Digital Social Hour
How Vegas Dave Built a $10M Empire in Cabo | Vegas Dave DSH #1303
Sun, 06 Apr 2025
🌴 How did Vegas Dave turn setbacks into a $10M empire in Cabo? 🌟 In this exclusive episode of the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly, Vegas Dave shares his incredible journey — from battling casinos and lawsuits to building world-class luxury villas in Cabo. 🏖️ Discover how he overcame massive challenges, including a federal case, fraud, and corruption, to achieve success on his terms. 🚀 He opens up about his transformation from a showboating sports betting icon to a low-key entrepreneur focused on delivering unforgettable luxury experiences. Vegas Dave also spills the secrets behind his sports betting success, his vision for the future, and why he believes content is king. 📈 Whether you're a fan of inspiring success stories or curious about the real estate game in Mexico, this episode is packed with valuable insights you can’t miss. 💡 👉 Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets! 📺 Join the conversation and dive into the world of resilience, ambition, and success with Vegas Dave. Don’t miss out! 🔥 CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Vegas Dave Insights 01:22 - Federal Case & Family Health 02:02 - Betting on Royals 03:44 - Retirement Plans 04:57 - Future Endeavors 05:32 - Cabo Platinum Overview 08:54 - Reasons to Choose Cabo 11:05 - Trust Issues in the US 11:38 - Leaving Vegas Behind 12:38 - Importance of Content 13:29 - Peace and Profit Strategies 15:38 - Finding a Good Partner 17:44 - Sobriety Journey 19:01 - Hope for America 21:47 - Best Sports Betting Tips 23:11 - Stopping Livestreams 26:10 - Introduction to Bitcoin 30:07 - Second Documentary Insights 31:30 - Future Plans 33:35 - Personal Happiness 34:26 - Managing Court Stress 37:09 - Attorney’s Strategy 39:29 - Cabo Platinum Updates 40:30 - Meaning of Money to Dave 43:55 - Public Perception of Dave 46:08 - Where to Connect with Dave APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: jenna@digitalsocialhour.com GUEST: Vegas Dave https://www.instagram.com/itsvegasdave LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ #luxurylivingcabo #cabodelsol #realestatemarket #caboinvestment #cabohousingmarket
Chapter 1: How did Vegas Dave start his journey to success?
All right, guys, someone I've talked to for years now on social media, Vegas Dave, how to bring them out of retirement, man. You've been low key lately.
Yeah, very low life, just low key and staying out of the public right now. Living a total different life from five years ago. Yeah, before it was all about the content to build the brand. And now, even though I'm quiet and low key, the brand lives forever.
Was that always a plan, just make a bag and kind of slowly dip from social media?
No, I thought I would never leave the scene. I was addicted to the waitresses. I was addicted to the fame, addicted to being on TV. I was addicted to that lifestyle, but then it switched where I'm the complete opposite now. Was it a specific incident that caused you to make that switch or? Yeah, it was the federal case when I beat the casinos and they didn't want to pay me.
Chapter 2: What challenges did Vegas Dave face with casinos and lawsuits?
And I had to fight for 40 years in prison, 19 felonies. I fought that Fed case for three years and beat it. But after that, I was like, fuck this man. That was a wake up call and nothing in life's guaranteed. So I just wanted to kind of switch how I lived my life.
Yeah. Cause you were battling that case while your mother was dealing with health issues. There was a lot going on at that time in your life, right?
Yeah. She was a stage four pancreatic cancer at 80 years old, like 2% chance of living. And she beat it. I beat the case. And then I also hit that Royals bet that year. And then It's part of the journey.
Yeah, the Royals bet was 2.5 million, right?
Yeah, 100,000 before the season started.
Crazy. That's nuts, dude. I mean, was that a record at the time?
Yeah. They changed the rules on how they take future bets because of the liability, but no one thought the Royals would win. They'd win a World Series for, what, 30 years. and 20, you know, a hundred thousand, when 2.5 million, I had big balls and I wrote it to the end. Yeah. And the casino wouldn't pay you. That's where the lawsuit started, right? Yeah. They made a false allegations.
They want to pay me. And then when I stood up for my rights, they indicted me in 19 alleged felonies and, trying to put me in jail for 40 years. Holy crap. Which casino is that? Wynn, Westgate. But you know what? They're all connected. They're all crooks. They're all connected. Yeah. You know, they make so much money. And then when it's time to pay out, they don't want to pay out.
It's really absurd. You can't really beat them here because even if someone's 80,000, it's going to cost 100,000 to lawyer up. Damn. The person loses no matter what. So this is happening to other people then. For sure. Jeez. That's why when you see people that can gamble in Las Vegas, I'm not saying they're a loser, but overall they're a loser playing because the casinos are smart.
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Chapter 3: Why did Vegas Dave choose Cabo for his real estate ventures?
Yeah.
So you're going to retire next year, man. What's going to be the next thing then?
Well, I'm semi-retired now, but I had to come fully out of sports because I'm running my three properties in Mexico. You know, basically I have three resorts out there that I have to manage myself. Originally I had a company that was going to manage it, but now I'm taking full control.
Yeah.
And there was some issues with that company, right? Yeah. Yeah, Cabo Platinum, they were stealing from me. So I trusted this company to manage my properties and they were stealing from me. I thought they were stealing from me the last couple of years, but they've been stealing from me from day one since 2016. So I built my empire while people stole from me. So it's just been a crazy, crazy battle.
You uncovered what, $6 million in fraud there? $6 million and we're finding out more. They set me up with builders. just set me up to build my home. And the first builder stole 2 million. Second builder stole a good chunk. And I still finished the house, took me six years. But, you know, it's crazy because, you know, you think they're your friends.
