Bag of poop
$1.25 blackjack? Well, you can wrap up a bag of poop in a pretty package... but you still have nothing more than a bag of poop there! I was just having a discussion the other day with Flash about the lack of basic math skills in the general public and of how they are clueless to being taken serious advantage of in certain casino games, such as this new thing with the 25 cent ante on $1 blackjack. The casinos promote this as being, "Cheap, fun and all the thrills of blackjack without the higher risk!" or whatever the promotional advertising says but in all actuality it would be less costly for them to be playing $10 or $15 a hand with no ante! These tables are jammed full on the weekends! It's a brilliant idea that will rake a stupid public over the coals and make a nice steady buck or two for the casinos that are doing it.
You are right about the boardwalk casinos such as Taj. It's difficult NOT to be wandering about boardwalk casinos such as the Taj without being accosted by hustlers, panhandlers, crackmonkeys, etc. They are everywhere and seem to be running amok to the point of you asking yourself, "If this is such a high class joint, why am I being approached by this smelly homeless person and they are asking for $3.00 out of me?" They become a familiar sight and you simply get used to the local junkies, homeless smelly drunks and an assortment of hoodlums up to no good lurking about.