the Loremax, he speaks to the memes.
I've criticized him once and he responded. Nice guy.
Hi Sam, again 🤗🇨🇦
Sam doesn't deserve our greetings.
Everyone asks "How's Danny," but no-one ever asks "*Where's* Danny" (because we all know he's handcuffed to the radiator.)
I have a few family members that work in a casino close to me. Here's some of the sneaky tricks they've told me:
- No windows to the outside anywhere, this way you lose track of time more easily
- Oxygen is pumped into the building through the ventilation system, which keeps gamblers more alert longer
- High rollers get wined and dined for obvious reasons
- As mentioned in the video, exit routes intentionally made less obvious, but not too dubious due to safety standards
I'm sure there's more but that's what I remember being told
The Ozzy Osbourne clip has summoned his cat namesake. It’s definitely not because I’m in the sunniest room at the moment,
Making fun of someone who clearly has neurological issues is so funny...
@@disorganizedorg Well kind of when it's his own damn fault for doing way too much acid. I love Ozzy though, good musician.
@@superkirk11 While very possible that drug use (though I doubt LSD) plays a role in his condition, he also claimed in 2005 to have Parkin Syndrome, which appears linked to early onset Parkinson's Disease...
18:27 - They got the idea from BBC Radio's version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the universe exists only to sell people shoes. This was being explained to a child by his robot teacher which went something like this:
"You are in a declining economy, times are hard. Where are you looking?"
"Down."
"Correct! And what do you see?"
"Um, my shoes?"
"Correct! Now what would cheer you up?"
"Uh... a new pair of shoes?"
"Correct! Now you have a new pair of shoes: where are you looking?"
"Up."
"Correct! And what do you see?"
"Um, the sky, the stars, an infinite universe!"
"Correct! Now don't forget to smash that like button!"
FUN FACT: in light of the C19 lockdown many vegas casinos discovered that many of their doors didn't have locks on them....when were they going to close. They had to be covered in plywood
Holy shit. I believe that 💯
Sam, as always meme game strong
Danny, you'll get off that radiator one day.
Simon, as said below do KFC. It's an awesome story of Colonel Sanders plus I live in Kentucky and it would be awesome to hear.
IDK why but the “no more then a good sneeze away from...” really tickled me. Is that expression a thing? Or has Danny invented the next “cant swing a dead cat without hitting something” expression?
Maybe a nod towards the current pandemic.
If that tickled you then my grandpa would have split your ribs. "Fart and your stink will be on it in two seconds." "Hiccup and you'd swallow the darn thing" and a million others.
Wait... Since when is the cat dead? I demand to know who killed the cat!
Nunyo Bidniz I’ve hear both, “swing a cat” & “swing a dead cat.”
@@nunyobidniz Schrodinger....he killed the cat...or did he...
“I summon blue eyes white dragon in attack position!” “Sir, you are playing black jack” “i have just transcended common sense!”
Accurate.
“Sir, I’m afraid that you’ve just had way too many free drinks and we’re going to have to ask you to leave.”
“Don’t think of an elephant.” is kind of like The Game…
which you just lost.
😂 I was like...did he just...?
I just lost the game
Why is it always on business blaze videos that I loose The Game!? Damn it. I just lost The Game. Again. It’s pretty funny haha.
I just lost the game.
I just lose the game
Simon:it's harder to keep track of brightly coloured money and think that it's money
Me, a canadian:It's easy, Simon
I’ve won the lottery, just the other day I thought what am I going to do with this $2.00.
On your ten dollar ticket? Lol! I used to cash out lottery tickets and people would buy 5 dollar scratch off tickets and be like "Hey I just won 5 dollars." and I'd be like "funny way of saying you broke even." Lol!
Sweet
@@FoolOfATuque Regular tickets are generally about $2, so it was a break even.
I play the lottery once a year at Christmas because our family buys all the adults scratchers and puts them in the stockings. Usually we wind up with around $50 back on average which just about breaks even. I usually use my portion to supplement my gas to get back home lol.
The thing with the cashiers cage so deep in the casinos maze is not only to trap customers. The cashiers cages used to be near the exit, but when there were a few grand thefts in casinos they changed that so the thieves couldn't get out that fast and were more likely to be caught on site.
How is there an apostrophe in this title?? SMASHED THE DISLIKE.
Smash it.
