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Leaving Las Vegas

2024 was the last time I went to Las Vegas. I stayed at Mandalay Bay for the third time. Unlike Luxor, which is the other resort I have stayed in three times, Madalay Bay is a resort I like a lot. I had found 2 days for a very low price, and booked them. I was somewhat looking forward to staying in Las Vegas, but I was amprehensive.

SInce 2018, when I stayed at the Cosmopolitan, I had noticed a change in Las Vegas. A lot of Las Vegas YouTube channels had been forcasting that the rising prices, tight slot machines, etc. would drive away customers. It did not seem so when I stayed at the Cosmopolitan. Yet, I noticed a real change. The slot machines seemed less likely to pay out. Even though I doubled my gambling money the first day at the Cosmopolitan waiting for my room, the rest of the trip was returning the winnings to casinos, and losing my original amount.

I like to walk up and down the strip, at least sections of the strip. I will do the south third, which is from Mandalay Bay to Flamingo street one day. The next day I will do Flamingo street to Wynn/Encore. The next day I will gamble at the Strat and Sahara, as well as what is now Westgate. In my playing in various casinos, I would win some and lose some, buy the time I got back to my hotel, I had money left over. Which I just added to my next day amount to gamble. Unfortunately my remaining money was very little at the end of the day, during my stay at the Cosmopolitan. In fact, I came home with less than 100 dollars.

Then the pandemic hit, and it would be three years before I returned to Las Vegas. Even though the resorts were offering cheaper rooms to try and entice people back, the slots seemed to become even tighter. I stayed at the Venetian in 2021, because I wanted to stay at the resort since it had opened. Usually costs were the determining factor, but the Venetian seemed reasonable compared to other places I had stayed. I enjoyed my stay, but the slots seemed to be less giving.

My walking up and down the strip, winning some and losing some was more losing than winning. I did enjoy my trip, and planned on returning. I did stay at the Venetian again in 2023. This time, it was not a good stay because of the weather. Also the slots just seemed to be taking my money. I was lucky to win $250 on a machine, and that was all I brought home.

2024, my stay at Mandalay Bay. I was only staying 2 nights, because those two nights were very inexpensive. The following night would have been nearly triple the cost of the previous nights, and essentially put the trip into slightly expensive range. I walked down the strip and managed to reach Caesars Palace. My win some, lose some norm was now donating money to the casinos, maybe slightly winning a little. I usually put $20 into a machine, hit bet max, then ride out the results. It is about 6-7 plays, and usually I will win money and extend the play, but sometimes I win big. None of that happened. Just 6-7 plays with very little return. I turned $20 into 20 cents very quickly. The second day, I just decided to stay in the three casino area of Mandalay Bay, Luxor, and Excalibur to gamble. I managed to win a little, but to no real avail. I wound up losing all the money I intended to gamble, and feel like I was ripped off.

Las Vegas used to be a fairly inexpensive trip, and a lot of fun to go to. The hotel rooms are still reasonably priced in comparison to similar hotels in other cities, but the fun is gone. The gambling has become tighter, and so win some and lose some while walking up and down the strip is gone. I did not mind losing some money, as long as I had fun and entertainment. $20 used to buy some fun at a penny slot machine. I did the math, it was no more expensive than going to a movie theater. That was when the slots where loser and paying off. Now the payoffs are smaller, if at all, and the time spent playing is less. This is why I no longer desire to go to Las Vegas. The costs such as flight, room, food, are what they are. Gambling, is no longer fun. Shows are no longer cheap. Why go?

My plans for the future are maybe go to Las Vegas when the new baseball stadium opens. Though hotel rooms around the stadium are probably going to be really expensive during game day. Right now I have other plans in life, and maybe other places I want to go. For one thing, unless things change, I am leaving Las Vegas.

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