Should casinos forbid people with developmental disabilities from playing?

[Thunder]

So I guess all the people on here who play video poker to build comps are retarded or idiots?

 

[rollem411]

So I guess all the people on here who play video poker to build comps are retarded or idiots?

VP is beatable...doesn't count :grin:

 

[Cardcounter]

Casinos don't discriminate against retards they discrimante against smart people.

 

[Blue Efficacy]

I don't know, it's used euphemistically these days alongside being a legitimate condition. If you're rich and white, your kid is "autistic." If you're poor and something else, he's "retarded." Sort of like the difference between being crazy and eccentric.

Again AM shows that while he knows a lot about blackjack, there are other things he is ignorant about.

 

[shadroch]

Again AM shows that while he knows a lot about blackjack, there are other things he is ignorant about.

I agree with half of that.

 

[blackchipjim]

mental disabilities

I have sat at disabled tables and have seen alot to say the least. I have opened the tables only to eventually have to leave by my own admission because it was filling up. I can take it for awhile even help the folks with some iffy plays but after a short while my emotions get the best of me. Ruthless comes to mind when the casinos have the balls to raise the min. on the table. I have learned some of the greatest lessons in life playing and interacting with people that are disabled. I know that when they are there they are really alive in what would normally be a day challenged. Sometimes I wonder if we are not really the ones with the diabilities.

 

[Billy C1]

"Qualified gamers"

All of us have seen MANY incompetent gamers. Reality says they give the casinos money that pays advantage players.
We should all agree that taking it from people with severe mental limitations is wrong.
Like a lot of things, the question becomes---------where is the line drawn?

BillyC1