Just blame Daneeee
I have never disliked a UA-cam video, and who do you think you are, but perhaps it is advisable to not make the same typos as ignorant Americans, or possibly other native English speakers. Many typos can be surmised to rational reasons people get confused, like in this case, English not having many natural words that end with "s" in singular form, but are you seriou's?
Peter Wilson dude its an on going joke. Well boys, we’ve found an outsider.... get em
Apostrophe crime is serious.
Canada/US coins:
1 cent (US only) / 5 cents / 10 cents / 25 cents / 50 cents (CAN only) / 100 cents (Loonie, CAN only), 200 cents (Twoonie, CAN only)
Simon would rule UA-cam if he could ever remember to cross promote in the video description
Damn.
Business Blaze lol
I used to work graveyard shift in a casino... and it is true that the casino looked the same no matter what time of night it is... it was actually really disorienting as an employee, because everything looked the same except there were a lot less people. Oh, and 3am was actually one of the busiest parts of the shift, promotions always started at 3am so there would be a small rush of people who woke up specifically to come down and use their promo as quickly as possible.
I work in a call centre overnight. Whenever people think of my job they assume it's dead and we are just manning the phone for the odd emergency. It's not, you will be surprised about the time people are still up and about calling for bullshit reasons. People are weird and will be awake at God forsaken hours for the dumbest of reasons.
Hell yeah a Business Blaze video to make my Monday!
A former gambler addict told me this:
"The reason you gamble sometimes isn't money. Even if you win money, you'll gamble to make it more.
The reason is hope. Odds are against you, but it's against everyone. Everyone is equal in a game of chance.
That's the beauty of it - that's the impossible hope of it."
“Heads, heads, heads, heads, heads, heads...” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
There is a nice saying that can describes the casinos as well as the lotteries and any other gambling business: "Anyone can become a millionaire. But not everyone."
Simon do a video on the ultimate tax on the stupid: the lottery
Adam Remaly he has. ua-cam.com/video/E-G1uXNeFLs/v-deo.html
I dunno, those couple of minutes before I check my ticket where I imagine being a millionaire are worth the £2 lol
@@brien1254 forgot he did that one. Watched this when I woke up, wasn't fully awake
"Tax on the poor," allegedly.
@@brien1254
That is from a totally different channel!ua-cam.com/video/Vn9BeN8NBaA/v-deo.html
the "don't think of an elephant" table...ridiculously swift, both of you...especially simon...
Lost 500 dollars at a casino and as I was leaving I took my last bet and won 5000 dollars, I was smart and left immediately.
I went to a casino one time, lost about $300 and went home. I got drunk one time for that basically.
Next time I had the extra money I blew it on beer and weed, no regrets.
Went to a casino once... Lost 20€ in my first bet. Never went back.
I grew up beside a casino. There are people that actually live in the attached hotel, and the ONLY thing they do is get up and go gamble all day. I really, REALLY don't get the allure.
Followed by losing back the 5000 dollars plus an extra 15,000 over the course of the next month.
Hold onto your pants boys and girls, this is a long one!
As someone who loves the blaze, this episode was both great and cringy. I worked at the now defunct Harrah's Reno in the pit (table games). My main game was craps, but I could deal every game the casino offered. There are insanely strict and intricate laws and policies that we have to follow. So I'll go into some further detail on your questions as you ask them in the video!
Firstly, talking about how you pay to play both slot machines, other video machines, and other non table games is predominantly cash. The only other option is free play or other rewards and incentives. However, when you are done playing on a machine and still have money in it oh, you hit the cash out button. it will print a voucher that states what casino you got it from oh, and what the cash equivalent value is. That voucher is useless outside of that casino, unless you are a more unscrupulous type trying to use it as a dirty currency. Due to archaic gaming regulations, credit and debit transactions are completely illegal as immediate redemption. So there are ATM machines placed every twenty or so feet throughout gaming areas. These ATM's also will exchange your vouchers for cash, or break bills into smaller denominations. They also charge exorbitant fees up to 10$ USD per transaction. The vouchers can be put into other machines in that casino, and are treated as cash. They can't be used at tables.
When you get to table games, things get even more regulated. Every single table has multiple cameras for surveillance to monitor the game. Only cash or our own casino's chips can be played on the table. Cash has even started to be phased out. But currently as soon as cash is seen, it has to be thrown down along with a verbal bet. If the stick man (one of three positions on a craps table) hears this, and then shouts money plays! It'd a bet. If there is no call from the stick, one of the other two dealers on the game (inside dealers) has to shout no bet! It is also completely frowned upon from making repeated bets in cash, a pit boss will come over and have a chat with you if you try.
