You are correct Harry. A clear example is, if all the votes in the Florida 2000 election were correctly tabulated, we would probably be living an a different "Geopolitical" world. When the bean counters go over their quarterly earnings at the Coast Properties, they would love to have that additional 1/2 of 1/2 of 1/2 of 1% back in their pockets from the gaming that had lost.
So one voice can make a difference. Especially as the economy is not projected to rebound in the near future. The airlines are projecting a $10 billion loss for 2003, hotel census is down, cruise lines are reducing rates deeply and gamblers are not gambling as much. Besides, the indian casinos have to eat into Vegas profits in some form.
To paraphrase "Field of Dreams', "If you build a player friendly video poker game, people will come. They will most definately come". I wonder how the other casinos are doing these days?
Just because an authority makes a bold statement, doesn't mean that it's true. Only time will tell!
So the bottom line is
the casinos lose a TOTAL of 300 advantage customers who are hurting
their bottom line and gain 3,000 clueless customers EVERY MONTH who
are going to enhance their bottom line. If you were running a
business which customer group would you target your marketing efforts
towards? As Steve says, they know exactly what they are doing...
Tooz
4-2's, I get exactly where you're coming from. And indeed, there's
little doubt in my mind that that's exactly where the collective head
of Coast Casinos is.
But I sense just a bit that you find the end result a foregone
conclusion. If I'm mistaken, please excuse me. I seem to have gotten
on my high horse here (and over on vp-mail). That's because I worry
that as a group we feel rather impotent in this situation.
Frankly, prospects for steering the momentum of machine cuts back are
likely nominal. But my take on the situation is that if there's
something that I can do that even remotely might positively affect the
situation and only takes 15 minutes, I'm certainly going to give it a
shot. In this case, I just don't see a downside for doing so. And I
always get a bit of a charge of having taken some action on a matter
than I'm unhappy with.
OK, off the soap box. But if someone is interested in jotting just a
quick note off on the subject, the contact information follows. Even
if it isn't published, a steady stream of letters and emails will at
least keep LVRJ focussed on the situation.
Send your replies and letters to:
letters@r...
or
Letters To the Editor
P.O. Box 70
Las Vegas, NV 89125
- Harry
By the way, I'll give you guys a rest from my diatribe very shortly.
As I've noted, I'm off to LV first thing in the morning -- desperate
to make another killing! I'll be back Apr. 6. And I gotta tell you,
this group has been a real asset. If I've shouldered an attitude from
time to time in the past, I humbly ask you to be patient. I get over
myself eventually :).
- H.
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