Casino employees, what is the worst loss you've ever seen?

[@rrrrramone]

There’s a book called “dummy up and deal” written by a dealer who worked in Vegas for 30 years. It’s nothing but stories of the stuff he saw. Pretty good read

[@tjburr1968]

@@rrrrramone thanks i just ordered it. These testimonies morbidly interesting and keep me from deluding myself that casinos are fun etc

[@rrrrramone]

I think you’ll enjoy it. You can skip around it too because each chapter is about a different topic

[@tjburr1968]

Not sure what to think, i find it more aboutb how dealers are treated by their emplyers and players so far ​@rrrrramone

[@seameology]

Casino worker here. We had a guy put hundred dollar bills in five machines at a time. He was dying and mad at his kids. They came into his house and started putting names on all his belongings. He said, " my kids think they're inheriting my money. They're not ".

[@giftzwerg7345]

😂😂😂

[@jacobp.2024]

I respect it. He should've just donated it, though.

[@maxkillcount6232]

He hit a billion dollar jackpot right before he croaked.

[@SorenPenrose]

Imagine how pissed he’d be if he won.

[@darrochhorton7550]

I had one of my great grandmas pass a number of years ago. Her body wasnt even cold before her kids started fighting over inheritance. Its disgusting how selfish and uncaring some people are

[@sparkyfox7956]

Surveillance here. We had a high roller come in once a month or so, put a lot of money on the tables, $15-20k a trip, but he just wasn’t very good at blackjack and generally wound up very far down. I was taking a smoke break when I see him on the top level of the parking structure, which I thought was weird since VIP (which he was) parking was on the ground level. Because of the nature of what I do I remove my badge on breaks and just pretend I’m waiting on a ride or something. I strike up a conversation and this guy just breaks down, starts talking about how his wife is leaving him and he’s blown through almost all of his very substantial inheritance. We had a very long conversation and I definitely went over my allotted break time but I managed to get him down on the floor where he took a pamphlet for help with gambling addiction. I’m really convinced he was on the top level to unalive himself. He hasn’t been at the casino since and I’m hoping it’s because he got the help he clearly needs.

[@88doonyboy88]

Well done to you. In these moments you save your own humanity.

[@CYCLONE4499]

Good job bro. That extra time you took might have saved a life. That's invaluable. Awesome

[@TheZakanater]

i always love the "high roller" because it's like calling someone a dipshit to their face and they love it and act all smug

[@DavidTay-wi7wv]

I saw somebody put a 1.5million bet.That's way too crazy

[@JoeFerber]

You ARE a HERO!!!

[@DaveDepilot-KFRG]

The ONLY way to leave a casino with 1 million dollars is to come in with 2 million.

[@glenhirsch3994]

And that would be considered a lucky day lol

[@jessicaregina1956]

Is that right?

[@pgbgroup]

@@glenhirsch3994 Once IN LIFETIME

[@fonzie2098]

i saw a video where a guy in vegas won 1 million on a 2 dollar bet.

[@jessicaregina1956]

Yeah how about no?

[@johnpapa4591]

I’m a baccarat dealer, guy came to my table $5k lost, double to $10k, lost, double to $20k lost, put his last $30k lost. $65k in only like 5 minutes.

[@AldousHuxley7]

Brutal I thought $25 was alot to put on the line each hand!

[@darealest2exist260]

@@AldousHuxley7it is, Especially to the average person. Considering an average person wants 15-30 units, that’s 2000$$ +. People with different salaries have different bank rolls though, so it’s important to to take that into consideration

[@23293]

He was rich I guess.

[@026becky]

He spent $65K to win back the $5K he lost in the first round, but failed in the end. I've done stupid things like this before.

[@renatatarnawski5974]

I worked a Canadian Casino In the 1st month of being open There was at least 1 dead body found The Chinese Mob were there willing 2 float u

[@mjm8686]

I used to be a cage cashier 30 years ago. One night, a guy came up and cashed out about $25k in poker chips. He came back after about 20 minutes at the blackjack tables. He was flushed and dripping in sweat. He only had $100 left from the $25k. Craziest loss I ever personally dealt with.

[@T-roc57]

Damn, at least he saved himself $100 for dinner, cab & a bottle tho.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

I remember a guy playing black jack was up 10 grand. He called his gf in excitement telling her he'd be there soon. Next thing you know he lost it all but 200

[@slideman1249]

How dog 💩 do you gotta be to lose that much in blackjack I’ve done the opposite of that with a 100 buy in turning it to over 1k

[@getdatmoney445]

@@slideman1249keep that same overconfident attitude and you’ll see yourself in this exact situation mate

[@slideman1249]

@@getdatmoney445 nah would never happen I only gamble with money I know I can lose and not stress or care about it if your gambling money that if you don’t profit and take a lost and it hurts you you deserve it

[@phnix6242]

„You cant arrest me if you dont know who i am“ Thats one hell of a gamble

[@excaliburofgachagames9241]

Buh dum chsshhh

[@megarockman]

Someone like that believing they know the law better than cops is a bet with worse odds than slots.

[@aymericdeascalon4590]

1 the house always wins. If you want to make money out of a casino, buy shares in one. 2 never gamble with more than you can afford to lose. (See 1) 3 never drink and gamble. 4 Don't get angry at the people who work there. Gambling your rent money away was your choice. No one forced you to gamble. 5 if you can't help yourself, don't bring money you can't afford to lose. Leave it at home, pay it in advance on a bill so you can't access it. 6 never gamble on credit. If you can't afford it in your own money, you can't afford to gamble it.

[@andrewwillard3228]

Another tip i got from my grandma spend money in one pocket earnings in the other pocket make it less likely to spend both

[@aymericdeascalon4590]

@@andrewwillard3228 I have a similar system. I also have a set limit, win lose or draw, I have six $5 notes to play with, one to a machine and I play once a week on hump day as a mid week de-stress .

[@jackdelorenzo8498]

THANK YOU! Someone FINALLY gets it! Also, if you play stupid games, you will win a stupid prize at EVERY casino, possibly jail time. Seriously, you never know who the pit boss knows.