As far as the no clocks idea, that is completely true. And it is still used to this day! It is used as you said, to seem like daylight. They use orange tint on windows to give a much warmer appearance to any incoming light, even bright lights from say the giant parking lot surrounding all the windows. It goes further, cocktail waitresses are generally trained to say good afternoon no matter the time.
As far as being smashed and playing games, that happens, but it's rare. It's rare because it's illegal, and as a casino employee you hold a license that part of it includes keeping drunk patrons from playing.
Despite the idea that casino's get all their money from taking people's whole life's savings, that's actually only a small percentage. The best customers are middle and high income couples and families. They will come stay at the casino for 4 days to a week, pay 100-300$ a night for a hotel room or two. Eat at the restaurants that are inside the casino. (some have up to 19 restaurants!) Take their kids to the high priced arcade, (some casino's spend lots of money to have great ones, here in Reno we have three great huge ones!) Go see a show. The shows usually play four nights a week two shows a night for anywhere from one week to twelve straight. And then if there is anything going on, like a local uni game against a rival, they have free shuttles from the casino to the stadium and back. Of course free alcohol and soda onboard. And that shuttle use is for every guest, not just high rollers. Of course you can't forget the slots and table games while the kids sleep. And the exclusive retail stores like a Harley Davidson store, jewelry, licensed Starbucks so the casino gets a bigger cut, and can't forget ethnic themed concerts and holidays!
Overall Simon, loved the video. Thanks for the great content.
Simon, You have the best videos ever created.
If he had his way he’d have made every video ever created.
Allegedly
Makes me wonder who the F is down voting and why?
My bet is that the next one is going to be good too. LET IT RIDE!
@@terryp.8917 I know !!!
Love these kind of videos from you! You just talk a lot about stuff you are thinking and tell us about interesting things :) love listening to you!
Don't think of the Elephant table? Inquiring minds want to know: Simon, can you find out what that means and let us know in the beginning of your next video.
Or TIFO
Wow Nice one Danny,
"A herd of drunken unicorns gate crashed the party and spewed up rainbows all over the place before popping next door to the strip joint"
More, please give us more analogies like this
The phrase for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is "Know your limit. Play within it."
Also the motto for the BC Lottery Corporation
0:31 - the house edge can be anywhere between 0.3% and 25% depending on the game, so averaged out it's actually much closer to 10% than 30%. Allegedly...
Also, poker only gives the casino a "rake", and kinda, sorta isn't really gambling. It's a game of skill with an element of luck.
Ja Genau, but Poker absolutely is gambling, it's just that the players are acting like bookies if you like, placing and offering bets to each other, with the house taking a steady flow of profit regardless of who wins because they own the infrastructure.
The only truly effective strategy to dominate cash games, is to fold everything but pocket aces and kings, and with those go all in immediately regardless of previous action, even if it's not your turn to act (the dominance of this move just makes all the other players shit themselves so hard, some of them invariably knock their own stacks over, and once their chips roll into the middle, they're yours too now). Or go all in every hand from as soon as you sit down at the table, no matter what your holding. I can't remember which now..
@@waiifii22 I totally disagree. There's a reason why you always see familiar faces at the top tables of WSOP. It's cos they make good decisions based on the mathematics and table position. Your strategy is waaay of the mark.
@@LiamNI the assumption that such a drastic strategy won't work is off the mark. I'd agree it won't work in a competition, but it certainly can at a casino at a table of strangers. But as with all gambling strategies you have to have deep enough pockets to see it through, if your going to fold hand after hand you need to be able to sit it out long enough to get the "all in" hands.
@@jaydunbar7538 the assumption that it won't work is based on mathematics bud. You'll inevitably come up against a better hand at some point, and then you've just lost all your chips. I'd love to come up against a player like that at a table, cos 8 handed they will go bust very quickly,
The best strategy is to count cards but make sure it doesn't look like you are, because they consider it cheating even though it's not.
@20:54 "Remember to compare what you get out with what you stuck in". Also top advice for other Nevada entertainment establishments. Allegedly.
11:06 The official business blaze buttplug
I want to see that in the merch store.
Business buttplug
perchthemerch.co
@@brainblaze6526 damn you! I should have known.
"The Business Blaze Tip".
