He Said He Was Kidnapped, Cameras Caught Him With 4 Women: ‘Secret Life of a Vegas Casino’ Episode 3

^{Just steps from the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street, this week's episode takes a wild turn. (Photo: Sandra Esparza / Casinos.com)}

LAS VEGAS – If you're going to tell police you were kidnapped in Las Vegas, remember one thing: casinos have cameras. Lots of them.

Last week, we had sex in the hallway. This week, someone's lost all of their clothes, a Rolex has gone missing and one man's Vegas vacation may have ended with a call to a divorce lawyer.

Welcome back to “Secret Life of a Vegas Casino.” The biggest gamble this week isn't on the casino floor.

No Pants, No Wallet, No Problem?

We're barely into Episode 3 when Golden Nugget security officer Bishop gets a call about a naked man standing in a hotel hallway.

Not again with the hallways!

According to Bishop, naked guests getting locked out of their rooms happens more often than you'd think. Alcohol is usually involved.

The man admits he's been drinking, but his answers raise more questions.

His wallet? In an Uber, he says. His room key? Gone. And the female “friend” who was in his room earlier? Nowhere to be found.

Bishop isn't buying it.

He suspects a trick roll, a scheme where someone, often a sex worker, steals from a client while they're distracted. The guest isn't exactly rushing to explain himself, either.

Bishop eventually lets him back into his room, but not before warning him to be careful who he brings upstairs.

The guy insists she's just a friend.

Of course she is. Now put some pants on.

And considering the Golden Nugget ranked as one of the noisiest casinos in Las Vegas, I'm starting to wonder if anyone actually gets a decent night's sleep here.

Casino Shark Alert

Down on the casino floor, security is watching people who seem more interested in the gamblers than the gambling.

Despite what some tourists believe, prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas, and the Golden Nugget's security team has its hands full monitoring suspected solicitation.

One woman is circling the casino floor so much that security compares her to a shark.

The Golden Nugget's real sharks were relocated earlier this year. Security seems to have found a replacement.

Officers stop her for an ID check, but nothing immediately comes up in their records. But they will remember her, and you can’t help but get a feeling that we'll be seeing our shark again.

Fast Cars, Big Spenders and a $40K Gamble

Remember when a $5,000 shopping trip was part of the VIP treatment in Episode 1?

That was just the warm-up.

Jason and Stephen from player development have an idea. Why not spend $40,000 letting the Golden Nugget's biggest gamblers race exotic cars?

Sign me up.

The duo pitches a VIP experience at Dream Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, complete with Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens and a $10,000 promotional-chip or free-play prize for the fastest lap.

The Golden Nugget isn't the only casino offering speed as a perk. Fontainebleau has also added Dream Racing experiences to its rewards program.

Of course, the Golden Nugget expects something in return. There's also a cocktail party the night before, conveniently giving these high rollers an extra day to gamble.

Mike, the Senior VP of Casino Marketing who's approving the budget, has one condition for getting that $40,000 budget approved: He wants 20 committed players to make the investment worthwhile.

Jason and Stephen promise they'll deliver.

But that proves harder than expected. After countless phone calls, they're sitting at around 12 players. And when the cocktail party rolls around, there's a lot more empty space than they'd hoped.

Turns out getting people to gamble thousands of dollars is easier than getting them to RSVP.

‘Kidnapped’ in Vegas

Meanwhile, there's a much stranger mystery back at the hotel.

Golden Nugget investigator Dominic returns from vacation to learn that police found one of the hotel's guests approximately 15 miles away, near Rainbow Boulevard.

The man claims he was drugged, kidnapped and robbed of his phone, wallet and Rolex.

It's an alarming story. Dominic starts checking it.

He was visiting Vegas with his wife and daughter for her 21st birthday. Around 12:30 a.m., he reportedly wasn't feeling well and headed back to the hotel room alone.

Then, around 1:30 a.m., he says he stepped outside for fresh air.

That's the last thing he says he remembers.

His wife and daughter return around 4:20 a.m., notice he's missing and assume he's downstairs gambling. (Not an unreasonable assumption in Vegas.)

But Dominic wants to know what really happened.

He checks the electronic hotel door records, which show someone leaving the room around 1:42 a.m. So far, the timeline checks out.

Except there are several other entries and exits before his family returns.

That's where the story starts to unravel.

Sir, We Have You on Camera

Dominic pulls up the surveillance footage, and the kidnapping story takes a turn.

At approximately 1:45 a.m., our missing man leaves his room.

He isn't dragged away by kidnappers. He meets a woman and heads to a car.

They spend about 20 minutes together before he returns to his room, Rolex still safely on his wrist.

Perhaps an innocent late-night chat.

