Las Vegas Gaming Commission removes sportsbook cell phone ban

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I don&#x27;t have the specific link, but it&#x27;s in the news section of LasVegasAdvisor.com.This is definitely a convenience. When certain games aren&#x27;t being shown on TV, I&#x27;d have to step outside the sportsbook to check scores on my cell phone.Unfortunately, I can see dickwads calling their buds back home in the boondocks and obnoxiously talking at a 100-decibel level ("Hey, fuckface Oklahoma rulzzzzzz. Woooooooo!)

lemonsky · Answer

I don&#x27;t have the specific link, but it&#x27;s in the news section of LasVegasAdvisor.com.This is definitely a convenience. When certain games aren&#x27;t being shown on TV, I&#x27;d have to step outside the sportsbook to check scores on my cell phone.Unfortunately, I can see dickwads calling their buds back home in the boondocks and obnoxiously talking at a 100-decibel level ("Hey, fuckface Oklahoma rulzzzzzz. Woooooooo!)

lemonsky · Answer

Sorry, that&#x27;s Nevada Gaming Commission, so you folks in Reno are okay to use cell phones, too.

NJDevils · Answer

surprising no?&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;you could shop for lines now if you have a buddy somehwere else.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;pretty surprising move

CrusCrnshw · Answer

i am surprised they are going to allow this.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;line shopping is the reason for sure.

skunk2hi · Answer

Yeah its weird being able to use your cell phone in a sportsbook now

MWC · Answer

First, let me tell you I hate cell phones.  I didn&#x27;t get one til I was over 30 years old.  BUT, getting hassled when checking to see what time it was in the sportsbooks got old - fast.  It was a ridiculous rule for the past 10 years anyway.  One could still be outside their invisible line and still see the tote board while talking on the phone, so it made no sense whatsoever.  I&#x27;m glad the rule has changed.

golfinfool · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by MWC]  First, let me tell you I hate cell phones.  I didn&#x27;t get one til I was over 30 years old.  BUT, getting hassled when checking to see what time it was in the sportsbooks got old - fast.  It was a ridiculous rule for the past 10 years anyway.  One could still be outside their invisible line and still see the tote board while talking on the phone, so it made no sense whatsoever.  I&#x27;m glad the rule has changed.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   [/Quote]

FrontRowCenter · Answer

This was way overdue!!!   The rule was so outdated!!!!!!

Weathered · Answer

I used to love that rule...&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Whenever the wife would call the cell I would just tell her I was in a sportsbook and I could not call her back &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;But yeah....it was a silly rule...my buddies and I would always use our phones to scout out lines when in town.....it never stopped anyone from shopping around

Weathered · Answer

and it was a joke anyway....when I was in town for the WSOP I just sat in one of the betting booths at the Rio and I would text my buddies who were shopping at other books....&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Nobody at the front of the book could see that I was texting and I was sitting 10 feet in front of them.....maybe this is one of the reasons they gave up on this rule?

gunners28 · Answer

so who do i call to get some winners?

MoneylineBABC · Answer

I don&#x27;t care to be bothered in the book anyways....but that rule was still BS.

nc1capper · Answer

lemonsky,,lol,,you hit it on the head man --some schmo hollerin as loud as he can so everybody knows he thinks he is somebody --you know the guy im talking about,,

Jerry Garcia1 · Answer

Definitely an outdated rule...glad it&#x27;s done and over with.  I mean, who wouldn&#x27;t just walk 2 steps outside the book and have their conversation anyway regardless of what it&#x27;s in reference to?

Las Vegas Gaming Commission removes sportsbook cell phone ban

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