Hi Skip
Hmmm....publicity angle? I remember the old days when Frontier had 2
$1, 4 - 50 cent and lots of 25 cent deuces. I based out of Frontier
and deuces were a little cash cow for me, not to mention the 6
coiners. If I watched, many of the deuces players, at that time,
played not so good. So, worst case, house broke even. Even in Wynn
case I believe house will not lose on this bank. Enough below par
players will play to even things out. Only problem; better players
will take money down road. But, then again, maybe many of these
players will be sports betters or do other type gaming. Maybe they
bring a regular slot player with them? So the few machines lose a few
$$. In a place like that if a couple hundred players come by to get a
seat, guess what? They play some other gaming while waiting. Furthur
study might indicate it's good business to give the customer a good
gamble. It wouldn't surprise me if Wynn goes back to basics and
discovers a hot new idea; give the customer a good gamble.
Then again......Maybe it's a trap?
Cheers....Jeep
A couple of questions:
Does anyone REALLY buy the publicity angle? If WYNN put the games
in for
marketing purposes, why doesn't it advertise it in the LVRJ,
instead of
having (if you believe it) a third party post it on an Internet
group
that is probably read by 95% of the smart players in town and 4,000
visitors who will never get to see them? I don't get it. What
happened
(All APs All The Time) was inevitable and the folks at WYNN had to
know
it. So why would they want that?
Other casinos have had dollar deuces fairly recently (Harvey's LT,
Silver Legacy, Harrah's Reno come to mnd) that went away shortly
after
they become widely known on the Net, but I never noticed the
slightest
bit of residual good will - maybe even the opposite. Do we really
think
it will happen here? "I love them so much for putting in those
dollar
deuces for the local wise guys last month, I'm going to book my
next 3
vacations there!" OK, if you say so.
I don't claim to know the secret, but none of the explanations I've
heard yet sound too logical. Here's something I received this
privately
a few minutes ago:
"has anyone considered that this may be a trap? they obviously
know
what a great play that this is. hopefully someone has figured out
that
this is a $40/hr or so play. and those people who show up day in
and
day out are going to get booted where the local who shows up plays
it
for a little while and doesn't come back day after day will be
allowed
to play? wynn gets best of both worlds: advertise fpdw and get
rid of
the pros. they can't be this stupid to put in a play like this w/o
an
ulterior motive? or can they?"
I don't know whether it's a "trap" (or more accurately, according
to
this theory, a "filter") or not, but the folks at WYNN are NOT
stupid.
This is not the Westin Casuarina. They have to have a good reason
for
this little experiment. (Oh, I forgot - it was because Rob Singer
told
them too. )
Has anyone started that pool on how long they'll last? I'd like $5
on a
week from today. But I have to admit my crystal ball has been a
little
murky lately.<g>
P.S. I heard (from an eyewitness) that someone hit two royals on
one of
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Thanks!
Skip
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