Supply creates demand. Why should the casino's spend money advertising when they can get free word of mouth from whiners. Let's face the facts. casinos are there to make money. They will do whatever in the present, to make there bottom line to satisfy their shareholders. I'm pretty sure all of us are somehow connected to the stock market. Would we buy stocks or funds that don't appreciate? The Four Queens is doing what's right because they don't have to have money stuck in inventory. If I owned a casino, I would have someone like Mark Karoll running my collectibles department. He has created a buzz without even spending a cent of advetising dollars to get people into their casino. Some casinos pay customers to come on in to look. Our collectibles group is only a tiny fraction of there business. Just look at how many strike machines versus other slots.
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