Rule modifications (mainly the player banking option mentioned in a previous post) are required to meet the state's 'card based game' requirement. Known as 'California Games', to differentiate them from the Vegas style, player vs. However, they are specifically restricted from offering slot machines (machines are not 'card based', and are exclusive to the Native American joints via an compact with the Governor). are in nearby cities (kind of like a reverse Clark County / Boulder City arrangement) whose City Council's typically responded to a need for revenue.Īll the 'card rooms' in the Los Angeles area offer mini - baccarat, blackjack, and even pai gow poker and pai gow tiles, just like the Native American casinos. All the nearby locations, like Commerce Casino, The Bicycle Club, Hollywood Park Casino (about 10 minutes or less from LAX), Hustler, Normandie, Hawaiian Gardens, etc. Availability of licenses is determined locally, which is why the relatively conservative city of Los Angeles does not have any leagal card rooms.

It could accomodate baccarat players.Įvery existing Card Room in the state would object, claiming a saturation of the market. Hilton has a 1200 room hotel on Century Blvd (a little smaller than the 3000 room hotel in Las Vegas). LAX does roughly 17 million international passengers a year (2nd in the country behind JFK). Taxes on $100 million/month in revenue would make a small chink in the California tax shortfall.Īnother option would be to convert one of those hotels on Century BLVD near LAX. I base this on the number of Asians living in or visiting major California cities. I think that California could equal the revenue in Las Vegas on baccarat with a few elite settings. In the last year it has been the only game that has been growing in Nevada.Įven a landmark hotel like the 395 room 1928 Beverly Wilshire Hotel which was the setting for the movie Pretty Woman could be the setting for a 50 table baccarat casino. Nevada is making an average of roughly $100 million per month on the 235 baccarat games and the 127 mini or midi baccarat games.

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