It is BIG TIME real.  Vegas did it to themselves.

Las Vegas' tourism-dependent economy is hitting the brakes. Visitor volume and consumer spending are tumbling in America's casino capital, and the local unemployment rate is hovering among the highest in the country for big metro areas.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/the-whole-town-is-slower-las-vegas-economy-hits-the-brakes-3427769/

I have to add 2 additional ones. 

Because my friends and I say some of the song's keywords so frequently at the table while we are in play.

U Can't Touch This.  By;  MC Hammer

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nnDRng8a2TM&list=RDnnDRng8a2TM&start_radio=1&rv=QRUzAZMYFpQ

And also;

My Prerogative.  By;  Bobby Brown

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDLZqe735k&pp=ygUaYm9iYnkgYnJvd24gbXkgcHJlcm9nYXRpdmU%3D

I came up with 9 (Good lord do I love that number!) areas that should be researched, soul dug and remembered when playing. 

1). Judgements from others are usually inaccurate.

2). Failure to really try is why most do fail.

3). Patience is widely misunderstood.

4). Set a Bankroll and a percentage of the Bankroll for your session Buy-ins and strictly adhere to those.

5). Understand a solid Money Management Method and religiously apply it.

6). Understand your mistakes and learn from them. 

7). Little things add up ITLR and otherwise, where you have applied all kinds of losing techniques and thoughts.  Change the habit.

Eight). Excuses are lies and laziness, vow not to engage.

9). Understand and appreciate Blood, Sweat and Tears you have given.  Avoid them.

It is coming.  And, "Hey Vegas, what are you going to replace your customers with? Cause nobody wants to visit anymore".


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1szO_rmTNSQ

I have posted in the past similar threads.  Here is my current top 10.  I am posting a video of each with the song. 

Going to a casino, while not at the table playing, in the mood and something to clear my head for whatever reasons. 

Money.  By; Pink Floyd

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjgwjh4H7wg&pp=ygUQbW9uZXkgcGluayBmbG95ZNIHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

LA Woman.  By; The Doors

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TMiAQPABgHA&pp=ygUSbGEgd29tYW4gdGhlIGRvb3Jz

In The Air Tonight.  By;  Phil Collins

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PEWP9nbqG9Q&pp=ygUfaW4gdGhlIGFpciB0b25pZ2h0IHBoaWwgY29sbGlucw%3D%3D

Radar Love.  By;  Golden Earring

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NlL5c3QAcqA&pp=ygUKcmFkYXIgbG92ZQ%3D%3D

Twilight Zone.  By;  Golden Earring

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B1HSvXanqIM&pp=ygUcdHdpbGlnaHQgem9uZSBnb2xkZW4gZWFycmluZ9IHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

Poker Face.  By;  Lady Gaga

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo&pp=ygUUcG9rZXIgZmFjZSBsYWR5IGdhZ2E%3D

Blackjack.  By;  Ray Charles

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cIT5F9XMF6U&pp=ygUVYmxhY2tqYWNrIHJheSBjaGFybGVz

The Gambler.  By;  Kenny Rogers

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo&pp=ygUYdGhlIGdhbWJsZXIga2Vubnkgcm9nZXJz

Riverboat Gambler.  Carly Simon

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L5me9s35_08&pp=ygUdY2FybHkgc2ltb24gcml2ZXJib2F0IGdhbWJsZXI%3D

Walk This Way.  By;  Aerosmith and Run DMC

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ttVzm5LctTA&pp=ygUfd2FsayB0aGlzIHdheSBydW4gZG1jIGFlcm9zbWl0aA%3D%3D

Here IMO, Experience and Research.

......"With the unknown moving of the front to the back of a variable sized section of cards, as well as a variable amount of burned cards, there is no way it can stand as if the shoe was shuffled or set in any way, shape or form.  None whatsoever."

https://betselection.cc/baccarat-forum/3-types-of-shuffled-cards/msg72983/?topicseen#msg72983

You wrote ......"happen with too much frequency than expected for many shoes."

Yes, understood.  But that is why a player can not rely on bac stats for mechanical wager placements. 

Those stats, as I said before are usually derived from 1,000,000 shoes/80,000,000 hands.  Those stats have all kinds of deviations within those results.  Long and short presentments of everything imaginable. 

Random fashion, coincidental and Unrandomness are all part of the game.  One or two or all three, throughout most shoes.

The bottom line is, you cannot condense the stats down to 3 or 4 or 7 shoes that comprise your session. Which a lot of people think you can but unfortunately you cannot. 

To Whom It Concerns and FOR THE RECORD.