And I was like, holy shit, you know, these people actually take me out to dinner and treat me. No one else. I always pay the bill come to find out it's my fucking money. You know, I was like, they're so generous. It's my money, but the truth is going to come out. And like all this could be settled last year. It could be settled tomorrow.
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Chapter 4: How does Vegas Dave manage his luxury villas in Cabo?
They would just provide the bank statements and the receipts, but they don't want to because it's pure fraud. It's crazy. And now they're out of business, right? Well, They're still running business. There's something called Profeco, the government that protects the consumer in Mexico. They sealed up their office, put them on the news, and it really affected their business.
And they want to blame it on me. Come on, man, you're stealing. If you're running an ethical business, then people stay with you no matter what. So like with me in sports, people always used to hate, oh, he's a scam, this and that. Well, I'm in a results-driven business. People don't buy shit from me unless I produce winners. So-
I always tell people you can make excuses, but if you run business the right way and you do the right thing. you're ethical, your business is gonna sustain hard times.
Damn, that's nuts, man. We'll see how that plays out. You're fighting that in court right now, right?
Yeah, I have a case in Mexico, case in the States, criminal and civil. I'm going all angles. And now they're crazy. Now they're panicking and she's swearing under oath that she was my employee for three years. She filed a labor lawsuit where they try to embargo my house, like in a movie where they come down and knock down your house and take $300,000 worth of your furniture. Holy shit.
Yeah, like movie type shit. because they don't fuck around with labor out there. They take it very serious in Mexico. So she lied and said that she was my employee for three years when she was my property manager, that I never paid her one time. She had a salary and I never gave her a vacation. Well, I don't know anyone that works for three years for free.
It's just a lie after a lie after a lie, but sooner or later, the truth is going to come out and I'm going to be victorious like I always am.
Jeez. And that's in Mexico. So you got to learn Spanish.
Yeah, it's very tough out there. I should learn Spanish, but I'm too busy working and grinding.
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Chapter 5: What is Vegas Dave's perspective on content creation and social media?
Yeah, but it's a blessing in disguise because I haven't been to a casino forever. But what's at a casino? Cookers, drugs, alcohol, gambling. things that you don't want in your life to be successful. That was the biggest blessing in my life. I think, you know, if I tell the casinos, I thank you very much for that because I would not have the wealth I have.
No way I could have made the money betting sports. It forced me to be a sports consultant, pivot. And that's where I made all my wealth. And you know, everything I have is selling pics off Instagram, believe it or not. It's crazy to me. When I look back and I see what I built, I tell my parents, can you believe I built all this off social media? It's crazy. It's crazy. But I got in early.
I was always telling people content is king. People used to laugh at me for bringing a video camera to the nightclub. I videotape every date I went on. I would go to Cabo and videotape. The rule is if I come, I videotape. And now content is the new currency. It's king. And I knew it.
When I think of who was the first person I remember selling sports picks, it's always you. You were early, man. Now everyone does it. There's so many characters now.
Yeah, they're characters, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, so I mean, I don't really pay attention to what's going on, you know, so.
You haven't seen the Sean Perry Mozzie beef? No, I don't pay attention. They're boxing right now.
They are? Well, that's good. Well, promotions, whatever works for them. As I told you before, when I walk away from this industry, I don't care what anyone says. No one built what I built. No one has what I have. They can say whatever they want. but no one has the assets I have. So I think there's a lot of money for everyone to make. So I don't hate on anybody.
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Chapter 6: How has Vegas Dave's lifestyle changed over the years?
I don't know. I don't have time to hate, man. I wish I had time to like look at people's situation. You know, like we stayed in contact for years, you know, and I finally am now on this.
It was always respect with us. Yeah. I always respected your marketing because at the end of the day, hate on your bets or whatever, but you are a good marketer. You knew how to get views.
Yeah. You know, and I was very honest and I didn't care, you know, and I'm still, I still don't give a fuck. I'll still tell you the truth. I might be kinder and then my choice words are a little different now, but I'm still very cut by the same cloth. And I'll always tell you straight up. Some people don't like the honesty.
A lot of the girls were crying, you know, a lot of guys don't want to hear the truth, but if their feelings are hurts because they're fucking insecure. Why were the girls crying? That was a dick. You know, I mean, I was, I don't know how I got away with what I did, but you know, giving girls Plan B smoothies and like record everything and give them breadsticks from Olive Garden the next day.
And they would love the content. I don't know how I got away with it, but I look back now and I'm just like, man, what a crazy life. And people meet me now as a businessman and they're like, I can't believe you were this person before. I was like, I can't even remember those days.
That was just crazy how I used to live. Yeah. You ever just want to settle down with one chick and ride into the sunset? I would. Find me a good girl. You won't find it in Vegas. find it. Maybe Cabo. I don't know how the girls are there.
They all got kids and tattoos and it's not my thing. You know, it's very hard. I'd rather have a, you know, where are you going to find her? You got to go to the fucking village, go to a village where they don't speak English. So, you know, like in Ukraine or some shit, but it's tough nowadays. You know, I work so hard. There's no way I'm going to sign a contract.
where a girl wakes up one day and the coconut falls off the tree from Vegas Day of Three. She's like, oh, I don't love you no more. And she gets half my shit. I will have a partnership. You can sleep on the second floor of the villa. You can actually sleep next door at the other villa. But I want my space. I want my own bedroom. I want my own bed. And we can live life.
And I'll treat you like my wife, but I'm not signing no goddamn contract. That's for sure.
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