Have you ever won so much at a casino that you just wanted to hop on the Baccarat table and dance the night away? No? Me either. But unfortunately for Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, one of their players felt this urge and it’s resulted in a quarter of a million in fines for the casino.
So, let’s go back to October 10th, almost a year ago. An unnamed gentleman, we’ll call him Mr. Happy Feet, playing at the Baccarat table became thrilled and enthralled by the game and climbed up on to the table. He even placed a bet while standing on top of the Baccarat table. No one at Caesar’s stopped him, but then I don’t know if this sort of thing is covered in the “standard operating guidelines” for the average casino. What do you do when an overly enthusiastic player wants to keep gambling, but he just wants to do so from a different perspective, say standing on the table. Or stable on his chair. Which Mr. Happy Feet also did before deciding that maybe he should sit down.
As far as the reports go, nothing more dangerous or threatening happened the night Mr. Happy Feet danced on the Baccarat table at Caesar’s Palace, but the good people of the Nevada Gaming Control Board heard about the event. Apparently the Control board prefers things to be a bit more controlled. So they’ve fined Caesar’s Palace $250,000 and explained that the casino’s security staff should have prevented the table dance.
I’m sure Caesar’s is updating their Standard Operating Guidelines right now.