Most casinos both live and online casinos, post their rules somewhere. It best serves both the casino and the players if everyone has access to the rules. When players know what is or is not permitted it promotes fair play and a sense of order. Stability and consistency are attributes every casino should strive for in order to develop a solid player base. When the rules are posted and made known everyone should be expected to follow them and conversely the casino should be expected to enforce them. So do casinos really enforce all the rules for all the players?

In a utopian world where every person did what they were supposed to, there would be no need. The players would not need casino staff to step in because there would not be an issue requiring their attention. Unfortunately this is an imperfect world with imperfect rules. While it is nice to think everyone is subject to the sanctions outlined it is not likely. Casinos are in the business of making money and the fact of the matter is, their higher stakes clients bring a lot of business to them. It is in their best economic interest to keep their best players happy. If a few so called minor gambling rules are broken and no one complains the house may look the other way. Even if there are complaints it is hard to figure out if action is really taken against the high volume players. After all, a casino would not want to advertise some punitive action against a well known player. Scaring away other potential business is almost the same thing as a loss. For brick and mortar casinos, including the Las Vegas casinos and the Atlantic City casinos, getting a high roller into the casino alone is a difficult job, strictly enforcing the rules may depend on which rule is at issue.

Online casinos may have it easier when it comes to enforcing rules. It is easy and less combative when you can take action against a player with just a few clicks of the mouse.  However if something is glaring and obvious it may be hard to ignore. Internet forums are prone to gossip and every so often the gossip is actually true.

The next time you sit down to play remember all rules are created equal, but not every player is considered equal. I am not trying to discourage you from reporting any rule violations but the reality is small time players are likely to attract less attention from casino staff.

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