1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning show. 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 2: Oh are we on? 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 3: Oh h we're live. 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Sorry, sorry, I was at the blackjack tables. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: Sorry, I was shooting craps. 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: So you know what happens when you shoot craps, You 7 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: gotta buy a new toilet. 8 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 2: H Anyway, we are. 9 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: At Atlanta's Paradise on the Bahamas, and one thing I'm loving. 10 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: They have totally re engineered the casino. Last time we 11 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: were here, it was great. Now it's even better and 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: we are so lucky. The chief Gaming Officer here at 13 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 1: Atlanta's Paradise Island, Jor Brunini, is here. 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 2: Hi, Joe. 15 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: How you doing. 16 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 2: We're doing We're doing, okay, doing good. Okay. 17 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: So you're the chief gaming officer, so that's your domain. 18 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: That beautiful casino was all yours. 19 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 3: If you like it, it is, yes, okay, it is. 20 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 4: I love it. 21 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: By the way, Joe started dealing years and years ago. 22 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: You started your career as a dealer in Atlantic City, right, yes, 23 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: and you were dealing what we were dealing. 24 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 5: I started dealing with craps and the year I started 25 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 5: was nineteen even. 26 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: Wow, but you look awesome. I mean you you've you've 27 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: you're not weathered at all. I am so I tell 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: you, you know, when you come to Atlantis, there's so many 29 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: things to do, but you know it hit that casino 30 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: at night is just the perfect perfect night here. 31 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: And so you win some, you lose some. Give us 32 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 2: the secrets. 33 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: Now, seriously, where are my best odds in the casino 34 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: here in Atlantis? 35 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 3: Wow, that's a tough one. 36 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 5: You play table games, yeah, sure, blackjack sometimes in craps. 37 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 38 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 5: There's an old saying, the more you bet, the more 39 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 5: you win. But if you're less optimistic, the less you've been, 40 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 5: the less you bet, the more you win when you lose. 41 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 6: Wait, I also heard that you should you should really 42 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 6: do the slot machines that are closest to the door 43 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 6: because they the most, because it makes it makes people 44 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 6: outside want to come in because they see him winning. 45 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: Is that what you do? You find tunes? 46 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's an old Vegas theory. 47 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 5: But we're all about the same on the whole percentage, right, 48 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 5: They're just we just wanted to have more of a 49 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 5: variety that you know, people enjoy, and we just expanded them. 50 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: Also, but I can tell you people get nuts when 51 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: they sit down a slot machine. They think they gotta 52 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: like knock it three times and then they spin on 53 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: it and they pull the handle and it just gotta 54 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: change itryth. Slot machines don't get cold, they don't get warm, 55 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: and they don't do that. It's just all random every 56 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: single time, right, It's just the. 57 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: Way it worked. Absolutely. But I think you knock at 58 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 3: five times. 59 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 4: But I do love how how superstitious people are, and they, 60 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 4: you know, like if the vibe changes, they'll get up 61 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 4: and leave. We were playing a slot machine next to 62 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 4: some woman. She took one look at us, packed up 63 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 4: her little bag and scooed it away. 64 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 2: She did. And then we were playing. 65 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 4: Blackjack yesterday and Elvis was like, it was just the 66 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 4: two of us. He said, if one person sits down, 67 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 4: I'm out of here. Someone sat down, he left, boom oh. 68 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: And I gotta tell you these sometimes it's not as 69 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: much here in Atlantis, but you go to other gaming 70 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: establishments and these old women said, at these slot machines, 71 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: how do they get their ashes so long without them 72 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: falling off a cigarette? 73 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: Years of training? 74 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 2: It's crazy. 75 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: So what are some wacky things putting you on the 76 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: spot You've seen in your years of gaming. I mean, 77 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 1: you've seen some crazy stuff go down in some of 78 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: these casinos. 79 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I'll keep it kind of cautious when I 80 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 3: say this, no need. 81 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 2: And we're not talking at Atlantis in particular. 82 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: Okay, I like where you're going with this exactly. 83 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 5: So we had customers come in that we're very superstitious, 84 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 5: and what you learned in this industry is twenty two 85 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 5: pounds of hundreds each equals a million dollars. 86 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: Twenty two pounds of hundreds equals one million dollars. 87 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 3: Yes, of course. 88 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 5: And then when they come in they said, I'm superstitious. 89 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 5: I don't want you to break up my cash or anything. 90 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 5: How about you have there twelve and a half pounds. Okay, 91 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 5: we calculated out they could start playing, and then we 92 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 5: figure how much money you have at the end. 93 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: It's like the buffet where you wait and eat it. 94 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: Well, so I saw a lot of people winning last 95 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: night here at Atlantis, and I'm thinking, dude, is it 96 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: good for Atlantis for people to win? 97 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 3: But absolutely, why not? Because money is leaving. 98 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: It's like in any other business you'd be like, we 99 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: don't want to lose any money. But here, the more 100 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: people win, the more excited they are and they want 101 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: to come back. 102 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 5: Absolutely, it's you know, you have a very you know, 103 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 5: small whole percentage and over the volume. That's how you 104 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 5: make your money. But there's winners. I mean, we had 105 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 5: so many jackpot winners this weekend. It's it's out of 106 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 5: the norm to be honest with you. 107 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: Can you share with us, like some of the winning 108 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: numbers the individuals had git here at Atlanta's absolutely some of. 109 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 3: The slot machines. 110 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 5: We had one hundred and fifty thousand dollars jackpot coming 111 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 5: right back with another machine next to it with about 112 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 5: one hundred and ten thousand. 