COVID restrictions
Are there masking rules and are they enforced?
Are the number of available spots at roulette, craps and blackjacks reduced, and are there partitions between individual spots?
Are there arguements or pushback and are the casinos required to enforce the rules or is it hit or miss as to what you find?
Planning on a trip next month and was wondering what I would find.
Quote: MrRubikWhat are the current rules at table games?
Are there masking rules and are they enforced?
Are the number of available spots at roulette, craps and blackjacks reduced, and are there partitions between individual spots?
Are there arguements or pushback and are the casinos required to enforce the rules or is it hit or miss as to what you find?
Planning on a trip next month and was wondering what I would find.
In Las Vegas masks are still being enforced at every table game that I have played at every casino that I have been in.
Forgive the slight hijack, but my favoured ONLINE casinos have the dealers wearing masks, even where they are in one table studios.Quote: ddlomlVisited non-strip casinos last week in Las Vegas,,,
Always needed to wear a mask in the casino - could remove it briefly to sip from a drink. Masking was constantly enforced by both security and by pit staff.
Amused me. Like one UK company mandated masks on zoom calls.
But they don't tell me off through the screen.
:o)
Quote: ddlomlVisited non-strip casinos last week in Las Vegas (Gold Coast, South Point, Green Valley Ranch, Aliante, Santa Fe Station). Tables and craps with plexi-glass dividers had 4 spots at the tables and on each half of the craps layout. Otherwise, on the few tables without dividers, it was 3 chairs per table. Always needed to wear a mask in the casino - could remove it briefly to sip from a drink. Masking was constantly enforced by both security and by pit staff. Table minimums were up to at least $10 and sometimes $15, even at off-strip properties.
This is basically standard protocol all over Nevada. On the strip table minimums for most games are in the $15-25 range and many are higher on weekends.
Quote: OnceDearForgive the slight hijack, but my favoured ONLINE casinos have the dealers wearing masks, even where they are in one table studios.
Amused me. Like one UK company mandated masks on zoom calls.
But they don't tell me off through the screen.
:o)
That is just too funny. Complete lunacy if you ask me.
How about cleaning protocols?
Some casinos I know do a wipedown whenever the person at the spot changes. If you have them mark your spot with a plastic chip so as to go the men's room the spot gets cleaned before someone "borrows" your spot, and then another wipedown when you return and re-claim your seat.
Other places never do a wipedown at all, under the same set of "guidance."
Just interested in knowing how much variance there is. Inconsistency seems to be the rule where I have been.
Quote: WTflush
That is just too funny. Complete lunacy if you ask me.
Complete lunacy for requiring masks for dealers working next to other dealers and shufflers? I'm glad you weren't in charge of that decision.
Quote: jmillsHorseshoe in Hammond has removed all the table restrictions, but still has mask rules.
That’s good news. The mask requirement will be last to go. Apparently UFC has announced a full house at indoor venue in Jacksonville in April. Hopefully the beginning of the end of ‘social distancing’. People (us ploppies) don’t want to be socially distant in a casino!
Quote: SOOPOOThat’s good news. The mask requirement will be last to go. Apparently UFC has announced a full house at indoor venue in Jacksonville in April. Hopefully the beginning of the end of ‘social distancing’. People (us ploppies) don’t want to be socially distant in a casino!
I have no doubt I will be socially distancing and wearing a mask grocery shopping for the rest of my life
This virus is insidious
We still dont understand it
Some of the symptoms are bizarre, loss of smell and taste
The fact that there are so many long haulers is scary.
Yea we have a vaccine but this is a mutating virus.
Can vaccines keep up with the mutations
Nobody knows because this virus is insidious
Until science can understand WTF is going on with this virus, a mutated version may be a permanent part of life on this planet
Quote: terapinedI have no doubt I will be socially distancing and wearing a mask grocery shopping for the rest of my life
This virus is insidious
We still dont understand it
Some of the symptoms are bizarre, loss of smell and taste
The fact that there are so many long haulers is scary.
Yea we have a vaccine but this is a mutating virus.
Can vaccines keep up with the mutations
Nobody knows because this virus is insidious
Until science can understand WTF is going on with this virus, a mutated version may be a permanent part of life on this planet
The good thing is if it is a permanent thing, we will adapt to it. In 1000 years no one will probably need the vaccine anymore.
Don’t get sick often but tough to remember last time I’ve felt this poorly mild side effects my ass.
Quote: mcallister3200Man that second Pfizer shot is no joke at the moment my brain is telling me I wish you would have just skipped the second shot. Woke up in the middle of the night with uncontrollable shaking\shivers, very sore/achy, moderate fever. Shakes gone but I haven’t moved in hours.
Don’t get sick often but tough to remember last time I’ve felt this poorly mild side effects my ass.
All I needed was a 4 hour nap, so everyone is different. But good for you, and in a day or two, you'll be glad you did it.
Don't let this stop you from getting a booster in a year, if that is ultimately needed.
Quote: rsactuaryAll I needed was a 4 hour nap, so everyone is different. But good for you, and in a day or two, you'll be glad you did it.
Don't let this stop you from getting a booster in a year, if that is ultimately needed.
Same with me. The day after my shot, I took the longest nap I've taken in years, and a few hours later I went to bed much earlier than usual.
