The number of educated players who play machines as opposed to
blackjack (and yes I know some play both but I know many BJ aps who
never play machines) is so small as to not matter. It is probably
less than 1% of players and for sure on the Strip it is. Local
casinos have to be a little more loose generally, but look at
Station's, how many good machines do they have? They dediced
correctly that enough people wiil play inferior machines for casinos
closer to their homes with good parking and lots of affordable food
choices and people will play tighter machines in a nicer box than if
those machines were in a dingy box = so they put up more expensive
buildings and less loose machines and build some rooms for tourists
who will pay for them.
You are trying to convince yourself, why they need you and the
answer is they don't.
The limited number of machines is the worst idea by th way. Some
casinos try your system and then the APs crush the few good machines
and there is no hold and they get pulled. Now if they put in lots of
good machines, some only semi-knowledgable players will also get a
chance to play and then the machines will have a hold% to them. I
think the worst thing for good video poker is when a casino puts in
only a few good machines, because I already know what the results
are going to be and that will be the end of the experiment. Imagine
the difference though if a casino advertised all video poker is 99%
or better?
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "John Nonnweiler Jr." <jrnjr@>
wrote:
>
> Posted by: "caplatinum "You are all tilting at windmills. Now if
this group wanted to stand
> on a sidewalk and pass out leaflets to people why they should
not
> play traditional slots and 6:5 BJ, that they are getting ripped
off -
> Harrah's might give you some games to shut you up - but venting
on
> these boards is a waste. "
>
> I dont think venting is a waste;)
>
> I wonder if one of the potential causes of the decline of good
gambling is the success that so many of the Native American
Casinos
experience? Atlantic City too. People just love to gamble and will
spend their bankroll on whatever. Not really caring about how
awful
the paytables or the gamble is.
>
> I would guess the casinos in Las Vegas have been watching this
pattern for years and understand the knowledgeable gambler is rare
compared to the other gamblers.
>
> If I was running the Casino it would be hard for me not to act
on
this information. If people will play crummy paytables and my
bottom
line improves .... well its not rocket science.
While a lot of this is true there's one problem with the logic
here
on a casino's part. Yes, the uneducated will play anything BUT,
the
educated won't play at all.
The thing is, the casinos will make make money off the uneducated
on
the better paytables like NSUD and 9/6 jacks & the educated
players
as well - athough not quite as much off of them. By removing the
games and/or downgrading paytables, they'll still make money off
the
uneducated but will make NOTHING off the educated.
Personally if I were a casino manager I'd offer a limited amount
of
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "stungazed" <stungazed@...> wrote:
games so I'd at least have a shotat the educated player's money.
Without these games I don't have a chance to win it from them
because they aren't playing in my casino.