Las Vegas in 2024: What You Need To Know
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2024
- Join us for an in-depth look at Las Vegas in 2024 with insights from gambling expert Anthony Curtis. This video explores significant cybersecurity issues impacting major casinos like MGM and Caesars, recent shifts within the Vegas casino scene, and highlights from the year's most compelling tournaments. Whether you're interested in the technical side of casino security, the evolving strategies in blackjack, or the nuances of card counting in competitive gambling, this content provides a comprehensive overview of what's shaping Las Vegas today.
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Anthony Curtis is always entertaining. What an awesome interview.
Thank you Colin for having him on your channel again. God bless both of you.
My 2 cents on MGM filling a lawsuit to stop the probe:
Casinos need gamblers to get players cards in order to obtain personal information on how each individual plays a particular game. This allows them to calculate the players theoretical loss, or the casinos theoretical edge. This data also helps them gauge how much to give out in comps. If gamblers stopped getting players cards due to fear of the casinos getting hacked again, then the casino will lose access to valuable player Information. Suing seems to be a way to prevent the public from knowing just how severe the situation was, and for them to sweep everything under the rug. A loss of trust between players and casinos is a casinos biggest thumbscrew. Players personal data is a casinos life blood.
You’re correct and these details are in the patent documents by IGT and the other big players
Anthony Curtis is a Legend. I remember watching a Las Vegas show with him back on the Travel Channel.
Anthony is a scam artist with his coupon book not honoring coupons.
@@dovebar7598Nonsense
A legend
he has a youtube channel with useful Vegas info weekly.
@@dovebar7598 what ru talking about? I buy and use the coupon book every year. It pays for itself...
I would like to thank Durango for teaching the dealers how to count. That may explain the magnitude of dealer errors I encountered last Vegas trip.
That’s great for the dealers as most will quit to become card counters once they get good enough.
You nailed Fountain bleu. its being managed as a 1) Hotel and conference center 1st 2) a resort, restaurant, and party destination 2nd 3) finally being ran as a casino. As some one who stayed shortly after the grand opening week; I couldn't quite describe the feeling or ambiance inside but that's it right there.
The lighting is off too 😂😂 imo
Fantastic video, Colin! Anthony is a legend!! ♠️
He doesn’t use poker chips to practice counting cards
The new stadium is going to suck for Vegas. Way too many arenas in close proximity. Traffic and crowds will be horrible.
I watch a video blog on Vegas and they said exactly what he said about Fountainbleu. Beautiful place and empty during the week. They said they don't aggressively match comps, don't have special deals, they just think being beautiful and the newest is enough. They said Resorts World was the same and are just starting to come around with promotions. I checked Fountainbleu rates midweek and it was $350. I can get comped by Delano for $60/night in tax and facilities fee for a two room, 1 1/2 bath suite, and I got their lowest level rewards.
Great interview with AC. The greedy corporations & their bean counters are ruining LV. What goes up eventually comes down. Thanks for the video. 👍
Found your channel being a Las Vegas Advisor fan. Great stuff!
Glad you made it over to us!
excellent interview - thank you
Great interview
I watch Anthony with Andrew every week on You Tube called "Las Vega$ Advisor".
Great show
You guys are both legends. Great convo!
Large corporations are notorious cheapskates when it comes to Internet security
Great story teller!
Great podcast upgrade on production. Like the video ad-on with multi-cam.
Much appreciated!
We ran into Anthony and George Kalos (sp?) in between filming a Travel Channel show at Sahara way back in December 2003. Like Anthony, we didn't want to be "that guy" so we just watched from a distance. Anthony spotted us and went out of his way to come over to introduce himself and George and we had a very nice conversation. He didn't have to do that but he struck me as such a nice, down to earth guy. Thanks Anthony!
Great interview - great stories; thanks for posting. Zk
What a lively interview... thoroughly enjoyed this!
Great Episode !
Great guest!
This was fantastic!!
I was at MGM casino and the elevator time was off for a month. They had signs up too
The hack showed how incredibly incompetent the MGM and Caesars IT people actually were. FYI Curtis is wrong about Fontainebleau regarding the games. I played $100 3-2 blackjack on the floor on a friday night no different than Bellagio. The issue for these guys is that ALL the chips have RFID in them, even the $1 chips. So they're tracking all bets and I'm willing to bet they're tracking the cards too, so they have software to identify card counters.
