More ways for the casinos to eliminate jobs and to tighten expenses - thank the beancounters

Sober guy at slot machine: "Wow. This thing takes my money fast. I think I'll go watch a movie in my room".

Drunk guy at slot machine: "Thish time fur sure. DAMN. OK, I'll just put another $100 in. Hmmm. I had 5 hundreds a few minutes ago. I gotta go hit the atm so I can play some more. I just know I'm going to hit soon".

Sober guy playing blackjack: "6/5?????? forget it, I'm going to go watch the volcano show"

Drunk guy playing blackjack: "19. Hit me!"

Yea, this will work out real well for them.

Drink vouchers? I would give a drink to any player at the tables with green chips,in my casino.
Yes,the bartenders will be angry at this new way to keep the cheapo's from getting free drinks.
Mostly the cocktail waiter persons!

So what do the players do? PAY for a drink at the tables,now?
Get up from the BJ table and go buy one or 2 at the bar?
Pay for the first one and get the second one free?
Free drinks(with tips) are and always have been a part of the table games for me.

The smoker you drink,the player you get?

Drunk people are terrible gamblers.
Give'em as much as they want for free!
Then,offer a wheelchair to their room when they can't see,anymore.

I can't play good and wild craps sober at all!
The black chips come out after the 5th beer.
"Ah, what he hell,they are only round things!"
So,you need to ASK for a drink voucher? Ask the pit boss/person?

Who the hell is tracking me?

This is getting so depressing. why go to vegas at all now?

No Joe Walsh quotes, please. Life's been good to me so far.

Vegas has always had corporate bean counters wanting to maximize profits, but now they have better ways of counting the beans. They have precise ways to measure which customers are profitable, and if you're complaining about your share of the comps, that means you're probably not one of them.

I'd go watch the movie, except for the 35 dollar resort fee, the 10 dollar fee for the TV, 15 dollar a day remote activation fee, electrical surplus use fee, 5 dollar bottled water, voucher for beer, tip for the techie to replace the burned out lightbulb and the 20 dollar price for the movie. Almost makes 6/5 BJ a good deal.

Cowboy you have enlightened me. I never understood the attraction to this "table service thing" and spending $500.00 for a bottle of Grey Goose. Now I know. After checking around you are so right, and yes most of them are spending their own money. They are young, in high stress jobs, making a hell of a lot more than I did at their age. They go to these clubs to blow off steam and show everyone they have money to burn.

It makes sense and excites them to spend $500.00 on a bottle of booze. Spending $500.00 on a blackjack table makes no sense at all to them.

Much like PJ has said with gambling pretty much everywhere LV realized they need to appeal to a different crowd, much to my chagrin.

If I had $500 to impress my friend,it would be to a trip out in the desert to one of the Ranches,not a $500 bottle of whatever.
That experience would last much longer than 10 minutes at the tables or 1/2 hour at the best club in 'Vegas.
Lot's of money to burn? Choose your poison.
"Let's make some memories" is a good choice for an opening line, for a good time.
'Vegas sells fun.See below.

Life has been good to me,so far.
LOT'S of good memories. It ain't the money,anyway.It's about having a good time.
Q.E.D.

Thta's really interesting, I know several people who are "cruisers" and you are the first I've evr heard who is an avid gambler while cruising. I really enjoy your gambling/cruising posts.

Saturday afternoon I sat at the Harrah's sports book for about 10 minutes while a buddy placed a few bets. One stranger gave me three drink tickets and another gave me two drink tickets.

Later that evening I was forced to use them since the drink service at the blackjack tables was VERY slow.