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Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec. |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Mon Nov 7 16:52:51 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 11:57:36 2011. No, I'd wager you a beer that I'm right on this one. The opening day/weekend of new attractions is often exceptional, especially if said attraction has done its marketing right. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Nov 7 17:00:35 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Mon Nov 7 11:22:03 2011. Agreed, even though it's a very secondary airport connection, and it would be a bit strange having trains terminating from opposite directions one station apart.Yup. My initial thought was to terminate the (C) at Howard Beach for Airport people, then I though "Well, they might as well combine it with the Rockaway Park shuttle after all." The problem is the (C) currently runs more often than the Rockaway Park train. The current schedules show (C) trains every 10 minutes during most of the day weekdays, with intervals on the Rockaway Park (S) ranging from 13 to 18 minutes. If it were 20 minutes, I'd say "End alternate (C) trains at Howard Beach, and send the others through to Rockaway Park." But that would result in a reduction of service to Rockaway Park. Would that be tolerated? |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Nov 7 17:13:12 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JRR4 on Mon Nov 7 14:06:37 2011. The video poker games at Yonkers don't offer the "double down" option that the ones at real casinos do. Is that by law? Is it the same way at Aqueduct? |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 17:54:07 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 7 13:31:20 2011. Slots are slots, not robots. Card games and roulette at Aqueduct are run by robots. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 17:56:18 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Mon Nov 7 16:52:51 2011. We'll see how attendance is six months from now, after the additional floors open and the hoopla has died down. I'm thinking the casino will still be a HUGE draw. |
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Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 18:16:22 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 17:54:07 2011. The slots are electronic, not mechanical. Makes them no better than the card games run by 'robots'. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 18:19:07 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by Hank Eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 18:16:22 2011. I seriously beg to differ. There were PLENTY of mechanical slots with actual reels at the casino, such as "Quick Hit". |
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Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 18:29:05 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 17:56:18 2011. Of course it will. And it will kill the buses to Atlantic City.Look for Atlantic City casinos to start failing dramatically. Where AC used to be the only convenient gaming in the northeast, there are now Casino operations in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland (slots only), and New York. So who needs to go to AC anymore? |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 18:43:41 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Hank Eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 18:29:05 2011. I wonder if you or other SubChatters remember how much pressure AC developers brought to bear on the city to kill casino gambling here in the '70s? Turnabout is fair play. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Nov 7 18:53:42 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 11:57:36 2011. First of all it's not a casino. It's electronic slots and other electronic games.As far as the 100 mile radius, since when is Yonkers Raceway 100 miles from Ozone Park? And anyone playing the electronic games are SUCKERS
I've been there both Saturday & Sunday and never even entered the "casino part". (then again I was with my 8 year old so we couldn't leave the track for the casino anyway.)
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 19:29:08 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Nov 7 18:53:42 2011. Technically speaking, Speller is right...his casino, when it's done, will be unlike anything--including Yonkers--within 100 miles. You can win at slots--that is, come out ahead--if you know when to stop playing. |
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Posted by hank eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 20:57:57 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 18:43:41 2011. I wasn't "aware" until 1984, so no, you old geezer. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:18:11 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Hank Eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 18:29:05 2011. Perhaps, but not because of Aqueduct. While of course it will take customers away, there's no table games there, which is a big draw too. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:19:21 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JBar387 on Mon Nov 7 01:19:02 2011. They expect to have that done by December? Wow, they better work fast. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:19:54 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Nov 7 06:59:35 2011. That's what we have been trying to tell you! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:21:35 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 08:50:07 2011. I've NEVER seen so many people on the North Conduit platform on a Saturday night in my LIFE.At the beginning it will always be a little mobby, just like when a new supermarket opens, a new restaurant, etc..... It will calm down. But that said, obviously North Conduit will have more traffic than it had in many years, if ever, from now on. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:22:49 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 11:19:53 2011. I hated the idea of playing cards with a robot, so I stuck to the slots.I have played video poker and Blackjack many times, and it's fine...although, yes, not the same as real table Blackjack. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:23:50 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 17:54:07 2011. They have video Blackjack and poker even in Las Vegas, AC, or any casino I have ever been to. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:25:07 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Nov 7 17:13:12 2011. Yes, that is something I always liked at Las Vegas video Blackjack or Poker. I noticed many of the casinos outside AC and Las Vegas don't have that option. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:25:56 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 18:19:07 2011. ????? They are still run by computer. They are electronic made to look mechanical. They haven't had mechanical slots in decades. