Adventures in Casino Security

by Robert Wacaster, Paul Alan DeGeorge II

Come and find yourself in a world like no other. The world of Casino Security is like no other job. The Golden Paradise Hotel is like no other hotel. Join Robert and friends as they deal with heart attacks, missing socks, an eccentric Chef and a comedian with his strange puppet. See a week through Robert's eyes. Welcome to Paradise.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 28, 2008

About the author

After growing up in Idaho (Chubbuck) I decided my home there was too boring and joined the United States Air Force to escape and find adventure. After my four years, two of those years overseas in Italy, I didn't really know what to do with myself. I ended up moving to Las Vegas and tried dealing blackjack and roulette (I didn't much care for the job and wouldn't recomend it to anybody). That didn't work out and after unloading trucks and stocking shelves for a few years I ended up getting a job in casino security at the fabulous Luxor hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip! I liked the job and found so much humor in it, I decided to write a book about it. Along the way working security, I met up with now close friend and co-author Paul DeGeorge. He also found large amounts of humor in the job we were doing and together we wrote "Adventures in Casino Security." From here, we continue to write and edit a few other projects and hope to have more work put out soon!

Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous!! Anyone who has ever worked in a place where you have to deal with the idiot customers, idiot employees, or idiots in general will LOVE this book. It shows Las Vegas from the inside out. You hear about things that REALLY go on inside those brightly lit Las Vegas super structure casinos. A no holds barred look at a week in Casino Security Work with a side of comedy. A must read!!

[Dierdra McGill · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started reading this book because it seemed like it would be a light funny read. While some of the stories were funny most of the book was ways that Robert could dis obey and or be an ass to his supervisor and/or boss. This has to be fiction or I have NO idea how he kept his job because to me at least having no respect for anyone is not a funny book.

[TanyaStanton]

It’s funny how stories about casino security always remind me how unpredictable online games can be. I recently stumbled on the Plinko game and it instantly made me think about the same mix of luck and small decisions these books talk about. I’ve been trying it casually for a while, nothing crazy, just for fun, and the simple drop-and-bounce mechanic weirdly fits the theme of randomness mentioned here. Not saying it’s life-changing, but it’s been a chill little escape after reading stuff like this.

[Sidenseen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read , its clear that the author has a real passion for his fellow security workers and the casino he works in

[Max Mad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recently, having read Wacaster's more recent works I was pleased to be given a copy of this. Altogether more for male audiences compared with his "A Writer's Love Story", "Adventures" follows where "Frigate: November" left off. The book's strength is, like "Frigate" in its dialogue comprising that very sarcastic banter that Wacaster ping-pongs so easily between his main characters.
The book basically centres (UK spelling!) around an almost real-time working week in the life of a casino security team, their love-hate relationships with eachother, the wacky bunch of characters they have to deal with every night of the week and the way that some of these completely bizarre situations just seem to wash over them. This isn't the last time I'll laugh out loud at a Wacaster novel I'm sure!
All in a week's work. Thank Goodness, I don't work there....

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote a lot of this book along with my co-author Paul DeGeorge, so what can I say about it? It does show some of the types of difficult situations casino security officers have to deal with. If you ask whether this book is really like the job, I'd have to say no. Believe it or not, the real life version has turned out to be much more bizare than what I wrote.

[Brent Dyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, not great, fictionalized account of working in a casino. The anecdotes are amusing, but the character development is pretty thin, and plot development is non-existing.

Still, the writing is passable and it's a diverting read.