[@Hellzladee04]

6. I worked in the Cage and we would process the credit slips after they were approved. So we would hear of the people who were on the banned list. One was a priest that tried to use the Church as collateral. We found out later he took a second mortgage on the Church so he could get more credit.

[@brianj1r144]

4. is hard for me on blackjack cause im so honest on that game it pisses them off

[@cameronutter1]

Former casino worker here, we had a guest who blew their life savings playing at a local casino I worked at. Don’t know what they were playing but they were regulars. The guy and his wife went to the top of the parking garage and jumped. Luckily there’s bushes/trees around the bottom and it broke their fall. The man survived but broke everything below his waist, legs feet, femur etc etc. The wife did not survive. The man never came back after that.

[@glenhirsch3994]

Why, was the casino not handicap accessible

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

@@glenhirsch3994OMG, brutal...

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

This one hit diffrently. I get suicide after losing. But basically a suicide pact with someone else seems so much worse. You're supposed to support each other, but instead you both just give up together.

[@starfox9894]

This is the saddest thing I have read. Casinos should be banned and closed indefinitely!

[@notrandomperson1]

​@@glenhirsch3994 handicapped people don't really have alot of money

[@phillipohare3104]

I was at Pala casino in California watching the high roller blackjack! This guy was betting $15-$20k hand. He went through $250k in about 30-40 mins. He ran out of chips and waves over to the pit boss for more chips. They bring a slip for him to sign and another $250k. Just to lose that in 15-20 mins max, it’s gone. He stands up and says back to the pit boss, see you next week! Who does that!

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

I believe u 😭.... I play at bicycle and commerce here in southern California. I remember a guy laying 30k on a baccarat hand... lost by one point

[@stefanocioni2587]

Whales

[@michaelbyrne5469]

@@NAT-turners-Revenge Your not telling the truth , they do not play Baccarat at the Bicycle Club in Los Angels sorry your busted.

[@timothy468]

Multi Millionaires or richer. They have to bet big to get the same jucies flowing as us peasants get from betting let's say $100 or so.. they get credit lines at the casino.. who knows, maybe he won $2 million in the weeks leading up to that visit and actually had money on his books and didn't really lose nothing but the casinos money that day you seen him.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

@@michaelbyrne5469 you serious? 😂.... there is no baccarat at the bike off florence/eastern next to the 710 fwy. Please tell me you're trolling or not from California 🤔

[@NautilusMusic]

I once spent a day turning 100k into a million and then 2 million before losing it all. Just another day in Los Santos Diamond Casino

[@Christizm]

I have won over $10 million at casinos you can beat the house

[@efg1311]

I call BS on both of you

[@NautilusMusic]

@@efg1311 what's hard to believe about making 2 million in the los santos diamond casino?

[@royhsieh4307]

sounds like you only lost one million becos one million there was casino's money that u have won

[@NautilusMusic]

it's okay, I gathered my friends and set up the heist of the century. Parachuted in by helicopter and snuck our way to the vault to steal all their valuable paintings. We hit them once a day for like 2 weeks and made a few million each. All's well that ends well, I say

[@Jay-rx1hs]

I was sitting next to a guy- he won 1,000 on a 2 buck spin. He was really happy. His friend walked by and that guy that won mentioned he just did so. His friend said “ nice of the casino to let u borrow it”. I couldn’t help but laugh.

[@yellow95111]

I got a gambling addiction. I am like almost a year clean. Every now and then I have an itch to gamble. Listening to these stories reminds me of my gambling lows. Makes me feel like I should quit for good and never look back.

[@martymcfly420mph6]

99% of gamblers quit right before their big win bud!

[@purple1441]

@@martymcfly420mph6 you pulled that statistic out of your ass

[@reaIIycooI]

YOUVE GOT THIS!!!! gambling is an awful awful silent killer but youre kicking its 🐴

[@amigos786]

@@martymcfly420mph6 but when that big win happens, nobody knows, it might be just becoming homeless waiting for that big win

[@TheCoinNerd]

​@@martymcfly420mph6That's exactly what the Casinos want you to think. At the end, Casinos are all evil, and they have an edge

[@agnii_Kai]

I remember a man telling me at the table I was dealing to that he needed this win to pay rent and his wife was divorcing him over his spending here. First thing he'd ever said about his situation financially. Now where I'm from if someone says that, by law you need to try and ban them. I got to chatting with him about how his ups and downs effected him outside of the establishment and he had had a few to drink so told me a lot. My Pit Boss discretely caught him when he got up off the table, had a chat, gave him some flyers about problem gambling and had his sign off to be banned for 5 years (we need them to sign a form acknowledging it unless banned for other reasons). Not sure if he ever got the help he needed, I never saw him again but maybe he went to other locations or online.

[@SorenPenrose]

I’m glad to know there are policies to keep people from ruining themselves if possible.

[@KimiiiRaikkonen]

An Addict won't stop play because of a ban, they just find other places. It's their own choice to keep doing the addiction. The only thing you can do is inform that you know casino games have a house edge. I believe many slots player don't even try to read upon that, and believe it will pay out some day. Like it's some form of Charity

[@SorenPenrose]

@@KimiiiRaikkonen mixed-ratio reinforcement

[@MidnightPolaris800]

He died

[@danielleburke87]

Is that why Mikki Mase got banmed?

[@HPsawus]

Im so happy it’s not a robot voice reading these

[@strawberryseason]

Same

[@DistractedDaisy]

You don’t even know how important this was for me to hear.

[@Tib1010]

Remember gambling addiction is real and there's many anonymous ways to get help! You can beat it

[@drew8443]

Remember that the house always has an edge, it's how they make money, they're a business. Even if you can get some wins, eventually you will lose it all. Only gamble what you can afford to lose, or better yet: don't gamble!

[@Hellzladee04]

I used to work at a few Casinos in Atlantic City. I worked at Trump Plaza which was nicknamed Jump Plaza. It was common to come to work and the ambulance and police blocking off traffic. There was a sky bridge from the parking garage to the casino so you didn’t have to go outside to get your car. The saddest one I saw personally was a young man had lost his money. He went to the parking garage and decided to take his life. He jumped off the wrong side of the building and landed on the sky bridge. The sound was loud enough to hear inside the casino. People were walking through it at the time so they saw him land. He didn’t die on impact, but from what we were told was that he broke pretty much every bone he could. People walking through said you could hear him moaning and crying. It was so sad because he tried to end his suffering but only caused himself way more. I genuinely hope he recovered and life is better for him.