113 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 4: You know. 114 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 5: Then we had a lot of fifty thousand dollars jackpots 115 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 5: on the table games the same thing. But at the end, 116 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 5: you know, you have your portion of losers, you have 117 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 5: your portion of winners, and as long as they have 118 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 5: a good time. 119 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 3: It is about service, It truly is. It's about service. 120 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: I love it. 121 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: I mean there's so many great people who work there. 122 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: Because I actually hit a jackpot the other night where 123 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: I would I had to be. They had to come 124 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: over and like, you know, take care of me whatever. Personally, 125 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: we watched you surveillance, I mean see we all also 126 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: assumed there's you're sitting Joe, you're sitting up in the booth, 127 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: like like the at the airport, the tower, we got illness. 128 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 2: On the wheel of fortune. 129 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: They do, and like just push the button, give him 130 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: a little winning, a little win, let him win, he'll 131 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: stay here all night. 132 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 2: You don't do that. 133 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 3: No too much casino movies. 134 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 2: Then you're of no use to me. Yes, what I 135 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: just want to know because I'm a big black jack guy. 136 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 7: When you sit down at these tables, right, and I 137 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 7: know there's this basic strategy, and there's like the book, 138 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 7: is it possible. 139 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 2: To screw up the table and screw up the cards? 140 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 7: It's somebody makes a dumb move because some let's let's 141 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 7: face it, hitting on a seventeen or eighteen is a 142 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 7: dumb move or not? 143 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, not splitting when you're supposed to. 144 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 4: I just did that yesterday. 145 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 2: Well, right, can you really screw up the table and 146 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 2: the vibe in the cards or. 147 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 5: Is that just it's it's it's superstitious people. If they're 148 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 5: winning after it, they say you said you did a 149 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 5: great thing. If they're losing, they say, you screwed it up. 150 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 5: There's no one's gonna know the outcome. You know, until 151 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,239 Speaker 5: the cards are dealt right, you can make the worst 152 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 5: move there is and get the greatest cards. 153 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 4: It feels like a team sport though when you're playing blackjack. 154 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, they take the table. 155 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 4: They kind of help every now and then. 156 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 5: I like it. 157 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: People get so mad at me because I'll hit a 158 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: twenty Yeah, dude, because I'm gonna get an ace and 159 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 2: hit twenty one. They're like, what the hell are you doing? 160 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: We got an eighteen yesterday? He said hit it. 161 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: I was like, what did you what? 162 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 2: He's slipped? 163 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 4: Dude? 164 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: You know, I do it to make people mad. Here's 165 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 2: the thing. People are gonna hate me for this. 166 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it anyway. Once you hit a casino, 167 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: it's just a piece of paper. 168 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 2: With numbers on it. 169 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: It's not a dollar anymore, are you from. Here's the problem, 170 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: and Joe, you see people do this. They come to 171 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: the casino and they think they're going to make a 172 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: salary and this is their livelihood. 173 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 2: You don't. 174 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: You don't take money to a casino and assume that's 175 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 1: a part of your income. 176 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 5: Absolutely not. It's entertainment. But I want to get back 177 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 5: to your question about messing up the cards to that extreme. Yes, 178 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 5: I would ask you to leave a public. 179 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 6: Joe, what is worth bachelor parties or bachelorette parties? 180 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 2: Yes, here we go. 181 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 3: Well, obviously, being a male, I ever say bachelor parties, 182 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: but uh there. 183 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 5: I think that in today's day and age, they're equally 184 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 5: as much fun, okay, or equally as much as bad. 185 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: So I sit down with my friends at Atlanta's Paradise Island, 186 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: Bahamas and the beautiful casino by the way, I know, 187 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: something's a lot different in there, has a different vibe 188 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: now than it used to. It's it used to be great, 189 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: now it's great. What is it about the magic of 190 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: a casino that pulls you in? 191 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: Is it the sound? 192 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: Is it the people screaming at this table then that table? 193 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: There's something about this casino that is just very inviting. 194 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 5: Well, it's the excitement, without a doubt, the volume of people, 195 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 5: the excitement, the I think it's the chance of winning, 196 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 5: but also the energy that's behind it, between the music 197 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 5: and all the activity at the tables. I think it's 198 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 5: a definitely a magnet. And the way we designed it 199 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 5: this time, it's a great flow through so people can 200 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 5: stop at any given point in time in the casino. 201 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: I love it. Well, look, thank you so much, Joe. 202 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: Joe Brunini, the Chief Gaming Officer, otherwise known as the cgo. 203 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 2: At Atlantis. Yeah, yeah, mate, Okay, how do you do 204 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 2: the math so quickly? 205 00:08:58,320 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 3: Joe? 206 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I have to ask the question. So when 207 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 2: I win, how do you calculate how much I get 208 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 2: paid out so quickly? You seem to you must be 209 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 2: like rain Man when you do that math in your head. 210 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 3: Well, there's two things. Yes, the math is quick, and 211 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 3: when we don't know, we just keep paying until you're happy. 212 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 2: Sounds like sounds like my marriage. Well anyway, Joe, thank 213 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 2: you so much. 214 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 3: Thank you. 215 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: You know, and of course the casino is a major, major, 216 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: major draw here at Atlantis, but added to everything else, 217 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: it's like perfect. 218 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 2: Danielle is blinded by the sun. It's so beautiful. 219 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 6: It's so beautiful here. The sun is so bright. 220 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 2: Joe Brunini, thanks for spending time with us. 221 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 3: Thank you. 222 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: By the way, who's steering the ship downstairs? Get down 223 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: to the casino. They're robbing you, blind man. Go don't 224 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: mess with Joe.