Correction: We Regret the Error

By Spencer Hall
I would like to correct something. Okay, just qualify something: earlier on this blog, I said that the worst sports book in Las Vegas was the sad-making derelict sports book at Circus Circus.
I clarify this statement: the worst sports book on the Strip is the book at Circus Circus. (Fun fact: the lights are out on one of the letters at the casino, making it look like its proper name is “Circus Cipkus.”)
The worst sports book in Las Vegas period: the glorified office pool/airport lounge that is the Four Queens sportsbook. At least Circus Circus had the quirky charm of using placards and huge mobile odds boards and televisions in every cubicle: the Four Queens has a dude with a white board and four televisions hung opposite the book over a bank of slot machines. That. Is. It.
I repeat: that’s their whole business plan. Whiteboard + dry erase marker + one betting window that closes sometime around 3:17 p.m.= HOT LIQUID GAMBLING ACTION!!! Don’t look at the image too long: the excitement may kill those with compromised immune systems and existing heart problems.
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Salsa! Taste the sizzle of the Four Queens sports book!
And Binion’s, you’re on notice, too: your book finishes a close second, only topping the Four Queens because you have a semi-real board and clearly separate the book from the rest of the casino with a well-laid strip of rubber on the floor. The ashtray-equipped chairs are tiny and miserable, but that could be because I’m not the market Binions is evidently targeting for in their sports operation.
And who is that important demographic? Gambling-addicted toddlers who smoke.
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Either those chairs are tiny, or that blogger is HUGE.
Cheapo Vegas puts it best on Binion’s pitiful book: “Number of TVs: Two televisions. One for you, and one for some drunk who wants to punch you.” ↵