[@enricopallazzo3244]

I miss Trump too.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

💀 oh wow

[@masterchief699]

Damn that's rough and if I was walking the sky bridge and witnessed that... I would never forget that and I don't think I would ever be able to gamble again.

[@JoeFerber]

That's INCREDIBLE!!!!!

[@smellsuperb1]

I remember this story, I'm from NJ.

[@escobarinc.1805]

My brother took out a home equity loan for $100,000 and lost it all in about 3 hours at the blackjack table

[@aricin]

Wow, what an absolute idiot

[@richardly1543]

Nice

[@funtimeslondon]

It's terrifying when you have a relative who is unreasonable around money. My brother has lost everything. He's now dying in a care home. His daughters and I try to support him but we're all angry about how he messed up his life. I have personally given him thousands of pounds and he just pissed it away. I don't give him money anymore - oh, except I"m paying his phone bill!

[@BanksOwnUs]

Not only did he lose the principle, he is paying interest over money he lost.

[@skilldeadly8888]

Should have taken 6 months and gotten good at card counting and deviations. He could have turned that 100k into 500k pretty quickly.

[@davidw5731]

I was at a riverboat casino with some co-workers many years ago, and we stepped outside to watch the boat as it was coming back to the dock. A guy comes outside on one of the higher levels, leaning over the boat railing while crying hysterically and getting sick on himself at same time. Scared us so bad we told the staff what we saw. Hopefully he was OK.

[@T-roc57]

R.I.P to those poor dogs that got trapped in that lady's car for 3-4 days.

[@sawmill035]

Does the lady herself not matter here? I think she's a lot more important than a couple of dogs

[@T-roc57]

@sawmill035 -She does but the dogs died BECAUSE of her negligence jackass.

[@T-roc57]

@sawmill035 -It is sad about her too but those dogs died solely because of her negligence.

[@AngMortem]

@@sawmill035 Not even a little bit. She chose to off herself in a bathroom of all places and left her dogs to suffer and choke to death while looking and hoping for their owner to come back.

[@oscargrainger2962]

The lady had a choice, those poor dogs didn’t.

[@filtonkingswood]

Every time I walk past a casino I feel like I'm a winner and that the casino made a loss simply because I didn't go in.

[@trex6230]

Smart choice

[@patricktsai2303]

The only way I'd ever want to enter a casino is to work there. Even then, I'm not sure I can handle the atmosphere.

[@headhunter3744]

The only way to win an unfair game is not never play it in the first place..

[@phantomgreen.]

​@@patricktsai2303100% it's a ROUGH atmosphere. The last 4 years, I've taken on doubling my self care routines and getting into therapy because gamblers are insufferable. They complain so much and take it out on attendants. I've had them, hands fisted at their sides, stomping because "They're on MY machine". One demanded my manager to fire me because I draw on the job. I see affairs, lying to spouses, they trauma dump on you, and many I see 8/8 days in a row I work. Unfortunately, it's the only job I can make a week's pay in a night on top of hourly, so leaving may cost more to my mental by financially struggling. Now I draw, cut conversation short, or walk away before they trauma dump. I know I can't do this forever though. It's very awful these shells of people

[@Evangelioned]

well that's a stupid thought. i think winning is to like break even but claim a LOT of free drinks hehe.

[@torkelsonstan6967]

Currently 20 years old, never been to a casino and after this dont think I ever will

[@woofolliesmydog8628]

Not placing your first bet will be the single greatest decision you'll ever make in your life.

[@torkelsonstan6967]

@@woofolliesmydog8628 I agree with you. At least if you want to make money without doing anything, do investing. It's way slower and doesn't have the instant dopamine hit but it's so much smarter

[@slideman1249]

Just say your a 🐱 and broke

[@DrBamWam]

No one care so shut up

[@kz6713]

​@@slideman1249found the loser gambler

[@darrochhorton7550]

I worked in a casino for a while. There was one regular who was there almost daily. A couple was playing on one of our more expensive machines. $29 per spin. Throughout the night, they won over 50 jackpots totalling $128,000. When they left, that guy jumped on and lost almost all the money he had. Switched to penny slots after he couldnt afford the big one and lost the rest of what he had. While he was taking advantage of the free drinks, a woman used the machine he was just on, and within a couple minutes got 1600 free spins and won over $10,000. Never saw him after he left so i kind of suspect the worst. He was going on about how he took out a loan to pay at the casino

[@RogerKnull-d8n]

Number 5 cracked me up. I worked in the business for 12 years. The biggest thieves on the floor were little old white women who looked just like your grandmother. They stole coin cups, racks of cheques, tips from the waitresses, other things.

[@vilesleepy1221]

More like the puffy coat asian women who just steal your tickets while you arent looking

[@canaans1]

Used to be casino worker back in the day. My best story is as follows; There was one guy only that was allowed to wonder around the casino and beg people for money to gamble... the casino wohld even shout him a drink or a feed. Normally that behaviour results in quick bans. Once I learnt it turned out he lost an empire to the casino. He had a massive business and 10+ properties. They left him with nothing when he developed an addiction - sold everything slowly and spiralled to 0. 20m+ net worth gone, all the way to the streets. They must have felt a tiny bit bad.

[@Harrypilez]

Holy friggin heck!!

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

They probably figured if he was able to be that successful before and blow millions there, that he could do the same again later.

[@gasmith7486]

The word is WANDER not wonder.

[@AldousHuxley7]

My old neighbor we called her crazy Judy lost $50,000 at the casino and her husband divorced her shortly after. If we left our garage open she would randomly just walk into our house and start talking to us or ask us random questions.

[@Kryxx07]

The biggest loss I saw while working at a casino was my will to live.

[@カギ]

reminds me a little of when i worked at a convenience store in high school and people spent loads of money they didnt have on scratch tickets. it was a small town and i knew a lot of the people doing it. so-and-so's mom, the grocery store bagger, etc. even one of my coworkers at the store did it.

