It's funny you say that - my wife had a similar reaction - although she called it "underwear night" ... The women that lined up for judging I think were more wearing lingerie than not. There was an equal number that didn't line up for the judging. But when we walked in, there were a whole lot of people milling around in street clothes (my opinion is, you don't dress, you don't get in), and there were also a lot of folks in swim wear. If you go left to right in that photo, the first gal (Lalo's holding her arm up) was wearing a matching thong/bra set - and the bra was gone for the final judging. She won. That gal was topless in more places than not that week - even one night dancing in Nice Shoes to the music - and was constantly moving to the music - to the point where my wife nicknamed her "Jiggles" ... LOL Then going along from left to right: - sheer lace halter babydoll - definitely lingerie - my wife - sheer top lace long gown. Not the hottest, definitely the prettiest, but of course, I'm biased ... - yellow bra, bra and underwear - weak - Partially hidden, is Alejandra, staff member and she had removed her camisole at that point and was wearing tap pants. - green, cami and underwear - brown striped skirt - bra and some sort of tap pant/skirt - yellow/green satin, some sort of shorty gown - cowboy hat: she started the evening in sheer cami that matched the pajama pants, also sheer, then took the top off playing blackjack - she was runner up. - topless, black boyshorts - was wearing matching bra/boyshort set - Black teddy - black sheer topped shorty gown/teddy - white sheer babydoll and thong - this gal had tremendous boobs and was wearing a bra under the outfit. So, I'd call it lingerie with some cop-outs ... PM me if you want a full-resolution photo (big picture - 3008 pixels by 2000 pixels).
If they made lingerie mandatory there would be a smaller turn out/participation and a lot of unhappy people. Forced participation rarely works and PJ Casino you are not required to get any more unclothed than you are comfortable with doing. Yeah it would be more fun with more people participating but I feel it works the way it is without making everyone wear sexy lingerie.
Last year most all the ladies had really cute sexy lingerie on. We had a good turn out,but I think it depends on the crowd you have there at the time. Some of the guys wore boxers and others long pj pants with no shirt. One guy had on a thong/ banana hammet as you call it. He won the whole thing,which was a joke. That goes to show it is all in fun and rightly so. We had a blast.
I found a really sexy pair of loungepants for my husband. They are black and almost look like they have sheer holes in em. Very nice. I would prefer him to wear nothing, but thats not allowed. lol
He might end up that way before the night is over. :lol: PJ lost more clothes than I did, but that was ok too.