Whale Hunt in the Desert

Secrets of a Vegas Superhost

By: Deke Castleman

Narrated by: Ed Walters

Whale Hunt in the Desert divulges the unbridled lengths to which casinos go to bag the world's biggest gamblers - the whales. This definitive exposé reveals the shrouded world of ultra-high rollers and the Faustian pacts they forge with their hosts, the casino representatives whose job it is to part them from their fortunes. Private jets, penthouses, personal chefs, show-up money, rebates on losses, and the most beautiful women on Earth - nothing is too excessive.

This is the only book ever to examine the lifestyles and motivations of this rarest of breeds, as well as the highly guarded inner workings of the most money-oriented culture known to man. This third edition includes a foreword by Anthony Curtis and an extensive update about Las Vegas, the "greening" of gambling, the nightclub and dayclub scenes, the evolving host position, and much more - all in the words of the superhost, Steve Cyr.

©2014, 2018 Huntington Press (P)2018 TalkingBook

Performance is awful!

I can’t stand to even listen to this. Sounds like a robot is reading the book and I just can’t tolerate it. Too bad bc might have been a good listen!

Vegas baby

I throughly enjoyed the book, if you love gambling and Vegas you will enjoy all the stories this casino host has on his players and the ends and outs of the casino

Very Well Written. Great Listen

This is by far one the best books I've heard about the real deal inner workings of the high roller lifestyle directly from one of the true innovators of the casino host industry.

A Whale of an Audiobook!

Take a spectacular author writing about a spectacular person and you end up with a spectacular audiobook!! This is an incredible listen...it is by far the best book on high rollers and their hosts ever written. It is an "insider" view of Vegas that is both fascinating and revealing: a high octane blast of Superhost Steve Cyr and his multi-million dollar casino "whales." If you want a glimpse of how a top casino host operates, the kinds of comps and treatment afforded high rollers, and the lifestyle and gambling habits of the truly wealthy...this book is for you. It's the next best thing to a seven figure credit line! Enjoy.

Great book, horrible narration

The book is great fun and you eventually overcome the robotic narration. But for the first 30 min you want to quit