[@hawkrivers9838]

I saw a guy at a blackjack table in tahoe with all these stacks of chips. I said to my dealer that's a lot of chips, he said yeah those are all 5k chips. I counted and said damn thats like 150k..i looked over later it was gone..he said yeah he came in last night and lost over 200k too. Crazy.

[@marioncunningham5182]

Former poker dealer. I had one very regular player as in he was there every day. One day he came in, dressed in a suit. I commented on how well he cleaned up, and he replied that he was coming back from his wife’s funeral. A few days before he came home and found her dead by her own hand.

[@michaelblankenau6598]

And the moral is...?

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

​@@michaelblankenau6598😅

[@Zeno_Perceus]

​@michaelblankenau6598 no need for one

[@8bitminer]

@@michaelblankenau6598 not every story has a moral

[@michaelblankenau6598]

@@8bitminer True . But then what is the point of that story ? Is it to entertain us ? Humor us ? Make us feel sad ?

[@brandonmanuel2842]

My mom had a gambling problem that lead to a divorce. She remarried to my step dad and STILL had a gambling problem that was so bad my step dad had to work extra to pay rent, food, and electricity. They ended up divorcing.

[@Xylarxcode]

Not me, but a story I heard from a friend, so close enough. He worked in a casino for a number of years as a croupier. By all accounts, he said it was a boring job for the most part, but he did have one particular guy who ran out of chips to pay with and put his car keys on the table, saying which car was his in the lot and that if he lost his next hand, the car was theirs to keep. He believed this was acceptable because 'he'd seen it in the movies'. Obviously, this is not acceptable and my friend was forced to turn him down and ask him to come back with more casino approved chips, if he wanted to place more bets. This was not well received and my friend was almost forced to call security to drag him off the table. It didn't come to that, but it came close. He'd been losing badly all night and was apparently perfectly willing to lose his car alongside the big piles of cash he'd already lost. Gambling addiction can be a terrible thing, I guess.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

what game was it ?

[@Xylarxcode]

@@mcpartridgeboy Blackjack, if I recall. It's been quite a few years since I heard it, but he did a lot of blackjack tables

[@Donkeyearsa]

This reminded me of what a friend once told me. He wanted to see the high roller area in a Los Vegas casino so he went in and started to just slowly walk around. He was starting to get the eye from the employees and security as he was not betting but was not bothering or disturbing the other gamblers to be quickly kicked out. To keep from being kicked out he went to the lowest slot machine and bet the minimum bet of $100. He lost and walked around a little bit more and left. He says it was well worth it just to be able to walk around and see what really high rollers where doing.

[@michaelblankenau6598]

So he thinks it was worth spending a $ 100 to see what any other Joe schmo gambler was doing except with different colored chips ? Doesn't seem like it'd be worth it to me .

[@dondurgan427]

Bs

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

​@@dondurgan427 as a degenerate gambler... I've seen similar instances

[@mcpartridgeboy]

see wht they ere doing ? exatly the same as everyone else in the casino, losing money ! I could have told him that for free !

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

@@mcpartridgeboySometimes it's hard to comprehend that people can lose 100k in 5 minutes without seeing it.

[@murphthesurf3409]

I'll never forget something Nick the Greek would say, (he was known as a frequent gambler): Q. What's the next best thing to gambling and winning? A. Gambling and losing.

[@elabuterin7150]

Hubby and I ❤️to gamble but we always go with the mindset of OK THAT’S HOW MUCH WE CAN LOOSE. Makes a win so much sweeter.

[@chaithika]

I have lost 50k usd a night. In Sri Lanka 50k is like one’s life time savings. I got over it a few days later though. Never gambled big after that session and looking back it kinda did me good because it tested my limits and patience

[@mcpartridgeboy]

yep, often problem gamblers win big at the start, you were lucky to lose, sounds rediculous but if it worked then thats good ! many people loe way more than all their money in casinos, a lot lose their family ad ome lose their lives !

[@BlizzardPeak]

got over it in a few days? dang, don't think I could get over losing that much nearly that quickly.

[@BloodTM]

whats ur job? lmfao

[@BloodTM]

@@BlizzardPeak ong bro this dude must have atleast 500k a year just in savings

[@ambrosia7780]

Saw a guy on Baccarat with 30+k in front of him. He'd spent 50k, so he was down 20k betting max at all spots. 3 hours later, he walked away with absolutely nothing. Dude looked like he was ready to jump off a bridge. Even as a bystander your stomach is in knots!

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

Yep, I'm a degenerate baccarat player and I bet anywhere from 100 to 2,000 a hand. However, not nearly as bad as some people. I seen a guy lose 60k on one hand... his look was a detachment from reality

[@ethanj5328]

I used to really like baccarat, I had about 20k bankroll at the time mostly ran up from really lucky sports bets. I started playing bacc online one night, got up to 37k but at that point it was like Monopoly money to me. Also there was another player at my table talking about how he just ran up his BR 6 figures. I’m convinced it was a casino plant trying to get in my head making sure I didn’t leave with 17k profit. Needless to say I eventually lost like 12 hands in a row and lost it all. Felt nothing at the time, it was really unreal. Only later when I was back at work and missing out on fun trips with my friends cause I was broke did I start to feel really bad. Lucky for me I kept my gambling bankroll separated from the money I needed for rent etc. Anyway I kind of count myself lucky because I’ll never play table games again and even thinking about it makes me nauseated.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

@@ethanj5328 damn bro I lost 1k this morning 😂

[@superdog797]

Self-inducing vomit after your major loss (story 7)... that's great

[@CloudHeadCustoms]

Jesus Christ that story about the son nearly running over his mom, God that felt like a scene out of The Bear. That shit was way too visceral and painful to even hear.

