Interesting watching the apologists come out for Dancer when he writes these stupid columns about creating "positive plays" as justification for playing crazy games for unreasonable amounts of time.

"Secondary" positive plays with primary "secret plays"? C'Mon arci, why make stuff up when it comes to Dancer. He does a good job of that himself. He only writes these articles to brag about how much money he has to lose, without shame. Of course, to the trained eye it tells an entirely different set of facts.

Re: the Palms: This week I happened to talk to their casino manager via phone--Richard Strafella. He's a sort of friend within the industry I met when I wrote for Gaming Today. Alan may remember that it was he who I asked and got permission from for our interview in the high limit slots room at the Hard Rock. This call was to see if I could get an upgraded suite for two friends coming in from Calif. It worked, and they stayed in one of the 1500 sq. ft. suites like I used to get regularly.

In the call, Strafella asked me if I was playing for the car giveaways this month. So I knew a little bit about it before Bob's Column. I was told they expected every local high roller along with a good selection of out-of-towners to play the promo all month, and that so far reality had exceeded expectations. I then asked if he feared the pack of "AP's" who would undoubtedly flock in for it, and he said exactly what all these execs have always told me--they are COUNTING on it! That elicited a laugh from me, then him. In other words, they plan on making a bundle on this thing.