Another good LV Review Journal letter

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To the editor:

Visitor Harry Porter (March 18 letter) has correctly pointed out how some exceptionally greedy local casino owners are taking advantage of the public with short-pay video poker.

Blackjack has fallen victim to this greed as well, with short-pay 6-to-5 single deck, continuous shuffling machines, fake double deck games, and other sneaky casino tricks.

Las Vegas is continuing to lose ground vs. other casino destinations. The overwhelming greed and the offering of games that simply don't give the player a reasonable chance are a large factor behind this.

AL ROGERS

LAS VEGAS

You go Al!!

The R-J has published several letters recently critical of Las Vegas casinos.

We've discussed this on Green Chip, but I'll post it here as well for the benefit of those who don't have Green Chip access.

Las Vegas is running scared right now, with fears of reduced tourism dollars because of the war. Maybe with enough bad publicity about the ripoff games that are so prevalent here now, some competition between casinos may re-emerge.

Letters from people outside of Nevada would be particularly helpful.

Below is the link for sending a Letter to the Editor.

One of the current problems is the airlines. The air fares to Las Vegas are not as low as they used to be. From my area, fares that had been in the $250-$400 range are now in the $380-$800 range. With everything else going on, tourists are not going to pay for those higher fares. Unfortunately, Las Vegas suffers because of this.

If they employed more advisors with good business sense, the casino promo machines would be in hyper-drive RIGHT NOW. People will get weary very quickly of watching the war every day and night on their TV's, and will welcome a complete escape from all this gloom,for a few days at least.

In my geographical area, the sports bars were filled to capacity and hoppin' last weekend, as were the clubs with live music and other entertainment. With the superior live entertainment that Vegas has to offer, why aren't the hotels cutting rates and advertising like crazy RIGHT NOW??

at least for last weekend, the beginning of NCAA March Madness tournaments. See link below.