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:27:19 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 17:54:07 2011. Slots are not "slots". They are just as electronic as the card games. Some of them are made to look mechanical, but they are still electronic. And don't tell me you are one of those people that still expect coins to come out of a slot machine instead of the slip? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:32:09 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Nov 7 18:53:42 2011. First of all it's not a casino. It's electronic slots and other electronic games.All casinos have electronic slots at this point, as well as electronic card games. Although yes, most also have table games. And anyone playing the electronic games are SUCKERS Again, EVERY casino. THE ONLY GAME AT AQUEDUCT THAT'S WORTH PLAYING AND WHERE SOMEONE HAS A CHANCE OF WINNING IN THE LONG RUN, IS NOT NEW BUT HAS BEEN AT AQUEDUCT FOR OVER 100 YEARS!!! Yes, but no one cares about that anymore. That also said, you can go to many bars and bet on horses too, many have the OTB option. I've been there both Saturday & Sunday and never even entered the "casino part". You are a minority at this point. Horse racing has been dying a slow death for years. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:33:46 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 19:29:08 2011. Slots are the biggest parts of most casinos, even Las Vegas, AC, etc. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:38:34 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 17:56:18 2011. It will be a much bigger draw than the racetrack was alone at this point for sure, but the hoopla will die down. When something is new, it's a novelty, so you will have a lot of people coming to see what it is all about....just like when a new restaurant opens, new store etc.That said, I do see it being successful. Just not to the paranoia amount of crowds we see here in the beginning. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:40:20 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 11:57:36 2011. Come on. You have to know that anything new is going to have large crowds at the beginning, just like when anything is new. It will not sustain the amount of people you see at grand opening. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:43:23 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Mon Nov 7 11:26:13 2011. You are absolutely correct. THere is a huge novelty effect at the beginning. While obviously, it will have WAY more draw than just the horsetrack it was, it's not a destination like Mohegan Sun, AC, Las Vegas, etc is. While you will get plenty of day trippers, you will never have the people that go to places like Mohegan Sun, AC, etc "to get away" on a small trip. I don't see Ozone Park becoming a fun "weekend destination" for a small trip. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 22:19:40 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:25:56 2011. Trust me on this one. My brother-in-law is in charge of the casino at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The mechanical slots are still mechanical, with the computer chips reading the cash, tickets, reward cards, etc., but the actual game is still operated with the same reels and moving parts these machines have always had. If you open up the front of the machine and spin the reels, you can actually watch the rods and levers inside go up and down--just like they did in the Old West, with the "one-armed bandits". The payout rate and bet rate are set electronically, to be sure, but the things that make the machine an "old-fashioned" slot are still mechanical. |
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Posted by hank eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 22:44:42 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 22:19:40 2011. Most of the machines are electronic. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Nov 8 03:51:07 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:19:54 2011. I know, but without actual visual proof....I was going by what I remembered of Aqueduct. There were no signs of this walkway in any pictures any of the horse racing people I know took back in the spring before racing went to Belmont for the warm weather months. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Nov 8 04:04:26 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Mon Nov 7 11:22:03 2011. And I would make it clear to those two bit politicians the following:1. The C would also be a 24/7 line if it goes to Lefferts. This would eliminate the overnight shuttle and the two-seat ride those passengers have, plus you would have both lines operate through parts of Queens 24/7 as opposed to just the A (increasing service overall for the stations in question) and potentially have the A operate express in the overnight since the C would also be running then. 2. If needed, a limited number of A trains can operate in the peak direction from Lefferts in the mornings (and especially early mornings since the Casino is not open until 8:00 AM) and to Lefferts in the afternoon. 3. Casino patrons will not stand for alternating A trains to the casino. If you want casino patrons off the roads and on the subways, we need to have ALL A trains operate to the Rockaways. 4. The As would alternate between Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park, though during overnights the As could do the round-robin to both Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway (terminating at Far Rockaway after going to Rockaway Park first), set up so that those actually going from Rockaway Park to JFK, Brooklyn and Manhattan can switch over at Beach 67th between trains with ample time to make the transfer. And yes, if I'm operating the casino, I'm offering to pay at least some of the costs of making this happen, especially if it gets me more casino patrons. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Nov 8 04:06:30 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:18:11 2011. I suspect down the road there will be table games at Aqueduct, Yonkers and the rest of the casinos in New York State. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Nov 8 04:10:17 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:21:35 2011. Don't forget, you also had the Breeders' Cup on Saturday, and you likely had some people there who played the Breeders Cup card.Just wait until the whole building is finished late next month. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 06:20:20 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 22:19:40 2011. As I said, they appear to be mechanical, but the computer makes them spin and stop. They are electronic, not mechanical. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 06:22:36 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Dyre Dan on Mon Nov 7 17:00:35 2011. For a while in the 80's that is exactly what did happen, the C ran to Rockaway Park. As for the headways, they don't need to make EVERY C train go all the way to Rockaway Park if they began to do that. They could still terminate some of them at Euclid, or even Howard Beach or Broad Channel. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 06:24:35 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Nov 8 04:06:30 2011. I don't see any evidence of that happening, but anything is possible. