Macau Casino Roulette Minimum Bet
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*Macau Casino Roulette Minimum Bets
*Macau Casino Roulette Minimum BettingINTRODUCTION
At an online roulette casino, the minimum/maximum bets might be a combination of both low and high table limits. Some limits may be specific to each type of bet. The example below uses a minimum of C$1 for both inside and outside bets. Please don’t take the figures above as standard for all casinos. The casino was relatively crowded compared to the casinos we saw on the strip, and like everywhere on Macau the main game is Baccarat, a 50-50 game which requires no skill. We played a $200 minimum blackjack table. Minimum and Maximum bet for Tai Sai (Sic bo) at Nagasaki Casino. Tai Sai is another popular casino game equipped in a lot of casinos in Macau following, blackjack, roulette, poker and baccarat, and it can also be enjoyed at paradise serie group and seven luck series group in Korea, Resort World Sentosa in Singapore, Resort World Manila and Solaire Resort in Philippines, Crown Melbourne in. For customers accessing the services from Great Britain (“GB”) MT Roulette Minimum Bet Macau SecureTrade Limited is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission and holds a Remote Casino Operating License number Roulette Minimum Bet Macau 39575. The maximum limit for outside bets may vary between $1000.00 and $10,000.00, while depending on the casino and the table minimum. This limit is valid for every single outside bet. Or, a player may place the maximum bet on a particular color, while also placing another maximum bet on the 3rd Dozen.
Without a doubt, Macau’s most successful hotel/casino is the massive Las Vegas Sands flagship Venetian Macao resort. According to Wikipedia, it’s the largest single structure hotel building in Asia, the sixth-largest building in the world by area and the largest casino in the world. Basically identical to the original one in Vegas, the Venetian was the first hotel in Macau to really focus on the entertainment side of the resort experience, featuring a Cirque de Soleil performance six nights a week and a packed slate of concerts at the Cotai Arena. The Grand Canal Shoppes is another can’t miss attraction, full of gondolas and gondoliers, rich storefronts and roaming performers, it’s like going from Macau to Venice in 30 seconds or less. Already a Macau landmark, The Venetian Macao (they spell Macau with an ’o’) will turn five on August 28, 2012.Image galleryLOCATION
In the middle of all the action on the Cotai Strip, right between the Galaxy and the City of Dreams. A new Las Vegas Sands property, the Sands Cotai, is going up right across the road as well.CASINO
When dealing with the largest casino in Macau, it’s probably a lot easier to write the games they don’t have as opposed to the ones they do. I think the only ones missing are Pai Gow, Yee Hah HiM, and EZ Baccarat. That’s it. Every other table game, electronic table game, or Live Gaming machine known to Macau is available at the Venetian, along with over 2,000 slots. Minimums on the 300 tables roll between $200 or $300 all the way up to $2,000 in the high limit Ruby Room, while slots start at 0.02 and end at $100. As for the various game machines and Live Baccarat (which also includes Live Roulette and Live Sic Bo), their lows don’t exceed $50.
All of the games are located in one huge square room behind the lobby, no doubt Macau’s largest casino floor. Bar Florian is located right in the middle of all the action under the Great Hall and escalators that take you up to the Grand Canal Shoppes. Much like the lobby, the casino is very elegantly decorated, full of paintings, pillars, art and chandeliers. While the design is certainly top notch, its effect gets kind of dampened by the sheer size of the room and all the tables, lights, signs and slots. With so much to look at, I’m not sure how many people really notice the fish on the pillars or the five different kinds of chandeliers. Still though, you have to be appreciate Las Vegas Sands effort.
Drink service at the Venetian could probably use an upgrade and more staff. Getting a waitress is sometimes difficult, and there isn’t much drink selection. Non smokers are taken care of though, with a large non smoking section by the entrance to Hotel Suites South. Lots of restaurants are accessible via the casino floor, in addition to one lounge that just welcomed Playboy Bunnies into the fold. These lovely ladies pretty much become the casino’s main entertainment by default, since there is no performance stage per se, although ballroom dancing shows do sometimes happen outside Bar Florian.GAMES
The Venetian is not only Macau’s largest casino in terms of tables, but also in table games. Dragon Phoenix is Macau’s newest game, opening in the summer of 2011, and can only be found at the Venetian.
