It’s no secret that O’Sheas is one of a handful of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip to offer beer pong just about nightly.
The real shocker: the place rakes in more than $25,000 from it every week, and more than $100,000 per month.
No, that number didn’t come from management or an official press release (though the PR department did, in fact, confirm it). Instead, it came from the people who know best—dealers and pit bosses in the gaming pit closest to the beer pong action.
When you consider the math behind this number, the place sure does a lot of beer pong. For $23.50 a pop, pongers can buy in for a game at any time of day or night, seven days a week. The price fetches a full game set-up, which consists of cups, balls, and a pitcher of beer. Refills are $10 per pitcher.
On Fridays and Saturdays, the line for beer pong can be more than an hour long. There are other pong-related draws, as well. Every Thursday at 4 p.m., the casino also hosts a Beer Pong tournament; pongers buy in for $40 and get souvenir t-shirts plus tournament beer.
Winners earn entry into the O’Sheas World Series of Beer Pong satellite tournament this November.
Though O’Sheas is making bank at beer pong, this revenue completely separate from the casino’s gambling take. Considering that the joint has some of the least advantageous blackjack rules in Vegas (natural 21 pays only 6 to 5; players can only double down on 10 or 11), perhaps it’s best to stick to pong after all.
[Via VegasChatter.com]
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