Later that same month, the bone fide heavyweight Caesar’s Entertainment began a suspended campaign of removing table games from its multiple #casinos in #LasVegas.
From Harrah’s to the Flamingo to Cromwell, table games have been ripped out of the casino floor
From Harrah’s to the Flamingo to Cromwell, table games have been ripped out of the casino floor
xing.com/events/gaming-… and replaced by slots, video poker, and other electronic offerings. It’s a major change taking place at multiple locations at the same time. So where and why does such a trend come about?
teachingvalues.onlc.fr So why are so many table games being removed and replaced with machines? And why now?
The cold fact of it is machines don’t require an hourly wage. They don’t take vacations, or sick days, or breaks for a cigarette or a meal. They don’t unionize.
The cold fact of it is machines don’t require an hourly wage. They don’t take vacations, or sick days, or breaks for a cigarette or a meal. They don’t unionize.
soundcloud.com/slotwawa/blazi… It’s just much, much cheaper for casinos to employ electronic games than it is to retain human dealers.
This is obviously bad news for the Vegas dealers who make their living at these tables. But it’s also bad news for the public!
This is obviously bad news for the Vegas dealers who make their living at these tables. But it’s also bad news for the public!
artmajeur.com/en/slotwawa-sl… How many iconic casino movie scenes take place at an electronic table? Can you imagine James Bond going toe-to-toe with a villain bent on world domination at a neon, electronic baccarat machine? Or the Dustin Hoffman helping Tom Cruise win counting
muckrack.com/slot-pulsa-tan… cards around the glow of an automatic blackjack terminal? Sitting down at a real table, with real felt, real chips, and a real, live human being taking bets is nothing less than iconic.
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