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Originally Posted by drunkphunk
I think it depends if all the slots are being used. I imagine after the "lets goto the new casino" interest dies down the slots will only be "full" on fri/sat nights whereas the poker tables would be active during "down" slot time throughout the week and of course the weekends, thus making up for the lower $ production per "gaming position".
It's probably just a balancing act: will the extra hours of collecting rakes make up for the loss of the slots during fri/sat nights..... I'm sure an outrageous rake would make up for it
Holy four month bump batman!
Those times you speak of, when the casino is nowhere near full, the poker tables will only have one or two tables running. Not exactly going to be raking in huge profit for the casino, and the days it is filled, having a 15 table room means 150 less slot machines. Remember, it's potential gaming spots, so having a 15 table room that plays 10 handed means 30 less blackjack tables or 150 less slot machines.
I stand by my initial post. They will open a poker room so they can SAY they have a poker room. It will have an $8 rake, with a BBJ, piss poor comp rate, and the only games that are going to run are going to be 1-2NL and 3-6 limit, with maybe a 2-5 once in a while. The room will exist so they say they have a room so they can get the rec guy who just lost some money playing blackjack and figures he will give this poker thing a try and doesn't even know what a rake is, and the grumpy 75 year old min-buying nit who grumpily nit-folds his way until he gets AA and then gets no action or gets stacked by a draw since he min raised, who believes he has mastered poker and would always win if it weren't for loose donks sucking out on him, and honestly believes he is so good that he will double up each session, so the difference in rake means little......and he brings his wife who plays nickel slots all night.
They won't need to do much more. They have a prime location and all the rooms in IL are equally lol-bad. The above types who live in Chicago will choose rivers over Hammond or Poto regardless, so get into a rake/comp battle with Hammond if you can get decent to good attendance solely because of location with the gouging rake that every other IL room has?