The Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is pitching a new
concept in gambling that combines live dealers with electronic table games.
Casino officials made a presentation to the Pennsylvania
Gaming Commission this week in which they proposed the construction of a
multimillion dollar Live Dealer Electronic Table Game Stadium in a section of
the casino that is a bar area, which they said is underused.
This would be an added gambling area. The casino plans no
reduction in slot or table games as a result of the new section, according to
the report.
According to the presentation, dealers will deal card
games in the same way they do traditional card games, except gamblers will be
on computer terminals rather than playing with a hand of cards. Roulette wheel
tables will similarly have a computer monitor for betting versus placing chips
on a table. Bets are made and wins paid off electronically through the
terminal.
Presenters said the gambler will be in full view of the
dealer at all times, and the outcome of the game is the same as in traditional
table games, except that the betting and payouts are handled through the
electronic terminal.
The proposed project calls for 150 betting terminals and
four to eight dealer tables. The casino said it expects to hire 20 to 25
dealers to man the system, in addition to technicians to install, maintain and
supervise the equipment.
The casino said one of the benefits to customers is there
will be lower table-game minimum bets and players can follow the trends on
multiple tables.
According to the Sands, Live Dealer ETGs, as they are
known in the industry, are popular around the world and are used in Las Vegas
and New Jersey.
They attract lower-limit gamblers looking for a quicker
game. The casino hopes to attract a new market segment.
Source: LVB
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