Banking Three Card Baccarat — Although some tables have Three Card Poker written on them, it’s not really Three Card Poker, it’s Banking Three Card Baccarat. You’ll know which tables they are fairly quickly because won’t have Ante or Pairplus pay tables written on them as all Three Card Poker tables do in Macau. The same error is repeated at the Sands and in the Venetian’s free guide book introducing the rules of different games.
To bank players need at least $5000, while minimum bets are $200.
Sands Stud Poker — Normal Caribbean Stud Poker with an important side bet variation. Instead of the side bet only being $25, players can bet $25, $50, $75, $100 or $125 each time. Flush, full house and four of a kind cash bonuses are then paid out in proportion to the side bet wager. Here’s the Sands Stud side bet pay table.
Here is the full pay table.
*Flush: 40 for 1
*Full house: 60 for 1
*Four of a kind: 200 for 1
*Straight flush: 10% of jackpot
*Royal flush: 100% of jackpot
The Wizard says that because the player is not rewarded for betting more on a straight flush or royal flush, he should not be more than $25 on the side bet. He adds that at a $25 bet the jackpot turns positive at a meter of $6,727,631.58.
In an interesting twist, players can bet the side bet on the Dealer’s hand as well, with all of the same rules still applying.
Finally, once every 15 hands or so, a lucky player on the floor will be selected and win 5 free side bet credits ($125), assuming he’s been betting the side bet. And every 80 hands or so, a lucky dealer will be selected, and all the players who have been doing the side bet at that table will receive 5 credits.
I hope you’re betting the Progressive when you do get your Royal Flush otherwise it’s only a 50-1 win at the Venetian. (And a nothing win if the Dealer doesn’t qualify. Wouldn’t that just frost your cookies? You could have won 10 million yet it’s only $300? Window. Open. Ledge. Jump. Repeat if necessary.) However, the Wizard disagrees with me, adding that unless the meter gets over 6.7 million, which it seldom will, it is a sucker bet and recommends you avoid it.
Craps — 3-4-5 odds.
Money Wheel — Game also available in popular machine format.
Slot Machines — Probably well over 2,000 slot machines. Minimums are from 2 cents to $100. As usual in Macau, most machines are under $1.
Texas Hold Em — 10 poker tables, blinds $10/$25, $25/$50 etc up to $200/$400. If all the players at the table agree to bet more, the $200/$400 limit can be exceeded.
Video Poker — I noticed Jacks or Better, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double Double Bonus Poker, Joker Poker and Deuces Wild.
Other games: Baccarat, EZ Baccarat, Three Card Baccarat, Blackjack, Fan tan, roulette, sic bo, Three Card Poker, Dragon Phoenix.MY OWN GAMBLING
Last summer I played quite a bit of baccarat at the Venetian and most of the time did pretty well. I can confidently say I probably won more than I lost the 8 or 9 times I went. As for Craps and Blackjack, however, that’s a whole other story.
Drawing on all my experience then, I can say that away from the craps table not many dealers speak English, which surprised me a little. The Venetian draws a pretty large international crowd, but English service is not a priority. As for their personalities, some of the dealers are big time brick walls, while others are quite engaging. I remember this one 40 year guy who seemed legitimately upset he was pulling over so many Player 8 and 9’s and taking my money every hand. At one point he just shook his head and motioned with his hand as if to tell me, leave the table man, leave the table, which I thought was nice. So generally speaking, you can’t make any generalizations. Some dealers are into it, while others are bored out of their mind.
Baccarat is clearly the big show in Macau, obviously the big Asian game, and I don’t recall ever playing with another foreigner at the table. It was just me and the Chinese, which could get interesting at times. Now even though I understand quite a bit of Chinese and can say a lot too, I never let on that I do when I play. I prefer to lay low and listen to what’s said, especially if it concerns me. Invariably my style of play would get them talking, since I don’t think they’ve ever seen anyone bet the Banker everytime as I do. Yes I am proud to say I’ve never made a Player bet in my life and never will. To me, it’s a no brainer. It’s like having White in chess or last at bats in baseball. Betting the Banker has the clear advantage. Anyway, because of that I heard a lot of stuff like, ’The foreigner doesn’t look at the TV screen’, or ’Boy he plays strange’, or my all time favorite, this one 50 year old guy who asked everyone around him, asked the players, asked the Dealer, ’Does the foreigner know he can bet the Player too?’ I mean he seemed really concerned about it. I thought that was pretty funny.