Was that DD or 6D?
Where you able to get a long session in at Fontainebleau?
I went to FB once shortly after they opened. I walked into hi-limit and asked if they had any $100 games while getting stared at like I didn't belong in there. They said there was one on the main floor, but I swear I circled those pits five times and couldn't find it before walking out and hitting up Resorts World instead. The property and interior are gorgeous at FB but I swear I've never seen a more confusing casino layout in my life
IMO, Fontaine Bleau wants to cater to rich suckers but little do they know that the rich are not suckers. 😂
High room rates, high food prices, high gift shop prices, high drink prices, and the worst gambling odds.
Also terrible status match from CET.
They are losing money every day and will not last with their high prices and horrible gambling odds.
Two of my favorite APs.
Colin - That had to be one of the best videos you have put together. Anthony is wildly knowledgeable. Once I started, I had to watch the whole way through. Really enjoyed this one.
Thanks! We love when we get time to hang out with him
What an outstanding interview! I had no idea who Anthony is, but I'm now subbing to Vegas Insider.
I'll eat my hat if the A's ever average 30,000 in Vegas. I agree that the Tropicana site is not well chosen.
I worked for a Station property for a little over a year. Went on vacation to New Orleans and emailed them and quit. When I got back on my exit interview they asked if I had a friend that needed a job would I recommend them. I said, "Not if I want to keep them as a friend". They sweat the money something awful. They have no clue what they're doing and most of the floor supervisors and pit bosses are nothing but scarecrows.
This is the case of 99 percent of pit bosses and casino management in general. An idiot in a suit is still an idiot.
I worked for Stations when they owned the Palms and they were horrible.
@@tommyfu9271 True that and Stations has the worst. I call them scarecrows.
The problem is that cyber security pros have to be right every time... the criminal only has to be right 1 time. Also, cyber teams spend millions hardening the technology, but 80% of hacks get in through social engineering people.
The MGM hackers called into first level IT support dozens of times impersonating employees until they got one support member to forgo verification questions before resetting the fake employees password.
You got the saying mixed up😂😂😂
@@prod_cass what saying?
@@MrZola1234 the criminals have to be right everytime and the cops only have to be right one time... That's the proper saying 😂😜😂
@prod_cass when you are trying to defend a network, you have to catch every attempt from every cyber criminal. If one attempt is successful, it can cost you millions. The criminal can make several unsuccessful attempts, even hundreds.
Colin, really curious about your experience at Durango.
Awesome interview. BJA is tip of the spear.
Kids today don't get enough credit for how smart they really are. We as older people and even as young as 26 see these kids as braindead TikTok goofballs, and many are. But the ones that actually have a head on their shoulders are the ones that are doing these crazy hacks. A 15 year old hacked and stole source code from Rockstar Games with a motel Internet connection, a smart TV and a cell phone. And now MGM and Ceasar. Never underestimate the brain power of our young people
You make it sound like criminal activity is something to be proud of .
@@michaelblankenau6598he didn’t say that.
Colin… great interview. I’ve been a Curtis fan since the early 90’s. Would be great if you could do periodic updates with him.
Collin I have officially watched all your videos, it took a good week, but now with the BJA app and 500 hands of perfect play I’m well on my way to an interview with you one day 😎
😅 still got a couple months of practice to go before a test out but heck, in one of your videos you said enjoy the journey especially the early days 😎
It probably would’ve been a whole cheaper for MGM to just pay the ransom. Even if it it sent the wrong signal to future hackers.
New sub sent from Anthony.
This guys an awesome guest, great host to, doesn’t keep interrupting.
Anthony was already a Vegas legend can’t believe Penn didn’t recognize him on that flight
Of course Pen recognized Anthony 😂 he was just staying in character
Really dig the Penn Jillette story! But I thought an advantage player could only get 0.75% edge only a small part of the time? Variance is greater in cards than with stock markets too. The markets are much safer uses of ones money I suspect. Penn had a good point
Casinos don’t want you to know they use facial recognition technology and link it to your profile, in Australia the casinos are one of the biggest bounty hunters around, if there’s a warrant for your arrest don’t enter one the police get called the moment you enter.