Please Read:

There was previously a post on my forum here reference a Roulette Forum requesting 'donations' for $20.00 or more to renew their monthly web space listings, etc.

That was not (NOT) mine in any way, shape or form.  Yes it was on my forum, I allowed it for reasons I am not going to post. 

I pay for my maintenance and web space listings out of pocket.  I have not requested membership or registration fees as of this date. 

I am posting this because a member of this community brought to my attention some negative comments made by 'lurkers' reading this forum and accusing myself of begging for money.

The assumptions and accusations of requesting donations on my behalf or by myself, is NOT the case.  Not the facts.  Not accurate in any way.  Not one bit of it, zero zilch, nadda, zip, cero, 0. 

Respectfully,
Alrelax
Forum Administrator and Owner

1). Wagering against others that are winning with a verbal (at least loud enough to hear it) "He/They can't keep winning".

2). "Excuse me, how is this game played".

3). Dealer swipes losing wagers really quick with no eye contact while continuously looking at the felt.

4). Players convincing each other B/P because of some elaborate or complicated pattern they invented, etc.

5). People that have their heads down and scanning the table for highest wagering person or majority of people or the singular person winning most all hands, etc., and at the very last second wagering opposite with usually an extremely small wager.

6). Those people arguing with dealer or pit personnel about drawing 3rd cards.  Happens frequently with 2 card values of 4s and 5s for both sides or when banker has 3 and players 3rd card was 8, etc.  (Of course they are wrong and totally oblivious of the rules)

7). Players that blame the dealer on losing hands.

Number Eight). Players commenting before the hand and then a post commentary after the hand.  Especially the ones that lost the hand and the post commentary contradicts their beforehand verbal reasoning.  These are usually the players that point to the scoreboard to show their super classroom teaching abilities.

All I can say is, it's huge hands down luck!

https://fox8.com/news/extremely-lucky-gambler-hits-389-jackpots-in-1-day-at-tampa-casino-winning-1-8m/

https://casino.hardrock.com/tampa/newsroom/2025/08/one-extremely-lucky-guest-hits-389-jackpots-in-a-single-day-at-seminole-hard-rock-tampa-winning-over-1-8-million

Hard Rock, eighth wonder of the casino world.

Hard Rock International fires top exec in betting scandal as it plans NYC casino with Mets owner Steve Cohen.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/hard-rock-international-fires-top-exec-in-betting-scandal-as-it-plans-nyc-casino-with-mets-owner-steve-cohen/

"Do not wager for what you desire.  Wager with what is happening"

Because, what you desire probably the highest majority of the time will not occur on your wagered hand(s).  It very well might occur while you are standing, seated, waiting, etc., and not wagering on anything, but that is how most all will get sucked in. 

Short term bursts of 'whatever is being presented' is by far the most lucrative wagers to place, IMO.

The entire point of playing is to win money.  Not to prove therory, statistics or pattern/trend triggering or anything of the like. 

From the comments section of the video.  I agree!

"I'm showing my age - but I remember when the first ATM machines came out.  I said - I will never use a ATM, this will never work lol  I was wrong.  My guess is this will be a norm, and 20 ( or less ) years from now people will giggle watching these videos."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qWpIT_jO_2E

Video worth watching.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W62Ie7dKXRY&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

The corporations that took over Vegas suck when they began their greed and visions to increase income in ever aspect of their properties, IMO.  The old school was 100% better. 

I made this during the last few days.  I am going to print it out and carry it.  Read before playing, read while taking short breaks and if stepping away from the table because of negativity, READ.

1) Short window is safest.
2) At the table I create what happens to my bets.
3) Boundaries, prioritize probability and say no easily.
4) Failure usually occurs before winning. Drawdowns are okay.
5) Thinking and doing are very different.
6) Wrong match and boundaries. Happens.
7) Respect and Value.  Maintain. Maintain. Maintain.
#8 Occupying a seat @ table is different than discussing.
9) Everything changes.  Period.
10) Be conscious with control and emotions. Extremely conscious.
11) Long term strength is MMM and clear thinking.
12) I do not have to possess all the knowledge and experience
        that would lead me to being the greatest player.

Risk Capital.  I have to play with Risk Capital.  Buy-in is from my bankroll.  They are no other constructive successful protocols to fund gambling.  This produces a no, "I have to's", no "I must's", and no funds are borrowed or taken from something else the money was meant for or needed to cover.  My bankroll must be purely for gaming and always maintained with wins.

Real World Wagering.  Winning or Losing.  Look at it as going to the left or the right.  Not being correct or wrong.  When I am playing at the table, there is a pathway that I must attempt to recognize the proper way to travel down.