Chad,

That's where _Derryn_ Dodgie (Desmond's next younger brother) comes in.

With a table minimum of say, a tenner (Cr10 for you trans-Pacific
types), Dhe el Dodgie would be making, in expectation, Cr0.56 per hand
per punter (notably higher if Jeff's house edge calcs are correct).

At the 100 hands per hour play rate I assumed earlier, that's Cr56 per
hour per punter in expectation.  Derryn, at least as crafty as his
oldest brother, realises that this can fund a stream of freebies - comps
in contemporary casino cant. Being, well, dodgy, about it, he directs
the pit bosses (Dodgie Brothers #3 and #4, Daniel and Doug), to give
such punters one such comped cocktail, delivered to the table, every
hour and a half.  That dials back the in-expectation take to Cr43 per
hour per punter, but keeps the punter at the table (rather than wasting
time and hands letting them escape the table) and playing the mug's game.

That's actually stingier, IIRC, than current Vegas comp practice but,
well, Dodgie Brothers.

Alex

On 11/3/20 1:40 pm, Chad Russell wrote:
> Alex wrote:
>
>         However, over at Dodgie Brothers Casino, Dry Cleaning and Eye
>         Care, ol'
>         Desmond Dodgie (a fine, upstanding sophont without a criminal
>         record or
>         other stain upon his character - that you know about) offers a
>         "variant"
>         of Dhe that, shorn of the member-of-Parliament-level
>         bollocks-smithing,
>         shaves the double-N payoff to 8x the amount bet.
>
>         House edge becomes 5.6%, and standard deviation of per-hand
>         returns
>         becomes 143% of the amount bet.  The Dodgies' Dhe tables reach
>         their
>         long runs in 665 hands - 4x reduction from the original game's
>         3275
>         hands-to-long-run is due to the doubled house edge, while the
>         final
>         ~1.25x is from the variation reduction.
>
>
> If you want some really fast-paced casino action, you can keep the
> original payout scheme and simply let players place multiple bets --
> All Evens, All Odds, Primes Only, or whatever -- as well as letting
> them lay new bets every round, win or lose.  The casino will
> capitalize even a <3% House advantage in surprisingly little time.
>
> All you need is a smooth-talking NPC who assures them there's a
> "secret system" by which skilled players can break the bank (in the
> style of Charles Guetting, for example)... plus maybe a croupier with
> a high DEX and an obscure skill called "Sleight of Hand" -- heck, you
> can even let the suckers throw the dice themselves; the odds will
> still deliver.
>
> And don't forget the watered-down, Cr20-per -refill cocktails to
> lubricate the whole process.
>
>
>
>
> Chad
>
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