Casino Prop Game

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05-24-2012, 05:48 PM
SpewArtist

Casino Prop Game

So, the other day my friend and I were at a Kansas City casino. We were there to play poker, but the list was long and we found ourselves with a couple hours to kill. Not wanting to fire off money at slots or any other -EV casino game, we came up with a cool prop game to play while we waited.

The 1 Cent Voucher Game
- Number of Players: 2
- Game Materials: .01 cent voucher, Stop watch/Timer

- Now here's the game: The idea is that you're going to drop the .01 cent voucher face down on the ground somewhere on the casino floor, and bet on how long it takes someone to pick it up. The line on how long it will take is set by Chinese auction. The person closest to the actual time wins.

- First, throw a dollar into a penny slot and spin it down till you have .01 left, then cash it out.
- Next, decide on a wager amount and Chinese auction on how long it will take for someone to pick the voucher up.
- Then, pick a spot and nonchalantly drop the .01 cent voucher, ensuring that it lands face-down. Then walk away.
- The person not dropping the voucher starts the stop watch/timer the second the voucher hits the ground.
- Finally, wait and watch the degens scramble to pick it up.

- The only rule is that if a casino employee picks up the voucher, the bet becomes void.

(Hint): Start the bidding at 1 second, you would be surprised at how incredibly fast it gets picked up. We played this game 4 times, and I think the average time was around 12-15 seconds. One of the times, an incredibly old guy with a walker hustled over and snatched it within 5 seconds.

So next time your in a casino and don't want to -EV gamble, try this game out.
It's super fun and really sick to see how fast people will clamor over to snatch the voucher.
05-24-2012, 06:32 PM
jsearles22

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Originally Posted by SpewArtist

So, the other day my friend and I were at a Kansas City casino. We were there to play poker, but the list was long and we found ourselves with a couple hours to kill. Not wanting to fire off money at slots or any other -EV casino game, we came up with a cool prop game to play while we waited.

The 1 Cent Voucher Game
- Number of Players: 2
- Game Materials: .01 cent voucher, Stop watch/Timer

- Now here's the game: The idea is that you're going to drop the .01 cent voucher face down on the ground somewhere on the casino floor, and bet on how long it takes someone to pick it up. The line on how long it will take is set by Chinese auction. The person closest to the actual time wins.

- First, throw a dollar into a penny slot and spin it down till you have .01 left, then cash it out.
- Next, decide on a wager amount and Chinese auction on how long it will take for someone to pick the voucher up.
- Then, pick a spot and nonchalantly drop the .01 cent voucher, ensuring that it lands face-down. Then walk away.
- The person not dropping the voucher starts the stop watch/timer the second the voucher hits the ground.
- Finally, wait and watch the degens scramble to pick it up.

- The only rule is that if a casino employee picks up the voucher, the bet becomes void.

(Hint): Start the bidding at 1 second, you would be surprised at how incredibly fast it gets picked up. We played this game 4 times, and I think the average time was around 12-15 seconds. One of the times, an incredibly old guy with a walker hustled over and snatched it within 5 seconds.

So next time your in a casino and don't want to -EV gamble, try this game out.
It's super fun and really sick to see how fast people will clamor over to snatch the voucher.

Long list in KC? You must have been trying out Hollywood? While that place is nice, Harrahs is much better overall IMO. Are you a reg? Maybe we actually know each other.
05-24-2012, 07:04 PM
SpewArtist

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Originally Posted by jsearles22

Long list in KC? You must have been trying out Hollywood? While that place is nice, Harrahs is much better overall IMO. Are you a reg? Maybe we actually know each other.

Naw, I actually live in Wichita, was just down at Hollywood for the weekend.
05-26-2012, 06:28 PM
Dan Druff

Funny game, but one question:

What if someone picks up the voucher, sees it's 1 cent, and drops it again? Does that count?

I ask this because I have actually picked up vouchers from the floor (or next to machines), only to find they were for something like 1 cent, and obviously dropped them again. Perhaps the people picking them up can't see the 1 cent value (especially old people), and are assuming it's for something more?
05-26-2012, 07:42 PM
SpewArtist

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Originally Posted by Dan Druff

Funny game, but one question:

What if someone picks up the voucher, sees it's 1 cent, and drops it again? Does that count?

I ask this because I have actually picked up vouchers from the floor (or next to machines), only to find they were for something like 1 cent, and obviously dropped them again. Perhaps the people picking them up can't see the 1 cent value (especially old people), and are assuming it's for something more?

The game ends when the voucher is picked up. But yea, that's the whole idea to placing it face down. People see it, and while the chances are 99.9 percent that the voucher is worth something completely meaningless (like .01 cents), they still have that glimmer of hope in the back of their mind that it could be worth significant money, and thus still scramble to grab it.
05-26-2012, 07:57 PM
jsearles22

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Originally Posted by SpewArtist

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Originally Posted by jsearles22

Long list in KC? You must have been trying out Hollywood? While that place is nice, Harrahs is much better overall IMO. Are you a reg? Maybe we actually know each other.

Naw, I actually live in Wichita, was just down at Hollywood for the weekend.

I played at Hollywood last night and did pretty well. That doesnt really matter, what I wanted to tell you was that I was suprirsed there was no list the entire night for either $1/$3 or $2/$5. I actually had a table break up as we got down to 5 handed and there were 5 other seats open at other random tables.