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Cruzin' Daddy

By Cruzin' Daddy,
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meatloafsfan

meatloafsfan

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Oh my Lord! My poor 20 year old sister is going to be broke!

 

Don't tell her you can download money from your sign and sail (basically charge your gambling to your account). That can get expensive.

 

Learn from my error - play with cash - it's easier to track how much you're gambling.

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serene56

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Don't tell her you can download money from your sign and sail (basically charge your gambling to your account). That can get expensive.

 

Learn from my error - play with cash - it's easier to track how much you're gambling.

 

 

the only way to collect any winnings is through your sign and sail card.

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maryred

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Never seen any. I believe its not permissable, may even be illegal. Really not the envioronment for children.

 

On some ships it's hard for children not to walk through the casino without going up or down a deck, because the casino area spans from port to starboard midship between the MDR and the main theater. As long as they stay off the casino's designated carpet and stick to the "passage way" carpet or tiles they are allow to walk through the casino area to another area on the same deck. Believe it or not some Atlantic City casinos now have a similar set up that force patrons (even 1 w/ kids) to traverse an area w/ the casino floor on either side to get from the main lobby or parking area to go to the show lounge or the eating areas.

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tracyanns

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Can children be in the casino? Even if its to pass through?

 

Most of the ship casinos that I have seen have a marble or tiled walk way that is a path through the casino. The kids are allowed to walk through on that pathway, but are not allowed on the carpeted areas near the actual tables and slot machines.

 

They also will not be allowed to stand on that area for any amount of time if someone wants to stop for a second and play nearby.

 

It really is a shame. We live in south jersey and on the boardwalk we have the machines that push the quarters down and you try to win more...she loves playing that. They have these in the casinos on the ship and it KILLS her that she can't play them on the ship...

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maryred

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@ tracyanns - The big difference between the coin drop machines on the ship (or in any regular casino for that matter) vs the ones at any given NJ arcade is money is won vs. prize tokens won (eliminating the possibility of re-investing winnings). The NJ Gaming Commission has declared the arcade version as a skill game rather than a game of chance and hands off the regulation of such to the NJ ABC. All the "coins" that "won" in the arcade ones are really only for tickets or tokens that can only be exchanged for tchotchke trinkets at a particular arcade or saved up for bigger prizes. Also the NJ ABC has different standards & regulations from the NJ GC concerning how the "skill" machine may have the coins stacked by arcade personel, how sharp of an angle the up lip at the edge is allowed to be, and require the inclusion of a skill bonus round or special task to complete for jackpot along with many others "tests" they preform upon inspection.

 

 

I can remember once when I was a supervisor for a large beach arcade having to close down a couple of the drop machines because the NJ ABC said their tilt meters were too sensitive according to their specs, closer to the casino level than allowed. Not a fun report to hand over to the owner, because on average those machines rank just below skee ball as the biggest money makers in the arcade when view as percentage of average payout of wins over the $$s played per person less utilities used to run. At least in the casino if quarters drop down the win slot you get those exact quarters. With the arcade for every coin that drops over the edge will generally get you a 5 point token/ticket (10 or 25 pts ones if they inflate their redemption rate) that has a general retail price coversion rate of 1 cent for every 10 points. Look for the machines that are close to the maximum or completing the jackpot or bonus rounds fo a better chance at decent payouts. So to come out even, you need to win a total of 1,000 points for every dollar in coins played. Before playing at any arcade game it's best to look at the kiddie case looking at the stuff there that you know can be found at the dollar store and if a game does not have a potential pay out at that point amount for $1 dollar in play skip it and save that dollar for a different game that has the possibility or to just buy the item at the dollar store in town.

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