Quote Originally Posted by ShipTheCookies View Post
Some people want and need the notoriety. Reality is, it's not a good thing. I stand by my comment on the HOF, the people behind it and casino it's located at. Free room and silly party are NOT worth it!
What’s interesting about Don Johnson is that at first he didn’t want the notoriety for his wins. It was the casinos that made him famous. The casinos were the ones who showed the reporters (during their earning report) the receipts of Don Johnson’s wins. Obviously, they only showed receipts of Don’s wins. They didn’t show any receipts of Don’s losses. The casinos exploited Don’s big wins to their benefit.

As we all know, casinos like to take pictures of the slot winners and post their picture in their casino, making people think any common folk can win at their casinos. Don is the slot poster for whales. It was only after the casinos made Don famous that he started talking about his wins.

Btw, it’s in the casino’s interesting to celebrate and advertise a big win. This feeds into the fantasy people want to believe. What is that fantasy? That one person can “bring down the house”. The casinos got added publicity by the Hall of Fame group voting Don into their elite group. This was probably beyond what the casinos could have hoped for. A poppy having a lucky streak getting in the Hall of Fame.

Casinos aren't dumb. They know how to exploit a big win. The amount of positive publicity casinos have gotten from Don’s big wins was far more valuable than any multimillion marketing campaign could have brought them. It’s been 7 years since Don’s big wins and the casinos are still reaping the rewards from it. They’re probably looking for their next Don Johnson.

The perception that any Joe (or in this case Don) can be the next big winner is what drives Vegas.