[@gasmith7486]

You believe that?? If you do, I have some property I’m selling

[@MakeMoneyFaceless-w6z]

Back in the day at the Las Vegas Hilton, I saw a “ Whale “ from Japan lose $10 Million dollars. He still tip the Dealers $60,000 Funny thing his wife was playing the $.25 Cent Slot Machine. He he he

[@jaxsonbateman]

Not a casino employee, but a semi-pro sports bettor that's interacted with a lot of casual/rec sports bettors on Redditors. There's a lot of cross over between the mentality of people who sports bet and people who casino bet, but ultimately people really, really don't understand betting concepts, expected value, and why these businesses are so darn profitable for the business itself (and conversely why so few customers make money at all). The ridiculous, extreme long-shot and negative value bets I see all the time are just sad. Once saw a guy who actually won one of these long shots, and in their post they spoke about how they were short on money and the winnings would really help out with medical and repair bills because they had a car accident recently. The probability of the bet winning was like sub-5%, so it was like "my dude, next time in that situation take the ~$50 you put on this bet and put it aside for the bills; it's not much but it's way more reliable".

[@michaelblankenau6598]

A 20/1 long shot isn't very extreme in my book .

[@jaxsonbateman]

@@michaelblankenau6598 I mean, it's no lottery, but it's not a good idea to put your money on it if it's negative value and you're short on money as is.

[@texadonkey34]

Texas will not allow casinos or sports betting. Ever. Weird religious state. Lots of guns. No abortions,

[@glenhirsch3994]

A man hears a voice that says this is god, i want you to liquidate all your assets into cash, the man responds yes god and does it, next the voice says i want you to take that cash and go to las vegas, the man replies yes god and goes, the voice then says go into a casino walk up to the roulette table and put all your money on red. The man does it. It comes up black and god says oh crap

[@allikitos]

Wise anecdote.

[@rscott3147]

There was a guy in London that did just that. Sold all of his belongings and emptied his bank accounts just for one spin at the roulette wheel. The whole journey from beginning to end was televised. He won.

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

As someone who prides themselves on being decent with math, the casino is a hard no to me. I only bet on things I have an influence in or it’s me competing directly against someone in a skill based competition. Everything outside of that is change.

[@Diban-CommentateurFootball]

Exactly same, and never with more than money I would spend on sweats or other stuff like that

[@Quick--]

I feel the same...but that's what interested me even more in poker and then that led to blackjack...knowing they are "beatable" with math. I'm no counter but blackjack has paid me about 1500 in the last 15 days playing slowly and 50-100 daily... except the one day I almost lost everything and chased my losses risking like $2300... paid off but I definitely got "help" after that

[@Quick--]

I should mention i lost most of that day playing baccarat for the first time though and recovered my losses going back to blackjack actually. At one point while waiting for a deposit took my remaining 9 and got it to 235, but after that day I've slowed down drastically and want to make sure I can trust myself to just stop if I lose my daily limit

[@randomname1251]

I worked at a place that sold scratchers for a short time. I’ll never forget the woman frantically scratching away while on the phone crying to her sister that she’s in the process of “getting the money for the medical bills now”, and begging me to sell her a winning ticket (not like I could have, I obviously didn’t know which were winners). Made me feel queasy even now

[@jrpotter9659]

I work for a lottery company, won't name it but they are huge. I install and maintain scratch ticket machines. I have a serious moral conundrum about it. I make up slightly, in my mind, by telling people not to play and that they can't really win, but I know it's useless

[@Smalltownhunter]

i’m literally in my teens and i will hopefully NEVER gamble away my money on a slot machine. 💀 edit: i meant scratch offs but slot machines is still applicable, just not to this comment.. 🫶🏻

[@Xylarxcode]

As a person who sells these tickets frequently for many years, it is indeed pointless to come back each week for these, yet I have people who drop by on the regular to do just that. I have never seen anyone win big. I've seen many people win small prizes and once I personally witnessed someone winning around 1500 euros, but that was the biggest payout I've seen in well over a decade of working there. Every now and then, you hear a story about a big winner who raked in enough money to be comfortable for life (and sometimes more), but I've never seen it happen myself and my colleagues from that store also say that in that store's entire existence, they've never seen it either. That place has been around for about 50 years now. The odds of it happening are just too small. You're throwing away money on a flight of fancy. But people live on that small hope of 'what if, though?'

[@brendanprimus3211]

It's still their own choice, don't feel bad for making a living.

[@williamdoyle2063]

I do see your point, but this is just the way the world is today. If you weren't doing it, someone else would be. I see the advertising of things like "youv'e gotta be in it, to win it" but when you look at the odds of winning at the lottery, people should realise what their chances actually are. I am a gambler, but I would never do the lottery.

[@Xylarxcode]

@@williamdoyle2063 While it is true that you can only win if you play, I've seen people do the math on how much money they spent on lottery tickets each week and assuming they don't go overboard with it and just buy the regular tickets at about 5-10 euros each, if they do it long enough, they lost what they refer to as vacation money over time. Spending (or throwing away, as I prefer to think of it) the money on lottery tickets really adds up over time and most of the time it gets you nothing. Even if you win, the lottery wins more still. Even if they have to pay out a few million to a lucky winner once in a blue moon, they've already earned more just from suckers who bought tickets in vain hope. Like a casino, the house always wins. The only way to beat it, is by not playing, but we'd have to do that en masse and that's never going to happen. People shrug it off because 'oh, well, it was just 5-10 euros, nothing ventured nothing gained' but it adds up quickly and gets you literally nothing. It's like handing a stranger money expecting nothing in return. Sure, sometimes you get a small reward that refunds some of your costs but most of the time you don't even get that. Lottery is literally just a global scam of legalized gambling that fools way too many people. It won't happen. Just because you hear about the extremely rare story where it did happen that one time doesn't mean it'll happen for you. They're baiting you with that story to get you to spend more on it, preying on your hopes and dreams. Lottery is like being robbed except they do it in such a roundabout way that you give them your money with a smile on your face and the false hope of a large payout that will never come. I can't discourage people enough from buying them, but I see more than enough suckers return each week to know they'll never get it. That 'what if I win, though' hope is just too blinding and overpowering.

[@cj20080]

Not a gambling story, but a total Las Vegas land of wretched excess story. I was with my girlfriend, and she had a mighty hangover from the night before. During breakfast she left and went to the bathroom to throw up. She came back and told me there was a woman in the next stall eating potato chips while my girlfriend was puking. The woman couldn't stop eating long enough to take a shit, and kept on eating while someone barfed next to her. Such a Vegas story. Pure Vegas.

