brentevans73 wrote:
>Nothing against the Wizard of Odds, but he's wrong. By his reasoning,
>when I miss a vp hold I should inform management and demand that they
>pay me for the cards that I would have picked had I been alert. What
>about a craps game when I have the premonition that a seven will roll
>next and wipe out my place bets, but I let the bets up anyway because
>I'm distracted? Should the dealer negate my loss by acknowledging my
>first intent when I mention it four days later?
>
I think the analogy above is flawed. At the Strat sports book, the guy
didn't make an unintended bet and lose, rather the casino made up a
non-standard rule affecting the payout and tried to make it part of the
"agreement" by notifying him of the rule only after the bet was booked.
Sort of like the laws on credit card "agreements" that allow the bank to
change the rules and interest rates retroactively on all your past
purchases whenever they want.
The situation at the Strat is more similar to the following:
After inserting a Benji on your favorite DDB machine, you hit quad aces
with a kicker. Excitedly, you hit the cash out button and receive your
ticket. When you reach the cashier, the cashier points to your ticket
and says, "I can't cash this: see here on the printed ticket it says it
is not valid in leap years. Since this is now 2008, we don't have to
pay you until next year, at which time the ticket will have expired.
Rules are rules. You agreed to our rules by placing your bet. NEXT!!!"
Dave
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