Luxor Blackjack Lessons

For those seeking some variation at the table, there’s Blackjack Switch available, and for beginners, the pit offers free blackjack lessons at the Dice Pit located near the Casino Cage, starting at noon daily.
Blackjack is a game of skill and this is where you can learn the skills it takes to beat the game. The 24 lessons you see here will take you step-by-step through the process of learning how to play each hand properly, how to count cards, how and when to properly bet and literally hundreds of other “tricks of the trade”.

Gambling lessons (blackjack, craps, roulette noon daily). Posted: Wednesday March 26 2014 Details. Address: 3900 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas.

The skyline of the Las Vegas strip is home to many impressive structures, but perhaps none as impressive as the Luxor pyramid. The 30 story high structure was the tallest building on the strip when it was completed in 1993, and whole it has been well surpassed since in height, it is still pretty imposing.

The Luxor was named after the Egyptian city by the same name, most famous for its Luxor Temple. So the Luxor Las Vegas certainly has a strong Egyptian theme, starting with its main structure, a to scale pyramid that would not be out of place in Egypt other than the fact it is made of glass and steel rather than stone.

It’s exterior also features a huge statue of the Great Spynx of Giza, a large obelisk, and other ancient Egyptian style artifacts.

Approaching the building, there is no question that the idea here is to capture the feel of ancient Egypt, although the inside of the complex has shed its Egyptian theme pretty much in its seeking to substitute the once popular gimmicky themes with one that is geared more towards luxury, as has been the case with several other large venues on the strip of late.

The Luxor was built by Circus Circus Enterprises, and is right up there in size with the largest pyramids in Egypt, and would be the third largest had it been built there. It originally cost $375 million to build and had 2,526 rooms and 100,000 of gaming space.

A further $675 million was spent expanding it in 1998, adding two towers and 2000 more rooms. Current owner MGM resorts spent an additional $300 million in 2008, modernizing the public areas to bring it up to the high standards of its biggest competitors.

The Luxor now sits as the fifth biggest hotel in Las Vegas and the seventh largest in the world, with a total of 4,407 rooms and suites. Perhaps the most famous part of the Luxor is the beam on the top of its pyramid, pointing skyward, the strongest beam of light in the world. It is so powerful that it is visible by aircraft as far away as Los Angeles.

The Luxor Las Vegas Experience

There’s no question that this is certainly one of the prime destinations on the strip, and while hotels and casinos constantly try to outdo themselves in seeking to attract visitors, the Luxor remains a strong contender.

Aside from its very imposing exterior, this is a complex that continues to impress once inside, as one might expect when over a billion dollars is spent on a hotel casino.

There isn’t the variety of selection as far as different room classes that you see at some big Las Vegas hotels, but these rooms are larger than average and do provide good value for the money as well.

The suites aren’t anywhere near as big as you see at some other hotels either, starting at 590 square feet, and this hotel appeals more to the average hotel guest, although the Tower Premiere Suite with its 1050 square feet of luxuriously appointed space and its premium sound system will delight just about everyone.

When it comes time to dine, guests will also delight in the many different selections available here. There’s a 7000 square foot Public House which serves great American food. There’s also a steak and seafood restaurant, an Asian restaurant, an Irish pub, the Pyramid Café, an Italian restaurant, a buffet house, a Mexican restaurant, a deli, a yogurt shop, Hussong’s Cantina, a burger bar, a food court, a Starbucks, and in room dining.

The Luxor also has a vibrant nightlife scene, starting with their two level, 26,000 square foot LAX Nightclub. There are 5 other bars and lounges to entertain you, including some that are open 24 hours a day and also feature bar top gaming to provide you with additional action.

The Luxor also offers quite a bit of live entertainment, featuring such regular acts as the Blue Man Group and comedian Carrot Top, as well as illusionist Chriss Angel, in addition to a variety of other entertainers.

The other amenities include a spa, a salon, four pool areas totaling 19,000 square feet, as well as shopping. The concierge here will also assist you in enjoying everything else the strip has to offer.

The Casino At The Luxor Las Vegas

The casino at the Luxor is one of the largest on the strip at 120,000 square feet. Since this is an MGM property, guests enjoy access to their M Life rewards program, considered to be among the very best in the business. Players can earn and redeem M rewards at any of MGM Resort’s properties as well.

The Luxor casino features 1100 slot and video machines, with hundreds of different ones to enjoy. They have everything from the traditional three reel machines to the most modern and innovative, with stakes ranging from a penny to a hundred dollars.

