Our guest this week is Jim Kilby. Jim was a professor at UNLV, has written books on casino management, casino marketing, and casino operations. His career as both a blackjack player, and dealer goes back 50 years.
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Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of Jim Kilby, UNLV professor and former blackjack player and dealer
[00:36] Dealing blackjack at 19 years old
[03:36] Identifying card counters in the late 1960s and early 1970s
[09:07] Playing Blackjack as a Business by Lawrence Revere
[13:14] Playing blackjack while dealing, playing conditions
[17:35] Private lessons with Lawrence Revere
[22:39] Engraved Zippo lighters
[25:27] Counting in Panama
[26:20] Bob Griffin, playing in Puerto Rico, cruises
[30:48] Returning to the casino industry after college, teaching
[36:50] South Point Casino January Promotions – $400k Spin to Win
[37:20] Predictit.org/promo/edge – place small wagers on various political events, $20 deposit match for GWAE listeners
[38:29] BlackjackApprenticeship.com – card counting training site and community
[39:08] VideoPoker.com/gwae – Gold Membership offers correction on most games
[40:34] Casino Operations Management by Jim Kilby and Jim Fox
[44:19] Ace location team at The Dunes
[49:56] Team manuals picked up by surveillance
[54:06] Recommended – unclaimed money, Veggie Grill
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Since Kelby has written books on casino management, marketing, and operations I wonder if he thinks that the new luxury in Las Vegas casinos will be “mask less” gambling. In the casino mask less gambling would separate the people along lines of class like the casino already does. But mask less gambling would give the client a sense of the good ol’ days. The high roller rooms could be retrofitted into negative pressure rooms like they have in hospitals which would be reserved for the high rollers. All dealers would be required to wear a mask at all times along with other casino personnel to “stay in character” of the pandemic but the patrons will be mask less. By creating such an atmosphere in the casino it would certainly create a sense of self importance and luxury designed at getting high rollers back into casinos.