According to a report filed by private detective Jim Perry of Perry Investigations, on the evening of Sept. 1, 2007, he spent two hours conducting surveillance at the Tropicana Resort & Casino, between 8:15 and 10:15 p.m. During that time, Perry observed only one security guard “in the casino and outside of the casino.”
Two hotel towers, 46 table games, 1,280 slots, 61,000 square feet of casino alone* … and one security guard. To quote Pvt. Hudson (unforgettably played by Bill Paxton) in Aliens, “I feel safer already.”
*–Figures obtained from the 2006-07 Casino City’s North American Gaming Almanac.