Gotta point out it's actually quite easy to learn how to throw dice to land on specific numbers. Learning how to do it well enough to fool a casino for more than 2 or 3 goes, is the hard part.
never have an easily startled cat on your lap while watching business blaze
... unless you want a discount vasectomy
The fun thing is to walk into a casino as the sun's going down, and come back out as the sun is rising again... where it only felt like a few hours had passed.
.....even though it's been four days.
Casinos make you think you can win. Gambling is a tax on people who don’t understand math.
Meh, I do not understand maths but I am not stupid enough to fall for the scam ;)
Depends on the game you play, if you are good at math you can make bank at the blackjack tables
Basically an expensive arcade for adults.
I was a dunce at math, but I know a con when I see one.
Charles Sellars you right, I’m more talking like gas station lotto tickets, slot machines, etc. these games of “chance”.
Video suggestion
What the Norwegian oil fund isn't allowed to invest in (imperial tobacco group, Lockheed Martin, Phillip Morris, g4s, Walmart. ... etc)
Dunno if it'll work, but sounds interesting
I like that!
Simon, I love this and your other, channels.
Out of curiosity do you know what if means "to blaze" in american (at least Gen X) drug slang terminology? I'm not criticizing. I just have to giggle a little inside when I hear "Its time to start an epic blaze!".
Love your work, keep it going!
I am pretty sure he does
20 years or so ago, I lease the building from a man, whom would later become a casual friend. One day we were chatting about the Texas lottery and he shared that he hired people to buy lottery tickets for him. It was exactly the type of thing that the mathematicians were doing in this segment. To entice them he paid them $10 an hour while they were buying tickets, and 10% of all winnings. He said the system was fairly lucrative. And he was fairly wealthy. I admired him though simply because despite his wealth, he lived in a modest, but very nice home in a very nice neighborhood, and drove a 10 year old Toyota.
He used his money to buy property, most of which was then leased by gasoline stations with extremely long term leases.
He told me that everything he did was for the security of his children and grandchildren.
Arch was a cool dude.
As someone who frequents casino here in the states, I like to dispel alot of the stereotypes.
1. Gamblers know EXACTLY what they are doing. They are not being "tricked" or "swindled" by the casino. It is something they do as a pastime. If you go to the bar and spend $4 a beer when you can buy a 6 pack for $10, is the bar "swindling" you? No. You are paying for the experience and good time.
2. Most casinos outside of NJ and NV DON'T have free booze. Soft drinks, juice, and coffee are free but not alcohol.
3. Scenario: If I go to Vegas and spend $500 gambling over the course of a weekend, A. there is a chance I could break even or win money, B. I'm going to get a offer in the mail to return with a deeply discounted room or even free, C. I spent maybe $1000 on a Vacation. Compare that to a typical vacation.
Some people are theme park people. Some are beach people. Everyone has there thing they enjoy at that ok. But people shouldn't shame gambling because they don't "get it."
Ps I do love your channels, all 400 of them BUM BUM CHIIIIII!
I’ve been to plenty of casinos in Louisiana and Oklahoma that still have free alcohol.
I used to hate watch you Simon, but now I`ve come to appreciate these longer videos for the amount of time they distract me from living in this horrible year.
I got stuck in the MGM Grand, couldn't find my way out and the one door I found I could see the street but it was a fire door. After another few laps somehow managed to get out.
Phew, I was worried you were still in there and this was a way to call for help.
@@brainblaze6526 I only went in to see the white tigers, fun bonus fact: That was only a couple of days before one of them attacked Roy. And no I had nothing to do with it, I swear.
It's been more than a decade, but if you go to the second floor and take the skybridge over to Camelot or whatever it's called you can follow the sound of the screaming dragon animatronic to find the exit lol
Simon, Danny and Sam, thank you for Business Blaze. Please keep on doing what you're doing, it's hilarious. I've never been to Vegas, but I have been to Reno, which I really liked. I don't have much luck with the casinos. I have better luck with horse racing. I pick the one with the weirdest names. Swamp Donkey, Nuke the Bunny, Bologna Lips, etc. I actually do well.
Business Blaze the last place I would expect to see a Yu-Gi-Oh! meme 6:19
It's an episode about casinos of course they're going to include the King of Games.
Considering the endless sh#t on the tele and the rest of social media, my daily dose of Simon creates a guardrail of sanity against going over the edge. Thanks bro!
You can’t resist getting married by Elvis in Vegas
Yes it's an Alcohol induced coma side effect. Happens even to those of us with chisel! :D d]*_^[b
Watch me.
