[Peter666]

All the Canadian casinos I have seen are full, so bringing people in is not a problem. The problem is we don't have enough casinos!

And the tourists have hurt certain games. It is extremely difficult to find a decent BlackJack game in Vegas because there are so many dumb tourists who play the Single Deck 6:5 or other crappy games. The casinos show a better profit offering only these.

As for poker, it is pretty well known that the hardest games are in Vegas, as that is where most of the professionals head to. The typical tourist will take shots playing poker, but usually at the lower stakes. The guys who keep the casinos rich are the high rolling gamblers who are not good at the games, but love to throw money at them and are there for long periods of time. Those are the guys you want to play poker against.

Also, the casinos make more money off their entertainment these days than gambling revenue. They don't have it in their best interest to offer super deals in regards to the gamblers anymore.

So the unabashed monopolizing has been and will end up hurting professional gamblers more and more in Vegas. That's why so many of us play on the internet now.

I will take my free crappy health care and tax free winnings in Canada either in our casinos or on the internet because making money is my priority. Vegas is a gamblers Mecca. We all have to visit, but we don't have to live there.