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Originally Posted by Howard Beale
I was told by a senior manager that they didn't go w/ the table swipe system bec they were confident that they could seat all comers w/i a half hour and didn't mind paying the points that accumulate from sign-in until the player got seated.
If the average time to seat a player actually is a half-hour or less then it makes sense to do what they do bec they're dealing many more hands by not involving the dealer in card swiping/button pushing (those 'but it's only a few seconds!' add up over the course of a year in a busy room), esp if the dealer has to push the button every time a player gets up to take a break.
C'mon Howard, that is such BS from the casino. They're more worried about a few seconds per swipe of card or press of a button, but NOT worried about paying folks for an untold number of minutes waiting when they're not even paying rake?
I've said it before and I'll say it again - Fort McDowell's system with the swiping and button presses right at the table is so quick and easy and accurate and works fantastic for BOTH the players and for the casino.
(Disclaimer, I haven't been out to The Fort in well over a year, since their "new" room opened... so don't even know if they're still using it.)
The Talking Stick system is so ******ed and annoying, it's an embarassment.
I truly think they implemented it the way they did because they KNOW many players will forget to "swipe out" at the end of their play, and it will nullify and void their time accumulated, turning the "half-hour wait" negative into a net positive for them.
There's so many problems with the silly system they put in - the cards don't swipe properly, the computer system is slower than my Apple ][ with a 300-baud dialup modem was back in 1980, the buttons at the tables to call service never work properly, etc. What an embarassment for an otherwise spectacular room. Just my two cents.
Last edited by Alizona; 03-16-2012 at 11:01 AM.
Reason: Gonna use this forum now instead of the other one. Not a Rapini fan either obv. :)