[@ThatBoyAintRight71]

Former casino Surveillance agent here. I watched a guy play baccarat almost my entire shift, and when I was leaving for the day, he was down $27 million....true story.

[@SevenGC89]

I went to a small casino on my 18th birthday (only slots no tables) it was my cousins treat and he gave me $40 to gamble with, not even kidding 3 spins in I win $200, my cousin was next to me and was like "Dude sick, lets cash out and go celebrate!" .... to which I said "hang on I'm up $160 maybe I can win more". Needless to say 10 min later I was down to $12.50 and cashed out with that and learned from that day on that I cannot trust myself to go to casinos and haven't been to one since. (I'm 34 now) The story about the losers blaming the dealers is just like when kids finds their parents gun just sitting around and accidentally shoot themselves and than the parents try to blame the makers of the gun instead of taking responsibility and realizing you should keep your firearm in a safe if you have small children. I'll never understand how people don't seem to catch on to the fact that most ppl playing are going to lose, if people won all the time in casinos they would go out of business.

[@funtimeslondon]

uh, you can also just not have a firearm. Statistically most people are killed with their own guns.

[@CribNotes]

At Caesar's in Vegas, I was at the craps table teaching some friends how to play when a normal looking guy dressed casually steps up and starts betting stacks of "chocolates". The problem for him? Betting against the dice at a table with two hot shooters. Finally, his bodyguard leans in and says, "Ray, you might want to quit. You're down $800,000". Yes, that's right. He had lost $800,000. And it only took about 15 minutes.

[@Bladeofwar94]

I can believe it. I've dealt high limit blackjack to someone who was betting 25k hands and was up 400k only for them to come back and lose a million.

[@fonzie2098]

@@Bladeofwar94 was it stevewilldoit?

[@JstNina]

My dad used to actually work in Vegas casinos and stuff like story 3 are never the case. Casinos don’t care, they don’t buy tickets back home cause they feel bad. Never

[@Experiencing_Joe_Rogan]

If you know anything about casinos, you know what a “comp” is your comps are pretty much the same amount of what you lost so if dude lost 5-10 grand and said, “comp me a plane ticket home” they’ll do it

[@skelorbonor]

Imagine the future profits though. Give the whale a gimme and they come back to spend more

[@APunishedManNamed2]

People in the comments don't live here & it shows. What happens to those who lose everything is they join our homeless & live in the storm drains. It's wild how few people know about this

[@bradleyellis6829]

I saw someone lose around 26 million playing baccarat in the space of 9 months

[@sweetlisious]

Sorry Brad those people are scam artists

[@OwOKrieger]

Losing $500 in one spin on roulette broke my gambling addiction, albeit a short run but god was that a bigger check then I ever knew.

[@ABCEasyas--]

I can’t imagine neglecting your dogs or young kids by leaving them in the car while you gambled. I would’ve thought the parking lots are co patrolled by security constantly in any casino.

[@sksnnsksnsnsbsbb]

my parents use to leave us in the car while they gamble in reno, that was in the 80's when they didn't really care.. now u can't do that 😂😂

[@TomTom.o.]

Just last Friday 3-7-24 I was in Wendover Nevada. Me and the wife went to a bank of machines and a guy on the machine next to me was signing the jackpot sheets. When he was finished I congratulated him and asked him if he didn't mind telling me how much he won. With a scowl on his face he said, "$1300. But I'm down $10,000," turns and starts methodically hitting the button. I think it was his wife standing next to him with her arms crossed angrily looking at the game he was playing!

[@Icex7]

Gambling really does destroy people's life.

[@smellsuperb1]

It almost destroyed mine. My redemption arc is still ongoing, but it's been completely phenomenal so far.

[@Icex7]

@@smellsuperb1 Glad you're on the recovery.

[@smellsuperb1]

​@@Icex7hells yes, thank you. I went from literally having nothing in my pockets to opening my own store (i sell car audio and some home based electronics), buying a brand new house and a brand new car in the last 5 years. Still not done.

[@kabobmeinhaddi5591]

This happened a couple of years ago. A guy got addicted to gambling and was into debt to the tune of 50k or so. He decided to kidnap the 2 year old daughter of someone from his subdivision. In the process of kidnapping, he stabbedvthe grandmother to death and hid the girl in a suitcase and sent a ransom note to the parents. The girl died due to suffocation. He was eventually caught. The criminal was newly married and his wife was pregnant when this happened.

[@michaelblankenau6598]

Seems pretty standard .

[@denniscain7218]

Law & Order episode in the making

[@CanInThePan]

Gambling should always be treated as: You have a strict budget of money that you don’t mind losing, like 1-300 dollars. It should be money that you can easily be fine financially if it disappears. Do not expect to make a profit. Expect to lose everything. Casino’s should not be something you should see as profitable, just a little area to blow spare money you have. This is much healthier of a mindset than people who think it should be treated as a way to get free money.

[@DistrustHumanz]

A video about major gambling losses that begins with an ad for a gambling app.... I call that irony.

[@JohnSmith-ti9uq]

KZbin should not allow gambling ads on their abti gambling videos. A lot of addicts watch these to remind themselves why it's bad.

[@turdferguson2]

I can sympathize with the guy whose mom died. Same thing happened to me, Very similar amount of life insurance payout although slightly more for me, I also had never seen that much money at one time. I went through it all in one year and it's my biggest regret. I dont gamble I just was heavily grieving And spending my money on very stupid shit

[@markhutchison2240]

Very first casino visit for my daughter who was 21 that day. We went to a casino near her college and there were few patrons there - then EMTs came into the casino and went to the restroom- someone had died there. Saddest place to die. Good lesson for my daughter.

[@byakko-the-kat]

love the way he calmly tells the the story while the car in the background wrecking mayhem

[@connorgreer776]

Story 1 - Horrible situation for OP but a HUGE mistake on the part of OP. I have worked in a casino as a VIP host within a slots section. Host responsibility is paramount. PGIs (problem gambling indicators) e.g Crying at a machine, checking machines for money or repeatedly getting more money out of ATMs. He never should have been allowed to continue play, especially since he was a regular and OP was aware of his standard level of play. The sad thing is if the reg was using a players card his stardard play would be tracked and his abnormal spike in the size of his play would have been flagged and a host or manager would have come to discuss it with him eventually. OP noticed this guy and had a responsibility to report a spike like this to their superior. An awful situation to be in on OPs part, but as an employee at a casino you are trained to notice PGIs and should report them. Unfortunately people don't do this often enough, and people can be allowed to play for hours and hours betting money they cant afford to lose.

