As a devoted scuffler, I chase deals that collectively work out to being paid $20\/hour to visit casinos. And every hour on their dime is good for the old bottom line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heck, I drive to downtown Henderson all the time<\/em> to my gold at the end of the Rainbow. Free meals, positive-expectation games, and it all grew from chasing MRBs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I\u2019ve said before, Rainbow and Emerald Isle are stack heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For decades, the MRB has been solid gold. In a bad year, it\u2019s worth 10-to-one. A good year? 25-to-one or more. And that\u2019s just direct savings and winnings. Add discovering a plus-EV game you hit a royal on, or in my case 4OAKs, and I\u2019ll take that bet all day long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, I stopped by Silver Sevens for their little free play re-sign offer, the MRB 3 to 1 on your first natural blackjack and free-gift MRB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back at home I got what I call a \u201cnon-offer.\u201d Two \u201ccomped\u201d nights (Sun-Thurs.). The resort fee\u200b? $42.50. Please. That\u2019s not a comp. Play $20 and get $5, but it takes two days to load? Sigh \u2026 Please work on those, Mr. Sevens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now here\u2019s a good offer, Plaza\u2019s 2026 deal: 26% off room rates, $26 free bet, and $26 food credit. And great games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, their $125 all-inclusive is back. Room (with no resort fee), breakfast and dinner, unlimited drinks. Add a slew of MRBs. And bingo is back up to $160,000 monthly. Once again, it \u201cPays to Play at Plaza.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now about something \u201chinky\u201d (apologies to Tommy Lee Jones) in sports betting<\/p>\n\n\n\n A hypothetical question. Of all the adults you know, how many are legally betting sports? Your mom? Your dentist? The barista?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The December numbers in North Carolina, $665 million, in a month, stunned me. SEVEN BILLION in 2025? Our state transportation budget is $5 billion. $2.2 million a day? Who are these people? With approximately eight million adults, EVERY ADULT wagers $850 a year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then I looked at New York. Double that. $1,700 a year per adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How many people have sports betting accounts? How many people are in the target population, male 21 to 40? The closer I looked, the higher the per-person number went up. A lot. Frankly I find this odd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Either a smaller group is betting astronomical amounts or these numbers don\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That tsunami of money funneling through legal sports betting? The states and sports books don\u2019t want to kill the golden goose, tens of millions in taxes and profits every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How would you launder through this method? Pay individuals for cover accounts? Cash through legal sports books? That\u2019s tough. There are some holes, but the process requires real ID verification, even geolocation, and I\u2019ve written how closely they monitor advantage account activity. But let\u2019s say you could set up cover accounts, run money through, and lose only, say, 15%? From a laundering perspective, that\u2019s not bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m just having a very hard time accepting that either everyone <\/em>is betting or some folks are betting huge amounts. Or is it something Hinky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The numbers just don\u2019t make sense. Your thoughts. Please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a devoted scuffler, I chase deals that collectively work out to being paid $20\/hour to visit casinos. And every hour on their dime is good for the old bottom line. Heck, I drive to downtown Henderson all the time to my gold at the end of the Rainbow. 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