Even in his own restaurants, guests paid if they lost.
No money is involved - guests and hosts do not pay each other.
But the 200 guests had not paid at least $250 each to hear about the last of the Democratic bosses.
Guests pay $5 to have a session on one of five different rock walls.
Guests of the hotel paid one dollar to fish as a club member.
And at $45 a night it cost considerably less than the $75 other guests were paying.
The clerk says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10.
But the guests paid no attention to each other.
Some guests paid $20, while others got in free.
I've had great rooms on the beach for next to nothing, while other guests are paying hundreds of dollars a night.