Ocean's One

There is no better entertainment than a good old fashioned Las Vegas casino heist.

In the movies, we get the all of the preparation and scheming. Remember in Ocean's Eleven, when he went out and recruited all of the masters of their trade? Remember when they built an exact replica of the Bellagio safe and had remote control vans and S.W.A.T. team uniforms?

Well, that is all just mindless theater.

The way to rob a Las Vegas casino is how this guy did it this morning. At 3:50am today at the Bellagio, a man strapped on a motorcycle helmet, walked up to a craps table with a gun and said "put the chips in the bag".

From there he jumped on his motorcycle and rode off with $1.5 million in chips. It is amazing. He does have to unload the chips, but I am sure he will take 75 cents on the dollar.

It will be interesting to see if this spawns a bunch of copycat casino robbers. If I know the gaming business, I would bet (no pun intended) that the probability of escape for these guys starts getting very unlikely.