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Photography

#1

In the old days (good or bad), casinos did not allow
gamblers to take photos on the gambling floor. I never knew exactly why.
Perhaps to prevent accidently including a person who didn’t want anyone to know
he was there. I’m guessing.

Maybe 20 years ago, I got a royal flush at the Golden Nugget
on Fremont Street. A staff member offered to take a picture. He expected a tip.

On our recent trips to the pool tournaments at the Las Vegas
Westgate, I haven’t seen that old policy advertised. I suppose with the advent
of picture-taking cell phones, prevention is pointless.

    • Norma
#2

Most casinos now don’t care if you take pics of slot machine jackpots or video poker wins. I think they recognize that people posting jackpots on social media is actually good for business.

But if you pull out a cell phone to take pictures near the gaming tables or cashier cage you will be swiftly reprimanded.

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On Nov 7, 2016, at 10:16 AM, normagi…@…com [vpFREE] <vpF…@…com> wrote:

In the old days (good or bad), casinos did not allow
gamblers to take photos on the gambling floor. I never knew exactly why.
Perhaps to prevent accidently including a person who didn’t want anyone to know
he was there. I’m guessing.

Maybe 20 years ago, I got a royal flush at the Golden Nugget
on Fremont Street. A staff member offered to take a picture. He expected a tip.

On our recent trips to the pool tournaments at the Las Vegas
Westgate, I haven’t seen that old policy advertised. I suppose with the advent
of picture-taking cell phones, prevention is pointless.

    • Norma
#3

Last month I wanted to take a picture at the slot machine at Mirage and the slot attendant walked to me and asked to put my phone away.

#4

HSI is very strict about taking pics of jackpots…though I’ve done it many times before the slot attendant arrived. One time I hit on a slot machine, and tried to take the pic right away, but the slot attendant was very close and nearly had a fit. When I asked what the reasoning was, she stammered around a bit. Finally her response was that someone could study the picture of the machine and learn how to win. Sad but it was impossible not to laugh out loud.