Sometimes of course my baccarat strategy backfired and I would be on the wrong end of a big run. The first thing I noticed playing Baccarat is that big runs happen a lot more often than in Blackjack. 8 wins in a row, 8 losses, it’s nothing to bat an eye at playing baccarat. The biggest run I ever had was 17 straight Banker wins, which was amazing. By the time that run was over I had made a convert or two and for the rest of the day they bet as I did, on the Banker every time!
It’s the Player runs that hurt the most though, especially when you’re the only one going against everyone else, the only one who’s got anything riding on the Banker at all. I remember this one time the Player had won seven hands in a row, and when something like that happens in Macau, word spreads. Before you know it there are 20 people at the table when there were only six before, and all you see are arms and more arms pushing through the mass to lay their bets. From box number 1 all the way to 9, the Player area just gets stacked and packed with rows of chips. And then of course there’s me, the dumb foreigner, the only going against the grain, dutifully laying the table minimum on the Banker everytime.
One time on such run the losing got kind of personal. I had lost seven hands in a row, so I was frustrated, tired of losing, and only wanted to win. I wanted nothing more than to flip a 9 and collect my chips, and make the whole table lose, because hey, they deserved it. I had taken offense to some of them chanting ’face, face, face’ every time I turned a card. It’s one thing if it’s the dealer who’s flipping the cards, as they have no stake in the outcome, and if you want to chant then, then chant. But when it’s another player, I think that’s kind of rude. It’s like getting into the face of the craps shooter and chanting 7, 7, 7 as they’re shooting when you’re playing the dark side. You can see how that might get a little bit annoying, especially if you roll a 7. To make matters worse, I began to see my Banker bet as more than just a simple bet. I began to see it as something much larger, something idealogical, like it was my understanding of the game versus theirs. I think I play correctly and they don’t, and I wanted to prove it to the whole table. It’s stupid I know, but that’s how I felt.
So you can imagine my frustration losing an 8th time, a 9th, a 10th, and each time having to hear the big cheer that went up after I tossed another pair of faces back to the Dealer. After each loss I felt smaller and smaller, worse and worse, like I was two feet tall. I think after the 11th hand, it all finally and mercifully ended. There was no loud cheer, the crowd dispersed and things went back to normal. And I have to admit that I felt a huge sense of relief. While being on the wrong end of that run was both an uncomfortable and intimidating experience, most of it was brought on by my own competitiveness, hatred of losing, and need to prove something. It’s not like the other people did that much wrong, they were just happy they were winning.
The last thing I’d like mention about my baccarat experience is that it taught me an important truth about the casino. I never really knew how much of an advantage it is for them to offer mindless games. Prior to this year, the only game I ever played was blackjack. And even though I just play basic strategy, after about 3 to 4 hours I start to get tired. I begin to have to think for a second, do I hit this 14 against a 6 or just stand? And when it reaches that point, I figure it’s time to go home. But baccarat, on the other hand, man, I can play baccarat all day (and I have.) 12 hours, 14 hours, 16 hours, bring it on. Most casino games fall into baccarat’s category too, since they also don’t require any thinking at all on the part of the player. And when that happens they don’t get tired and they can bet all day and all night to the casino’s benefit. Pretty smart people, these casino operators.PROMOTIONS
Promotions are pretty standard across all three Las Vegas Sands properties, the Sands, Venetian and Plaza. The identical player card is good in all 3 casinos, while member benefits are the same as well. Gamers start off with the free Gold Card, before moving up to Ruby after amassing 888 points and then finish off at the Diamond Card, which requires 8,888 points.
Las Vegas Sands keeps a tight lid on the rate of point accumulation for tables or slots, always saying it’s calculated by computer, but I can tell you from personal experience that an hour spent at $100 tables nets about 1 point, and then it increases proportionately. An hour spent at $300 tables nets 3 points, $500 tables five points etc.
