Las Vegas casino workers may strike for first time in decades

[peter0425]

Thousands of unionized hotel and casino workers in Las Vegas are ready to go on strike for the first time in more than three decades.

About 25,000 members of the Culinary Union voted Tuesday to authorize a citywide strike in Las Vegas unless they reach a contract deal with their employers by June 1, union spokeswoman Bethany Khan said.
The contracts of 50,000 workers, including bartenders, guest room attendants, cocktail servers, porters and cooks at 34 casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown Las Vegas are set to expire May 31.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/23/us/vegas-casino-workers-strike/index.html

Is this a good news for online gambling? If Las Vegas casino workers are going for a strike, gamblers around the world will only have few options to go and I think most of them will shift to online gambling that might have a good impact on the market price.

[Rinsend]

Thousands of unionized hotel and casino workers in Las Vegas are ready to go on strike for the first time in more than three decades.

About 25,000 members of the Culinary Union voted Tuesday to authorize a citywide strike in Las Vegas unless they reach a contract deal with their employers by June 1, union spokeswoman Bethany Khan said.
The contracts of 50,000 workers, including bartenders, guest room attendants, cocktail servers, porters and cooks at 34 casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown Las Vegas are set to expire May 31.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/23/us/vegas-casino-workers-strike/index.html

Is this a good news for online gambling? If Las Vegas casino workers are going for a strike, gamblers around the world will only have few options to go and I think most of them will shift to online gambling that might have a good impact on the market price.

this is very serious news, if this really happened, I think las vegas will be paralyzed, and maybe the players will switch to online casinos. considering that las vegas is the central point of gambling, it is already made sure that online casinos will experience drastic improvement. maybe 

[Wendigo]

Las Vegas is a drop in the ocean compared to Macau by the way  Macau is the gambling capital of the world.

[joebrook]

Las Vegas is a drop in the ocean compared to Macau by the way  Macau is the gambling capital of the world.

Without these workers, Las Vegas is going to lose the social settings that it is known for in the entire world and this will dwindle the number of customers that patronise the casino's over there.

[leowonderful]

Some more notable quotes in the article:

The last citywide strike by Culinary Union workers took place in 1984. During the 67 days of the strike, the Strip lost an estimated $75 million in revenue, according to the union.

The workers eligible for the strike are about half of the hospitality employee population in the city, Khan said.

Seems like nobody's got any sort of idea how long this might last, but this is definitely going to cause at least some temporary economic damage over in Vegas, and Crypto gambling will likely see at least a small spike in activity during the time of the strike, if it will happen as scheduled. Hopefully more people hear about Crypto gambling at the least out of this event.

[milewilda]

Some more notable quotes in the article:

The last citywide strike by Culinary Union workers took place in 1984. During the 67 days of the strike, the Strip lost an estimated $75 million in revenue, according to the union.

The workers eligible for the strike are about half of the hospitality employee population in the city, Khan said.

Seems like nobody's got any sort of idea how long this might last, but this is definitely going to cause at least some temporary economic damage over in Vegas, and Crypto gambling will likely see at least a small spike in activity during the time of the strike, if it will happen as scheduled. Hopefully more people hear about Crypto gambling at the least out of this event.

High chances for this thing would happen where players or gamblers might really consider online crypto gambling if they would saw they dont have any choice on where to play games.They would really seek out venues or possible places for where they would able to gamble. Online gambling would be the easiest and fastest way but for sure they would feel of the difference between a physical and an offline one.I do see this decisions too to be temporary.

[Jating]

Las Vegas is a drop in the ocean compared to Macau by the way   Macau is the gambling capital of the world.

But for Europeans and other high rollers on the other side of the planet, Las Vegas is their destination for many years and Macau has been in the limelight recently.


So its either gamblers stateside will, go to New Jersey or experiment this so called crypto online gambling. If most of them, choose  the latter, then its going to help crypto go the next level. So early to say though, but lets hope that this will bring fresh blood to pump the market for the purpose of gambling.

[FrueGreads]

Quite interesting news, because like they said this is the first strike in decades. I don't think it will have any impact on online gambling though. It's not like people will feel the urge to gamble, and without a land option, they will all go to online gambling. Most of them probably use both versions already in a regular manner. Finally, no strike lasts forever, so things will probably be solved easily.

[Baofeng]

Ok. this will severely affect the Las Vegas casino's when all the workers will go on a massive strike. But I don't think that they will allow this to happen though, sooner or later we will see some sort of a bargain and we may not see any strike at all so its hard to say if this will have a effect on crypto online gaming.

[Hamphser]

Thousands of unionized hotel and casino workers in Las Vegas are ready to go on strike for the first time in more than three decades.

About 25,000 members of the Culinary Union voted Tuesday to authorize a citywide strike in Las Vegas unless they reach a contract deal with their employers by June 1, union spokeswoman Bethany Khan said.
The contracts of 50,000 workers, including bartenders, guest room attendants, cocktail servers, porters and cooks at 34 casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown Las Vegas are set to expire May 31.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/23/us/vegas-casino-workers-strike/index.html

Is this a good news for online gambling? If Las Vegas casino workers are going for a strike, gamblers around the world will only have few options to go and I think most of them will shift to online gambling that might have a good impact on the market price.

Possible option that might be done by those gamblers but we do know strikes might end up resolved or unresolved but mostly it is resolved and would go back into their normal lives.Imagine thats the first time after 3 decades and we cant still make sure if those players would switch to online or just find another land based casinos nearby.I dont see too much effect on online gambling.

