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- Experts Say Video Poker May Have Hit Peak
With the latest reports showing the millions that the video poker
machines and riverboats have been bringing in to Louisiana, experts
say that they may have hit their peak. They say that video poker
numbers cannot be expected to continue growing as they have over the
past couple of years, since the hurricanes hit. They say that video
poker especially has shown very fast growth.
The casinos brought in $2.54 billion, and video poker brought in
$684.7 million, for a total of $3.23 billion from both sources last
year. The problem is the number of video poker machines they are in
every truck stop, bar, restaurant, etc. that you go into in several
counties. The lobby for video poker machines wants to increase the
number of video poker machines across the state by allowing other
counties to carry them as well.
Experts say that this is a mistake, as they are already hitting
maximum numbers, and that if they add more video poker machines it
will simply make the others perform less. They say that there will be
some increase in video poker revenues, but really it is more of a
redistribution of wealth instead of more. They say that the numbers
may be up over the past few years, but that is only in revenue the
number of people coming is actually less.
Plus there is the additional casinos springing up all over the place
like almost 100 new casinos in Oklahoma that will continue to draw
their clients away. They say that the local market will ultimately top
out at somewhere around $70 million a month, as they just wont be
able to support more than that.
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