Venetian, Macau

[lojo]

Thanks for the report Spearmaster,

the lack of cutting edge recognizable slots pretty much seals the deal - I won't be going any time soon. I can do RT and 4 nights from my NW city for under 1500, (Beijing or HK) but until Macau comes more of age or I can afford much better accomodations, that money will be spent on Vegas.


Looking forward to more trip reports and more detailed gambling experiences.

Thanks again.

[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by lojo

the lack of cutting edge recognizable slots pretty much seals the deal - I won't be going any time soon.

Just for clarification - the slots will be mostly unrecognizable to Americans. They will, however, be very familiar to Australians and people in Asia who play slots or pokies.

By a similar token, however, most Australians and Asians who go to Vegas won't recognize the slots there either.

Take for example, Texas Tea - great game, recognized by Americans - but it's been launched on Wagerworks software, which is unavailable to Americans. Is it any wonder, then, that Wagerworks hasn't caught on quite yet? Wagerworks also has a few other brands which might be somewhat recognizable to UK punters - but Texas Tea will not be one of them.

[lojo]

Sorry I ran two things together there. I may be intrigued by the exotic slots... more detailed trip reports would be fun

Thanks again.

[Simmo!]

Originally Posted by lojo

Me too!!! When are you going Simmo?

Only 5 days to go

[Christoff]

Originally Posted by Simmo!

Only 5 days to go

Yeah, 6 days for me! WOO HOO

[Casinomeister]

Soooo....


What's the scoop? Enquiring minds want to know

[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by Casinomeister

Soooo....


What's the scoop? Enquiring minds want to know

The scoop is, things change almost on a daily basis. There are new slots such as Terminator, for example. Some of the VP machines were upgraded from single-play to triple, five and ten play overnight yesterday.

Simmo hit a royal for about 4.2K yesterday - it was a progressive type worth 150% what a normal royal would've paid.

I lost my ass.

What else is new?

[chuchu59]

Told you not to indulge in games of chance. Humph. Simmo was lucky eh?

Just played an MG tourney (Thunderstruck). Got the feature and it retriggered twice but time was up with 35 spins remaining. I was thinking of buying-in but it was only about 1.5 minutes till the end of tourney as I started late so I gave up and finished 43rd I think.

Spear, I am not sure abou8t the night cruise you mentioned. Are those the cruise ships ie Asia Star, Omar III, Star Pisces and Star Aquarius. I used to go there often and if you like them maybe we can arrange a visit when you, Simmo and Bryan come again. As we now have a new mod the 3 of you can come at the same time but dont indulge in the slots again and miss your meals.

[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by chuchu59

Told you not to indulge in games of chance. Humph. Simmo was lucky eh?

Yeah. He was lucky I insisted on playing VP then

Spear, I am not sure abou8t the night cruise you mentioned. Are those the cruise ships ie Asia Star, Omar III, Star Pisces and Star Aquarius. I used to go there often and if you like them maybe we can arrange a visit when you, Simmo and Bryan come again. As we now have a new mod the 3 of you can come at the same time but dont indulge in the slots again and miss your meals.

Actually, we were just going to do one of the WaterTours cruises with the Harbour Light Show. In the end Simmo decided that, rather than trying to squeeze everything in one day, it would be better if he planned for a couple of days in HK next time around - so we never went.

I am passing through again next week though.

[Simmo!]

Lucky? Moi?

Anyway - I'll upload some pics later and do a rundown. Overall quite an amazing hotel. Someone told me the 2nd biggest building in the world behind Nasa?!?! Can believe it! Back later or tomorrow with more