Casino-ology 2: New Strategies for Managing Casino Games

by Bill Zender

Overview

Bill Zender's Casino-ology took the art of casino management to new levels by introducing superior mathematical concepts to improve efficiencies within a casino operation. But after struggling through one of the worst financial periods in history, the world has changed. It's imperative that casino managers be reactive to evolving markets, and Casino-ology 2 addresses all the issues relevant to a challenging new gaming environment. In Casino-ology 2, Zender again confronts the gaming world's status quo, bringing to light new strategies for harnessing evolving techniques, adapting to changing customer profiles and psychologies, and improving game protection in light of the emergence of more sophisticated advantage players and cheats. Among the topics covered are the effects of buy-in churn on hold percentages; the side-bet explosion; effective dealer scheduling; banking games in California; money lending and the Asian customer; the merits of using pre-shuffled playing cards, as well as matchplay and promotional chip programs; the cell-phone and card-counter conundrum; and an updated look at player-error rate in blackjack. Zender brings it all together in the service of the singular goal of further refining the art of casino management.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012422866
Publisher:	Huntington Press
Publication date:	04/18/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	745,835
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Bill Zender has an MBA and more than 30 years experience in the gaming industry as a player, former part owner/Director of Casino Operations at the Aladdin hotel-casino, and Nevada State Gaming Control Board agent. He's widely recognized within the industry as a leading authority on all aspects of casino management and game protection and is much sought after as a gaming operations consultant and lecturer. Bill is a former part owner, vice president, and Director of Casino Operations at the Aladdin Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, and has written a number of books on game protection and advantage play, including Advantage Play for the Casino Executive.

Presently, Zender is the owner and primary consultant for Last Resort Consulting.