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Las Vegas Casino Host Spoils His Big-Time Losers22 April 2002LAS VEGAS – As reported by the Associated Press: “It's just before midnight, and Steve Cyr sits sipping $125 shots of King Louis XIII cognac with a man who just lost $4,000 at Binion's Horseshoe Club casino in downtown Las Vegas. It's been an expensive night, but the key is whether he had fun. He did thanks to Cyr. The 38-year-old Cyr is a host -- an independent contractor whose job is to bring the big gamblers into one of the casinos that's hired him. More than that, he's a high-roller hunter, always looking for "whales," casino lingo for the biggest gamblers, those willing to risk thousands, even millions, of dollars. The high-rollers drive casino profits, and they can assure a big payday for Cyr, too. To read the rest of this article, please click here. |