How would you improve gambling in your state?

Quote: benbakdoff

It's $5 to park at the casinos in Atlantic City. Guests pay it once and that includes a one time transfer ticket to park at any other casino. You can come and go as often as you like at your host casino. I hear this is mandated by the state of New Jersey and that everyone must pay it with no exceptions. Wink Wink

People with higher level players cards routinely get it comped and it's often waived for new members at some casinos. Don't tell the state.

I think that when gambling came to NJ, the state mandated a $2.00 parking fee. That money was to be used for re-development or some other BS for the city.

Quote: SOOPOO

Did someone say that you have to pay to park at the casinos in Atlantic City? Do you need to get a 'ticket' or something from a gaming table for free parking? There isn't one casino there that will just advertise "FREE PARKING HERE" and stand out positively?

You ask for a receipt and you can use it the same day at another casino.

Last month Trump Plaza had free parking for their card holders. They also got a free Hot Dog. I think they never advertised it.

Quote: FarFromVegas

I'm a penny slot/table minimum player and I've paid nay dime to park at the Tropicana the three times I've been there. Just show your player's club card. Maybe because I stayed at the hotel, but I've never paid.

Try using your Tropicana players card at another casino and they will just look at you and say pay-up.

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THIS IS A TRUE STORY.

When we invaded IRAQ the first time (Aug, 1990 - Feb 1991), Harrahs casino offered free parking to Veterans. There are many military license plates. Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart, WWII veteran, Vietnam Veteran etc. If you had some type of military license plate that proved that you were a veteran, they would look at your plates and wave you thru the toll booth.

When I was leaving, I pointed to my plates and they waved me thru. I felt that it was a nice gesture by the casino to say thank you to the veterans.

When I returned a few months later, I pointed to my plates and they said =====Sorry, the wars over. You have to pay!!!!!

There seems to be a lot of requests for table games and competition. They both seem to be in short supply as long as the casinos are basically perceived as revenue generators for the state. No homely little neighborhood casinos, like the Edorado which was licensed on 15-May-62 and formed the beginning for the Boyd fortune.

Quote: FarFromVegas

I'm a penny slot/table minimum player and I've paid nay dime to park at the Tropicana the three times I've been there. Just show your player's club card. Maybe because I stayed at the hotel, but I've never paid.

Did you check your bill?

Quote: 7outlineaway

My guess is New Hampshire will be the next New England state to have casinos. They're libertarian that way, and any legislation that takes tourist dollars from Massachusetts people is a political slam dunk. They'll build it right off the first exit on 93 or 95 past the Massachusetts line.

It looks like the front runner is Massachusetts and the Wampanoag Tribe from Cape Cod. They just hired retired Congressman Bill Delahunt as a consultant and the guy has major clout.

The only activity in New Hampshire is people crossing the border to buy cheap cigarettes and alcohol and do their shopping tax free. If you look at license plates, you'll never know you are in New Hampshire. By the way, the town of Hampton Beach has a casino on a boardwalk. It's an entertainment venue that is 100 years old and the boardwalk is concrete not wood. The official name is Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom but everyone just calls it the casino. Obviously, there is no gambling.

>Vegas has a permit that allows locations to install up to 15 machines for a tax base of $2 per machine day.
And whether those machines are officially a "game of skill" involving a claw manipulating a stuffed toy or whether those machines are clearly slot machines... its an offering to passersby to engage in an impulse behavior. Its similar to putting candy on the check out counter. The machines however can be in some otherwise useless alcove and yet still get some traffic because the "candy" they sell is liked by a segment of the population that responds favorably and readily to the near universal desire for candy. That is why some casinos leech the welfare checks and others leech the tourists.

Should a slot machine be at a gas station? Well, probably some of those nudie bill boards should not be where they are, but someone wants to rent out that space to the billboard and they also want to rent out that space to the slot machine owner. Should coffee be available all over Seattle? Should sunscreen and bikinis be available all over Miami's South Beach? Slot machines make money for merchants. Lottery tickets make money for merchants. Newspaper racks proliferate on sidewalks. Slot machines proliferate. Parking meters are all over the place and now function twenty four hours a day.

Casinos get established by those with lawyers and lobbyists and casinos make contributions to politicians. The governor of Washington probably pays closer attention to Smoke Signals than to telephones or newspaper editorials.

Airport concession? Heck, the airport should have one giant non-functioning slot machine as a greeting. Thats it.


>Sports book is now allowed to use smart phones.
>Mobile gaming devices are operational in public areas of 4 casinos and are petitioning to operate in hotel rooms.
I guess this means no one will need "Beards" in sport books any more. A sharpie can be in NYC and bet in Vegas without moving the line at all.

>There is no lottery in Nevada by state law.
Some parents recently pimped out their high school kids to present some lottery petition to the legislature or some such publicity stunt probably arranged by the teacher's union or some lobbyist working for the teachers union. All those 'grass roots groups' are really cash roots groups. And the money is always touted as going to "education" but never to "teacher's already bloated salaries".
>Gaming tax is a mere 6.75%
Direct tax revenue is one measure. How much tax does a casino pay that lures gamblers who use that machine? If the machine is used by a local, that local probably works for a casino.
>A hotel room for every 14 residents.
In Monaco, if you want to build an office building or apartment house, you had better put a police sub-station off the lobby.
In some cities, a residential building has to have commercial space on the ground floor. It doesn't have to be needed in the market but it does have to be built. Same thing with a parking lot.
Vegas requires hotel rooms? Well, that should be an entrepreneurial decision everywhere.

Quote: benbakdoff

Did you check your bill?

My bill was zero--comp room.

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Quote: gofaster87

Im no angel but "sin city" needs to keep within its boundaries and let people live normal lives with their families away from the casinos.

Well, I guess its hard to drive the kids to the roller rink and pass a billboard about some girl who is not from an agency. Its perhaps hard when a little girl wants to play Dress Up at home but refers to it as Dressing as a Cocktail Waitress. Yet the money from her mothers waitressing job is what pays that mortgage. Frankly, I've never thought that furniture stores were all that pleasant to drive by anyway. A bar is often a more inviting place than a furniture store or warehouse. And I'd rather see a casino in my neighborhood than a church or a school or a hospital. Talk about ranking evil and sin and deceit ... casino would be more pleasant to drive past than the others.

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Quote: FarFromVegas

Quote: benbakdoff

Did you check your bill?

My bill was zero--comp room.

I have stayed at the AC Trop a couple of times. I seem to recall that you are correct -- hotel guests park for free. I think it is the same deck as casino visitors but that you have a guest pass to show when exiting. It's been a few years, so I may not remember accurately.