Short background:
Sometime in 2019, VitalVegas (Scott Roeben) took offense to something I said to him on Twitter (I forget what) and he blocked me. However, when the Sahara sued him for spreading rumors that they were closing soon, I took his side, despite still being blocked by him on Twitter. From everything I could see, Scott appeared to be in the right. It seemed that Sahara was close to liquidating and had already gone through some motions to research doing so, but then found a way to remain open. They got really pissed at Scott (who has a pretty good reach among Vegas visitors) for continuing to push with this rumor after they denied it, and they sued him.
He hired Marc Randazza (the same attorney representing Veronica Brill in the Postle matter), and beat Sahara by using an anti-SLAPP defense. After various failed appeals, Sahara had to cough up $94k (!!) to Scott for his attorney's fees. So it looks like Randazza was the big winner in all of this.
Anyway, Scott has a girlfriend named Melissa, who is also active on social media. She was ranting about the Sahara and all of the appeals, but said she couldn't reveal the whole story yet. I decided to research it more at that point, and responded, "I'll be the one to reveal it, then", and posted all of the details. I also did a few segments on my radio show about it.
Melissa and I then had a private conversation where she praised my analysis, and thanked me for it. I told her that Scott still had me blocked, and she went to him and convinced him I was a good guy, and to unblock me. From this point forward, I got along with him, even though I didn't always agree with everything he posted.
Since then, I have come around about him, and have appreciated that he brings a lot of correct Vegas-related rumors well in advance of other outlets. Even though he's sometimes wrong, he actually has a pretty good batting average with this, despite the fact that he's usually operating on thirdhand info.
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Most recently, he has been posting a lot about tipping, and making a lot of negative comments about people he feels aren't tipping enough. In one instance, he gave a hard time to a woman (without naming or picturing her) who gave a $200 tip on a $120k jackpot. He and I had a (friendly) disagreement about it, and then I covered the matter on my show, which apparently he listens to sometimes.
He and Melissa both contacted me after, and I was invited to appear on her podcast to debate with Scott about tip shaming, especially when it comes to casino jackpot handpays.
We recorded it last night, and it was released today. It's about an hour. It will be replayed on PFA Radio this week (Melissa already gave permission), but you can listen to it now if you want.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...s/id1496082232