Luxor Blackjack Lesson

There are also a lot of progressive jackpot slots, with single machine progressives all the way up to ones paying several million dollars. They also have plenty of video poker and multi game machines to play.

The table games area here features 62 tables and 7 different games, and while the number of games here is less than at some casinos, they do offer the most popular ones, and casino table game players will find plenty to experience here.

Luxor Gambling Lessons

The lineup of table games at the Luxor includes Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Mini Baccarat, Let It Ride, 3 Card Poker, and 2 different forms of progressive Texas Holdem.

No Las Vegas casino would be complete without a race and sports book and the one that they have here is completely state of the art, including monitors at every seat.

The Luxor also has a poker room which features cash games as well as daily tournaments with $45 buy ins, as well as on demand tournaments. Poker players are well taken care of here as far as comps and special room rates go.

The Luxor Las Vegas is much more than a beautiful pyramid, what’s inside the pyramid is pretty impressive as well.

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They say things are always changing in Vegas, and not always for the better. For 12 years, and up thru September of this yea, the Mandalay Group properties had in my opinion some of the best and most liberal blackjack games in town. But it seems that in October Luxor was assimilated into the MGM/Mirage Players Club (as was Mandalay Bay before them) and everything changed. In an effort to achieve what MGM calls 'uniform rating' for all their properties they have instituted a mandate of imbecilic proportions.

On my last trip in September there were up to eight double deck games and all of the shoe games utilized six decks. Not with the MGM buffoons in charge. Not only have all but ONE of the double deck games disappeared (the High Limit Room still has the one) but the shoes in all but one area have gone back to eight decks. Pit 6 has slightly higher table minimums and still uses only six decks. On my September trip they had six of the dreaded single deck games that pay 6 to 5 on untied BJs. Incredibly they now have 14! They converted all of Pit One to entirely this abomination. And what’s more amazing are the tourists who flock to these tables, oblivious as to how badly they are being ripped off. Sadly, I walked over to Mandalay Bay and found generally the same conditions there.

Luxor Craps Lessons

There may be some hope, however. One casino supervisor I’ve known for years confided that while the bodies are at the tables, the drop is down 20%. The only person playing this game now is the $5 player. Their serious players have all disappeared in the past two months. This has not gone unnoticed. Another executive told me to be patient because 'other changes were in the offing.'

Needless to say on this most recent trip I only played two sessions of blackjack in a week. Both were $10 minimum shoe games where my best buddy in the casino was working as the floorman. It gave us a chance to kibitz some and took all the pressure off while continuing to learn Speed Count. Thankfully, I discovered it is decidedly easier than the old high-low we all used for years. And this time the cards and the count cooperated with each other. I managed to win three hands I absolutely needed to, a $100 split, and a $100 and a $150 double down.

I also spent a great deal of time at the craps table. And this week I seemed to have found a rhythm and touch from somewhere and managed to make some nice scores. The Golden Touch guys would have been proud. I would say to Frank Scoblete (as Patton said) 'I read your book!' I understand the concepts of the controlled throw. But sometimes, like in golf, translating theory into practice doesn’t always work out as planned. Nice when it does though.

And speaking of golf, this was the reason for the trip. They had a golf outing for several invited guests. They took us out to the Lakes course, which they own, at the Primm Resort. It’s a beautiful Fazio design. It reminds me a lot of his work at Shadow Creek. Unfortunately, a cold front moved in and it never got above 50, with a steady 20 mph wind. But there were other compensations. The gift bags included a nice lined dual jacket to keep us warm, a dozen Titleist balls, and promotional chips. I told our host that I’d like to see this course again, in 80 degrees. I managed to win $800 at golf, combined with another $800 at blackjack and $2,500 at the craps table to make this one of the better trips I’ve had to Vegas in a while.

There is a lot of renovation construction currently taking place inside the Luxor. The lobby bar is being expanded. A new High Limit room is being built. The existing High Limit area will soon become a circular bar in the center of the casino. Their nightclub, Ra, will also become twice as big and renamed LAX. And they are following the current trend by bringing in a celebrity chef to operate what used to be the Isis restaurant. Now, if we could just get the blackjack games back to where they are playable because right now, they aren’t. I already have my reservations for Super Bowl week. I will be curious to see whatever changes are in the works by then. As we have all seen, they are sudden and without warning.