Member benefits are a little disappointing with the introductory Gold card basically only good for 10% discounts at Las Vegas Sands restaurants and bars. At the Ruby card level, it doesn’t get much better, with members only seeing priority service check in and a bump up to 20% off at Las Vegas Sands F&B. All the best perks like complimentary hotel night, limousine service, free entertainment tickets and access to exclusive dining in VIP lounges are all contingent on the amount of rated play. Only at Diamond club do the perks become significant. Room upgrades, birthday gifts, and lounge access are all freely given to those members in addition to a 25% discount at Las Vegas Sands bars and restaurants.
When redeeming points, the Las Vegas Sands prize book is a top notch assortment of premium electronics, alcohol, jewellery and lifestyle accessories.
Technology
*Panasonic DMC-GF2C Digital Camera — 6,179 points
*IPad 2 with WiFi (32 gb) — 5,988 points
*Nokia X7-00 Mobile Phone — 3,835 points
*Samsung Q10 High Definition Camcorder — 2,879 points
Lifestyle
*Rimowa Topas Suitcase — 7,107 points
*BMW Men’s Motorsport Jacket — 1,359 points
*Siglo Retro Brown Lighter — 709 points
*Dunhill Tubed Corona — 499 points
Luxury Products
*Seacraft Watch — 29,500 points
*Mayback Character II Sunglasses — 22,880 points
*Lacquared Gold Lighter — 15,000 points
*Crocodile Wallet — 2,350 points
Food and Beverage
*Louis XIII Cognac — 18,829 points
*Hennessy Paradis — 16,809 points
*Chivas Regal 25 years — 2,459 points
*Johnnie Walker Black Label — 289 points
Points can also be redeemed straight up for non-negotiable chips or match play vouchers with 1 point equalling 1 Hong Kong dollar.
VIP program
The Venetian dead chip program is the same as at the Sands and the Plaza.Venetian Dead Chip ProgramBuy inCash backComp allowance$2000000.70%0.10%$5000000.70%0.15%$10000000.75%0.15%$30000000.80%0.15%$50000000.90%0.10%$80000001.00%0.10%
Members play in the premium Paiza Club which houses all of the Venetian’s VIP clubs. I checked out four of the private junkets, which return the following rates:
*Profit Luck — 1.05% cash back
*Sun City VIP — 1.05% cash back + 0.05% comp allowance
*Royal Fortune — 1.1% cash back
*Bo Yin VIP — 1.2% cash back
Current Promotions
Las Vegas Sands promotions lag a little behind what’s found at Galaxy, Melco Crown and MGM properties.
Cash Pyramid Game Show — For two months, a daily draw is held where the winner may choose to quit immediately and pocket $8000, or proceed to play the game. The game has 5 levels in total and if the contestent can pass through all of them, they’ll win $168,000. 1 draw ticket is available for every 3 points earned.
Treasure Hunt — Every hour random slot players will be chosen to receive $1000 slot bonuses.
24 Hour Points Promotion — Within 24 hours gamers who have accumulated enough points may redeem the following prizes:
*$50 dining coupon — 8 points
*Gold plated pack of playing cards — 18 points
*$150 dining coupon — 28 points
*$200 promotional chips — 38 points
*$300 HKD reward dollars — 68 points
*$600 HKD promotional chips — 98 points
Ferry offer — Members who bought a $128 HK-Macau ferry ticket can redeem a free Macau-HK ferry ticket if they accumulate 6 points within a 24 hour period.
For Ruby and Diamond members, they score a free ticket anytime after accumulating 28 points.HOTEL
I was expecting a much larger lobby, but don’t color me disappointed. I haven’t seen anything like the Colonnade since I actually was in Italy. With all the time and detail that must have went into painting the roof and finishing all the sculpture and trim, the Venetian lobby looks like it belongs to another century.
By far Macau’s largest hotel, the Venetian offers 3000 suites, at rates much lower than I expected. For $1757 midweek, that’s about what you pay for rooms on Macau island at much inferior hotels like Grand Emperor or Starworld.
These low rates get even lower if you book in advance. Reservations made 30 days prior results in 20% off, while 14 days before saves 10%. A number of different packages are listed online all year long too, so be sure to check those out before you book, especially if you’re a fan of shopping or spas.
With adult endeavours pretty much limited to gaming and drinking in the two bars, the Venetian is probably Macau’s most family friendly resort. Pamphlets around the property always remind parents to watch their kids and there’s also a child care service available if they need to get away for a few hours.
