Comments on: The Blind Leading the Blind http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:38:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ColinFromLasVegas http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5049 ColinFromLasVegas Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:58:04 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5049 Oh no! I just saw the picture of UMC with your little note below it. This probably is not the right place to post this, but I hope you get well quick and get out of the hospital. Not sure why you're in there, but I hope the best for you, Rex. Get well, damnit! Oh no!

I just saw the picture of UMC with your little note below it.

This probably is not the right place to post this, but I hope you get well quick and get out of the hospital.

Not sure why you’re in there, but I hope the best for you, Rex. Get well, damnit!

]]> By: Ace http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5040 Ace Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:12:20 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5040 Limey's experiences are unfortunately all too common among my non-US citizen friends. I have heard the stories. The "Travel Promotion Act" rings hollow if your knuckles get slammed in the same door you are allegedly being welcomed through! As a US citizen, I usually am given visas to most countries with a minimum of trouble, but if the US keeps this up I see a retaliation that will make my life much more difficult. On the other hand, $10 USD pales in comparison to the UK departure tax....GEEZ!!! Mexico, too!!! Limey’s experiences are unfortunately all too common among my non-US citizen friends. I have heard the stories.

The “Travel Promotion Act” rings hollow if your knuckles get slammed in the same door you are allegedly being welcomed through!

As a US citizen, I usually am given visas to most countries with a minimum of trouble, but if the US keeps this up I see a retaliation that will make my life much more difficult.

On the other hand, $10 USD pales in comparison to the UK departure tax….GEEZ!!! Mexico, too!!!

]]> By: gerhard http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5025 gerhard Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:38:58 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5025 @limey... --- I found an USA agency had broken into my suitcase to inspect the contents before leaving the USA and in doing so bust the lock and damaged the case and left a note to say that they are not held responsible for any damage. --- Pictures from my last US Visit. TSA has destroyed my 500 Euro bag. http://www.visitvegas.de/Forum-topic-3-start-msg9.html It's not the first time they opened it but it´s the first time this job is done by a 3 year old kid playing with a screwdriver... @limey…

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I found an USA agency had broken into my suitcase to inspect the contents before leaving the USA and in doing so bust the lock and damaged the case and left a note to say that they are not held responsible for any damage.
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Pictures from my last US Visit. TSA has destroyed my 500 Euro bag.

http://www.visitvegas.de/Forum-topic-3-start-msg9.html

It’s not the first time they opened it but it´s the first time this job is done by a 3 year old kid playing with a screwdriver…

]]> By: coolpacific http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5021 coolpacific Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:49:30 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5021 I play a lot of DDB poker and have reduced my level to $0.50 from $1.00 just so I don't have to pay the %30 tax upfront on Aces w/ a kicker. I am hooped on any Royal though. I get most of it back but it is a major PITA. This is also one reason that I gravitate more and more towards blackjack and craps. I play a lot of DDB poker and have reduced my level to $0.50 from $1.00 just so I don’t have to pay the %30 tax upfront on Aces w/ a kicker. I am hooped on any Royal though.

I get most of it back but it is a major PITA.

This is also one reason that I gravitate more and more towards blackjack and craps.

]]> By: MrCdnVegas http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5018 MrCdnVegas Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:04:31 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5018 VegasRex: The Half-Assed Blogger Who Is 30% Accurate Make that 25% The loon is not a DUCK! It is a BIRD and it is NOT a member of the same family as ducks. As well it's a Polar Bear not just a bear. Of ya, all of our coins are made at the Royal Canadian Mint not a treasury. But to help you get a little more accurate on you Canadian info I can help on my next trip......you'll be able to spot me. I be drinking my Tim Horton's coffee wearing a toque, with my dog sled and a fist full of funny colour animal money, and going home with only 70% of the money that I won in Las Vegas. And yes we use a see n say to pick the animals. :) VegasRex: The Half-Assed Blogger Who Is 30% Accurate

Make that 25%

The loon is not a DUCK!

It is a BIRD and it is NOT a member of the same family as ducks.

As well it’s a Polar Bear not just a bear.

Of ya, all of our coins are made at the Royal Canadian Mint not a treasury.

But to help you get a little more accurate on you Canadian info I can help on my next trip……you’ll be able to spot me. I be drinking my Tim Horton’s coffee wearing a toque, with my dog sled and a fist full of funny colour animal money, and going home with only 70% of the money that I won in Las Vegas.

And yes we use a see n say to pick the animals. :)

]]> By: GAMBLOR http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5017 GAMBLOR Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:32:42 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5017 I live in a Canadian city that supplies over a thousand visitors to Vegas daily. The winnings tax is a big money grab, the TSA is paranoia run rampant and the $10 visitors tax is insane. My wife and I have cut back to 2 annual trips instead of 4, as it is just too much of a hassle. Travelling to the US is now much of a pain in the ass and is as demeaning as going to Cuba. If they want a travel slogan they could work on the TSA insanity and announce that they are "Now more friendly then a communist country" or the other fun one is, "What you win in Vegas, stays in Vegas". I still really love Vegas, I was married there and I love my Diamond card. But things need to lighten up, or the retards might stop coming. I live in a Canadian city that supplies over a thousand visitors to Vegas daily. The winnings tax is a big money grab, the TSA is paranoia run rampant and the $10 visitors tax is insane. My wife and I have cut back to 2 annual trips instead of 4, as it is just too much of a hassle. Travelling to the US is now much of a pain in the ass and is as demeaning as going to Cuba. If they want a travel slogan they could work on the TSA insanity and announce that they are “Now more friendly then a communist country” or the other fun one is, “What you win in Vegas, stays in Vegas”. I still really love Vegas, I was married there and I love my Diamond card. But things need to lighten up, or the retards might stop coming.

