{"id":910987,"date":"2026-03-18T11:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/?p=910987"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:58:17","slug":"what-should-we-do-with-jerry-ice-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blog\/what-should-we-do-with-jerry-ice-33\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should We Do with Jerry Ice 33?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Author\u2019s note: When I originally wrote this more than a month ago, Jerry Ice could be counted on to post several times a month. Since I wrote this, he has largely disappeared. It\u2019s possible he\u2019s decided that commenting here is not a game he wants to play anymore — which would be a fine result so far as I\u2019m concerned. I\u2019m running this blog anyway in case that was not Jerry\u2019s decision.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been writing and teaching for more than 30 years. My national \u201cfame\u201d started in the late 1990s when I began writing for the monthly magazines Strictly Slots<\/em> and Casino Player<\/em> which were both distributed for free in a number of casino hotel rooms around the country — in addition to people buying regular subscriptions.  I\u2019ve had a weekly blog, for various publications, almost continuously since then. I\u2019ve participated in online video poker blogs periodically for longer than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For whatever reason, I have always attracted detractors. In each online forum where I\u2019ve participated, there have usually been one or more people who take regular shots at me. At first, I started to respond to defend myself, but this often led to several people joining in — each one changing the argument slightly — and I learned quickly that I couldn\u2019t win against this type of attack coming from several directions at once. So, I largely ignored it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, to me at least, when I started the Gambling with an Edge<\/em> radio show — which morphed into a podcast — people began criticizing me less. Which was fine with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been blogging on the Las Vegas Advisor<\/em> website for more than a decade — and it provides a forum where readers can respond to my columns. And I have the tool, should I wish to use it, of removing any posts I choose to — for whatever reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far there is only one person who is permanently banned from posting comments to my blogs. It took awhile for this situation to arise — and Anthony Curtis became involved in enforcing the ban — but so far, it\u2019s holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings me to the man, I assume, who posts under the name Jerry Ice 33. I\u2019m going to refer to him as Jerry. I don\u2019t know who he is — although it\u2019s possible I know him under a different name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry regularly comments on my blogs — and a high percentage of his comments are derogatory towards me. He likes to say I\u2019m cheap. He likes to tell us I treat Bonnie poorly. He\u2019s made other negative comments as well. And he posts the same complaints over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of you have responded to Jerry, suggesting he lay off the criticism. While I appreciate the support, this forum is supposed to be about becoming more successful at gambling, and not a discussion of whether or not I\u2019m a flawed human being.  ( I plead guilty to being flawed — although I do think my frugality has been a major factor in my success, and I\u2019m positive Bonnie thinks her life is working well and she is loved by me.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I can continue to ignore Jerry, I feel he\u2019s becoming disruptive. My personal belief is that if he isn\u2019t getting value from reading this blog, he should spend his time doing something else. Repeatedly and repetitively suggesting he\u2019s not a Bob Dancer fan doesn\u2019t improve the experience for anybody else who reads the blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what shall I do? I\u2019m asking you as a group and hoping many of you respond. Should I let him be or should I start removing negative posts from him? If I start removing negative posts and he continues anyway, I\u2019ll talk to Anthony about permanently barring him from the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure what kind of majority I\u2019ll need in order to start removing his posts (if, indeed, there\u2019s a majority at all). It\u2019s possible Jerry could apologize and all will be forgiven — but I\u2019m not holding my breath on that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what do you think?
Second author\u2019s note: I recent came across Dan Ariely\u2019s book, <\/em>Misbelief: Why do Rational People Believe Irrational Things<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>which addresses the type of \u201cInternet bullying\u201d I went through — and to a lesser degree than before am still going through with Jerry. The book was eye-opening to me, but more complicated than I wished to summarize in an additional blog.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author\u2019s note: When I originally wrote this more than a month ago, Jerry Ice could be counted on to post several times a month. Since I wrote this, he has largely disappeared. It\u2019s possible he\u2019s decided that commenting here is not a game he wants to play anymore — which would be a fine result […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15763,"featured_media":843442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[558],"tags":[561],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spinach-2.png?fit=500%2C300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910988,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910987\/revisions\/910988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}