Additionally, said the Press in its front page
coverage, “According to Zahra and his girlfriend, Rachael
Stalcoskie, who needs human dealers when a machine will do just
fine?”
The 10-seat computer-driven poker games have been “a great
success in other markets, including Illinois, Connecticut and
Canada,” reported the Press in another article, adding
that the automation is good for people who “love playing poker but
don’t like to deal with people and their sometimes intimidating
personalities.”
The “beauty of the automation is that we can go ahead and
operate tournaments around the clock,” said Trump Plaza general
manager Jim Rigot. “There are no concerns regarding staff.”
Adding to the bottom line, the automated poker tables play 40
percent more hands per hour as human dealers. “It is also error
free,” with “no worrying about pushing pots to the wrong
customers,” explained Rigot. “It’s just an all-around winner.”
The UAW, reported the Press, had no comment regarding
the charge that the union’s actions are producing a more automated
workplace that could cost its members their jobs, like in
Detroit.