]]> By: Limey http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5016 Limey Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:52 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5016 Last time I visited Vegas just before Christmas, I was body searched then finger printed and eye photographed and asked 20 questions before I was allowed into the USA. Back home in the UK I had to fill in countless forms before flying to the US. I’ve done this countless times before; you’d think the US government would know me by now. I wouldn’t mind but I’m a 62 yr. old white Caucasian Christian male. I don’t exactly fit the current terrorist profile. To add insult to injury on arrival in the UK I found an USA agency had broken into my suitcase to inspect the contents before leaving the USA and in doing so bust the lock and damaged the case and left a note to say that they are not held responsible for any damage. So it may be a long time before I come back and a lot of my fellow countrymen are feeling the same. Anyway I found the Canadians to have good manners and the Mexicans have no pretentions. I’m off to China next I believe the gambling there is great and it’s the most exiting country in the world…Limey Last time I visited Vegas just before Christmas, I was body searched then finger printed and eye photographed and asked 20 questions before I was allowed into the USA. Back home in the UK I had to fill in countless forms before flying to the US. I’ve done this countless times before; you’d think the US government would know me by now. I wouldn’t mind but I’m a 62 yr. old white Caucasian Christian male. I don’t exactly fit the current terrorist profile. To add insult to injury on arrival in the UK I found an USA agency had broken into my suitcase to inspect the contents before leaving the USA and in doing so bust the lock and damaged the case and left a note to say that they are not held responsible for any damage.
So it may be a long time before I come back and a lot of my fellow countrymen are feeling the same.
Anyway I found the Canadians to have good manners and the Mexicans have no pretentions. I’m off to China next I believe the gambling there is great and it’s the most exiting country in the world…Limey

]]> By: pokersnot http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5014 pokersnot Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:35:47 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5014 Im a Canadian. I was in Vegas 6 months ago and played a $80 tourney at the mirage. We got down to four players and decided to chop. The management took 30% off of everyones winnings because we were all foreigners. The total prize pook was something like $1700. I was shocked and questioned the house man. He told me that any prize pools in poker over $1500 are subject to tax witholding. GONG! Oh and the TSA is the dam funniest thing. I swear you have to be 300lbs to get a job there. Literally anytime I see a TSA employee I just want to yell, HEY FATSO! They are the personification of everything that is wrong in the United States. Peace from your Northern Neighbor. Im a Canadian. I was in Vegas 6 months ago and played a $80 tourney at the mirage. We got down to four players and decided to chop. The management took 30% off of everyones winnings because we were all foreigners. The total prize pook was something like $1700. I was shocked and questioned the house man. He told me that any prize pools in poker over $1500 are subject to tax witholding. GONG!

Oh and the TSA is the dam funniest thing. I swear you have to be 300lbs to get a job there. Literally anytime I see a TSA employee I just want to yell, HEY FATSO! They are the personification of everything that is wrong in the United States.

Peace from your Northern Neighbor.

]]> By: Ace http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5007 Ace Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:45:07 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5007 I live and work overseas and the consensus among my multi-national coworkers is that it is real pain in the ass to get a visa to the US. They are treated like criminals and I hear it is a humiliating experience. The tax witholding on winnings is wrong, too. Let the winner take it all home and deal with the local authorities there. Are they expected to submit a US tax return? As far as effed up tax rules go, as a US citizen living abroad, I am not allowed in my homeland for more than thirty days per year or I will be taxed on everything I earn on foreign soil. The only country in the world that restricts it's own citizens in this manner. In most other countries, the citizens are allowed 180 days/year which is more reasonable. That 30 days goes by really fast and if some unforeseen emergency needed my personal attention there for 31+ days, it would suck to be me! I live and work overseas and the consensus among my multi-national coworkers is that it is real pain in the ass to get a visa to the US. They are treated like criminals and I hear it is a humiliating experience.

The tax witholding on winnings is wrong, too. Let the winner take it all home and deal with the local authorities there. Are they expected to submit a US tax return?

As far as effed up tax rules go, as a US citizen living abroad, I am not allowed in my homeland for more than thirty days per year or I will be taxed on everything I earn on foreign soil. The only country in the world that restricts it’s own citizens in this manner. In most other countries, the citizens are allowed 180 days/year which is more reasonable.

That 30 days goes by really fast and if some unforeseen emergency needed my personal attention there for 31+ days, it would suck to be me!

]]> By: Vicarious http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/current-events/the-blind-leading-the-blind/comment-page-1/#comment-5005 Vicarious Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:21:00 +0000 http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/?p=10473#comment-5005 I think the most fundamental question is where in the U.S. Constitiution does it say that the Federal Government should be be spending our hard earned tax dollars on Travel Promotions....not that these F'in bastards don't piss away our money on other worthless shit but I digress......Another GD socialist program from O'Drama that won't do shit for our economy I think the most fundamental question is where in the U.S. Constitiution does it say that the Federal Government should be be spending our hard earned tax dollars on Travel Promotions….not that these F’in bastards don’t piss away our money on other worthless shit but I digress……Another GD socialist program from O’Drama that won’t do shit for our economy

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