Caesar's Entertainment improving BJ/VP pays?

I personally think it would improve business. I doubt it will happen because of the size of CET. It has long been known that the Strip properties have the worst overall odds for the Vegas area as a whole. Downtown, Boulder Highway, and North Las Vegas all have better odds. I believe overall North Las Vegas is suppose to have the best odds in terms of slots. They usually have better payout for tables games and VP though too. It's getting to the point where I hardly even gamble on the Strip now. I think outlying casinos and downtown casinos are better to play at for several reasons. I think they are more personable with friendlier employees and customers. Games have better odds. It's quieter and more peaceful. Doesn't cost an arm and a leg for a decent meal. Usually have better promotions and coupons. Not as many drunk people walking and/or stumbling around at local casinos either. I personally feel that since places after started building to be more luxurious and not have a theme that Vegas has lost something special. Odds seem to have started going down too. Maybe I am alone on that feeling though.

They would surely make the change if they felt it would improve the bottom line.

Well at that "Linky" they confirmed it as April Fools in the comments section. It does seem like a practice that could bring in more customers and make a little more for the casinos but heck what do I know. At least I only have half an egg on my face since I did state that an April Fools was a possibility.

If someone like CET made this move, it would put pressure on everyone to improve their odds and let us VP players have what we used to have when playing VP. The casinos used to make plenty of money when the paytables used to be 100%. No one is going to tell me they still wouldn't make money with 100% machines.

They think they make more money with their current pay tables. The casinos are there to maximize their profits with a sustainable business model. When the casinos start to do what gamblers think is best for them, it really is April Fool's.

This is what tends to happen as there is less competition. There are less independent casinos now. More and more properties are getting bought by CET and MGM-Mirage. Big companies getting greedy.... What a thought

I had a conversation about this very topic a few weeks ago with a top exec at the comp. I said to him: you make money even on full pay VP machines, so why not offer it? Most of your VP machines are empty and an empty machine generates zero income and zero profit. why not make them full pay machines and draw business from the other casinos, even the locals casinos.

the truth is, he had no idea what I was talking about.