Resorts take over
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I used to play a lot at Resorts, but noticed the whole place getting tougher and tougher to play at. In the off times, there would only be one dice table open and often there were very difficult people playing on them. Although, yes, the blackjack pen was solid.
The comps seemed to dry up considerably too. Of course, this was an across-the-board phenomenon for most casinos due to dropping earnings...but cutting off my free room offers when my level of play was constant didn't get me coming back as often.
It's sad...for several years, Resorts was a comfortable, friendly place to throw the dice. Now it's hit or miss, but usually full of shady characters stressing out the crews.
good luck :joker:
The comps seemed to dry up considerably too. Of course, this was an across-the-board phenomenon for most casinos due to dropping earnings...but cutting off my free room offers when my level of play was constant didn't get me coming back as often.
It's sad...for several years, Resorts was a comfortable, friendly place to throw the dice. Now it's hit or miss, but usually full of shady characters stressing out the crews.
good luck :joker:
If I were a casino executive. I'd find out what the profitability of every slot machine there is after overhead costs. Then I'd take 4 of those machines or so and determine what the profitability is of those machines vs. one blackjack table per hour after costs. If it's less profitable than the blackjack table, goodbye slot machines, hello blackjack games. If Resorts bothered even doing this simple thing, I'm almost 100% positive they'd be a much more profitable casino. The goal for them should be figuring out how to earn the biggest amount of $ per square foot of the casino. Of course, I'm too smart to be in casino mgmt. Oh well.
It doesn't work this way for these guys. They see a blackjack pit as a distraction that keeps compulsive gamblers from playing slot machines. They have a chart that says their edge at BJ of 0.44% and that's that, not realizing that their actual edge is far greater. The dealers who deal the game every day don't even know BS, the executives probably can't tell a good player from a bad player either. Good for us, but bad for the casinos.
Somewhere, there must be a figure for what it cost a casino per shift for a BJ table. Offhand, you need a dealer, a replacement dealer, a pit boss, a eye in the sky. Then you need a security guard or two to bring chips, take the drop, and a cashier to cash out the winners chips. All these employees make salary, incur payroll taxes and recieve benefits. Then you have a couple of decks of cards, and the licensing fees for any carnival sidebets the table has. I've heard those run about $5 per shift per table, even if the table doesn't open.
A slot machine is much less labor intense, and takes less space. I'd guess you could put a bank of ten slots into the space required for a BJ table.
A slot machine is much less labor intense, and takes less space. I'd guess you could put a bank of ten slots into the space required for a BJ table.
In fairness, there are cost associated with that bank of slot machines as well. Slot attendants, slot mechanics, the security team complete with caged train that still changes the boxes on the machines daily. Th eye in the sky is also responsible for watching slot machines and looking for slot cheats and general security is required as well.
And second you have to look at how much that bank of 10 slot machines actually brings in when they sit there with maybe 1 person playing, (sometimes 0) 90 percent of the time. especially weekdays. It is not as if 9 or 10 machines are in constant use.
And second you have to look at how much that bank of 10 slot machines actually brings in when they sit there with maybe 1 person playing, (sometimes 0) 90 percent of the time. especially weekdays. It is not as if 9 or 10 machines are in constant use.
The numbers are there and we can do rough estimates, based on November 2009 AC monthly report. Combining 0.25 and less slots together, Resorts has 1211 slots, Win $4,841,460. Resorts has 34 bjtables, W$1,623,555. I can't estimate space; Can someone remind me how many slots are in the Foxwoods' Keno room in the Pequot area where there wasis bar and window facing front of pequot fox? That room used to have 6-8 table games (definitely 4 bj's; not sure the others)?? [using resorts numbers: 6 tables, W$286,510. estimate 30 slots, W $119,937; if just nickels & less, 30slots=W$134,485.] Factor in all of the factors, and the numbers tell something. (oh, forgot, do casinos pay a fee for hosting different slot machines? table games? lease? and factor in the wiring and infrastructure of their computer systems, and maintenance of systems? Also, tiny factor, the differences in comp points /ratings for slots versus table games players.)
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