Thursday, August 07, 2008

Casino Talk. Pre-season Football.

The Indiana Jones system relocation was completed with no issues. In fact, it was close to flawless. The sign company had us unbolt and drop all the machines off the bases, and then they moved the sign and all the bases as one unit, all bolted together. We haven’t ever moved a bank that way before, but it worked great and it went fast. Maybe we will have to consider that in the future. Of course, it will only work if the system doesn’t have to move that far and doesn’t have to move to another floor in the casino.

Matt Leinart is showing some poise in the pocket for the Cardinals. The Cards haven’t officially decided to keep him in the starting position, apparently, based on the banter between the color guys on ESPN, but after his performance with USC, you would think that it would be a foregone conclusion. The Vikings had a ghost of a chance of getting him in the 2006 draft, but passed on him. Hey, at least they got Tarvaris Jackson. Oh wait, that isn’t any consolation. After all, Matt Leinart is only a Heisman Trophy Winner and Rose Bowl MVP. Why would the Vikings want that loser when they could have a draft pick like Jackson? Bring back Brad Johnson, please! (Sidebar to my nephew, Marty, the biggest sports fan in the history of the world: I am kidding, I am kidding! Bring back Daunte Culpepper, and to really throw a monkey wrench in the works, bring back Mike Tice, and/or Denny Green to boot!)

Back to the casino talk. We converted four games to a different game theme, the Cross of Coronado. I don’t think that the game is particularly unique, but it does fix an issue that we had with the previous theme. I cannot really say too much about it. It was a problem minimizing the profit potential for both the company and the casinos who are our customers. This conversion should remedy that.

Speaking of minimal profits, when will the media get tired of talking the economy down in the hopes of assuring the wacko coronation of Barack “Oh Bummer” as King of the “Blame America” crowd. I did find it telling that Dick Morris said that if “Oh Bummer” were elected, the U.S. economy would suffer from a massive economic depression. Believing that Barack’s massive tax increases would help create jobs is about as dumb as believing that we can’t drill our way out of our petroleum shortage. Duh. How else are you going to get the oil? I will revisit the petroleum issue and point out some factors and statements made by the Marxist side of the aisle that prove that they are a bunch of disingenuous hypocrites and phonies whose lies ring hollow. That will be a long entry, so I will leave that for another day, or at least until I get home again on Friday night.

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