Nevada Casino Dealers Association was as proto union for the dealers created by Tony Badillo who went on into County Commissioner. What Tony created was a place dealers could come learn do deal new games. This was in 94. If you wanted to learn a new game anywhere else, you had to pay $500 or…

This was the nicest casino I worked in. It is a small locals casino on the outskirts of Vegas. There was a rv park on the property. In the winter there were a lot of snowbirds getting away from Winter. The same people would come in and gamble. You got to know them, and it…

Outside of Vegas heading back to Cali there is Joshua Tree National Forest. I fell in love with those ugly trees. They are endangered species so you can’t get seedling or a young tree. They stand in silence with arms outstretched reaching for the sun. Some of the trees are in Vegas and large. My…

I went to UNLV for a while. I really liked it. The only thing that I will say is horrible is the really big parking lot that is about 1/4 of mile away from classrooms. The student lounge was great. Chic Fil Lay in there. A collection of things to use for camping, skiing, canoes.…

Find someone to live with who is paying the rent and utilities. This removes the ability to search those records.Once you have that move immediately at night. leave no forwarding address. Pay your landlord what you need to. Get a mailbox etc (now ups store) they provide a real address which you put appt 123…

The graveyard shift is a long boring night. The game generally dies about 1am then picks up in at 6am in the morning. Graveyard shift started at 10pm and ended at 7am. between 1 and 6 bored dice dealers screwed around.Dice were our go to bored killer. Casino dice are sharp. When new you can…

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I occasional as a cab driver got tickets to new shows as they wanted to get a free publicity through cab and limo drivers talking to their passengers. One I saw was Mama Mia. It was as musical at Mandalay Bay. It was a cool show. I told people it was a good one. There…

/ It does rain in Vegas, jut not often. Normally nice dry pavement you can trust to break quickly or take curves. Coming out of the airport there was a curve that was steep. It was called Whittlesea curve. Whittlesea was a cab company that used Explorers as cabs. Back in the mid 90s they…

This guy is one of the hard ones to find as it is behind the county Jail downtown