[@tjburr1968]

@@connorgreer776 not that I know much about this but it seems to me that someone who is 'problem' gambling or betting [losing] way more then they typically do is not going to be receptive to anyone trying to persuade and or talk them into stopping at that moment. I am surprised hear you say "never should of been allowed to keep playing". I did not know that happens or that employees are trained to spot PGI's.

[@KubanKevin]

I like how the question is for Casino employees and people that aren’t employees give their 2c excusing themselves with “not an employee”

[@gasmith7486]

As a former Vegas casino worker, 1/3 of these “stories” are 🐎💩 Nobody brings a check to the roulette table. 🙄

[@markpage9886]

I suspected as much. An awful lot of these stories end with, and then they killed themselves. Every casino on the strip would need a morgue. You don't sell one car to a sucker, you sell four cars to that buyer over his lifetime.

[@nobodylifts]

I had an old co-worker that would spend hours buying scratch off lottery tickets. An old friend of mine worked for the equivalent of Rent One. He had the unfortunate responsibility of repossessing my old coworkers washer and dryer. Another old co-worker would constantly ask to borrow money because he would blow all his money at the casino. Don't spend money you don't have at the casino or on lottery tickets.

[@mikehoncho2798]

Scratch offs are the Mexican 401k

[@mumbles2840]

From experience, the benefits for a casino are great, try and work in the count room, you wont have to interact with gamblers much if at all so you wont have to deal with the downsides of guests. Just being in a small cramped room in the back being constantly watched from cameras in the strictest room possible. Ups and downs.

[@iggyblog284]

Former Roulette Dealer here, our tables are often set up in groups of four, there was a guy who couldn’t wait to see the results of one spin so he would constantly walk around placing bets between multiple tables, he was losing thousands of dollars every minute.

[@aussiejubes]

The woman who left her dogs to die had better go to a torturous next dimension. I do not care what anyone is going through, if you can make arrangements to top yourself you can make arrangements for kids & pets in your life. Even just letting them jump out of the car & wander the crapark would surely have alerted someone. Good riddance, that story has truly ruined my whole day & it's not even 9am. I knew someone who was a dealer in high rollers in a casino here in Australia & they said people p*ss their pants on their seats all the time. There's a group of people who do it more than others. They will gamble for 24 or more hours straight, get the free drinks the whole time & just let it flow all over the stools. How do people justify the shame & embarrassment that should absolutely bring about?! Lol, that blew my mind.

[@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist]

No need to justify shame or embarrassment if you dont have any. Its an emotion, some people just dont have it.

[@adamcarter6862]

You're ridiculous, a person who kills themselves isn't thinking clearly. A million animal deaths aren't even close to the value of a persons life.

[@menjolno]

why do you think dogs are more valuable than cows or pigs? Pigs are more intelligent than dogs. The hypocrisy is big

[@aussiejubes]

@diesigil Better look that up in a dictionary lol. You've embarrassed yourself.

[@menjolno]

Someones been deleting comments here

[@SchwererGustavThe800mm]

My first time at a casino, we were there till 6 am. Everything was great until about 4 am when a bar fly came in, slapped 1k down, lost it in 5 hands then started making recommendations to other players and gamble with their money

[@ann-mariemeurs952]

There are responsible gaming laws in Australia. If someone is clearly drunk you can no longer serve them.alcohol. if they are rowdy when gambling they are barred from playing anymore and have to leave the premises. If you even utter that you can't afford to gamble or look like a problem gambler you are banned from the premises.

[@ANMA133]

im a dealer at one of the large chains in australia, it really depends. the RSA thing is true but some dealers dont care enough if you look like a problem gambler. truth be told, i agree we're underpaid too much haha.

[@crollwtide9452]

The drug dealer analogy is spot on...these workers are probably dealers in a casino, and they are serving potential gambling addicts.

[@jasonlinton9902]

I was at my local casino one night and i was down over $1000 i was pissed a lady sat down beside me and started playing a machine she looked at me and said any luck i said hell no she said im losing too i just hope i get some of my $20k back i lost today i was shocked but it made me feel a little bit better

[@donjezza10]

Self-destructive behavior is the biggest indicator that someone may attempt suicide or some form of masochistic action. Self-Destruction is its own form of psychological self-harm, and deliberately making your situation as inescapable as possible indicates the person is purposefully pushing their brain to act recklessly in preparation to possibly do something extreme. That guy betting large amounts of money after such a tragic moment in his life should have been a red flag immediately. With that said, I can sympathize with the dealer not wanting to insert himself into the situation with a man that was grieving, since it could've escalated the situation.

[@adamcarter6862]

Thanks, now I'm even more depressed.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

You a gambler?

[@davidlarsen-tj4tn]

Always makes me laugh a little when I see a slot out of order with broken glass knowing someone punched it.

[@thewhitewolf58]

Gambling is one of those things im iffy about. Its great when it works but when it doesn't work its addicts people and makes them so greedy that even when they win they can't walk away.

[@InfinteIdeas]

I don't understand how people spend that much on gambling with god damn rent money

[@Quick--]

It's not spending if you win it's investing... they just don't plan to lose 😂

[@LM-pe3kc]

if u havent realized the mayority of humans are dumb

[@brandengula5604]

Called chasing their losses

[@NWAWskeptic]

I had a coworker who committed suicide many years ago, and same thing, went to the casino and spent his entire bank account. So sad.

[@alphax4785]

My one time in person actually gambling at Atlantic City (was there for other business) I had $60 cash in my wallet so that was my limit, decide to play blackjack with my chips and am winning some hands, losing others but overall the house always wins so... yeah... Only one at the table for 10 minutes or so and then I'm joined by a guy who puts down $1500... and promptly loses it far faster than me with my $50 in chips left by that point. I finally ran below the minimum bet for the table about 20 minutes after he busted and still have a $2.50 chip as a souvenir.

