Law of 250
Dear Mark,
I agree with you about judging casinos in your column "The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly." I would like to add the
Soaring Eagle Casino of Mt. Pleasant, MI to your ugly list.
Besides employees being extremely rude, they charge for
drinks while you're playing slots and their machines are
the tightest I've ever played. If they don't change their
ways soon, they're going to lose a lot of customers when
the new casinos in Detroit are built. You need to let your
readers know how bad it is. In the future I'm going elsewhere
to do my gaming. Rick J. Wixom, MI
Dear Mark,
What really annoys me about Casino Niagara are the high
minimums on the Blackjack tables. If you are lucky you may
find a few $5 tables, but the majority are either $10 or
$25 minimums. I know that you preach always betting within
your limits, but let's face it, for this area, it is ridiculous.
To me, it is blatant robbery of people who like to do some
recreational gaming. I don't know many individuals who can
afford $25 a pop at blackjack. Joe M. Buffalo, NY
Dear Mark,
Just writing to inform you that little has changed since
you blasted Casino Windsor in your column, "The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly." Just try getting on a low limit
blackjack table on the weekends. Don't they get it? Robert
L. Toledo, OH
No, they don't GET IT. The above three samplings of carpetbaggers at work proves that when a self-contained casino complex has zippo competition, you the customer are the victim of a holdup. Sure, casino operators come to town drunk with virtue on how they boost employment roles and stimulate the economy-an argument I'll debate with them inebriated or sober-but what they really have is an exclusive license to print money.
The three letters also prove casino management has no conception
of Girard's Law of 250. Girard is Joe Girard, who has twelve
times been named "The World's Greatest Salesman"
by the Guinness Book of World Records. The Law of 250 is
Girard's belief that everyone knows 250 people in his or
her life important enough to invite to a wedding or who
will show up at their funeral. Mistreat one, and 250 will
eventually know about it. He also believes that customers
are the most important asset in the world to someone involved
in sales. And casinos are selling, selling gambling.
The mentioned casinos should soul search and question if
our three letter writers have already told 250 people. Can
they afford to have clientele leave sore and unsatisfied?
Can they afford to jeopardize the patronage of any customer,
even the low roller? Worst case scenario: Disgruntled patrons
might tell me, and I'll take those pillaging casinos to
task in the dozens of newspapers that this column appears
in across the country.
The bottom line; it's only through established competition that payouts on all games become more liberal. It's your choice; continue getting mugged or "just say no" to gambling in these joints.
Dear
Mark,
I recently saw a video poker game that drew cards from five
different decks. The top jackpot at the time was $223,500.
Do you know anything about this game? Janice J.
Called
Five Deck Frenzy, this game has earned a following among
video poker enthusiasts who enjoy the super jackpot produced
by the game's use of five independent decks of cards. With
random card delivery, the game also provides more winning
combinations than standard video poker. Marketed jointly
between Shuffle Master and IGT, it uses IGT's MegaJackpot
format, a wide area progressive system that offers a progressive
jackpot starting at $200,000. The top hand possible in the
game-five aces of spades.
Though
casinos can offer video poker jackpots starting at $200,000,
the probability of hitting five aces of spades is 14,896,150
to one. Hit five bullets in another suit and the jackpot
drops down to $2,500.
Also note, Janice, you can't dash out and buy a new Ferrari if you achieve gaming immortality. IGT primary jackpots are paid in annual installments.
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