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Reader comments talking points We want to hear from you. Visit vegasinc.com to post your opinion. On Paul Delos Santos' Sept. 23 vegasinc.com story about the valley's first Microsoft store opening at Fashion Show Mall ("Openings and closings: Anime, coffee, computers and clothes"): What a waste of time. They sell the same software that you can buy at Wal-Mart, as well as cheap computers. Unlike the Apple Store, they also don't repair any products they sell. So don't expect to take a broken Windows phone there and get it swapped out. The Microsoft store is nothing special and has absolutely no advantages over shopping for their products elsewhere. They don't even stock accessories like Fry's does. Unless they're giving out free hotdogs, stay away. — Robert Rooney (DMCVegas) has reached saturation point"): With the growth of Native American casinos and Asian "high rollers" going to Macau, gaming is losing revenue. The under-40 crowd that comes to Vegas wants to party, go to the clubs, eat at a nice restaurant, maybe see a show, but they aren't gambling. The odds are too high, and people get tired of always losing. If you're going to gamble, you might as well play the lottery and let your losing bet go to schools instead of some casino billionaire. Online gambling isn't going to bring in new gamblers, it's just going to make it easier for people who do gamble to lose their money at home. If the billionaires don't ease up on the odds, they're going to lose even more business. — Nurredin On Ed Komenda's Sept. 24 vegasinc.com story about the ins and outs of online poker security ("How online poker companies track players and verify their location"): It's very simple to spoof an IP address or your location. Any semi-literate ninth-grade hacker could do it, not to mention whiz kids from MIT playing with their own software so complex and sophisticated that there aren't a handful of people in the world who can duplicate or crack it. — Ron Morgan (ronmorgan7) The nightclub crowd that Vegas now caters to will not last forever. Maxing out credit cards will only go so far. The money is not like it used to be. Young males now pick up their dates at the pools instead of sitting at a blackjack table. — Dave Harris (dlh3029) On Rick Velotta's Sept. 26 story about casino growth in the United States ("Gaming execs say casino industry | 14 October 2013 20131014_VI19_F.indd 19 | Gaming hasn't been a novelty in almost 15 years. Not only is it found everywhere, but it has lost its mystique. Most people don't want to go into a casino and throw away their hard earned money. Even the old timers who love to play the machines have come to realize that the payouts have become so appallingly low that you can't play for more than 15 minutes on $100 anymore. Here in Las Vegas, you have an industry that has lowered its standards to something between Tijuana and Fort Lauderdale during spring break. The Strip has gone from being one of the most unique places in the world to a fantastically gross money pit geared for people looking for a cheap dirty weekend away from any semblance of a moral compass. And despite "saturation," they just keep building more hotels. So long as the big three who run the Strip continue to make billions in China, you're going to see the standards slip even further. — Herpedyderpy) So casino execs get paid the big bucks to recognize that gambling demand is more than adequately met by the current supply of casinos? I don't suppose it would occur to them to actually offer value to customers and potential customers to increase that demand, instead of milking every buck they can from whoever walks through the door. — Jim Weber (PISCES41) Evolution teaches us that parasites who get too greedy kill their host. With a dead host, the parasites will die, so parasites who have survived have developed self-balancing techniques so they don't destroy their own food source. The killing blow for this industry/ business/genus of fiscal parasites (of the least able to afford it) will be "legal" internet gambling. — SinCityCynic 19 10/10/13 2:31:56 PM