(CNN) Dozens of scantily dressed Filipina croupiers stand in booths shuffling cards in front of a webcam, their faces softly illuminated by professional lighting.

Nearby, rows of Chinese nationals sit at desks chatting on cellphones with potential clients back in China.


https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/13/tech/philippines-online-casinos-intl-hnk/index.html

After what MGM Resorts is calling a strong opening weekend in Las Vegas, the company says that its ready to ramp things up with another round of hotels and casinos reopening.

https://news3lv.com/amp/news/local/mgm-resorts-reopening-luxor-aria-mandalay-bay-caesars-reopen-the-linq-coronavirus-las-vegas-covid

As of yesterday June 7th, the official count on opened casinos are:

Across 26 states, 519 casinos are currently open for business, representing more than 50% of casinos nationwide, according to the AGA. Nevada reopened casinos on Thursday, including in Las Vegas.

Here's what coronavirus has and hasn't changed about Sin City

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5309192002

"Every market is unique, and we can better tailor our solutions for our Atlantic City customers versus what might work in other jurisdictions, said Terry Glebocki, CEO of Ocean Casino Resort."

https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/casinos_tourism/what-might-atlantic-city-casinos-look-like-when-they-reopen/article_f8468fb7-68eb-553a-a01d-9e2947af58fc.amp.html

https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/our-view-blatstein-finally-giving-atlantic-city-its-long-desired-water-park/article_1550ae72-352b-5435-8264-8377a262d563.amp.html

Wow that is beautiful I bet there was some happy people at that table.

https://news3lv.com/amp/news/local/guest-hits-670000-jackpot-at-caesars-palace-one-day-after-casino-reopens

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/la-visitor-hits-for-670k-on-las-vegas-strip-2047174/

The following is a short recap of what I've noticed on the implemented new procedures once the casinos reopened, approximately a week and a half ago in the central Midwest. These are major casino chains with prominent and large properties.

No plexiglass barriers at table games;

Very few Plexiglas barrier slot machines and I stress very few;

Some slot machines turned off betweeneach other and other ones have signs on them saying that they're I've been disabled due to C-19 requirements;

Three or five people max at the baccarat tables depending on the property;

Three people max at the majority of the blackjack tables that I did observe walking through the casino floor;

Some casinos have the self-serve drink stations open and other casinos did not;

Cocktail waitresses had styrofoam cups at all the casinos nobody had the real glasses;

Two of the three casinos I went to had a new no-smoking policy implemented and the other one said, smoking in moderation;

Some of the players clubs were not functioning and they would not issue player cards but the pit Personnel offered to put you in the computer with your play and it would be counted towards a card, at a later date once the  players clubs reopened;

No temperature checks the way it was so hyped up about even in the midwest here;

One Casino was mandatory to sanitize hands each time you sat down or came back to the baccarat table or stepped away, the other two casinos did have hand sanitizer on top of the table, it was not mandatory to use.

Limited entrances and exits at all three of the casinos I went to, with security personnel greeting or giving everybody the once-over real quick;

At one of the casinos, you had to give your driver's license or other ID and they swiped it through their computer system. I can only assume they were checking it against some type of list of banned players and/or taking a count on who was on the property since they are limited to 50% capacity by their state governing gaming officials.

The following video is for AsymBacGuy:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hCktIJAYwGI

Remember the following?  I'll highlight part of what I wrote:

Wrote the following on the board January 17th, 2017

"As far as the Lucky Dragon, don't know much about it, just a group of investors from China got together and all invested $500k each or more for USA citizenship, etc.  They will not survive catering to the Asian crowd only from what I hear.  Although the Golden Steer Steakhouse right next door, nothing to do with the property is one of the best non-casino steak houses in Vegas!"

Then almost 1 year after i wrote the above:

"On the morning of January 4, 2018, the casino and restaurants were temporarily closed and the property announced plans to reorganize itself by hiring new firms to operate those aspects of the resort. At the time, the Lucky Dragon had more than 500 employees".

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SwA3U5XfZ9Q

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y-nNKqMjFxU

Starts at 13 minute Mark when you press the button however youcan go back to the beginning so you could catch it from when they open the doors at the Bellagio. Thanks.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_urz3xkAYNM


https://youtube.com/watch?v=OZFTxPciwxU

As Las Vegas reopens, fares, hotel rates tumble.