[adroitful_one]

I don't think any of this is going to make any difference. More than likely the Casinos and the employees will come to an agreement. If they don't, then i'm sure the Casino will just hire other employees. There's tons of dealers/pit bosses that are ready to go work in Las Vegas all over the world. Even here in my little city there's people that work up at the local Race track and move off to Las Vegas to work after they get trained up. So I don't think we'll have a shortage of workers there. The waitresses and cook staff are even more easily replaceable.

[JL421]

Nah i mean if you see from past strikes nothing really has happened, a person can strike for 1 day , 1 week or even a month but finally they return back from where they started. You could say that people might switch to bitcoin gambling but there is no chance that all the gamblers switch , we will only notice a slight increase

[Juggy777]

This strike won't happen and if they happen it won't last long, both the parties know its loose situation for them.

Will it have a impact on the growth of bitcoins casinos it can for the ones who really need to gamble, for those who need land based won't migrate to online that easily.

This shall impact tourism a lot lol, and seeing the btc prices are lower it'll be interesting to see if there is a improvement in the traffic of online casinos.

[peter0425]

Nah i mean if you see from past strikes nothing really has happened, a person can strike for 1 day , 1 week or even a month but finally they return back from where they started. You could say that people might switch to bitcoin gambling but there is no chance that all the gamblers switch , we will only notice a slight increase

The past strikes was decade ago but it lasted for 67 long days

The last citywide strike by Culinary Union workers took place in 1984. During the 67 days of the strike, the Strip lost an estimated $75 million in revenue, according to the union.

So I don't know how that $75 million lost is translated in today's price but that's going to be huge for Las Vegas casinos. Yeah, not all gamblers will switch but the likelihood of some of them trying to go online is very possible as well. As for replacements, possibly, but I don't think that they can fill in all the available openings voided by those workers who chooses to join the strike.

[btc_angela]

This strike won't happen and if they happen it won't last long, both the parties know its loose situation for them.

Will it have a impact on the growth of bitcoins casinos it can for the ones who really need to gamble, for those who need land based won't migrate to online that easily.

This shall impact tourism a lot lol, and seeing the btc prices are lower it'll be interesting to see if there is a improvement in the traffic of online casinos.

We only wish that it won't happen because it will really affects a lot of gamblers. It will only have a small impact on online gambling though as most traditional gamblers like to play Vegas style and have some fun. So I don't see them going online, they will just travel to other States and continue their gambling. Although online gambling offers a lot of advantages, people who have been involved in traditional casino will not likely shifts to online as it will be boring for them.

[mostkey]

This strike won't happen and if they happen it won't last long, both the parties know its loose situation for them.

Will it have a impact on the growth of bitcoins casinos it can for the ones who really need to gamble, for those who need land based won't migrate to online that easily.

This shall impact tourism a lot lol, and seeing the btc prices are lower it'll be interesting to see if there is a improvement in the traffic of online casinos.

We only wish that it won't happen because it will really affects a lot of gamblers. It will only have a small impact on online gambling though as most traditional gamblers like to play Vegas style and have some fun. So I don't see them going online, they will just travel to other States and continue their gambling. Although online gambling offers a lot of advantages, people who have been involved in traditional casino will not likely shifts to online as it will be boring for them.

the style of las vegas gambling games and online gambling are very different, but if this happens, I think online gambling will be the best option for them. because, in fact, online gambling is going to be easier for them, compared to having to go to another country to gamble

[pixie85]

Nah i mean if you see from past strikes nothing really has happened, a person can strike for 1 day , 1 week or even a month but finally they return back from where they started. You could say that people might switch to bitcoin gambling but there is no chance that all the gamblers switch , we will only notice a slight increase

I doubt that there will even be a slight increase. This strike is going to end like most strikes do. With negotiations and the employers signing some additional agreements granting them some benefits. Some because they never agree to all the terms but they know they have to negotiate. Otherwise the strike will last longer and the media will show them as heartless.

[boy130]

Normally strikes are organized because the workers have either been underpaid, or they're not given insurance/dental etc. I think strikes are good because they show that the common people can unite under a common (often selfish) goal, forcing changes that would otherwise never have been implemented.

[btc_angela]

This strike won't happen and if they happen it won't last long, both the parties know its loose situation for them.

Will it have a impact on the growth of bitcoins casinos it can for the ones who really need to gamble, for those who need land based won't migrate to online that easily.

This shall impact tourism a lot lol, and seeing the btc prices are lower it'll be interesting to see if there is a improvement in the traffic of online casinos.

We only wish that it won't happen because it will really affects a lot of gamblers. It will only have a small impact on online gambling though as most traditional gamblers like to play Vegas style and have some fun. So I don't see them going online, they will just travel to other States and continue their gambling. Although online gambling offers a lot of advantages, people who have been involved in traditional casino will not likely shifts to online as it will be boring for them.

the style of las vegas gambling games and online gambling are very different, but if this happens, I think online gambling will be the best option for them. because, in fact, online gambling is going to be easier for them, compared to having to go to another country to gamble

Of course travelling might not suit some gamblers, but I don't think that they will go online either. Those who have been in Las Vegas for many years playing would attest that there's more than gambling there. The excitement, the food, the hotels and of course fellow gamblers. Online gambling doesn't have this kind of ambience, that's why I said that it would be boring for them to go online and will just drive to other States when gambling is available.

[livingfree]

Normally strikes are organized because the workers have either been underpaid, or they're not given insurance/dental etc. I think strikes are good because they show that the common people can unite under a common (often selfish) goal, forcing changes that would otherwise never have been implemented.

Strikes are good for the employees who are tired of the mistreatment they are receiving.

But for the business *casino* of course it's not a good thing. It will paralyze their operation and will loss tons of money during the time of strike. These never last for a very long time so it will be settled immediately by the workers and the company as well. And if the whole Vegas will stop it's operation, it can be an ideal time for real gamblers to find out about online gambling through crypto.