[@afsheenmirshafiei9266]

I’ve been a poker dealer for the last 12 years+. I’ve heard of regulars taking their own lives leaving behind their wife/children. It’s tragic and devastating to put it mildly. Please gamble responsibility and within your limits.

[@20021redturle]

This video helped motivate resolve my gambling habits

[@Stickmanzed]

As someone who does not like gambling and is very good with money, this is a brutal set of stories to hear

[@GenXCoder]

I enjoy playing keno and will sit for hours and kick back, smoke and drink. I never expect to win anything. Ill spend $200 or $300 and if i hit, great. If not. It was fun. Only gamble with what you're willing to lose.

[@slideman1249]

Dog you a whole idiot why you playing keno of all games the house edge is huge on there💀

[@phaque3115]

As a table games dealer the Worst loss I’ve ever seen was during covid.. they layed every dealer off and then let a lot of them go.. hands down the worst.. tysvm French Lick Resort and Casino.. you guys lost some talent..

[@Scray-k4c]

Has anyone noticed how many sports betting commercials there are on TV now? I really don't think this should be allowed. Don't they make enough money already?

[@ethanj5328]

Even fantasy sports ads kind of a gateway to sports betting should be banned imo

[@valuablesandwich]

Meanwhile, online poker is still illegal in most states. It's so ridiculous.

[@Scray-k4c]

@@valuablesandwich it should be illegal everywhere.

[@valuablesandwich]

@@Scray-k4c That's a fair opinion as long as you think all other forms of online gambling should be illegal. My point is that if any online gambling is legal, especially sports betting, then poker should be legal too

[@Nick-ue7iw]

Nah make it legal. If people bet their life away, that's their problem.

[@blackqweenmars]

Stories like this is why I would never want to work at a bar or Casino long-term, I couldn't watch people ruin their lives and be obligated to continue helping them mess themselves up it would just make me feel bad morally

[@ForgottenCovers]

"un-alived himself" 😳

[@jacktheflipper-yc7yy]

[@Terratetradon]

KZbin TOS 🙄

[@nemo227]

Addictions of any kind can be a terrible thing. My first experience at a casino found me walking from downtown Reno (Nevada) at 3:00 AM to the airport with less than a dollar in my pocket but I had my return airline ticket to get home. I still had a job when I got home. It didn't become a problem. I went to the library and studied about casino games and treated them as entertainment after that. Never gambled more than I could afford to lose.

[@Syclone0044]

Reading all these comments I feel like such a champ for not gambling at all!

[@Quick--]

You are

[@drmikebass]

I watched a guy go from curious first-timer playing 10 pounds once a week to blowing 1000 pounds most nights. In the space of about 5 months, he had lost his business, his house and his wife. The irony of my job title being "dealer" was not lost on me. Thankfully I escaped that toxic industry and now have a productive, useful career.

[@edwhatshisname3562]

I figured out something interesting with the electronic slot machines when I went to Vegas back in 2015, they seem to let you win about 20 or 50 dollars, presumably to keep you hooked, but if you keep playing after that I have never won anything close to that amount after that point. I can only assume there is some kind of algorithm that governs things on those machines, so it's not entirely by random chance. Which is why I started playing until I won that amount and then bail on the machine afterwords, after a while though I noticed that no matter which casino I went to I would stop winning anything on the electronic machines, so possibly evidence that the casinos are linked in some way? I don't know. Those places are definitely evil, in my opinion. They have perfected a business of profiting off of the addiction and misery of others.

[@crypticutopia7228]

Yup that's why if you're going to gamble, only bet what you can afford to lose and don't chase your losses. Treat gambling as a a bit of fun and don't spend more than you'd be willing to spend on a fun night out.

[@willferguson7878]

That is absolutely not how slot machines work.

[@michaelblankenau6598]

Slot machines are not rigged to let you win a little to get you hooked .And they're definitely linked to follow players from casino to casino . That would be ridiculous.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

no man there is no payout methed, your theory is wrong totally, you just happened to randomly win at the start more often than you expect, they are totallly random, there is no tactic that an mae you work anything out !

[@edwhatshisname3562]

Apparently, there are people out there who incredibly unaware of just how manipulative the gambling industry is designed to be, especially in a place like Vegas. It's honestly kind of surprising, especially considering the available information around loot boxes in video games which, as it turns out, use algorithms that are based on the same algorithms used in digital slot machines... That being said, I wouldn't rule anything out when greed is involved.

[@VultureXV]

13:29 Yknow I can usually listen to these sorts of things and not feel much, mostly because I oddly enjoy analyzing the darker aspects of human behavior, and I find addiction to be fundamentally fascinating. I feel pain hearing this one. This one is strong.

[@Alterego-ne7oi]

the first one... my jaw just dropped to the floor

[@michaelblankenau6598]

Sorry to hear . Hope the plastic surgery works out for you .

[@werderwu]

Undersparked? More like underrated

[@lermajerms]

ba-dum tssss

[@NijutheWolf]

​@user-mf5ff7ub8p why does this just translate to "sssssssssssss"

[@kianr2200]

was gonna comment this myself it’s a nice video

[@TheMrlittlemack]

That Chinese guy throwing up 😂 I genuinely could see that happening

[@Theson97]

The writer or narrator of story 17 is a sore winner.

[@alexsmith1531]

I used to go to casino every other weekend and we always used to see this younger Chinese/American women all the time betting big on slot machines and would go to atm multiple times a night well skip to the end we ended up striking up conversation with her where she proceeded to tell us she spent over 200k one night eveything she had and worked so hard for to buy a house and blew it all in night and still goes in there with the little she has to this day

[@RebeccaWalker-e2i]

I love how an advertisement for FanDuel casino pops up while watching this.

[@xMister.Misterx]

Vomits all over the table because he’s upset that he lost?!?! Who would think to do that?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@collegefraud1308]

We can that a sick hand.

[@crimsonking3873]

I was at the roulette table and this old man next to me had a heat attack…

[@fraydizs7302]

WTF was that 7th story??? Dude loses a game Force induces himself to vomit onto the table in dominance refuses to elaborate Leaves lmao