- Target:
- Vancouver Poker Players
- Region:
- Canada
- Website:
- www.facebook.com
Purpose of our petition is to show how strong our poker community is and how marginalized we feel as poker players.
Who we are:
• We are a huge community of poker players who support the local casinos
• Most of us have supported poker rooms in Vancouver for many years
• We play on a regular basis
• We use our disposable income supporting a game that is notoriously social by nature
• We support poker games in multiple casinos (in which we contribute to the casino’s revenue and profit)
• We create a very large portion of the ‘regulars’ in the entire casino industry
• We attend casinos as a form of entertainment and is very much a social outlet.
The problems we are facing:
• We feel marginalized
• Increase in rake which takes far more money off the tables than players can afford
• Decrease in the amount of poker tables provided by the service provider (casino)
• Decrease in dealers available to provide service to poker players
• Decrease in space provided to poker players
• Decrease in poker tournaments available
Problems created due to the decrease in poker rooms/tables/dealers/tournaments:
• Many players are choosing “Private games”
• Online gaming
• Dissatisfaction at the tables
• Conversation about dissatisfaction is ongoing every single day
Solutions:
• Rake decrease
• Increase poker tables AND dealers to service the high demand
• Tournaments – more tournaments for daily or weekly time frames
• Tournament Series returned to the scene
• Stop taking tables away from the poker rooms and continuously make them smaller.
We the undersigned call on the Provincial Government to make changes in the poker industry in BC. We have noted our problems above.
We know that poker tables provide less profit than other table games but like prohibition, poker isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Instead of prohibiting us with continuous decreases in tables, work with us and create a foundation of trust and commitment.
Supply us with the same level of attention that the more profitable games provide. As a large community of casino patrons, we would appreciate this courtesy. Let’s work on this together!
Corporate greed from the casinos is forcing a poker community to find alternative methods to enjoy the game of poker. No one wants that. We want a fun, secure, safe, stable and fair playing environment.
The Vancouver Poker Needs Change petition to Vancouver Poker Players was written by Vancouver Poker Needs Change and is in the category Gaming at GoPetition.