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by sjjshvuiajhz 2689 days ago
Sure, if you can go once in a while, having a good understanding about how much money you will lose and can keep yourself from losing more trying to get it back, good for you. But the casino’s bread & butter are the people who show up every day.
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That would not be true (at least in Las Vegas). For one, the vast majority of customers of Strip casinos are tourists. For another, a casino's quarterly results can be significantly influenced by a small handful of players -- if a player is particularly lucky at baccarat, for example, the swing can be millions of dollars.

Source: industry knowledge & https://www.billionairegambler.com/2011/07/worlds-biggest-ca... (look at the Adnan Khashoggi entry).

The first sentence describes most people who go to casinos, though. And the second sentence might be correct, I don't think it's something you can just assert without a source.