Suite prices are listed in HKD, not including 15% for tax and se
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*Macau Casino Roulette Minimum Bets
*Macau Casino Roulette Minimum BettingINTRODUCTION
At an online roulette casino, the minimum/maximum bets might be a combination of both low and high table limits. Some limits may be specific to each type of bet. The example below uses a minimum of C$1 for both inside and outside bets. Please don’t take the figures above as standard for all casinos. The casino was relatively crowded compared to the casinos we saw on the strip, and like everywhere on Macau the main game is Baccarat, a 50-50 game which requires no skill. We played a $200 minimum blackjack table. Minimum and Maximum bet for Tai Sai (Sic bo) at Nagasaki Casino. Tai Sai is another popular casino game equipped in a lot of casinos in Macau following, blackjack, roulette, poker and baccarat, and it can also be enjoyed at paradise serie group and seven luck series group in Korea, Resort World Sentosa in Singapore, Resort World Manila and Solaire Resort in Philippines, Crown Melbourne in. For customers accessing the services from Great Britain (“GB”) MT Roulette Minimum Bet Macau SecureTrade Limited is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission and holds a Remote Casino Operating License number Roulette Minimum Bet Macau 39575. The maximum limit for outside bets may vary between $1000.00 and $10,000.00, while depending on the casino and the table minimum. This limit is valid for every single outside bet. Or, a player may place the maximum bet on a particular color, while also placing another maximum bet on the 3rd Dozen.
Without a doubt, Macau’s most successful hotel/casino is the massive Las Vegas Sands flagship Venetian Macao resort. According to Wikipedia, it’s the largest single structure hotel building in Asia, the sixth-largest building in the world by area and the largest casino in the world. Basically identical to the original one in Vegas, the Venetian was the first hotel in Macau to really focus on the entertainment side of the resort experience, featuring a Cirque de Soleil performance six nights a week and a packed slate of concerts at the Cotai Arena. The Grand Canal Shoppes is another can’t miss attraction, full of gondolas and gondoliers, rich storefronts and roaming performers, it’s like going from Macau to Venice in 30 seconds or less. Already a Macau landmark, The Venetian Macao (they spell Macau with an ’o’) will turn five on August 28, 2012.Image galleryLOCATION
In the middle of all the action on the Cotai Strip, right between the Galaxy and the City of Dreams. A new Las Vegas Sands property, the Sands Cotai, is going up right across the road as well.CASINO
When dealing with the largest casino in Macau, it’s probably a lot easier to write the games they don’t have as opposed to the ones they do. I think the only ones missing are Pai Gow, Yee Hah HiM, and EZ Baccarat. That’s it. Every other table game, electronic table game, or Live Gaming machine known to Macau is available at the Venetian, along with over 2,000 slots. Minimums on the 300 tables roll between $200 or $300 all the way up to $2,000 in the high limit Ruby Room, while slots start at 0.02 and end at $100. As for the various game machines and Live Baccarat (which also includes Live Roulette and Live Sic Bo), their lows don’t exceed $50.
All of the games are located in one huge square room behind the lobby, no doubt Macau’s largest casino floor. Bar Florian is located right in the middle of all the action under the Great Hall and escalators that take you up to the Grand Canal Shoppes. Much like the lobby, the casino is very elegantly decorated, full of paintings, pillars, art and chandeliers. While the design is certainly top notch, its effect gets kind of dampened by the sheer size of the room and all the tables, lights, signs and slots. With so much to look at, I’m not sure how many people really notice the fish on the pillars or the five different kinds of chandeliers. Still though, you have to be appreciate Las Vegas Sands effort.
Drink service at the Venetian could probably use an upgrade and more staff. Getting a waitress is sometimes difficult, and there isn’t much drink selection. Non smokers are taken care of though, with a large non smoking section by the entrance to Hotel Suites South. Lots of restaurants are accessible via the casino floor, in addition to one lounge that just welcomed Playboy Bunnies into the fold. These lovely ladies pretty much become the casino’s main entertainment by default, since there is no performance stage per se, although ballroom dancing shows do sometimes happen outside Bar Florian.GAMES
The Venetian is not only Macau’s largest casino in terms of tables, but also in table games. Dragon Phoenix is Macau’s newest game, opening in the summer of 2011, and can only be found at the Venetian.
