Not to mention GMs of many gaming properties and key employees of brick-and-mortar casinos and suppliers, many read the boards and the comments of posters they respect. Many have reached out over the years.

Kirk Kerkorian was the control person of MGM casinos and MGM film. Kirk was a very private guy, very low key, but the only control person of public companies who came close to Buffett with respect to generosity toward his shareholders aka partners.

Due to posts on those boards, I got to meet Kirk twice and chat VERY briefly, but it was still a highlight for me.

If I thought odd lot clowns living in their mom's basement were the only posters on these boards, I would be on pawn sites, lol, not here.

I still communicate privately with several of the sharpest old timers who gave up on this " cult" like community, hence they no longer post here.

WHO ran off Nola I forgot already? Another sharp guy who added value, gone.