Except then he leaves again.

And meets another woman.

And then investigators spot two more.

FOUR WOMEN. IN ONE NIGHT.

At this point, even security is having trouble keeping a straight face.

“I'm not worried about no kidnapping right now. I'm worried about his cardio,” one investigator jokes.

His wife and daughter, meanwhile, are upstairs.

Eventually, our very busy mystery man is seen walking off toward Fremont Street with two women, disappearing beyond the Golden Nugget's camera coverage.

He later returns around 5:30 a.m., apparently without his Rolex, while his visibly upset wife believes something terrible has happened.

Investigators suspect the man may have been the victim of a “trick roll” rather than the kidnapping he described. They can't confirm what happened once he left the property, but the surveillance footage certainly tells a different story from his initial account.

The Casino’s Bad Bet?

Back at the Speedway, Jason and Stephen have problems of their own.

The supercars are ready. The racetrack is ready. The high rollers?

Not quite.

They promised Mike 20 players, but they're sitting at around 14, with another shuttle supposedly on its way.

The 9:30 a.m. start time isn't helping.

Stephen isn't thrilled, but Jason insists they needed to beat the 110-degree heat.

Fair. Getting high rollers up early after a night in Vegas may be the tougher task. Some of the missing guests, it turns out, stopped for brunch on the Strip.

Nothing like spending $40,000 on a VIP experience just to have your guests choose mimosas over McLarens.

But finally, the last shuttle arrives, bringing the guest count to 20.

The guys can breathe again.

The high rollers hit the track, Jacob wins the $10,000 promotional-chip or free-play prize for the fastest lap, and the event ends on a high note.

Now it's time to get everyone back to the casino and, preferably, into the high-limit room.

Happy 21st Birthday! Your Dad's in Custody

Back at the Golden Nugget, the man who reported being kidnapped has another problem.

Security presents its findings to management.

Multiple women, a parking garage rendezvous, a missing Rolex and a kidnapping account that doesn't match the footage. One investigator even calls it the biggest trick roll he's ever seen.

And remember, this whole trip was supposed to celebrate his daughter's 21st birthday.

Security reveals the man is now in the custody of Las Vegas Metro Police. Management believes he filed a false police report and makes it clear he's no longer welcome at the hotel. The episode doesn't specify whether formal charges were filed.

Meanwhile, his wife has been informed, and security heads upstairs to check on her.

His wife came to Vegas for her daughter's 21st birthday, feared her husband had been kidnapped and now has to deal with what security found.

Security also tells her that her husband is banned from the Golden Nugget. Her response?

“He's not welcome at home either.”

Shark Finally Gets Caught

Remember our green-haired friend circling Claude's Bar earlier?

Security has done some digging and found that she's listed under multiple names and linked to previous suspected trick-roll incidents.

And guess who's back at the bar?

Before officers can catch up with her, she's already disappeared into the hotel elevators with an older gentleman.

Security spends the night keeping an eye on the cameras, hoping she'll eventually come back downstairs.

One officer even jokes that if she's still upstairs, the meter has been running all night.

Eventually, she reappears. Our shark has resurfaced.

This time, Bishop and the team aren't letting her get away.

They intercept the woman, formally trespass her from the property and escort her out of the casino.

“Slippery little devil dog,” one officer says.

Between the naked guest, the four-woman mystery and the overnight surveillance, these officers have earned a nap.

All Roads Lead Back to the Casino

Over in player development, Jason and Stephen are celebrating their successful racing event, and Mike seems pretty pleased with the results.

Then Mike reveals something.

After watching the guys practically have a nervous breakdown over getting 20 players to show up, Mike reveals he wasn't all that concerned about how many actually made it to the racetrack.

What mattered was getting them back to the Golden Nugget to gamble.

And they did.

While some Vegas casinos are rolling out VIP perks for guests who don't even gamble, Mike has one priority: getting those players back to the Golden Nugget and spending money at the tables.

But there's no time to celebrate for long. Mike already wants another VIP event for the final quarter of the year. Jason and Stephen have an idea – an outdoor shooting range in the desert where they can fire off bazookas, play with .50-caliber guns mounted on Hummers, and even shoot at targets from a helicopter.

Mike seems interested, although he admits it sounds even more dangerous than the racing.

What Happens in Vegas ... Ends Up on Surveillance

By the end of the episode, the Golden Nugget team had experienced quite a weekend.

One naked man locked out of his room, a legendary trick roll, a $40,000 supercar party, four women caught on surveillance and a husband now unwelcome at both his hotel and his home.

Security gets the last laugh when after the night's exhausting investigation, a colleague shows up with donuts, joking that he'd heard someone had been running all night and figured he could use the energy.

See you next week!