{"id":40953,"date":"2024-07-24T17:46:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T00:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=40953"},"modified":"2024-07-24T17:46:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T00:46:44","slug":"venetian-player-wins-2-2-million-at-worlds-most-boring-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/venetian-player-wins-2-2-million-at-worlds-most-boring-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Venetian Player Wins $2.2 Million at World&#8217;s Most Boring Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A lucky bastard at Venetian snagged a $2.2 million prize playing what is arguably the most boring casino game, Face Up Pai Gow.<\/p>\n<p>The side bet that resulted in this windfall: $5.<\/p>\n<p>That, folks, is why Las Vegas is still a thing. It&rsquo;s not sports or buffets or boobs. All right, boobs remain very important, but $2 million is nothing to sneeze at.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40956\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-40956 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gondolier_cash-845x563.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&rsquo;s all about the &ldquo;moneta.&rdquo; We were going to call them &ldquo;greenbacks,&rdquo; but we have already been canceled 17 times this week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Venetian shared word of the progressive jackpot win via its Twitter account, which lemmings refer to as &ldquo;X.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When a $5 side bet turns into $2,211,469! A very lucky guest was dealt a seven card straight flush while playing Face Up Pai Gow. This was the largest Pai Gow Progressive paid out in the resort's history. Who's feeling lucky? &#128526; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gF2P05lkpZ\">pic.twitter.com\/gF2P05lkpZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Venetian Resort Las Vegas (@VenetianVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenetianVegas\/status\/1816202012343599215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The player won with a seven card straight flush. The probability of getting this hand (the Joker is wild) is 0.00000127, or about the same chances as a guy hooking up in a Vegas nightclub wearing Crocs. <a href=\"https:\/\/wizardofodds.com\/games\/pai-gow-poker\/side-bets\/fortune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more math<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Progressives do happen on a fairly regular basis, though. In January 2023, a poker pro won a $6.4 million Pai Gow jackpot at Flamingo. In February 2024, a player won $1.2 million playing Pai Gow at Planet Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we say Pai Gow is boring? Simple. Have you ever seen someone playing Pai Gow while operating heavy machinery? Of course not. That&rsquo;s because it&rsquo;s against the law.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, people play Pai Gow for the comped drinks. And the occasional $2.2 million progressive jackpot.<\/p>\n<p>The exact amount was $2,211,469, for the record. We are not making up the 69 part.<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re interested in Pai Gow, and you shouldn&rsquo;t be, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venetianlasvegas.com\/casino\/table-games\/pai-gow-basic-rules.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venetian&rsquo;s Web site<\/a> has instructions for how to play.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, you get seven cards. You split the cards into two hands, the &ldquo;high hand&rdquo; (five cards) and &ldquo;low hand&rdquo; (two cards), based upon traditional poker.<\/p>\n<p>To win, both hands have to beat the dealer. If both hands lose, the player loses. If it&rsquo;s 50\/50, it&rsquo;s a &ldquo;push,&rdquo; and nobody wins or loses.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s this pattern, times a gazillion. There&rsquo;s a lot of pushing.<\/p>\n<p>Big congrats to the jackpot winner at Venetian.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lucky bastard at Venetian snagged a $2.2 million prize playing what is arguably the most boring casino game, Face Up Pai Gow. The side bet that resulted in this windfall: $5. That, folks, is why Las Vegas is still a thing. It&rsquo;s not sports or buffets or boobs. 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