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by Infected Mushroom » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:27 pm
by Sundiata » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:30 pm
by Giovenith » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:32 pm
by Infected Mushroom » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:32 pm
by Versail » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:34 pm
by The Free Joy State » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:35 pm
I know you
I tortured you one upon a dream
I know you
The scream from your lungs is so familiar, a scream
And I know it's true
That business is seldom what it seems
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll pay me at once
Or Bruno here will make you scream
La-la-la-la-la la-la-la la-la la-la la-la...
by Alcala-Cordel » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:35 pm
by The Two Jerseys » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:38 pm
by Kexholm Karelia » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:38 pm
by Sundiata » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:39 pm
by Giovenith » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:39 pm
by The Free Joy State » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:43 pm
by Andsed » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:47 pm
by Alcala-Cordel » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:53 pm
by Gun Manufacturers » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:56 pm
Infected Mushroom wrote:Please consider the following hypothetical:
You and your family move to a US state in the Midwest where connections matter. You invest most of your money into a casino which becomes hugely successful.
The locals don’t like this, since you don’t really have “roots in the community” and you’re seen as something opposed to their traditional religious values.
Every year, there is a hearing that is held to renew your gaming license to run the casinos. Since you’re on the whole legit, this is usually a mere formality and you regularly get cleared.
Over the summer, a new employee was in charge of the slot machines. He allowed two young gamblers to walk out of the place with their winnings after getting two complete perfect slot runs.
You conclude that the employee was either in on it with the gamblers or else grossly incompetent. After a heated argument, you fire him and kick him out.
On the way out he tells you: “You can’t treat me like this! This isn’t how you treat people!”
Later on, you are told by your advisors that the employee has underworld connections and he wasn’t a nobody. Turns out that he’s distantly related to a powerful young Mafia Queen.(Image)
Despite appearances, the Mafia Queen runs a very powerful criminal syndicate that has its tentacles in everything, legal and illegal. The Queen travels across a large network of mansions scattered across the States and exerts a huge amount of influence over many levels of US government.
A few days later, during afternoon tea time, the Mafia Queen herself comes to see you personally in your office. The Queen is polite and friendly, but has clearly come with a purpose.
“Maybe you didn’t know it,” she said cheerfully while sipping some tea. “But old Jack here is a distant relative of mine. Maybe it was all a mistake right?” You tell her that you fired Jack because he was either corrupt (involved in rigging slot machines) or else grossly incompetent.
The Mafia Queen tells you that she “understands” your situation. However, she says she would consider it a Great Personal Favor if you were to rehire him. This personal favor would be repaid in the future.
She agrees with you that “old Jack” was bit of a “silly goose.” She offers you a creative solution; you can re-hire him but have him not do much. He’d be “fine and dandy” so long as the position sounded good on paper, and he got a decent pay for an intern.
You are not impressed and you tell her that as a responsible manager you shouldn’t do that sort of thing.
The Mafia Queen then suggests to you that if you don’t help old Jack in some way, there’s no telling “what could happen” in your next gaming license renewal hearing.
And on that note, she leaves your office and disappears.
You consult your advisors. They tell you it’s not clear if the Mafia Queen has people in the gaming boards or not but it’s a strong possibility; without the license renewed, the casino would have to shut down and you’d be in a black hole financially.
The police are widely considered to be on Team Mafia.
You don’t really have any underworld connections or “muscle” to help you if things further escalate.
However, you believe that you fired the employee on fair principles.
What do you do?
Do you re-hire Jack? Or do you stand by your principles and take a risk? Please justify your decision.I would rehire Jack and not give him much real work. This is to protect the casino and my investments. I would not want to offend the Queen.
Natapoc wrote:...You should post more in here so I don't seem like the extremist...
Auraelius wrote:If you take the the TITANIC, and remove the letters T, T, and one of the I's, and add the letters C,O,S,P,R, and Y you get CONSPIRACY. oOooOooooOOOooooOOOOOOoooooooo
Maineiacs wrote:Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and get drunk all day.
Luw wrote:Politics is like having two handfuls of shit - one that smells bad and one that looks bad - and having to decide which one to put in your mouth.
by Gun Manufacturers » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:58 pm
Adamede wrote:Business is business. Hire the guy back but put him somewhere where he isn’t responsible for large sums of money.
Of course beyond this I’d try to keep dealings with the mafia as limited as possible.
Natapoc wrote:...You should post more in here so I don't seem like the extremist...