As of Thursday, Vegas is back in business

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/amp/Las-Vegas-reopens-fares-hotels-cheap-15316952.php

Sat down to play a few minutes ago and the pit is open, three tables are operating, no masks required for the players, players are taking the cards and no plexiglass sheilds. Dealers are in masks of course and they got a new kind of baccarat here called Five Treasures or 5 Fortunes, they let me take a picture of that but they said that's all I can take a picture of and I also got one from outside the pit.

About six or seven people playing so far, it's early it's before 5 p.m. and they only opened the baccarat pit a couple days ago, so they said people are slowly coming  back in.  They have the total of eight tables. For tonight and tomorrow they're going to limit it to three seats at each table and try to put five chairs back at each table in a few days. No temperature checks. 

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Las Vegas is going ahead with its heralded reopening plans despite George Floyd protests that turned deadly earlier this week.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/06/03/las-vegas-reopening-on-track-despite-george-floyd-protests/3122963001/

The reopening of Las Vegas details.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/jun/04/welcome-back-casinos-your-guide-to-the-reopening-o/

Doyle Brunson Lost $6,000,000 During WSOP

https://www.pokertube.com/article/amp/doyle-brunson-lost-6-000-000-during-wsop

Not a good scenario for the opening week supposedly in Las Vegas and I would suspect everything's going to be pushed off. Unlike most other cities and what's happening in America it seems Las Vegas is going to be an extended stage for the protests. Here's what happened a few hours ago.

https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/heavy-police-activity-on-las-vegas-strip-near-circus-circus-courthouse-downtown/article_f747fc30-a49e-11ea-9cf9-97876e9f7459.amp.html

At some point and time, no matter what your background is, no matter who you were as a child, how you were raised, your education level, your life experiences, your understanding of randomness, holy-grails, money management and cards, no matter what you believe or not about website systems, what you see other people do at the table, or what your visions are, how old you are, and the numerous other exposures you have to everything else in everyday life.  They will not change the presentments the shoe will make. 

You make choices and I am emphasizing that word, 'CHOICES'. You make those choices knowledgeable or not, that you are making them and what those choices will be and will cause, without the knowledge of what those choices will bring at the table the highest majority of the time.

The consequences will be the result of anything to everything at the table. There are consequences for everything you do and you can recognize that or not. Most people will not recognize it and will believe that they are in control of everything they do, when the reality is completely the opposite of just that.

You have to face up and realize what you are going to do, how you are going to do it and where you will be brought by those actions, that you chose to do. The choices, actions, protocols and beliefs will allow you to either profit or lose. Your bottom line is directly related to your actions, in choices that you succumb to.

In this case, I say that succumb could be good. If you yield to the overpowering strength, the shoe has because the shoe is right, 100% correct every single hand, section, game,  period.  The shoe never makes a mistake, or any other fallacy that almost all players are under the belief has to happen or should happen. That is why I say that the shoe is correct 100% of the time. Just about every player at the table, in the game of Baccarat, will not feel that way and will feel that when the shoe did not present what they thought it should have presented, the choices become astronomically wrong with the players melting emotions, that will lead them down the wrong path.

Usually the meaning of succumb means death or brought to an end due to destructive or disruptive forces. Not much different at most baccarat tables around the country and around the world, day after day,, night after night.

So defer and turn it around, try yielding to the shoe in so many words. Otherwise that shoe will be your opposing force, that has no respect, no recognition and no acknowledgement of you, you the person that is sitting in front of it wagering your hard-earned and very valuable risk capital.  Realize that means nothing to the shoe, but means everything to yourself.

Unanswered questions about reopening Las Vegas.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/business-columns/inside-gaming/las-vegas-casinos-to-reopen-thursday-with-many-unanswered-questions-2040213/amp/

Harrah's reopening this week also:

https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2020/may/29/harrahs-joins-list-of-caesars-properties-opening-n/

Here is the complete list for Las Vegas with all the details:

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/updating-which-las-vegas-casinos-restaurants-will-reopen-and-when-2036718/

Well we're on the way,  Friday afternoon we're on the way to play some baccarat for the first time in a couple of months. Place opened earlier in the week and we decided to take a ride down it's about 300 miles from us, I'll let you know what happens after a while talk to you guys later.

The sheer reality, most do not want to recognize, personally online casinos for a large part are a hoax. Go ahead and play them, but know who you're playing with and if the companies are regulated or not.

https://www.barstoolbets.com/blogs/2502679/a-table-is-about-to-hit-the-dollar350000-bad-beat-jackpot-when-the-player-with-a-straight-flush-magically-disconnects-and-his-hand-folded

Take my word for it, it's not going to be pretty and it won't be pro-consumer like everyone thinks it will be.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/las-vegas-strip-coronavirus-return-less-excess.amp