Cash cow

Quote: EvenBob

they had one roulette table with felt that hadn't been changed since they opened. It had gouges in it, cig burns and beer stains. And the table had no marquee and nothing to write results on.

Its the wheel that makes the money, not the felt.
A roulette annunciator is for entertainment purposes, it draws in passing rubes.

>I left.
Those oxygen-tank toting players stayed.

Note: Management salaries and management bonuses never seem to take a hit. Dealer salaries do. Its the new economics perhaps.

Quote: FleaStiff

Its the wheel that makes the money, not the felt.
A roulette annunciator is for entertainment purposes, it draws in passing rubes.

The filthy felt means they aren't professional. And I'm one of the 'rubes' who uses the marquee to keep track.

>The filthy felt means they aren't professional.
Their bankers consider them to be very professional.

> And I'm one of the 'rubes' who uses the marquee to keep track.
You do? Is this on the theory that the little white ball likes to follow trends or that the little white ball likes to end trends and start new ones just after I've made my bets?

Quote: FleaStiff

> And I'm one of the 'rubes' who uses the marquee to keep track.>

You do? Is this on the theory that the little white ball likes to follow trends or that the little white ball likes to end trends and start new ones just after I've made my bets?

The little white ball ball does what it likes, I'm just along for the ride. In private, I refer to the little white ball as 'my bitch'. In public I refer to it as 'I'd like to cash in my chips now, please.'

Nuff said..

Quote: FleaStiff

>The filthy felt means they aren't professional. Their bankers consider them to be very professional.

Arizona Charlie's Decatur

I still find it pretty remarkable that this place makes that much money. It seems to offer so very little in the way of amenities.

Quote: pacomartin

I still find it pretty remarkable that this place makes that much money. It seems to offer so very little in the way of amenities.

There is a reason the various locals casino owners banded together to drive Dotty and her LookALikes out of business. It has nothing at all to do with the machines being on top of a bar or in stand-alone clusters. It has to do with money.

The various Dotty casinos (and the later emerging Dotty Lookalikes) probably provided the least in the way of amenities. For reasons not yet precisely delineated, but probably due mainly to location, Arizona Charlies (Decatur) is a highly profitable casino despite providing not all that much more than a Dotty's place. Its a plain vanilla Slot Parlor and Bingo Hall with the trappings of a casino, since it also provides other amenities. Its clear that their craps and blackjack tables are there primarily to keep the license active.

A bit up the scale on the amenities scene is a few geographically nearby places that are Locals Casinos but have even more in amenities such as movie theaters, nightclubs, gaming promotions, better food service, better rooms, etc. Yet the nearby locals casinos seem to make less than Arizona Charlies-Decatur according to various commonly employed metrics. Arizona Charlies does Plain Vanilla very well. The nearby places seem to have added Cherry Vanilla as well as Plain Vanilla, but it doesn't seem to be worth all the investment that was made.

Quote: pacomartin

What is surprising is that the gaming revenue here is higher than at Hard Rock Casino. No kidding!

Shoemaker. Stick to your last.
Is it really surprising the gaming revenue is higher than at the Hard Rock?
When I simply hear the casino name "hard rock"... I get a headache from the anticipated noise of a rock concert or heavy metal band.

Arizona Charlie's provides slots and the basic table games pit. It focuses on a casino. Everything else is bare minimalist Plain Vanilla but it seems to work very well. Its a Dottys on Steroids with all the proper licenses. Its simply the focus is relentlessly on the casino experience rather than a nightlife experience that simply features a stint in the casino.