Auraelius wrote:If you take the the TITANIC, and remove the letters T, T, and one of the I's, and add the letters C,O,S,P,R, and Y you get CONSPIRACY. oOooOooooOOOooooOOOOOOoooooooo
Maineiacs wrote:Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and get drunk all day.
Luw wrote:Politics is like having two handfuls of shit - one that smells bad and one that looks bad - and having to decide which one to put in your mouth.
by Infected Mushroom » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:59 pm
Gun Manufacturers wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:Please consider the following hypothetical:
You and your family move to a US state in the Midwest where connections matter. You invest most of your money into a casino which becomes hugely successful.
The locals don’t like this, since you don’t really have “roots in the community” and you’re seen as something opposed to their traditional religious values.
Every year, there is a hearing that is held to renew your gaming license to run the casinos. Since you’re on the whole legit, this is usually a mere formality and you regularly get cleared.
Over the summer, a new employee was in charge of the slot machines. He allowed two young gamblers to walk out of the place with their winnings after getting two complete perfect slot runs.
You conclude that the employee was either in on it with the gamblers or else grossly incompetent. After a heated argument, you fire him and kick him out.
On the way out he tells you: “You can’t treat me like this! This isn’t how you treat people!”
Later on, you are told by your advisors that the employee has underworld connections and he wasn’t a nobody. Turns out that he’s distantly related to a powerful young Mafia Queen.(Image)
Despite appearances, the Mafia Queen runs a very powerful criminal syndicate that has its tentacles in everything, legal and illegal. The Queen travels across a large network of mansions scattered across the States and exerts a huge amount of influence over many levels of US government.
A few days later, during afternoon tea time, the Mafia Queen herself comes to see you personally in your office. The Queen is polite and friendly, but has clearly come with a purpose.
“Maybe you didn’t know it,” she said cheerfully while sipping some tea. “But old Jack here is a distant relative of mine. Maybe it was all a mistake right?” You tell her that you fired Jack because he was either corrupt (involved in rigging slot machines) or else grossly incompetent.
The Mafia Queen tells you that she “understands” your situation. However, she says she would consider it a Great Personal Favor if you were to rehire him. This personal favor would be repaid in the future.
She agrees with you that “old Jack” was bit of a “silly goose.” She offers you a creative solution; you can re-hire him but have him not do much. He’d be “fine and dandy” so long as the position sounded good on paper, and he got a decent pay for an intern.
You are not impressed and you tell her that as a responsible manager you shouldn’t do that sort of thing.
The Mafia Queen then suggests to you that if you don’t help old Jack in some way, there’s no telling “what could happen” in your next gaming license renewal hearing.
And on that note, she leaves your office and disappears.
You consult your advisors. They tell you it’s not clear if the Mafia Queen has people in the gaming boards or not but it’s a strong possibility; without the license renewed, the casino would have to shut down and you’d be in a black hole financially.
The police are widely considered to be on Team Mafia.
You don’t really have any underworld connections or “muscle” to help you if things further escalate.
However, you believe that you fired the employee on fair principles.
What do you do?
Do you re-hire Jack? Or do you stand by your principles and take a risk? Please justify your decision.I would rehire Jack and not give him much real work. This is to protect the casino and my investments. I would not want to offend the Queen.
WTF is a "complete perfect slot run"? I worked as a slot attendant in a tribal casino for several years, and have not heard that term before. Are you talking about a jackpot?
Also, a single slot tech (I'm assuming that's the job Jack had, since that's the only job that has some limited access to the electronic circuit boards inside the machines without a supervisor or above) isn't going to be able to rig 2 machines by themselves. Finally, on big jackpots ($10,000+ at the casino I worked at), a slot tech manager is typically involved in making sure the machine hasn't been tampered with, while a slot operations manager, security manger, casino host, gaming commission manager, etc is also called. Any one of these people can and typically will check ID during the process of paying the jackpot.
In short, it's almost impossible for an underage person to win a big jackpot. When they get caught, the win gets voided, and they get banned/removed from the premises.
by Infected Mushroom » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:03 pm
by Gun Manufacturers » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:10 pm
Infected Mushroom wrote:Gun Manufacturers wrote:
WTF is a "complete perfect slot run"? I worked as a slot attendant in a tribal casino for several years, and have not heard that term before. Are you talking about a jackpot?
