On the ever-rarer occasions when I hit a royal, I quickly take a photo while waiting for the staff to show up. Usually I'm done before they get there, but once they showed up quickly enough to "catch" me and they told me I couldn't take the photo I had just taken :) I said OK and put away the phone, and that was the end of it. I agree that while they may still have the policy, it's near-impossible to enforce (if, in fact, it was ever really enforceable).
I do wonder what the "legal" aspects of it are. Could they rightfully bar you for taking a photo, or worse yet, confiscate the camera (especially if the camera is also your phone)? OK, they can bar you for anything (in Vegas, anyway), so never mind that part :)
--Barry
2a. Photography
Date: Mon Nov 7, 2016 10:16 am ((PST))
In the old days (good or bad), casinos did not allow gamblers to take photos on the gambling floor. I never knew exactly why. Perhaps to prevent accidently including a person who didn't want anyone to know he was there. I'm guessing.
Maybe 20 years ago, I got a royal flush at the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street. A staff member offered to take a picture. He expected a tip.
On our recent trips to the pool tournaments at the Las Vegas Westgate, I haven't seen that old policy advertised. I suppose with the advent of picture-taking cell phones, prevention is pointless.
Date: Mon Nov 7, 2016 10:16 am ((PST))
In the old days (good or bad), casinos did not allow gamblers to take photos on the gambling floor. I never knew exactly why. Perhaps to prevent accidently including a person who didn't want anyone to know he was there. I'm guessing.
Maybe 20 years ago, I got a royal flush at the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street. A staff member offered to take a picture. He expected a tip.
On our recent trips to the pool tournaments at the Las Vegas Westgate, I haven't seen that old policy advertised. I suppose with the advent of picture-taking cell phones, prevention is pointless.
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