
Atlantic City Offering More Choices
Atlantic City’s Casino Control Commission has approved the casino’s
applications to start offering electronic table games. This means that
instead of sitting at a table with a live person, they can sit at a
game and play the same games they would normally play. The new
electronic versions will be for roulette and poker.
These games are already offered in Pennsylvania and Delaware, but
table games are not legal in those states. Therefore, when they play,
there is already a predetermined outcome. With those that are going to
be offered in Atlantic City, the outcome will be unknown.
Now casino customers, who may like the idea of a slot machine but want
to play poker, will really have the best of both worlds. They can put
their money in and play against the machine, but play the game that
they would have had to play with a dealer.
The state’s eleven casinos are all ready to start testing them on the
casino floors, and if they like them, or if they are a hit with their
players, they will be able to offer them on a permanent basis.
Industry experts say that they don’t know how the public is going to
respond to these games, and they don’t think that they will replace
live dealers any time soon.
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