Banking Three Card Baccarat — Although some tables have Three Card Poker written on them, it’s not really Three Card Poker, it’s Banking Three Card Baccarat. You’ll know which tables they are fairly quickly because won’t have Ante or Pairplus pay tables written on them as all Three Card Poker tables do in Macau. The same error is repeated at the Sands and in the Venetian’s free guide book introducing the rules of different games.
To bank players need at least $5000, while minimum bets are $200.
Sands Stud Poker — Normal Caribbean Stud Poker with an important side bet variation. Instead of the side bet only being $25, players can bet $25, $50, $75, $100 or $125 each time. Flush, full house and four of a kind cash bonuses are then paid out in proportion to the side bet wager. Here’s the Sands Stud side bet pay table.
Here is the full pay table.
*Flush: 40 for 1
*Full house: 60 for 1
*Four of a kind: 200 for 1
*Straight flush: 10% of jackpot
*Royal flush: 100% of jackpot
The Wizard says that because the player is not rewarded for betting more on a straight flush or royal flush, he should not be more than $25 on the side bet. He adds that at a $25 bet the jackpot turns positive at a meter of $6,727,631.58.
In an interesting twist, players can bet the side bet on the Dealer’s hand as well, with all of the same rules still applying.
Finally, once every 15 hands or so, a lucky player on the floor will be selected and win 5 free side bet credits ($125), assuming he’s been betting the side bet. And every 80 hands or so, a lucky dealer will be selected, and all the players who have been doing the side bet at that table will receive 5 credits.
I hope you’re betting the Progressive when you do get your Royal Flush otherwise it’s only a 50-1 win at the Venetian. (And a nothing win if the Dealer doesn’t qualify. Wouldn’t that just frost your cookies? You could have won 10 million yet it’s only $300? Window. Open. Ledge. Jump. Repeat if necessary.) However, the Wizard disagrees with me, adding that unless the meter gets over 6.7 million, which it seldom will, it is a sucker bet and recommends you avoid it.
Craps — 3-4-5 odds.
Money Wheel — Game also available in popular machine format.
Slot Machines — Probably well over 2,000 slot machines. Minimums are from 2 cents to $100. As usual in Macau, most machines are under $1.
Texas Hold Em — 10 poker tables, blinds $10/$25, $25/$50 etc up to $200/$400. If all the players at the table agree to bet more, the $200/$400 limit can be exceeded.
Video Poker — I noticed Jacks or Better, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double Double Bonus Poker, Joker Poker and Deuces Wild.
Other games: Baccarat, EZ Baccarat, Three Card Baccarat, Blackjack, Fan tan, roulette, sic bo, Three Card Poker, Dragon Phoenix.MY OWN GAMBLING
Last summer I played quite a bit of baccarat at the Venetian and most of the time did pretty well. I can confidently say I probably won more than I lost the 8 or 9 times I went. As for Craps and Blackjack, however, that’s a whole other story.
Drawing on all my experience then, I can say that away from the craps table not many dealers speak English, which surprised me a little. The Venetian draws a pretty large international crowd, but English service is not a priority. As for their personalities, some of the dealers are big time brick walls, while others are quite engaging. I remember this one 40 year guy who seemed legitimately upset he was pulling over so many Player 8 and 9’s and taking my money every hand. At one point he just shook his head and motioned with his hand as if to tell me, leave the table man, leave the table, which I thought was nice. So generally speaking, you can’t make any generalizations. Some dealers are into it, while others are bored out of their mind.
Baccarat is clearly the big show in Macau, obviously the big Asian game, and I don’t recall ever playing with another foreigner at the table. It was just me and the Chinese, which could get interesting at times. Now even though I understand quite a bit of Chinese and can say a lot too, I never let on that I do when I play. I prefer to lay low and listen to what’s said, especially if it concerns me. Invariably my style of play would get them talking, since I don’t think they’ve ever seen anyone bet the Banker everytime as I do. Yes I am proud to say I’ve never made a Player bet in my life and never will. To me, it’s a no brainer. It’s like having White in chess or last at bats in baseball. Betting the Banker has the clear advantage. Anyway, because of that I heard a lot of stuff like, ’The foreigner doesn’t look at the TV screen’, or ’Boy he plays strange’, or my all time favorite, this one 50 year old guy who asked everyone around him, asked the players, asked the Dealer, ’Does the foreigner know he can bet the Player too?’ I mean he seemed really concerned about it. I thought that was pretty funny.
