The Las Vegas Sandwich Trick

We have welcomed Dennis Schoeneborn, Elena Bruni, and Fabian Homberg for an extra exciting data session on an infamous Las Vegas trick! We discussed data excerpts from user self-reports on a practice called “20$ Sandwich Trick.” This practice involves mini-bribing employees in Las Vegas hotels with the aim to attain room upgrades. How do actors legitimize this practice and how do these patterns of legitimization change over time?