Posted By: Hillbilly (12:15am 09-05-2008)

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Why the excitement over 100 jobs. Those of you who voted for this place were told there would be hundreds of high paying, quality jobs.

Posted By: Get-a-Grip (8:10am 09-05-2008)

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If you worked out there you would know the real story. The reason they are hiring is because they have ran off all of the old employees.They did credit checks on every employee going back at least 10 years,anyone owing anything on credit cards, past medical bills, house payments, taxes etc., has to go to credit counseling or they are terminated.Everyone owes on something, that is the great American way. They are saying that hard working,honest,people who are late on the bills ,are going to rip them off and they will not license them to work.It is not the smoking that is the issue.It is the tratment of employee who have spent years as dedicated workers and the Union is to spineless to stand up to them so they are looking for employment elswhere.

Posted By: Interesting (7:41am 09-05-2008)

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Indeed it is interesting that the largest facility to go smoke-free is doing just fine. Granted, the addition of table games makes a difference but it does show that non-smoking does not mean the end of business.

Tri-State has not opposed the ban like some of the bars in the Valley. Maybe the bars should examine how Tri-State has worked to make customers' experience more enjoyable. Bars can't offer table games but they could look at how they could attract new customers by cleaning their places up, offering entertainment or doing anything which attracts customers.

All businesses have to change to reflect the needs and desires of the customer at some point. Smart businesses survive and the ones who do not see change as an opportunity to grow go the way of the buggy whip industry and disappear.

Posted By: FormerSmoker (3:40pm 09-04-2008)

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Can you imagine the cloud of smoke hanging over the poker area if they still allowed smoking? I doubt the ventilation systme could keep up!

We have SUCH degenerates in this area.... smoking, drinking, and gambling are fine but don't take $2 a week from my meager blue collar paycheck to help pay for better police and paving. HAHAHA... no wonder we are the laughing stock of the country. If I were Obama, I wouldn't give a damn about us either.

Posted By: New Buisness (1:29pm 09-04-2008)

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I think the article was referring to the new poker tables. The new business is because people like to play poker and the casino anticipates a large number of people that like to play blackjack, kraps and roulette. It is good that the smoking ban didn't hurt the poker room.

Posted By: Marco (11:43am 09-04-2008)

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You have to really be stupid to gamble. Ever notice how people tell you how they won but never say a word about all their losses. The sad part is the ones who gamble can least afford it.

Posted By: Track (9:29am 09-04-2008)

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I don't know where all the people were the other nite when I was at the track but you had your pick of machines to play on without having to wait.The only thing I noticed was that the drink servers were hard to find.Maybe they counted everybody twice.