While I agree with what Shulman says, I also think that the problem is improving. The main defense against this problem is the cardrooms themselves. They need to be aware of who the undesirables are and talk to them about cleaning up thier acts, and even barring people on occasion.


I remember the old days in Gardena where I first began to play. It was awful. It seemed as if everyone, including cardroom employees, had a hand out. Even a cup of coffee was 50 cents, and we had to regularly pay for new decks. So if the cardrooms were doing this, how could they stop undesirable customers from doing the same.


Today it is much different. The cardrooms are cleaned up, and the undesirables are much better controlled. Of course nothing is perfect and more work needs to be done in this area.