Las Vegas Casino.
The bosses of all the casinos in Las Vegas had gathered here for the annual general meeting. Originally, it was not the end of the year yet, but this meeting had been convened by quite a few casino bosses to discuss the recent happenings in the casinos.
The bosses of the smaller casinos had all heard that a few of the bigger casinos had been incurring losses for two months in a row!
This was the most unimaginable thing in the history of Las Vegas!
It was not that they were incurring losses, but for a gambling industry, if you did not make a lot of money, and instead only had enough to pay for all the operating staff and the maintenance of the entire casino, that would be too much.
Two months ago, a large-scale casino with a variety of commercial streets and hotels could have a total profit of more than a billion US dollars. But in the past two months, the casino was still losing money in terms of capital and finance? It was simply absurd to rely on the profits of the other business districts and hotels to maintain the same level of income.
It wasn't just one casino, but several large casinos that had such a thing happen.
The FBI would not be able to solve the problem even if they handed over the unlucky Withers.
The casinos could only save themselves. They had found a lot of clues. First of all, the amount of money that the casinos lost every day and afternoon was a terrifying figure!
Every casino would lose about a hundred million during this period of time. Some even lost two hundred million. Even the cash in their backstage vaults had been used!
This would not have happened in the past unless they were ambushed by a large number of gambling experts in the same industry.
"The losses are still ongoing. Does anyone have any good ideas to solve it?" The boss of a large casino said as he smoked a cigar, narrowed his eyes, and broke the silence. "Let's talk. I know everyone is incurring losses, so let's not laugh at each other. This is a big matter for the entire Las Vegas. If this goes on, at least 30 billion of the 50 billion in annual profits will flow out of Las Vegas! We have invested in such a large world-class project. If people find out that the profits are so little, if we continue to persist, it will be easy for us to use grey income to support the project. This will be discovered and investigated, and everyone will be in danger. "
At this moment, a guy who ran a small casino said, "Mr. Pierre, actually, we can just use cheating to restrain this kind of phenomenon."
"That won't do!" At this moment, an old fellow said angrily, "Las Vegas has always been the world's number one gambling city. If it's exposed that you cheated, it will have a huge impact! This was a shameful act in this industry. Don't forget that the casinos in Macau had been catching up to Las Vegas for the past few years. Cheating was no small matter! We are professionals. Please distinguish the difference between professionals and amateurs. Besides, if even Las Vegas needs to rely on cheating to gain a foothold, then there is no justice to speak of in the world's gambling industry! This is a brand problem that has existed for more than a hundred years. Just because of a temporary crisis, we have to destroy our brand. "
The others nodded. The concept of brand benefits was still very strong. Indeed, for Las Vegas to have such a project today, it would be destroying their own brand if they created some negative impact.
"This matter is very strange. How did those people who come in to gamble know about the size of the dice? Also, they have never lost a single time. Every day, there are 70 to 80 people who come in and gamble without losing, and it is this group of people who take away tens of millions from the casino. In the whole of Las Vegas, they win up to 300 million in a day! These people also have our surveillance video as evidence, but it can't be considered cheating. The most embarrassing thing is that we can't accuse them of cheating at all, because we don't have any evidence on how they cheated and won't lose a hundred gambles.
"Even the casino experts couldn't see through it?"
"It's very difficult. Those experts can see through cheating, but they just randomly place their bets according to the position. There is no way you can do anything about it. We called a few of them over to question them on the spot, but we found that other than their cell phones, there was no possibility of them cheating."
"Then can't we ban people from using cell phones for the time being?"
"Are you crazy? The people who come to Las Vegas to gamble are mostly high-level executives or tycoons. How many business problems will be affected if they don't have their cell phones for a moment? This is impossible. "
"I saw that these people only know how to gamble using the size of the dice. I also tried to close the dice area for a period of time to prevent them from coming back, but it didn't help at all. Instead, it made things worse. For example, gambling with a low hit rate but high odds directly caused us to lose a lot of money! At most, the odds were one to one when you played the dice area, but after I closed the dice area, for a week, our losses went from 50 million a day to 150 million a day! "
These words made the boss want to cry, but no tears came out.
The boss who had also taken similar measures felt the same way and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I did it too, and the losses immediately quadrupled! After I opened up the dice area, the losses went back to the original level. "
The topic immediately changed. Now, the casinos didn't want to make money, they only wanted to see who didn't lose too much, and who lost less.
After saying all the bitterness, everyone sighed in unison.
"What did the FBI say?"
"The new guy who followed up on this case said that he is still following those gamblers. So far, it seems that the name list and information have been given to us, but the other party has a big background."
"We have to fight the president too. Tell us who it is."
Pierre glanced at everyone and said, "The Mexican mafia!"
Everyone's pupils shrank slightly.
"I've already called them over. They're probably on their way. Today, I hope that everyone will work together and negotiate with them. I think they're disrupting the market."
Everyone was indignant.
After waiting for an hour, the big bosses of the four gangs walked into the conference room. Their underlings stood directly at the door, and a few members stood in the corner of the room, afraid that this was a trap.
After Sal and the others sat down, he grinned and said, "Oh, the big bosses think so highly of us. We even troubled Mr. Pierre to call us personally."
The older generation of gold-diggers in Las Vegas were Mexicans, and the casino owners here all had Mexican blood in them. So, strictly speaking, the bosses here were Sal and the others' seniors!
In the past, Sal and the others really didn't have the right to sit here and talk to these people. But today, not only did these four people sit here and directly face the descendants of the first batch of gold-diggers, but they also took the initiative.
This kind of feeling was like if you ignored me today, I'll make you feel like you can't reach me tomorrow.
As the saying goes, the river flows east for thirty years, then the river flows west for thirty years, haha.
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