Hard Rock Florida Angering Betters with Limits & Late Postings
Hard Rock Florida Angering Betters with Limits & Late Postings
September 17, 2025: Lots of Florida Jai-alai betters are angry at the “hard” cap being imposed online by the Hard Rock Casino. And not knowing until just a few hours what the odds are and being able to bet.
As the second week of the Magic City Fall season of ja-alai fixed odds betting, customers are shocked to see the amount of money they can bet on certain games and parleys. Some are experiencing a limit they can bet a game, and some are getting cut off from even betting a single dollar on additional jai-alai games. It is not uncommon to see your limit choked at $5 or even being locked out once you have bet a certain amount of money on the performance.
Apparently, these betters are doing well, or this action would not be happening.
Let’s face it. Casinos don’t like to lose money. If you win money at something, they are going to stop you somehow or another.
If you watched the movie “21” that came out several years ago, you will recall scenes where the casinos will take you down to the basement and beat the living shit out of you. All over card counting. I doubt that goes on today or did back when a professor from MIT and several students figured out how to beat the casino in the late 70s and were wildly successful in the 80s. Those were smart kids.
But they will ask you to leave the building or ban you from playing blackjack again. It does not seem fair – it is an even playing field. And nobody is cheating. Its fair game. But in every casino in the world – except for Atlantic City – the casino has the right to stop you from playing, take away your chips and ban you for life. Casinos practically have their own police department. And if on Tribal property, like the Hard Rock in Florida, they make all the rules and police them.
So, I guess the Hard Rock can limit anyone on how much they bet – even in sports betting.
I remember this went on last year and I had heard that it was illegal.
Another shenanigan game they may be playing is waiting until the last few hours to post the odds online to bet. The 5pm performance may not even be available to review until just a few hours before it starts. This really hinders betters from handicapping their choices and even more importantly parley bets, which can often spread into the next day. The other betting sites like Betrivers and Draft Kings don’t appear to be playing that game, even though some of them are not always up in a timely matter. Not sure if this is the fault of Magic City Jai-alai or the casinos, but I have a good idea.
Like I said, casinos don’t like to lose money. Period.
Anyone have an answer?
