Quote Originally Posted by davemsh:
The guy betting $250K is a probably a known casino whale who plays a lot on the tables. They know who is. They won't take $250K from any Job Schmo..The other sharp player probably has beaten the casino books and is not a profitable player.
Reply, Part 2 of 2 - In another video put out by PBS, (also available on youtube entitled "Bookies bank on sports fans who bet with their hearts,") gambler Tony Salinas says "I bet 10 or 20 thousand on it, yes." Yet the buzzfeed article featuring Bill Krackomberger entitled "Think You Could Be A Professional Gambler, Here's What It's Actually Like" describes him on Super Bowl Sunday as follows....
"He counts out seven Benjamins, returns the stack to his pocket and takes his place in line. A few minutes later, he gets to the window and presents the card to the ticket writer, who barely misses a beat before yelling, "Approval!" A supervisor emerges a split second later, gives the card a quick once-over — and hands it back to the ticket writer without uttering a word. The card is scanned, money is exchanged, and a betting ticket pops out.
"With the amount of volume on the Super Bowl, that play gets through," Krack speculates over long strides through the casino in the direction of the parking lot. "On a regular-season game, it probably wouldn't. I was thrown out for 100 bucks last month!"
Krack says he never lays down huge money at one of the prominent properties. "I just bet 700 bucks. But in reality I'm betting eight, 10,000, you know what I mean? Three hundred here, 500 there, 300 there. It's work! A lot of labor.
"Half the fun is winning, half is beating the number," he says. "You know what I love? Beads of sweat running down bookmakers' faces."
So Tony Salinas and the Billy Walters "beards" can bet all they want, but poor Krack has to get 'approval' to bet $700, and then only if it's the Super Bowl, while he burns time and gas driving all over town to get his $1000 in? This makes no sense whatsoever.
So now you have real names of real people being treated differently, documented, (unless you think everyone is lying).