Does anyone know about sporting results being encrypted on the daily odds sheet and how to read the prices (odds)??
They should dig some tunnels and definitely underground parking for sports events to alleviate pressure on the strip... But that could take years
So what happens when you can’t jump onto a table that’s + ? They wouldn’t let me join until the deck was completely dealt.. how do you play teams if this is a thing? So I just play the negative (bet low) until it turns positive (bet high)?
Ransom ware hackers won't sell the data if they get paid, it increases the likelihood that they will get paid in future hacks. If they still sold the data, then there's less incentive for future companies to pay the ransom.
This seems like a false sense of security. Eventually, there will be foolproof ransomware defenses, and the hacker’s scheme will no longer be viable. When they can no longer run any fresh ransomware attacks, there’s a pretty high probability they will sell all of the data they’ve collected over the years to monetize what’s left of their business.
I just received an invite for a $1250 buy in BJ tournament at Circa. Including comp rooms at the D, GG. I wonder if this is what Curtis was referring to?
I also was at the Aria when the hack happened!
Hate these bots, anyway the full talk with Anthony was great, very interesting to listen to.
I was in Vegas after the hack and hackers got into our room and charged our credit card two extra rooms that hackers sold to people at a double rate
Could it be possible the casinos are utilizing insurance fraud? Is that possible?
All the sports arenas sitting right in-between the airport and the strip. Brilliant.
I dont understand why they can't use a 2nd layer to clear transactions and keep the rest local.
Fontaine Bleu recently announced new rules to how to earn credit/ tier points and they made so you have to spend 5X more than their original set up. So you have to spend $10 in slots to get 1 point and $20 in video poker to get 1 point.
Why does Dana White, Steve and the other NELK boys only play at Red Rock Casino?
Are they getting a good promotional deal with the casino?
Is it possible to card count in Los Angeles? Does card counting give you enough of an edge where you can beat Los Angeles games? Or do I need to only play in Vegas or even morongo?
MGM probably had insurance and claimed they had required security controls in place when they actually didn't.
I’ve been folllowong Anthony since his very early days with the coupon book and LVA. Always great stories, glad to hear you’re still doing well 🙌🏼👏❤️
He's a fantastic storyteller, and always a wealth of knowledge. We are always happy when his path crosses with ours and we get to talk for a while.
These idiots will keep paying the ransom, but won't do anything to actually prevent the hacks.
AC Baby!!!
The day after the Club was invented Crime and Technology got married. They’ve been together ever since and now have a large family in all walks of life! 😂
What do you mean by 6/5?
When you play blackjack and get dealt blackjack you get paid better than 1:1. At a "good" blackjack table you get paid 3:2 or 1.5:1, but at most casinos you get paid 6:5 or 1.2:1
This guy really loves Las Vegas
🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣
The margin in blackjack is not worth the hassle. He said he can compound the money he bets on blackjack but so you can with the money invested in the stock market.
Honestly there’s usually just a password behind what ya want these days. Just figure out birthdays/nicknames of those who were the password gatekeeping geniuses behind those big corps.
Maybe because whatever they find becomes public data after
Rubes absolutely could win poler tournaments back then. moneymaker gold and yang were all terrible players. These days awful players occasionally win bracelets but winning the main is almost impossible for a rube these days bc the structure is so deep and it lasts so long
Great stories
if they make a world series of blackjack, all the casinos are going to know who the advantage players are...
No they won't.
@@tommyfu9271 they would require every player to get a players card
I was a professional card counter as a poker player , and find that it gives me a big edge .
Hes got an edge
It's not going to affect the players? Yeah say that when you have a minimum $100 bet at blackjack or any other table game because they have to recoup their losses😂
It’s well known in the gambling world that the MGM casino corporation is a bunch of crooks. That’s exactly why they sued to stop the FTC from investigating the hack.
Doctor Earnhardt?
eckhart
Why doesn't MGM want the damage of the hack to come out is because then it's literally OPEN SEASON from all good hackers!