@@rozzyrollzrollz3568 chisel?? Cover what that means in a future video?? If it's the real legend himself hahaha. Edit: NVM but still, Zero is kickass
I watch old business blaze videos when I’m blind drunk in lockdown and it has served me WELL
When Simon doesn’t threaten to Rick Roll me it makes me :(
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@@brainblaze6526 How did... How did you do that?! Witch! WITCH!!
I work(ed) at a casino in Washington state. They would have almost hourly announcements about "Congratulating our lucky jackpot winners" where they would announce the slot machine and how much the jackpot they won was, but oddly enough, never even their first names. Their definition of jackpot was pretty loose, so there was usually a dozen or so every announcement. I always found it hilarious.
"Casino's", Simon? CASINO'S???
What's with the apostrophe, sir? Fix it!
Hell No!
So ... Wh@t?
Maybe it was a casino's property, maybe it's because the auto correct options gave you it to
“Casinos” is plural in this usage, not possessive. The apostrophe is flat wrong.
@@zacumen Thank you. Apostrophes don't make things plural...
Story time! About five years ago we made a short stop in the Seychelles while I was deployed. One of the hotel/resorts nearby had a casino in the lobby, and after losing at the roulette wheel, I decided I'd use the rest of my casino budget at the slots. First penny I dropped I won the jackpot. I cashed out and came away with a couple hundred local currency. When I went to the currency changed, I found out that about four hundred shillings(?) ended up being about $40, so at the end of the night I ended up ahead about $30. I hadn't gambled before or since, and I plan on leaving my gambling winnings on a positive note.
I feel like the butt of the joke, and this all was just a big plug
Lmao! Business blaze tip cut away 🤣🤣🤣 Sam.....brilliance
Weird, I just watched a casino tactics video on another channel the other day...
Suggestion: a video about what massive, dastardly bastards Nestle are.
allegedly.
Bastardly dastards.
They are inglorious blackguards
@@brainblaze6526 Not "allegedly" as it is completely opinion.
13:31 I was in Vegas for a convention in 2017; you could indeed smoke on most of the gambling floors then ; the place smelled more like air fresher though; basically like a kid trying to hide the fact that he was smoking in the school bathroom. The walk ways were well identified with signs warning those under 21 to stay in the walking path per the Nevada gambling board. The TV had similar channels to that found in any hotel in the US; but a lot of programs were on awkward times, due to some programs that started two hours early and other starting one hour late depending upon if the channel had a west coast feed or not; but that's shared with every place in the Pacific Timezone. I don't recommend July; outside it was miserable after 11 AM or so. There were also massive lines in the food court in the morning for those few places open during breakfast hours; with the weekend being worse.
Simon can you make a place where we can put merch ideas?
Get yourself on my Twitter @simonwhistler and tag me
@@brainblaze6526 I'll just leave ideas on your videos and hope you read them. Personally I don't want to sink my time into Twitter.
Ya Twitter will never happen, nor will I ever make the mistake of ever opening up the book of spoiled brats again.
@@brainblaze6526 and for those of us who know to avoid that alleged hive of scum and villainy?
@@angelitabecerra I avoid twitter like I avoid other people.
This has to be one of my favourite videos from Simon. I'm going to try and put all the Blaze tips into action when I'm next in the cruise ship casino... 😆
Love this episode, as well as all of these, and this one is as per usual very true! Could you please maybe next, "parley" this on to how ever in the world in such an industry which successfully uses all the many tricks and more to have a business model based around mathematically taking ones money, please explore and try and answer the question on how Mr. Donald J. Trump managed to loose lots and lots of money in this business venture, many many time. I think that would be very entertaining and informative. Thank you and look forward to your next installment!
Have you not heard T speak? He has the thought process of a 4yo.
Because he likes to insult natives. It's our business now!! ::Evil laugh::
As a (former) Las Vegas casino worker, I can confirm any all offers made by a property are all made with the intent that it'll get you in the door and thus be tempted to drop some money at the machines, tables, or races. The best example from the one I worked at in particular, were the giveaways every thursday, which were just days we'd give out specially ordered stock to casino goers with a few caveats. The biggest is that to get any of the giveaway items you need to have a property points card (being part of a collective of casinos across town meant the cards could be used at any of the casinos under the brand name). The next layer is that just having the card wouldn't get you the items if you just got a new one for it. You'd need to have a certain number of points earned THAT DAY to get the item, but not just any points. It had to be the Base points value (basically the non-promotions affected points you get from playing on the machines, and ONLY the machines, with the card). If you went through all this then you could get 1, and often ONLY 1, giveaway item which could be anything from a 375 mL bottle of jagermeister, to a Vegas Golden Knights grilling spatula set, to a blue tie-dye shirt made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock (with property and brand logos conveniently applied around all of the items).