Also, a single slot tech (I'm assuming that's the job Jack had, since that's the only job that has some limited access to the electronic circuit boards inside the machines without a supervisor or above) isn't going to be able to rig 2 machines by themselves. Finally, on big jackpots ($10,000+ at the casino I worked at), a slot tech manager is typically involved in making sure the machine hasn't been tampered with, while a slot operations manager, security manger, casino host, gaming commission manager, etc is also called. Any one of these people can and typically will check ID during the process of paying the jackpot.
In short, it's almost impossible for an underage person to win a big jackpot. When they get caught, the win gets voided, and they get banned/removed from the premises.
Yes. A jackpot.
My understanding of slot machines is very limited. Is there a way to improve realism?
Natapoc wrote:...You should post more in here so I don't seem like the extremist...
Auraelius wrote:If you take the the TITANIC, and remove the letters T, T, and one of the I's, and add the letters C,O,S,P,R, and Y you get CONSPIRACY. oOooOooooOOOooooOOOOOOoooooooo
Maineiacs wrote:Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and get drunk all day.
Luw wrote:Politics is like having two handfuls of shit - one that smells bad and one that looks bad - and having to decide which one to put in your mouth.
by Infected Mushroom » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:12 pm
Gun Manufacturers wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:
Yes. A jackpot.
My understanding of slot machines is very limited. Is there a way to improve realism?
You'd need multiple people involved in multiple departments, to cover up the tampering and the underage gamblers. You might also need involvement at the manufacturer level (IGT, Bally's, Scientific Games, etc).
by Gun Manufacturers » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:15 pm
Natapoc wrote:...You should post more in here so I don't seem like the extremist...
Auraelius wrote:If you take the the TITANIC, and remove the letters T, T, and one of the I's, and add the letters C,O,S,P,R, and Y you get CONSPIRACY. oOooOooooOOOooooOOOOOOoooooooo
Maineiacs wrote:Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and get drunk all day.
Luw wrote:Politics is like having two handfuls of shit - one that smells bad and one that looks bad - and having to decide which one to put in your mouth.
by Infected Mushroom » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:19 pm
Gun Manufacturers wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:
For me I’d have Jack mill around in an office. Give him some research to do with little accountability for deadlines etc.
If Jack is really untrustworthy enough to be involved in slot machine cheating with underage gamblers, do you really think it's smart to have him ANYWHERE near potentially sensitive information, either about casino operations or player personal/financial information?
I'd give him a toilet plunger and a pair of gloves, and tell him that's his new job. If he proves himself and does a great job for a year or 2, maybe he can work his way up to cleaning the employee cafeteria.
by Gun Manufacturers » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:21 pm
Infected Mushroom wrote:Gun Manufacturers wrote:
You'd need multiple people involved in multiple departments, to cover up the tampering and the underage gamblers. You might also need involvement at the manufacturer level (IGT, Bally's, Scientific Games, etc).
Is there any game in a casino where 1 person being in on it could screw the operation over?
Natapoc wrote:...You should post more in here so I don't seem like the extremist...
Auraelius wrote:If you take the the TITANIC, and remove the letters T, T, and one of the I's, and add the letters C,O,S,P,R, and Y you get CONSPIRACY. oOooOooooOOOooooOOOOOOoooooooo
Maineiacs wrote:Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and get drunk all day.
Luw wrote:Politics is like having two handfuls of shit - one that smells bad and one that looks bad - and having to decide which one to put in your mouth.
by Sundiata » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:24 pm
Alcala-Cordel wrote:Sundiata wrote:Well, what does that entail? Unlike what Dan Brown novels might suggest, Opus Dei doesn't assassinate people or enforce church teaching. In a colloquial sense, Opus Dei is quite boring.
You'd be killing more than two birds with one stone if you expanded into organized criminal organizations. You could profit, undermine the state by using loopholes as a religious organization, look really cool publicly, and you'd get people from the hood. Also, as long as we're on the subject you could secretly gain control over multiple governments and the Louvre. Big up yourself, keep it real. West side.
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:25 pm
Gun Manufacturers wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:
For me I’d have Jack mill around in an office. Give him some research to do with little accountability for deadlines etc.
If Jack is really untrustworthy enough to be involved in slot machine cheating with underage gamblers, do you really think it's smart to have him ANYWHERE near potentially sensitive information, either about casino operations or player personal/financial information?
I'd give him a toilet plunger and a pair of gloves, and tell him that's his new job. If he proves himself and does a great job for a year or 2, maybe he can work his way up to cleaning the employee cafeteria.
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