Please stop playing 6/5
Don’t throw away your money
60 minicks is lamesauce
100m = 10% of 1 month, chump change for these big boys
I feel that casinos should quietly ease up on AP's, cuz for every real one, there are 100 dumbasses who think they are AP.
What is AP ?
@@michaelblankenau6598 advantage player
If you don't win they don't care so the fake APs don't get kicked out
Exactly. They kick out so many people who are long term losers it's actually quite comical. Cut their nose to spite their face.
Some dipshit can say "I kicked out 20 counters this week" to justify his job. Meanwhile 19 are losers and he just cost his company money.
Advantage Player
this guys is hilarious, they still have the stuff even if you didn't pay. The moment you lost access to your system they copied everything. Its a Lose-Lose scenario, MGM clearly is taking in too much data or the FTC would have actually been a help rather than something they need to sue to block. Either way the Groups that took over mgm and various vegas casinos still have all of that information they don't just take over your computer and ask for the money. Thats like someone kidnapping you but leaving you with your cellphone.
hmmm... need pop filter!
Sadly Vegas is slowly dying. Hospitality doesn’t exist anymore. Employees are rude. Everything is absurdly expensive. They’re trying to salvage the city with sports but why would anyone go to Vegas to watch sports when they can go to a game in their own state? Visitation numbers are meaningless considering average customer spend (adjusted for inflation) is lower than 20 years ago.
Talking out your ass. look at the housing market. u mustve forgot the whole world goes to vegas
That's cuz the average customer has less to spend than they did 20 years ago
Vegas was always a hellhole
You cant be more wrong. Theyre also building a disney world. The F1 races bringing piles of revenue wealthy europeans. Mgm actually started complete remodel. The have model future rooms already built. They started tearing down high limits. I heard room remodels start in fall. I think mgm making 42 million a day has a better grasp of the market place than you and theyre building. City is and will be popping for years. If you cant afford it doesnt mean others cant. Same with hospitslity. Its a tip town. I have a Noir card. I get the best service anyone could ask for. I message my host new years eve morning and can get a room that night for the holiday and its comped including food and beverages and shows, spa. Same with restaurant reservations Saturday 8 pm when requested Saturday at 4 pm. Really couldnt ask for better service.
Vegas is dying if you are looking for a bargain getaway. FIFY. Learn to tip is my suggestion. Most those workers feed their families on tips amd you come in trying to order 8 beers and tip a buck or 2. Id be rude too. Poker is the worst. 20 years ago people tipping $1 a pot now they still trying to tip $1 a pot. Give more get more. If you cant or dont want to tip stay home, go elsewhere or deal with it.
Blackhawk is way more fun to me, lots to do not too expensive and great blackjack tables 2 deck for $25 min
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Please do not ever say that Advantage players are equivalent to hackers now you set a mental worm into the brains of small-minded people😂
This is who the Fake Mickey is trying to be
Vegas isn’t dying. Changing, yes. Unfortunately it’s catering to the high end clientele. All Vegas cares about is getting the most out of your pocket as they can. Unfortunately the customer service is dying which is happening pretty much everywhere you go. Pay more, get less
Rio is a dump.
Don't be so negative it's getting better 🤨
Early 90s Rio was hot. Kinda of like what the Palms would become 10 years later. The Marnells opened and built it. Very respected name in the city. They got a lot of PR when they opened bcuz every room was a suite and also it was huge deal in media the uniforms the cocktail waitresses wore. It was essentially a skimpy top with a thong bikini type bottom. It wasnt that risque but i remember that being in papers or news constantly with womens right lib ppl. Also having been born and raised in Vegas i can say the Rio was 1st hotel-casino to openly promote a nightclub on their property. Thurs-Sun they turned showroom into club that was insanely popular and run by Stevie D who had huge role with later clubs like Pure at Caesars or Light at Bellagio. Now its super common every casino to have nightclub but NOONE was doing it when Rio debuted. They kickstarted the megaclub/daypool experience. It was super cool casino with great restaurants as well. Soon as Marnells sold it went to shit.
How about this novel idea......have backup systems in place in the event of a cybersecurity attack. You're telling me we can have generators for power loss in place but we can't flip a switch to a back up computer system to step in and take over in the event of a cyber attack?