Your questions will be considered and included if there's time.
~FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
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> In anticipation of Bill Zender's appearance on next week's Bob & Frank Show, I thought it might be productive to start a thread where we can organize points and questions that we want to see presented to him during the interview.
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> Here are some of my ideas:
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> 1. How long has he been doing serious consulting? How extensive has his schedule been? Indian Casinos? Racinos? Non-Nevada gaming entities?
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> 2. He stated in his book something to the effect that sometimes middle-management has agreed with his conclusions, even when his ideas depart from "mainstream", but has sometimes been reluctant to go against the short-sightedness of the owners or top management. Has he seen any change in this since he began consulting? In other words, how effective does he think he has been in "getting the message out"?
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> 3. Much of what is discussed in Casino-ology and Casino-ology-2 centers around the game of Blackjack. Does he have some equally strong opinions on management of a casino's video poker layout? If so, does he intend to continue his Casino-ology series and cover thoughts on video poker?
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> 4. Does he recognize and/or agree that causing players to switch from slots to video poker can be tantamount to "player development"?
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> 5. Does he also recognize and/or agree that a casino can benefit from both recreational players AND pro/winning players if they incorporate the right kind of progressive video poker games in their inventory?
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