Player Guide

Player Guide

Complete navigation reference for The Mandalay Bay across CLI and web surfaces.

Navigation model

The casino uses a hub-and-spoke pattern:

• Main lobby has no "Back" option — you are always at the root
• Sub-menus show 0) Back to return to the previous screen
• Chip balance is displayed on every major screen
• Progress auto-saves after each floor activity and when leaving

Main lobby

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  The Mandalay Bay
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Welcome, Guest
Chips: $1,000

Choose your adventure:
  1) Explore Table Games
  2) Explore Slot Machines
  3) Explore Lottery Counter
  4) Explore Sports Book
  5) Explore Racing Pavilion
  6) Explore Equestrian Arena
  7) Cashier
  8) Player Stats
  9) Save Game
 10) Casino Guide
 11) Leave Casino

Option	Action
1–6	Enter a casino floor and pick an activity
7	Buy/cash out chips, view ledger
8	Session statistics per activity
9	Manual save to your slot
10	In-game rules and controls reference
11	Auto-save and exit (confirmation required)

Low balance notice

If your balance drops below $50, a warning appears suggesting a Cashier visit.

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Save library (entry screen)

Before the casino floor, you manage save slots:

Save options:
  1) Load a save slot
  2) Create new save in empty slot
  3) Delete a save slot
  4) Refresh library
  5) Exit without playing

Most recently played saves appear first. Up to 5 slots total.

See Save-Slots for CLI usage (--slot, --new, --list-saves).

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Table Games floor

Activities: Blackjack, Texas Hold'em, Mandalay Roulette, Craps.

See Blackjack, Table-Games.

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Slot Machines floor

Choose a stake tier, then pick from fourteen machines. Your last spin amount stays as the default for the next pull (web and CLI).

See Slot-Machines.

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Lottery Counter

Pick 3, Pick 4, Mega draw, and scratchers. Quick pick or enter your own numbers.

See Lottery-Counter.

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Sports Book floor

Two tabs: Sports (moneyline, spread, totals) and Predictions (binary contracts).

Sports Book:
  1) Place a wager
  2) Settle all open bets
  3) Refresh lines
  0) Back

See Sports-Book-and-Prediction-Markets.

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Racing Pavilion & Equestrian Arena

Thoroughbred win/place/show and equestrian dressage/jumping competitions.

See Racing-and-Equestrian.

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Cashier

Chip window:
  1) Buy chips ($500 bundle)
  2) Buy custom amount
  3) Cash out chips
  4) View transaction ledger
  0) Back

Option	Behavior
$500 bundle	Instant $500 buy-in
Custom amount	$50 – $100,000
Cash out	$1 – current balance (disabled at $0)
Ledger	Last 20 transactions with timestamps

See Chip-Economy.

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Player Stats

Displays:

• Player name and current balance
• Session net (gambling only, excludes buy-ins)
• Per-activity: visits, total bets, net winnings

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Casino Guide

In-game help with sections for every activity:

1. Overview & navigation
2. Blackjack rules & controls
3. Hold'em, roulette, craps
4. Slot machine paytables
5. Lottery tickets
6. Sports book & prediction markets
7. Racing & equestrian
8. Chip economy

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Mandalay Bay Hotel Experience

Exit the casino floor to the hotel lobby (web: hub menu; deep link: ?view=hotel-lobby).

Hotel flow

1. MGM Rewards (P) → Reservation — locate your tower and floor
2. Hallway mini-game — three beats of directional choices
3. Your room — TV, minibar, phone, decisions, unlockable Vegas vignettes

In-room amenities

Amenity	Highlights
TV	Shark Reef (ch. 47), wave pool cam, ULTRA Arena boxing, House of Blues (Gold+)
Minibar	Sensor-enabled charges; concierge suggests items
Phone	Concierge, bookie, Foundation Room (Noir+), spa, Delano
Decisions	Balcony, sky bridge to Mandalay Place, suite/penthouse perks

17 unlockable room events chain across pool visits, shopping, tier status, and bad decisions.

World day/night cycle

2 hours real time = 1 resort day.

Each new day:

• Daily charges post (room rate + resort fee + parking)
• Reservation requirement rotates: phone → desk → both → net-positive whale
• Insufficient chips locks room access until charges are settled

See Resort-Hotel.

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Global shortcuts & tips

Context	Shortcut
Sub-menus	0 — go back
Blackjack bet	q, quit, leave — leave table
Yes/no prompts	Enter = default; y/n
Web MGM Rewards phone	P
RPG Trainer Card	T
Interrupt (CLI)	Ctrl+C — exit with balance shown

All menus accept numeric choices. Defaults are shown in [brackets] — press Enter to accept.