The Vegas Eating Problem

Two things make this so it won't go away. First the house likes slightly short games. After all they would use 8 handed games if they could get away with it, but since Vegas games can be so tight at times they need to go 10 handed (at least that is what two cardroom manangers theorized). Second is Vegas makes little money off poker, but lots of money off of food these days. The restaurants are big profit centers and doing something that keeps someone at something they make little money at (poker) instead of high profit margin (restaurant) just isn't going to fly with the casinos. If all they were doing is going to the snack bar or cheap cafe that would be one thing, but Bellagio and Mirage make too much money off of all their restaurants to create a policy that could cost them business. After all if you are playing there and have it easy to go eat then you are most likely to eat there. If they weren't so accomodating you might eat somewhere else like home or at a competitors casino.

Your missing another reason why Vegas casinos allow so much time. I have been in many games where someone will disappear for an hour and then come back and tell me they were playing slot machines or craps.

This isn't a problem in Blackjack or Craps, is it?