I\u2019m writing this as all Nevada casinos are closed for business. It feels weird. It\u2019s the first time this has happened in my lifetime. Nevada was a few days behind several other states that have also closed casinos. More than one dozen Las Vegas casinos voluntarily closed before the governor\u2019s order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since, because of the governor\u2019s order, Nevada casinos won\u2019t let you in these days, I began to list other ways a casino can kick out video poker players — although usually one at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m limiting my comments today to those players who are restricted because of skill and\/or success. Players who are restricted for criminal reasons are in a different category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. In the \u201cgood old days,\u201d there were stories that winning players were beaten up or even killed. In no small part due to Bob Nersesian\u2019s lawsuits, those days are essentially over. Occasionally, one or more zealous casino employees get carried away in this area, and large reparations are rewarded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. The player is trespassed. A trespass is when the casino tells you (using specific language) that if you ever step foot onto the property again you are subject to arrest. This is a fairly rare situation in video poker (it has happened to me at two properties) because other restrictions are usually effective at keeping players away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Take away the players card. Players are still allowed to play, but most choose not to do so. If a video poker progressive is high enough, the absence of a card isn\u2019t enough to keep these players away. But that doesn\u2019t happen very often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Take away mailers. A mailer can yield free play, extra multiple point days, invitations to special events, food comps, free show tickets, etc. It can be that so much of the value of the slot club is in the form of mailers, that if the mailer is taken away, a player will voluntarily stay away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not always, of course. If non-mailer players still receive most of the multiplier days that others receive and most of the other benefits, a player can still sometimes find opportunities without receiving the mailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Restrict from drawings or other promotions. Some players play so much that they dominate the drawings at certain casinos. When a few players dominate the drawings, other players complain. Casinos may react to complaints by removing those players from the drawings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Not being eligible for cruises or other special awards.\u00a0 Some casinos have year-end benefits — including big prizes for big players. If a player is not eligible for such awards, often the player will stop playing at that casino. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Some combination of items 4-6 above. Each case is different, and casinos can come up with different sorts of restrictions depending on the specifics of their casino and its practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to physical restrictions for individual players, casinos can make a variety of other changes (reducing pay tables, slot clubs, or other benefits) directed at all players. Of the casinos I live near, I avoid more of them for this reason than I do because I\u2019ve been restricted in some fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are players who get fighting mad over casinos having the right to restrict players. Not me. While I certainly don\u2019t like being restricted, it\u2019s the environment in which I play, and I just need to find ways to prosper in spite of that. Spending time and energy tilting at windmills I can\u2019t change hasn\u2019t worked well for me in the past, and so I try to avoid doing it in the present. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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