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<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n By Scott Roeben<\/a>, on December 04 2023 <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Luck is a wondrous thing. One day, it gives you a handy on the High Roller Ferris wheel, the next a swift kick to the meat clackers.<\/p>\n
Our spirit animals at Casino.org<\/a> decided to figure out which Las Vegas casino visitors consider luckiest based upon Tripadvisor reviews, and Mirage came out on top. Which is another thing that sometimes happens on the High Roller, by the way.<\/p>\n Let do a shallow dive into why Mirage won, Resorts World tanked and some of our favorite casinos weren\u2019t in the running.<\/p>\n We should say we tend to be skeptical about such \u201cstudies,\u201d all due respect to our colleagues who, we suspect, will not be inviting us to any Taco Tuesday office outings anytime soon.<\/p>\n Such \u201creports\u201d and \u201cstudies\u201d and \u201csurveys\u201d are often questionable because: 1) they\u2019re strictly for entertainment purposes, 2) they\u2019re thinly-veiled attempts to get Web traffic and media coverage, and 3) the methodology is thin at best. Oh, and it\u2019s Tripadvisor. It\u2019s like when \u201cstudies\u201d are done about the best restaurants based upon Yelp reviews. Currently, Hell\u2019s Kitchen is ranked the best restaurant in Las Vegas on Yelp, with Yardbird being second, Carson Kitchen is third. Anyone who agrees those are the top three restaurants in Las Vegas needs to check themselves into a clinic immediately. Carson Kitchen doesn\u2019t even serve Captain Morgan. Please.<\/p>\n Anyway, luck.<\/p>\n We have blogged and podcasted about luck often, as it\u2019s a fascinating part of the Las Vegas experience.<\/p>\n Casino.org\u2019s lucky casino report extracted keywords related to luck on Tripadvisor: Lucky, luck, won, winning, success, jackpot and hand pay. You get the idea.<\/p>\n That\u2019s actually a fun way to glean guest sentiment about a casino, short of doing a real survey, which is expensive. We know, we\u2019ve done them professionally. If we never have to cross-tab anything again, it will be too soon.<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth mentioning this report only included 15 casinos. Las Vegas has about 60 casinos.<\/p>\n When we saw the results, we became instantly triggered because there were no downtown casinos included, and no Ellis Island and no locals casinos and actually a bigass number of our favorite places (Circa, Plaza, Four Queens, Downtown Grand, Golden Gate, Red Rock, etc.) were not even considered for being ranked. We asked Casino.org about it, and were told the list was narrowed down to Strip casinos based upon the number of reviews. Which sort of makes sense, but 15 casinos does not a reliable \u201cLuckiest Casinos in Las Vegas\u201d list make.<\/p>\n Apparently, a lot of Mirage reviews contain one or more of those luck-related terms.\u00a0We wouldn\u2019t have predicted Mirage would win this luck throwdown, despite our assertion we know everything.<\/p>\n We would, however, could have guessed Resorts World would rank last on the lucky casino list.<\/p>\n About 6% of Mirage reviews contained mentions of luck and winning, Resorts World\u2019s mentions were around 0.78%.<\/p>\n We love Resorts World, but we have actually been told by a longtime slot expert Resorts World has the tightest slots on The Strip. This expert has seen the PAR sheets. PAR sheets show a machine\u2019s hold and let\u2019s just say the airport is loose compared to Resorts World.<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t get lucky at Resorts World! Luck is weird like that. People win million-dollar jackpots at the airport all the time (two times, but just play along).<\/p>\n Luck is wonderful because you never know when or where it will sit on your face.\u2122<\/p>\n We frequent casinos where the holds and pay tables aren\u2019t the best, but we win there on a fairly regular basis. We have certain casinos where the slots are presumably loose and we can\u2019t win a penny.<\/p>\n It comes as a surprise to some that slots downtown are now tighter than on The Strip. It sure doesn\u2019t feel that way, but math is math.<\/p>\n Ultimately, luck is a mindset. If you\u2019d like to learn more about luck, we recommend a book<\/a> called \u201cThe Luck Factor\u201d by Dr. Richard Wiseman. We talked about the book on episode 13 of our podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n 72% of people own at least one good luck charm. (via “The Luck Factor”)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mirage_resort.jpg\"\/)
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