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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.