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Atlantic City vs. Mohegan Sun: BYOB Strip Clubs and Home Invasion Warnings

from How Did We Lose This Country · #104

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7 min

They compare gambling trips to Atlantic City (a sketchy BYOB fully-nude strip club, hookers propositioning at hotel check-in, losing money fast at blackjack) against Mohegan Sun's own seedy charm, including hotel staff warning guests to lock their doors.

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  • 12:45Tim was supposed to come to Mohegan Sun but never confirmed, disappointing the host.
  • 13:18Host at the event had a vulgar 10-minute bit that didn't land well.
  • 13:41Tim went to Atlantic City with his old boss, played poker, and visited a strip club.
  • 14:07BYOB strip club in Atlantic City—full-nude venues can't serve alcohol, so customers bring their own beer.
  • 14:20On the way to the strip club, Tim felt tracked by local people; Atlantic City is sketchy.
  • 14:39Tim was propositioned by hookers at the Trump-tage but didn't go for it.
  • 14:56Won $300 at three-card poker, then lost it all within 10 minutes; won $150 at blackjack but walked away instead of doubling down.
  • 15:26Tim describes being given a $50,000 marker at the casino while Native American security looked on.
  • 16:08Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are both massive casinos built 20 minutes apart in Connecticut to serve demand from upstate and Pennsylvania.
  • 16:49Mohegan Sun warned Tim to lock his hotel room door and told him not to leave the property without security.
  • 17:03Tim questions why the casino doesn't do perimeter security instead of forcing guests to sit behind locked doors with guns.
  • 17:27The casino can't turn away anyone at the door because they might spend money, even though statistically some will rob or kill guests.
  • 18:01At the Showboat in Atlantic City, the check-in speech consisted only of warnings to lock doors and be aware—no other instructions given.
  • 18:33Mohegan Sun gets dark and depressing, but Tim appreciates the honesty of elderly people on oxygen tanks playing games there.
  • 18:50The most patriotic people are those who've won money at casinos and believe in America.
  • 19:05The guest is elsewhere during this segment, on another radio show.
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Atlantic CityMohegan SunFoxwoodsMike Lawrence

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