Sometimes of course my baccarat strategy backfired and I would be on the wrong end of a big run. The first thing I noticed playing Baccarat is that big runs happen a lot more often than in Blackjack. 8 wins in a row, 8 losses, it’s nothing to bat an eye at playing baccarat. The biggest run I ever had was 17 straight Banker wins, which was amazing. By the time that run was over I had made a convert or two and for the rest of the day they bet as I did, on the Banker every time!
It’s the Player runs that hurt the most though, especially when you’re the only one going against everyone else, the only one who’s got anything riding on the Banker at all. I remember this one time the Player had won seven hands in a row, and when something like that happens in Macau, word spreads. Before you know it there are 20 people at the table when there were only six before, and all you see are arms and more arms pushing through the mass to lay their bets. From box number 1 all the way to 9, the Player area just gets stacked and packed with rows of chips. And then of course there’s me, the dumb foreigner, the only going against the grain, dutifully laying the table minimum on the Banker everytime.
One time on such run the losing got kind of personal. I had lost seven hands in a row, so I was frustrated, tired of losing, and only wanted to win. I wanted nothing more than to flip a 9 and collect my chips, and make the whole table lose, because hey, they deserved it. I had taken offense to some of them chanting ’face, face, face’ every time I turned a card. It’s one thing if it’s the dealer who’s flipping the cards, as they have no stake in the outcome, and if you want to chant then, then chant. But when it’s another player, I think that’s kind of rude. It’s like getting into the face of the craps shooter and chanting 7, 7, 7 as they’re shooting when you’re playing the dark side. You can see how that might get a little bit annoying, especially if you roll a 7. To make matters worse, I began to see my Banker bet as more than just a simple bet. I began to see it as something much larger, something idealogical, like it was my understanding of the game versus theirs. I think I play correctly and they don’t, and I wanted to prove it to the whole table. It’s stupid I know, but that’s how I felt.
So you can imagine my frustration losing an 8th time, a 9th, a 10th, and each time having to hear the big cheer that went up after I tossed another pair of faces back to the Dealer. After each loss I felt smaller and smaller, worse and worse, like I was two feet tall. I think after the 11th hand, it all finally and mercifully ended. There was no loud cheer, the crowd dispersed and things went back to normal. And I have to admit that I felt a huge sense of relief. While being on the wrong end of that run was both an uncomfortable and intimidating experience, most of it was brought on by my own competitiveness, hatred of losing, and need to prove something. It’s not like the other people did that much wrong, they were just happy they were winning.
The last thing I’d like mention about my baccarat experience is that it taught me an important truth about the casino. I never really knew how much of an advantage it is for them to offer mindless games. Prior to this year, the only game I ever played was blackjack. And even though I just play basic strategy, after about 3 to 4 hours I start to get tired. I begin to have to think for a second, do I hit this 14 against a 6 or just stand? And when it reaches that point, I figure it’s time to go home. But baccarat, on the other hand, man, I can play baccarat all day (and I have.) 12 hours, 14 hours, 16 hours, bring it on. Most casino games fall into baccarat’s category too, since they also don’t require any thinking at all on the part of the player. And when that happens they don’t get tired and they can bet all day and all night to the casino’s benefit. Pretty smart people, these casino operators.PROMOTIONS
Promotions are pretty standard across all three Las Vegas Sands properties, the Sands, Venetian and Plaza. The identical player card is good in all 3 casinos, while member benefits are the same as well. Gamers start off with the free Gold Card, before moving up to Ruby after amassing 888 points and then finish off at the Diamond Card, which requires 8,888 points.
Las Vegas Sands keeps a tight lid on the rate of point accumulation for tables or slots, always saying it’s calculated by computer, but I can tell you from personal experience that an hour spent at $100 tables nets about 1 point, and then it increases proportionately. An hour spent at $300 tables nets 3 points, $500 tables five points etc.
