Automated poker dealing machines

[dewey089]

While we wait for a new poker room, Mohegan Sun is trying out the automated tables.

I wonder what the rake is. In Four Winds at New Buffalo, Michigan the rake was cut in half. No tip too.

[Robert Mc Colum]

Many of the casinos that have put in these tables found them with no play and have taken them out.

[Luigi Barsotti]

At the Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono Downs in Pennsylvania and I would assume the same would be held true at Mount Airy Lodge Casino also in Pennsylvania there are blackjack tables with a computer generated human playing blackjack.

I've been to Pocono Downs on two occasions and have seen them half empty. I suppose Robert is correct; no live dealer; no interaction=no fun.

On my next visit to PA I will visit the Mount Airy location and see what goes on. I've never seen automated poker, only blackjack.

I will comment that the machines (slot and video poker) are operated by a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR not like the machines at Monticello and Yonkers raceways in New York which VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS; stay away.

[dewey089]

I played in 4 Winds and liked them.

Players interacted. I liked no pots to count, no chips to handle, no fills, no waits for washes, no dealer in every conversation, no misdeals, no mistaking checks, no betting out of turn, no missing what happened previously, no having to catch the dealer missing hands read, no protecting cards with chips, no mucking for free and no tipping.

The 4 winds actually had a much lower rake which they can afford since there are twice as many hands played per hour. If you play a NL where they take $10 an hour this can make a big savings.

I think they will catch on after a while.

[RenoPlayer]

Haven't been to 4 Winds but have heard the new poker tables are fun. Would like to try them.

Are there any in Nevada?

At Soaring Eagle (the nearest casino to us where we now live), they had an area in the casino where they had what they called 'virtual machines'. It included some blackjack machines that dealt to multiple players. They were decent blackjack games in that they paid 3/2 for BJ and allowed surrender and a couple other difference from video blackjack.

Are there any in the Nevada area?

RenoPlayer

[Denny]

When I was in LV on Nov 12-19, the Orleans had 2 of these virtual machines. One side had BJ and the other side dealt 3 card poker. There was a screen that had images of 3 or 4 different female dealers. They were quite attractive but the interaction was phony. I didn't play so I don't know the value of the game itself.