Tipping in Las Vegas casinos

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I was proposing a regular pin ball game, but upon reflection any game where score is kept electronically could work.

I don't play video games so I've no idea what games are popular these days, but if a popular video game has some way of keeping score it should work.

Let me rethink this ...

The key would be to have short sessions, let's say fifteen minutes each, all sessions starting at the same time on all machines no matter their location.

I'd suggest starting on the hour, then quarter after, then half past, etc.

Whoever amasses the highest score, or kill number or whatever it may be during that session wins the top prize / jackpot, then there could also be the option for a second and third prize, depending on the total number of players paying to play that particular session.

The prize fund would be the total amount bet on all machines during that session, less the house rake (e.g.20% rake), leaving 80% to be awarded to the three winners.

Video games are very popular for at home play, and gamers can be rabidly competitive.

Might something like this finally draw them in droves into the casinos?

In the case of a regular pinball game, each location would need to have a pinball technician(s) on site to fix the machine(s) if something on the playfield broke or needed to be replaced (just as in standard non-casino based pinball tournaments). All of this is eliminated with a virtual machine(s) of course (but the physics has to be on point as mentioned earlier). Then, along the lines as you describe above, prizes would be awarded less the rake just as in live poker in poker rooms (the pot less the rake).
I don't know if it would draw young people into the casino more - I suspect that in certain locations it might work.

Some years ago I read about poker players making huge prop bets on an Addams Family pinball machine at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. If any VCT members have 1st hand experience with this or details of what transpired it would great to hear the stories about it.