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 06:25:53 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Nov 8 04:10:17 2011. Yes, but the Breeder's Cup is nothing new. That small surge in patronage was always there. The station in the stats is a ghost town. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 06:58:53 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 22:19:40 2011. The payout rate and bet rate are set electronically, to be sure...Which makes them "run by robots." |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 07:04:35 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Nov 7 21:18:11 2011. Perhaps, but not because of Aqueduct. While of course it will take customers away, there's no table games there, which is a big draw too.70 percent of the Atlantic City casinos' revenue comes from slots. 2007 National Games Report |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 07:18:47 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 06:58:53 2011. Which makes them "run by robots."And furthermore, the spinning of the reals are also set by the computer ELECTRONICALLY. It's not random mechanically spinning reals, they are Electronically spinning reals. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 07:20:54 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 07:04:35 2011. Yes, I know. ALL casinos main revenue comes from slots, and I have said that in just about every post here. But we aren't talking about where the most revenue for a casino comes from. The post I was responding to made it sound like this will basically kill AC, Mohegan Sun, etc, and I am saying that it won't, as table games are also a big draw. Saying they are a big draw does not imply they are bigger than slots. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Nov 8 07:25:54 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 06:24:35 2011. Nobody saw table games happening in Pennsylvania either when PA got slots five years ago, but we have them now. |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Nov 8 07:31:00 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 07:20:54 2011. Years ago, the Mashantuckets tweaked their slot machines to pay off more often. While they were raking in the money, they became aware that if nobody was winning, people might lose interest.These minor casinos that open will take away customers from other minor casinos but people will still want to travel to AC or Mashantucket/Mohegan as those places are more destinations for a getaway weekend and not just an amusement arcade. That and the real gamblers will want table games and also the paramutuel facilities as well. your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Nov 8 07:52:23 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 06:58:53 2011. Exactly. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Nov 8 07:58:22 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 06:58:53 2011. I wrote this: Huh? So you're ok playing slots with a robot but not playing cards with a robot? WTF?".When will you admit that you are wrong? That the slots are electronic just like the card games? Several people now have told you that you are wrong. When will you start standing corrected for all the things I (and many others) have called you out on over the past few years? Why can't you simply admit when you are wrong? Why do you need to fight tooth and nail and always end up being wrong anyhow? |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 07:58:35 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 07:20:54 2011. The post I was responding to made it sound like this will basically kill AC, Mohegan Sun, etc, and I am saying that it won't, as table games are also a big draw. Saying they are a big draw does not imply they are bigger than slots.No, the post specifically said Atlantic City (and included Mohegan Sun as one of the factors killing Atlantic City). The numbers show table games are not a particularly big draw. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 08:07:53 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by hank eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 22:44:42 2011. ALL of the machines are electronic. He thinks the ones that have spinning reels are actually mechanical instead of electronic. You press a button, an electronic message gets sent to the computer to spin the reels around. The computer then electronically says when they should stop. Your winnings or loss is then electronically calculated in your credits. When you are done, you press an button that electronically credits you, and electronically prints out a slip with how much money you still have. None of it is mechanical, unless you could the electronically spinning wheels as "mechanic" |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 08:08:40 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec.(Here is a photo!), posted by hank eisenstein on Mon Nov 7 22:44:42 2011. ALL of the machines are electronic. He thinks the ones that have spinning reels are actually mechanical instead of electronic. You press a button, an electronic message gets sent to the computer to spin the reels around. The computer then electronically says when they should stop. Your winnings or loss is then electronically calculated in your credits. When you are done, you press an button that electronically credits you, and electronically prints out a slip with how much money you still have. None of it is mechanical, unless you count the electronically spinning wheels as "mechanic" |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 08:09:39 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by Fred G on Tue Nov 8 07:31:00 2011. EXACTLY the point. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Tue Nov 8 08:09:52 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Nov 7 19:29:08 2011. Sorry, but the house has the mathematical advantage in slots and all the other casino games and while you can win in the short run you will lose in the long run. I don't even believe the hype in counting cards in blackjack, I believe the hype of barring counters was invented by the Vegas casinos to get more people to think they can win.There is a big difference in horse racing in that you're NOT playing against the house, you're betting against the other patrons with the house getting a cut. Theoretically, mathematically you can find a horse who's odds are higher than his probability of winning where you can beat the house's cut. Not easy, especially because most gamblers don't have the discipline and patience but it can be done. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Nov 8 08:11:14 2011, in response to Re: Aqueduct Casino Opens Today; Subway Skybridge To Be Finished In Dec., posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Nov 8 07:58:35 2011. It's true for ALL casinos. Slots are the biggest money maker for a casino. NO one is denying that. That is not saying that table games aren't a big draw. There are many that ONLY go for the table games. There's a difference between "biggest money maker" and big draw. |
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