What do the pit folks see?

[ZeeBabar]

If you, say, hand in your players card at a station casino, say Palace Station, what do they see?

Do they see when you last played at the Palace Station?

Do they see how much you won or lost in your last session? In your last 5 sessions? Your career record at that casino?

Can they see if you played at another station casino? Can they see how much you won or lost at another station casino?

They say that if you are backed off at one, you will get the same treatment elsewhere so could one station casino know your record at other station casinos?

Can the same answers apply to other chains such as MGM?

 

[Splittingten's]

They show your skill level. I saw a roulette table filled with players and I got a peek of the screen the pit bosses were using and it showed their average bet and their skill level. Since Roulette isn't really a game of skill all of their skill ratings had a picture of a race flag.

 

[LV Bear]

Backoff information is almost always shared system wide.

 

[ZeeBabar]

They show your skill level. I saw a roulette table filled with players and I got a peek of the screen the pit bosses were using and it showed their average bet and their skill level. Since Roulette isn't really a game of skill all of their skill ratings had a picture of a race flag.

So, they do not show bet spread? Or record of past sessions?

 

[KewlJ]

Zee, you are asking these questions (on several forums) like there is one set answer that applied to all properties and systems, which I don't think is the case.

I have a friend that works the pit at a one of the big strip chains and he has told me that on his system, the front 'page' only contains general data. There is a place for input of the current session, buy-in, bet range and at session win loss. Once that session has ended that data is automatically sent to a second or third page where records of previous sessions (including any comments by pit) is recorded.

There is good and bad (for us) to this system. The good is that most pit folks aren't looking at that second/third page, that displays record of previous sessions/play unless they have a reason to.

The bad is that some things that CCer's do thinking it will enhance longevity also are rarely noticed. You have heard that sometimes when you get down in a session, it is good to end right there and "book a loss". Most pit don't see that unless they are specifically looking past the first page which most don't. Same thing with playing other games. Conventional wisdom says play a little bit of VP or roulette to show a bit of diversification (like normal gamblers), but the pit doesn't see that either unless they are specifically looking.

But again, this is just one system of one company. I have no idea how other systems work.

 

[ZeeBabar]

Kewlj, I ask the question because I hear constantly that playing rated will get me in trouble sooner or later. I started with a BR of $15k 3 plus years ago. It currently sits at $54k ((and lately I have not put all my wins back into BR). All the three years, I have played rated! First year was red chipping, it's been Green Chips since and about 85% are DD games.

I find a palpable difference in heat and scrutiny when playing unrated. On my last trip to Lax Vegas, I experimented, alternating rated and unrated and felt far more comfortable playing rated.

However, the warnings of playing rated does get me worried. I have made my sessions really short when winning, walking away within 15-20 minutes at my local casino and sometimes played longer when losing and still no countermeasures or back offs.

I am worried just the same and thus the questions.