Think this is, in part, why the Taunton Casino plan ran into a snag. Can't give away too much to the state. Not worth it.

well if the rake is tolerable I plan on getting to Twin River much more than I do Foxwoods. Road trip would essential be one way to Foxwoods from where I live so its doable alot more.

Can someone explain to me how/why the voters of RI approve expanded gambling/table games for Twin River, but deny it for an existing slot parlor in Newport ?

From what I can recall, the Newport initiative was approved in the statewide vote but shot down locally and needed to have approval from both.

That is correct. Local residents in Newport didn't approve it.

Wonder how much PA Casinos actually give away in comps, they also pay something along the lines of a 50-55% tax to the State.

Since nobody seems to have gotten seriously hurt (let alone killed, for that matter), I don't think I'm too big a dick for wondering/asking about this:

Is the Springfield explosion anywhere near the planned down casino? Does this impact the casino plans in any way?

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I go a couple of times a month to the Rockingham NH Poker Room, for the MTT tournaments.

The weekend 2:00 p.m. main event tournaments are actually decently structured. They get about 80-90 people, and have 30 minute levels and deep chip stacks to start. And the majority of the staff are decent people who care about the player experience. So why am I complaining?

The place is so amatuerish. If they put in some easy improvements, the place could be good.

First of all, the dealers. Crack down on their poor practices and habits. I know its just a low stakes charity room, but c'mon. We are playing for money. The dealers need to pay attention more. And be more careful with the cards and stub. A couple of these guys have the most annoying habit...after they deal the hole cards, for the rest of the hand they riffle the stub. I mean, there's this guy who can't help himself; he just riffles the remaining cards in the middle of the hand with his thumb like he's flipping through one of those cartoon flipbooks. What a stupid thing to do. And just deal the cards straight down please...why chance that they will flash. Today a dealer couldn't figure out who covered who in an all in, and almost eliminated the wrong player. Everybody makes mistakes, but the place just needs more supervision and training so that the dealers do a better job. And some of them are good, but not enough of them.

The floor isn't active enough supervising the tournament. Sometimes tables will be on different blind levels for five minutes or more. It should be simple for the floor to come over and make sure everyone is on the same blind level at every point.

Today three players busted in rapid fashion in the tournamnet at the 2, 3 and 4 seats. The floor brought over a couple of new players. When I looked up, I realized something was wrong....the knucklehead in seat one slid over to a new seat for himself in seat 2. I bet he didn't realize how dumb that was and wasn't trying to pull an angle; he just figured he would take advantage of a chance to get a more comfortable seat, but we can't have players picking their own seats in the middle of tournament...right?

The players are amazingly dumb, which mostly I like, but staff needs to supervise a little because we can't let the inmates have too free of a reign over the asylum. Please crack down on players folding out of turn, or doing things like telegraphing their fold so that another player deciding to call an all-in knows no one else will come in and he has an easier shot to call and knock someone out. And please keep watching the chop morons who can turn the end of every tournament into a farce...if a player turns down a deal, that should be the end of it (the floor does seem to realize this, but the players are so insistent, it needs to be watched).

How about some comfortable chairs and tables? Gradually?

Anyway, the room is ok, but I need to vent a little and take a break from the place. Please just try to make it better.

Well there are two downtown proposals. It was within walking distance to the Penn proposal but no properties involved were damaged. It very likely has no impact on the casino, with the exception of a couple older, less attractive buildings nearby were destroyed/damaged and will likely be replaced/renovated, eventually improving the area.

The MGM proposal is further away and surely had no effect, but I did see an MGM executive, who I believe was Bill Hornbuckle (may have been someone else) down at the scene shortly after with the Mayor and Lt. Governor. They were at a nearby event when it went down and apparently ran down to the incident.

Fortunately a tragedy was avoided and ultimately this should have no impact on the Springfield's casino future.
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Shockingly Holyoke is now back in the mix. The 23-year old Mayor, who originally basically said "f**k off" to a local group partnered with Hard Rock, was elected on an anti-casino platform. Now, he seems to have changed his tune and is preparing to announce a new venture.
While their are little details available right now, I think this is an intriguing location. It's a more rural part of the city and is actually right at the site of a former Ski location. It's possible a ski-resort will be part of the proposal, which would be pretty cool. It's also right at Mt. Tom, which is a great place for pretty much every outdoor activity.
Personally, I am a huge supporter of the MGM proposal, I am excited to hear the details of this Holyoke proposal. The next few months will be interesting!

It's a low-limit charity room, as you said yourself. Your best play is to either go there purely for entertainment and deal with the shenanigans or not go at all.

I'll echo what Rapini already said in that it's a charity room, so you can't expect anyone (that includes players, dealers, floor staff) to behave along the lines of how they would like a casino. It's sort of like walking into Applebees and being disappointed that your meal had flaws that you think could be easily corrected - it comes with the territory, so either recalibrate your expectations or go elsewhere.

And as someone who's personally been to Rockingham a lot (as well as other real poker rooms as well as charity rooms), I think you're being a bit too critical overall.

I'll never forget my first time there, and the dealer was shuffling the chips in the pot throughout the hand! I looked around the table, and was shocked that nobody seemed outraged by this.

You would have to pay me to play at Rockingham and even then I might pass on your offer. Sad too cuz it's literally 5 minutes from my house.

I was chip leader with 6 people left in a pretty big tourney there once. They paid top 5 and the guy in 6th had like two big blinds left. I guess they all knew each other because for some reason they all decided to make a deal to pay top 6 instead of top 5. When the floor came over to make it official I was like uh no way Im not doing that. You woulda thought I dropped a claymore on the table they were all so mad. The 6th place guy was sooo mad and everyone was working together to bust me. I just loled and ended up winning.

Place is a joke, everytime I leave i swear im never going back

When the real casinos finally open around here, a lot of dealers with literally YEARS of experience dealing at Rockingham and Seabrook are going to be shocked when they're told they didn't pass the audition.

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012...P4N/story.html

Well, apparently we've now got both Wynn and HardRock in talks with Everett, as well as Caesar's at Suffolk Downs. As a player, I'd prefer Wynn over the other two, but I just wish that somehow they'd accelerate the process and get one built somewhere.

Lol... this is Mass we're talking about.

To speed up the process, those applicants need to meet up with all the politicians. Bring plenty of Crisco and plenty of untraceable bills.

There is no chance--zero--of anyone other than Suffolk getting the sole license in the eastern region.

Can you imagine having to go to EVERETT???

I'd be driving 93 S and taking RT16 through Everett to get over to Suffolk anyway most likely. Wouldn't have to pay the toll to leave through the tunnel either. Not to mention driving by Floramo's on the Everett/Chelsea line. I drool thinking bout those steak tips. Gonna have to take a ride soon me thinks.

I'm gonna agree with YTF though with Suffolk owning the Boston license.