Gamble Expert Urges Casinos to Offer Table Game Guidance
15 September 2005
With the rise of televised poker, hordes of young and inexperienced gambles have been flocking to Las Vegas' casinos. However, little is done to teach them how to play table games other than poker, or compel them to return, said an expert at Global Gaming Expo Training and Development Institute, an event that preceded the three-day G2E.
Expressing concerns regarding the situation, Ted Gottlieb, president of Gaming International Inc., said that many places in Last Vegas, aside from the main casinos, offer fewer lessons than they did a decade ago, when table games were not quite as popular. Of the lessons that are given, many take place during less convenient times, such as the during the day in the middle of the week, instead of Saturday evening, when the majority of people are in town to play.
Dealers are incapable of offering lessons on the spot in the middle of live games, and most players don't have the courage to admit they don't really know how to play.
Many of the young people who are currently crowding around the craps tables tend to be unaware of the rules, yet are lured by the excitement of the game, believes Gottlieb, who began his career as a craps dealer. If they do not understand table games, players can't teach their friends how to play either, and would most likely not want to return to the casinos.
Gottlieb believes that offering free lessons and hiring more dealers who are good teachers ought to be a priority. Although hotel rooms offer instructional videos and how-to video kiosks can be found in some casinos, he does not believe that they are enough. Instead, Casinos should construct an atmosphere, which will be friendly and helpful to players.
Source: Authorized Online Casinos News Staff
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