Quote: rsactuaryAll I needed was a 4 hour nap, so everyone is different. But good for you, and in a day or two, you'll be glad you did it.
Don't let this stop you from getting a booster in a year, if that is ultimately needed.
Nurse already said Pfizer will want a third shot, probably in about a year when explaining to save and not laminate that ridiculous vax card, so sounds like the third shot recommendation coming is a near certainty.
Quote: mcallister3200Nurse already said Pfizer will want a third shot, probably in about a year when explaining to save and not laminate that ridiculous vax card, so sounds like the third shot recommendation coming is a near certainty.
I'm thinking this will be an annual booster, not simply a third shot.
Quote: billryanI'm thinking this will be an annual booster, not simply a third shot.
I agree. Too many anti-vaxxers ruining it for everyone.
Quote: SOOPOOThat’s good news. The mask requirement will be last to go. Apparently UFC has announced a full house at indoor venue in Jacksonville in April. Hopefully the beginning of the end of ‘social distancing’. People (us ploppies) don’t want to be socially distant in a casino!
I was there, and it was fabulous. No masks. No social distancing.
Yet we still have vaccinated people driving around in their cars wearing two masks. Hilarious!
Quote: mcallister3200Man that second Pfizer shot is no joke at the moment my brain is telling me I wish you would have just skipped the second shot. Woke up in the middle of the night with uncontrollable shaking\shivers, very sore/achy, moderate fever. Shakes gone but I haven’t moved in hours.
Don’t get sick often but tough to remember last time I’ve felt this poorly mild side effects my ass.
I had a sore shoulder after my 2nd Pfizer shot. No other side effects.
Made me wonder if maybe at some point I had COVID and didn’t even know it? I did fly to Vegas like 10 times in the last year so it’s definitely possible I was exposed to it....
I didn't have any of those side effects, either -- just a little more tired than usual at the end of the day, and a sore arm as well. Mrs. Joeman experienced many of those symptoms, but milder than you had described, Mcallister. She was better the next day.Quote: ams288Quote: mcallister3200Man that second Pfizer shot is no joke at the moment my brain is telling me I wish you would have just skipped the second shot. Woke up in the middle of the night with uncontrollable shaking\shivers, very sore/achy, moderate fever. Shakes gone but I haven’t moved in hours.
Don’t get sick often but tough to remember last time I’ve felt this poorly mild side effects my ass.
I had a sore shoulder after my 2nd Pfizer shot. No other side effects.
I wondered that, too. About 2 days after returning from a Bahamas cruise in December 2019, I picked up a nasty cough. I had a fever for about a day, then started feeling better. However, I continued to have the cough for about a month.Quote:Made me wonder if maybe at some point I had COVID and didn’t even know it?
Las Vegas, are you listening?
Hopefully May the fourth will be with me.
Quote: ams288Made me wonder if maybe at some point I had COVID and didn’t even know it? I did fly to Vegas like 10 times in the last year so it’s definitely possible I was exposed to it....
From what I've read people who have had COVID have a strong reaction to the first shot, since they already have the anti-bodies. My guess is that you haven't had it yet.
Quote: rsactuaryFrom what I've read people who have had COVID have a strong reaction to the first shot, since they already have the anti-bodies. My guess is that you haven't had it yet.
Good to know. I didn’t have a strong reaction to either shot.
Will be heading to Vegas this weekend for my first fully-vaccinated trip. Yippee.
Quote: DeMangoMS gaming has lifted all COVID restrictions including masks, 5 PM April 30. Good riddance to bad rubbish!
I hope you are right. Regardless of whatever happens, IMHO this is the big test: unrestricted gaming. If Mississippi (and Nevada to the degree it does the same) avoids serious pandemic problems by opening up like this, then we're home free.
Currently, Mississippi and Nevada each have positivity levels above 5 percent, indicating c-virus remains out of control in those states. In fairness, each state is only a small amount over the 5 percent, and it has been trending downward. Stay tuned. Everyone has a front-row seat as unrestricted gaming in Mississippi goes live.
Quote: LuckyPhowI hope you are right. Regardless of whatever happens, IMHO this is the big test: unrestricted gaming. If Mississippi (and Nevada to the degree it does the same) avoids serious pandemic problems by opening up like this, then we're home free.
Currently, Mississippi and Nevada each have positivity levels above 5 percent, indicating c-virus remains out of control in those states. In fairness, each state is only a small amount over the 5 percent, and it has been trending downward. Stay tuned. Everyone has a front-row seat as unrestricted gaming in Mississippi goes live.
Unfortunately Lucky, the evil axis of three, Boyd, MGM and Harrah’s are continuing the insanity of masks. The independents I visited, Palace, Hard Rock, Scarlet Pearl, Boomtown and Hollywood all are masks optional. Literally, a breath of fresh air. Almost forgot, The Beau still had plexiglass. Kinda reminds you of the chapter in “Exhibit CAA”, something about The Beau being the dumbest bunch of MF’ers around. Something like that.
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Quote: ChumpChangeI just got my 2nd vaccine yesterday, and in 15 days I can apply for my Excelsior Passport to prove I've been vaccinated. I can carry a QR code on my phone or on a printout, so when the bouncer at the club wants to know, they'll have a scanner to verify my vaccination status.
You may be vaccinated against covid but are you vaccinated ...in the eyes of God?
