I know this game has been talked about before on the board. But, I don't recall recently. In case not, I just want to bring newcomers up to speed, because I've witnessed some vacationers lose big money recently, trying to win playing this game.
The first I saw this game, was at Hotel Melia in Santo Domingo, Dec. 2000. It's ran as an outpost of the mafia by a couple guys, that dress in tuxedo attire, because the game has such low respect that they do everything to give it some air of legitimacy.
Anyway, there is no way you can win a huge jackpot. The scam begins by telling prospective players someone won two or three thousand dollars the night before, or even a larger amount. So, it cannot be substantiated. The scam continues by letting players win $10 or $20 to lure them into making more bets to win a larger sum of money. They give players a long pole and them fish ping pong balls out of a hopper. First, you can be damn sure they are not going to let someone win $5000, $10000 and walk out of the casino. It just does not happen and the player has no idea of what balls are really in the hopper.
In the past year, the Super Keno scam has moved to the Coral Hamaca, ran by the same mafia shills. In October 2001, I watched a British couple lose almost a $1000 and watched the complete loss cause the couple to scream at each other in the casino. This past Saturday night, I watched a German man lose hundreds of cash dollars. Then when he was all tapped out, the Super Keno scam operators induced the guy to use his credit card to continue making more bets.
I had almost forgot about the episode, until leaving the casino after midnight. The Keno operators were all sitting outside the Hamaca entrance and I overheard them talk among themselves, gloating on how they took this German guy for $1300. who tried to go for the big kill in their Keno game. They were laughing at what an "easy mark" this guy had been.
Then I remembered the guy sitting in the casino tapped out, with his head hung in his hands, devistated. Same scene as the married couple last fall. This woman was actually in tears over the money that her husband had lost, trying to win this elusive Super Keno jackpot. True, no one dragged these individuals into the casino. But, the game itself should be outlawed. It's disgraceful too that the Hamaca allows the Super Keno game to operate in it's casino. You would not see a 3rd party operating a sleazy game like this in any U.S. casino. It wouldn't happen.
The first I saw this game, was at Hotel Melia in Santo Domingo, Dec. 2000. It's ran as an outpost of the mafia by a couple guys, that dress in tuxedo attire, because the game has such low respect that they do everything to give it some air of legitimacy.
Anyway, there is no way you can win a huge jackpot. The scam begins by telling prospective players someone won two or three thousand dollars the night before, or even a larger amount. So, it cannot be substantiated. The scam continues by letting players win $10 or $20 to lure them into making more bets to win a larger sum of money. They give players a long pole and them fish ping pong balls out of a hopper. First, you can be damn sure they are not going to let someone win $5000, $10000 and walk out of the casino. It just does not happen and the player has no idea of what balls are really in the hopper.
In the past year, the Super Keno scam has moved to the Coral Hamaca, ran by the same mafia shills. In October 2001, I watched a British couple lose almost a $1000 and watched the complete loss cause the couple to scream at each other in the casino. This past Saturday night, I watched a German man lose hundreds of cash dollars. Then when he was all tapped out, the Super Keno scam operators induced the guy to use his credit card to continue making more bets.
I had almost forgot about the episode, until leaving the casino after midnight. The Keno operators were all sitting outside the Hamaca entrance and I overheard them talk among themselves, gloating on how they took this German guy for $1300. who tried to go for the big kill in their Keno game. They were laughing at what an "easy mark" this guy had been.
Then I remembered the guy sitting in the casino tapped out, with his head hung in his hands, devistated. Same scene as the married couple last fall. This woman was actually in tears over the money that her husband had lost, trying to win this elusive Super Keno jackpot. True, no one dragged these individuals into the casino. But, the game itself should be outlawed. It's disgraceful too that the Hamaca allows the Super Keno game to operate in it's casino. You would not see a 3rd party operating a sleazy game like this in any U.S. casino. It wouldn't happen.
