{"id":2788,"date":"2010-04-02T10:06:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T18:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2010-04-02T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T18:08:08","slug":"las-vegas-is-beaten-at-its-own-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/las-vegas-is-beaten-at-its-own-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas is beaten at its own game &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10611755&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10611755&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/10611755\">Royal Casino SPA  &amp; Hotel Resort<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/vividcafe\">Vivid Cafe<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; by <strong>Riga<\/strong>? I want to hop the next plane to <strong>Latvia<\/strong> after seeing this extremely sexy short film (approx. 7 minutes) showcasing the <strong>Royal Spa &amp; Casino<\/strong>, which appears to be the Baltic equivalent of <strong>M Resort<\/strong>, right down to the <strong>Cohiba<\/strong>-smoking douchebag who<!--more--> is the co-protagonist. Although the promo spot low-keys the gambling aspect of Royal Casino, I&#8217;d imagine it&#8217;s doing bang-up business now that casinos in neighboring <strong>Russia<\/strong> consist of one grind joint way out in the sticks.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, Royal has clearly studied its <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong> progenitors well, as the names of some of its amenities suggest. By comparison, this new ad for <strong>Mandalay Bay<\/strong>, while plenty impressive in its own context, looks hackneyed.<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6-1XfhMfqrk&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6-1XfhMfqrk&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>However, you have to give that ad props for eschewing the old clich\u00e9 of showing the dealer looking delighted that some guy has just taken the house for a big score &#8212; especially since the pit boss is probably about to come over and kick him in the ankle, in time-honored Vegas &#8220;motivational&#8221; fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Casino SPA &amp; Hotel Resort from Vivid Cafe on Vimeo. &#8230; by Riga? I want to hop the next plane to Latvia after seeing this extremely sexy short film (approx. 7 minutes) showcasing the Royal Spa &amp; Casino, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/las-vegas-is-beaten-at-its-own-game\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,63,53,11,9,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2790,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions\/2790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}