Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/07/01/after-re-opening-casinos-neva.html
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As the specific explanations for it are still pending, it sure seems one of very top factors is outside versus inside. Can’t they move the bingo tables outside? Bet on the horses? Floating crap game against an alley wall?
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As quoth Arcade Gannon: “The Strip’s not a bad place if you love terrible things and people.”
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That’s a great link, thanks. (I’ve been repeating this idea for a while, but having something I can point to will be useful.)
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We should have placed a bet on that. I am sure somebody in Vegas had a line on it.
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How is Hawaii so bad? They’re an island last time I checked.
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…with an international airport, docks and entirely dependent on outside commerce for most essentials.
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Ah. Well that makes sense I guess. Thanks.
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rt.live is misleading for Hawaii. Our numbers are very low (essentially noise compared to other states), so a single family cluster can catapult us into the stratosphere. We had a couple of those recently. Also, some weeks back rt.live changed their model, and in one day we went from lowest in the country (by a large margin) to near the top.
We will be dropping our quarantine soon and reopening to tourists, at which point I expect we’ll nail the number 1 spot for real.
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You realize what the weather outside is like here now??
We just put in mandatory masks but I just had to go out and while everyone was wearing masks all too many were pulled down (outside, but near stores where you’re within 6’ of others.)
What I think they should have done is a measure that if you’re not wearing your mask when you’re supposed to collect a win any win is forfeit to the state. (Obviously, only on games with a dealer. Slot machines can’t enforce it.)
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How can a state with an economy so dependent on gambling be so bad at statistics and risk assessment?
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as a nevada resident, i couldn’t be more thrilled. /s
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Depending on the temperatures, outside events in Vegas might not be feasible. Some friends and I spent a weekend in Vegas years ago, and had the good luck to visit while it was relatively cool-- temps were in the 80s. Found out later that just before and after, they had triple-digit temps. If it’s hot enough, nobody is going to want to be outside. They’ll want to be indoors, in the air conditioning… which can speed transmission.
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I guess the lure is that when you run out of chips, you can always gamble with your life. The fun never has to end.
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Good thing what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!
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Imagine how its going to be when climate change really gets cookin’. Triple digit temps all summer and autumn? Can a city survive like that?
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Air conditioning is a notorious spreader of disease. That’s the reason airplanes have such complicated/expensive air circulation equipment nowadays.
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