Member benefits are a little disappointing with the introductory Gold card basically only good for 10% discounts at Las Vegas Sands restaurants and bars. At the Ruby card level, it doesn’t get much better, with members only seeing priority service check in and a bump up to 20% off at Las Vegas Sands F&B. All the best perks like complimentary hotel night, limousine service, free entertainment tickets and access to exclusive dining in VIP lounges are all contingent on the amount of rated play. Only at Diamond club do the perks become significant. Room upgrades, birthday gifts, and lounge access are all freely given to those members in addition to a 25% discount at Las Vegas Sands bars and restaurants.
When redeeming points, the Las Vegas Sands prize book is a top notch assortment of premium electronics, alcohol, jewellery and lifestyle accessories.
Technology
*Panasonic DMC-GF2C Digital Camera — 6,179 points
*IPad 2 with WiFi (32 gb) — 5,988 points
*Nokia X7-00 Mobile Phone — 3,835 points
*Samsung Q10 High Definition Camcorder — 2,879 points
Lifestyle
*Rimowa Topas Suitcase — 7,107 points
*BMW Men’s Motorsport Jacket — 1,359 points
*Siglo Retro Brown Lighter — 709 points
*Dunhill Tubed Corona — 499 points
Luxury Products
*Seacraft Watch — 29,500 points
*Mayback Character II Sunglasses — 22,880 points
*Lacquared Gold Lighter — 15,000 points
*Crocodile Wallet — 2,350 points
Food and Beverage
*Louis XIII Cognac — 18,829 points
*Hennessy Paradis — 16,809 points
*Chivas Regal 25 years — 2,459 points
*Johnnie Walker Black Label — 289 points
Points can also be redeemed straight up for non-negotiable chips or match play vouchers with 1 point equalling 1 Hong Kong dollar.
VIP program
The Venetian dead chip program is the same as at the Sands and the Plaza.Venetian Dead Chip ProgramBuy inCash backComp allowance$2000000.70%0.10%$5000000.70%0.15%$10000000.75%0.15%$30000000.80%0.15%$50000000.90%0.10%$80000001.00%0.10%
Members play in the premium Paiza Club which houses all of the Venetian’s VIP clubs. I checked out four of the private junkets, which return the following rates:
*Profit Luck — 1.05% cash back
*Sun City VIP — 1.05% cash back + 0.05% comp allowance
*Royal Fortune — 1.1% cash back
*Bo Yin VIP — 1.2% cash back
Current Promotions
Las Vegas Sands promotions lag a little behind what’s found at Galaxy, Melco Crown and MGM properties.
Cash Pyramid Game Show — For two months, a daily draw is held where the winner may choose to quit immediately and pocket $8000, or proceed to play the game. The game has 5 levels in total and if the contestent can pass through all of them, they’ll win $168,000. 1 draw ticket is available for every 3 points earned.
Treasure Hunt — Every hour random slot players will be chosen to receive $1000 slot bonuses.
24 Hour Points Promotion — Within 24 hours gamers who have accumulated enough points may redeem the following prizes:
*$50 dining coupon — 8 points
*Gold plated pack of playing cards — 18 points
*$150 dining coupon — 28 points
*$200 promotional chips — 38 points
*$300 HKD reward dollars — 68 points
*$600 HKD promotional chips — 98 points
Ferry offer — Members who bought a $128 HK-Macau ferry ticket can redeem a free Macau-HK ferry ticket if they accumulate 6 points within a 24 hour period.
For Ruby and Diamond members, they score a free ticket anytime after accumulating 28 points.HOTEL
I was expecting a much larger lobby, but don’t color me disappointed. I haven’t seen anything like the Colonnade since I actually was in Italy. With all the time and detail that must have went into painting the roof and finishing all the sculpture and trim, the Venetian lobby looks like it belongs to another century.
By far Macau’s largest hotel, the Venetian offers 3000 suites, at rates much lower than I expected. For $1757 midweek, that’s about what you pay for rooms on Macau island at much inferior hotels like Grand Emperor or Starworld.
These low rates get even lower if you book in advance. Reservations made 30 days prior results in 20% off, while 14 days before saves 10%. A number of different packages are listed online all year long too, so be sure to check those out before you book, especially if you’re a fan of shopping or spas.
With adult endeavours pretty much limited to gaming and drinking in the two bars, the Venetian is probably Macau’s most family friendly resort. Pamphlets around the property always remind parents to watch their kids and there’s also a child care service available if they need to get away for a few hours.
Suite prices are listed in HKD, not including 15% for tax and se
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