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How 4,000 Physicists Gave a Vegas Casino its Worst Week Ever in 1986

Posted on 6/8/22 at 11:03 pm
Posted by stendulkar
Member since Aug 2012
767 posts
Posted on 6/8/22 at 11:03 pm
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In 1986 the American Physical Society booked 4000 hotel rooms in the MGM Grand Hotel and cost the casinos so much money that the APS was asked to never come back by the entire city of Las Vegas.

The reason: The physicists didn't discover some genius gambling strategy, they just didn't play.


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Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
Lake Charles
Member since Apr 2010
17901 posts
Posted on 6/8/22 at 11:06 pm to
Think about how much money hit the streets via hookers though.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
27804 posts
Posted on 6/8/22 at 11:20 pm to
I'more interested in why Twitter has suspended Physics Central's Twitter account.
Posted by Mr Happy
Member since May 2019
1122 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 12:22 am to
quote:

The MGM Grand learned a lesson the hard way that week: Physicists do not play dice.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
34202 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 12:31 am to
Same thing goes for the NBA All Star Game. Did you realize that the last time it was in Vegas was in 2007? The casinos said never again
Posted by Wishnitwas1998
where TN, MS, and AL meet
Member since Oct 2010
58418 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 12:51 am to
Are you suggesting that NBA players and coaches at the all star level didn’t gamble? I find that to be rather unlikely
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
10948 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 12:58 am to
quote:

Think about how much money hit the streets via hookers though.


Not the hookers, but maybe the strippers. That's because physicists love torquing, but they think masturbating is a stroke of genius.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
34202 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 1:00 am to
quote:

Are you suggesting that NBA players and coaches at the all star level didn’t gamble? I find that to be rather unlikely


Tips, conduct, etc
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
17112 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 5:05 am to
Oh so, these 4000 super smart folks know that a casino has the upper hand and pretty much designed to take your money?
Posted by McCorkleJonesGOAT
Member since Apr 2022
362 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 5:06 am to
How the world series of dice built Caesar's palace
Posted by Zendog
Santa Barbara
Member since Feb 2019
4603 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 6:49 am to
quote:

Are you suggesting that NBA players and coaches at the all star level didn’t gamble? I find that to be rather unlikely


They were all at the strip clubs
Posted by Sneauxghost
Member since Sep 2020
1103 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 9:10 am to
I lived there that week. Something like 500 arrest. By comparison, nascar had around 20
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
14669 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 9:20 am to
I just read the article. Fascinating. I shall part with an upvote.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
34202 posts
Posted on 6/9/22 at 9:25 am to
You would be surprised at how many places do not carry Hennesy
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