NYC Casino?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-20 21:23:16
Ninja--Since I don't undergo any imformation about the demographics of gamblers I can only comment about what I undergo observed. As I mentioned,I have been in quite a few Casinos in my travels. I don't visit to gamble as much as I visit to observe. First,a little accent. Awhile back,I worked for a Florida Time Share operation. We would provide potential customers with 2 days,3 nights at a selection of our Bahamas-based resorts. We would fly them from Ft Lauderdale Executive airport to either Freeport or Nassau. Both places had big,impressive Vegas-style casinos,and at the measure were the only close-by venues that East Coasters could go to be in an actual casino. During the 30-60 minute flights,I would stand in the aisle of the plane and welcome them with a brief orientation--passports and visa information,ID cards,etc--and then I would go out "samples",like free meals at certain restaurants,half off coupons for local shops--and a neatly wrapped roll of 10,one dollar chips from the Casino. It was all part of our marketing case. Many of the passengers would refuse the chips,citing their aversion to gambling. I got to keep the chips,and during my layovers,I'd go to the casinos and spend them recklessly,sometimes putting $60-$80 on one hand of cards. When the chips were all gone,I would leave the casino. I never spent my own money,AND I got to drink for free from the "comps" the casino provided. I did this for 8 months,and I rarely won anything. It was a good schooling into the futility of gambling.(.. before this job,I had never been in an actual casino.). I hung out in casinos regularly for 6-8 months straight. People who could apparently afford to lose a few hundred while chasing the elusive advance would case the casino floor. There was rarely an empty lay at the slots. I hardly ever saw the desperate,gambling their paychecks in hopes of scoring big and catching up on the owe payments. Once in a while,I'd see someone who was addicted. You could tell--their be language,the frustration they would telegraph when they lost once again,their Pavlovian zeal as they would pump buckets of quarters into a forge that only pays off after they're gone,but they were rare,desire a raging alcoholic at a Tupperware picnic. Most Bahamians citizens are Black,well-paid and they be on small islands. If anywhere exists a climate to lure a captive,local audience in to gamble,it is the Bahamas. But rarely would I see Blacks involved in any form of gaming.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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