And yes, there were different levels of the points cards that would create their own issues, and yes people would be drawn in by the fact that some of these things were being given away for """"free"""" and be willing to drop as much as 80 dollars for something like a cheap chinese knock off pair of airpods that probably cost the property 80 dollars to get multiple stacked palettes' worth.
The property, last I checked, is still closed due to the pandemic and everyone who worked there (along with everyone from at least 4 other casinos in the company umbrella, last I checked) were laid off on June 1st with no bump rights nor opportunity for employment at the casinos that did reopen.
Kenny Rogers would not have been fooled by all this crap..
The greats all gone, but their lessons remain if we listen
I absolutely love Vegas...the atmosphere, the gambling, the shows, the gambling, the wide array of international cuisines, and the gambling. This is also why I can never go back. Last time I went, I gave myself a $100 limit for gambling, which was gone in 15 minutes...then sad to myself "well, $200 isn't too bad", and the next $100 was gone in 20 minutes. I love it too much...and I have family members who are/were addicted to it (my uncle, my deceased grandmother, and a great aunt I never met). If I ever go to Vegas again, it will only be for shows and restaurants...but even that's unlikely (no matter how much I loved Blue Man Group when I saw them in 2008).
😆 oh simon! that buisness blaze tip!!!
When work gets me down... I just blaze! And all my worry’s go away.
Thank you Simon and team for the vids! Keep them In that basement.
The show Las Vegas, where Danny ran a casino and married the bosses daughter!
classic Danny
Not even an "allegedly"?
I love most of Simon's channels, but this is becoming one of my favorites.
Another way casinos get your money: gift shops with high end merch you can spend your new fortune on.
Are you sure?
Allegedly
Merch? My local one doesn’t have a gift shop
Simon: What if the casino made a point of announcing big losses too?
Futurama: Category 5 loser leaving the building
Actually some of those insane sleight of hand magicians can actually control how dice spin. Practice, loads of practice!
Just use Hamon
There was this guy who could read the number and suit from just rubbing his finger on the card...
I got a friend that once said he could roll anything he wanted whenever he wanted.
I handed him some dice and said "prove it".
He then said he was gonna roll double 6s three times in a row.
And then proceeded to do exactly that.
And these were my dice he was using. I know for a fact they weren't loaded.
So I'm pretty sure it possible to control the outcome of dice. At least to some extent. Probably not super reliable, but good enough for the occasional party trick.
The casinos have trained their dealers to stop that practice of controlled throws.
@@GeneralNickles I mean, if he didn't actually roll them around in his hand prior to the throw, sure. More interesting would have been if he could predict exactly what he would throw if they were different numbers (assuming he actually rolls the dice around in his hand properly as opposed to just pretending).
I LOVE the don't think of an elephant table. It's my favorite.
I saw a guy pay for a 30$ lottery ticket with ones and quarters at work the other day
That's an expensive ticket!
In London, the casino ATMs will give you those £50 pound notes Simon and Danny both love so much
No views, 6 likes, 12 comments, sounds about right.
We had a casino close to us by the beach. On a sweltering day the beach shops and cafes were crowded and had long queues waiting. Realised it was free to join the casino so we did and went in for a nice break, air conditioning no crowds and a comfortable lounge area (in the afternoon), and if you put a pound in a slot machine you could be comped beautiful sandwiches made to your specifications and free coffee or tea. Service was excellent as there were only two or three actual gambling. Loved it and very few cottoned on to it. Unfortunately the casino owners decided the evening profits were not great and closed it!
I love going to the casino. It's like arcade games for adults.
No, they are nothing like arcade games for adults...did you ever play arcade games?!
At least at arcade games I can beat the house and get the high score.
My wife and I go to Reno casinos and go to the children’s arcades. We have a 2 year old now, so it’s not so weird, but before we’d get hella stares for draining the games of tickets.
Jayme Vosburgh Jayme is correct. Arcade games don’t give you a chance to end up with more money than you started with. They, unlike slot machines, are guaranteed to be a waste of money.