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The Power of Slots3 October 2023
Slot players sometimes feel that they are less-valued casino players than other casino players. How do I know this? I’ve asked them once they have warmed up to talking about their play. Speaking to a writer will often put players off because they think that writers have a tendency to be snooty and condescending. (Maybe some writers are.) Slot players should realize that without them the casino industry across the country and across the world would not exist. You’d have some venues such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City (maybe a couple of casinos) and here and there across the world but the revenue country-wide and world-wide would be cut way short. Slot machine revenues make up 60 to 90 percent of many casinos’ income – and that’s a lot. Yet, when you have thousands of casinos all over Earth, there are not enough players to keep them all afloat. If we suddenly stopped all casinos from using slot machines to generate income, well, most casinos would fold quickly. Take this to heart: Slot players rule; they are the royalty of casino play. Period. Without those players, the machines would be useless. Even the thriving slot machine business on the Internet would crumble and we would be left with silly games about candy and creatures no one with any intellect can stand. You’d spend a lot of time playing against teenagers and college students looking to wile their study time away. If you are a slot player, and I would guess you are if you are reading this, then take the fact that you are royalty to the casinos’ hierarchy as a given. Take Advantage of Your Status Slot players like to be comped. Actually, just about all casino players like to be comped but sometimes slot players undervalue their comp power. They subscribe to the computer-generated ratings of the value of their play. These ratings, in my opinion, are somewhat skimpy. Levels of Comps You are a 25 cents slot player, not a heavy hitter like those five, ten, twenty and hundred-dollar bruisers, some of which need an attendant to record the amounts they gamble that are over ten thousand dollars. Most 25 cents slot players do not think of how much money they put through the machines in the four-to-six-to eight-hour stretches they play, which is the normal average time for such players. Next week: Let’s take a look at the amount of money that might go through the former one-armed bandits. All the best in and out of the casinos! Frank Scoblete’s web site is www.frankscoblete.com. His books are available from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, e-books, libraries and bookstores. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Recent Articles
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