Spa Resorts and Casino has announced they will be adding two EZ Baccarat(TM) as well as two EZ Trak(TM) display systems. This makes a total of 24 of these tables in Southern California, and more casinos are currently applying for licenses.

Bill Duke, Director of Table Games at SPA Resort Casino, stated, “I was impressed by EZ Baccarat’s simple methodology. Our players love the quicker pace of the game and we do too. They get to play more hands and we get increased table game revenues without having to add additional tables or dealers.”

The new games have eliminated the 5% commission the player normally has to pay after a session, and replaced it with a rule that bars one specific winning bank hand: a three-card total of seven called the “Dragon 7(TM).” Players can make an insurance bet and get paid 40-1 if that particular hand occurs.

The Florida gaming expansion is underway already, now that Seminole Casinos will be permitted to include to blackjack, baccarat and other table games this summer. They are already feeling the pressure to provide the games because they’ve had to recruit dealers from other States. They will need over 3600 people to fill the dealer positions, and the State of Florida – with all the retirees – isn’t an abundant source for employees.

“To launch games successfully, the tribe believes you have to have experienced dealers,” Seminole spokesman Gary Bitner said last week. “There’s no way to do it except to recruit out of markets where dealers may already exist.”

With the low price of housing and favourable climate, Florida should be an attractive option for northern-based dealers. Seminole casinos have stated that wages will be comparable to that of what Atlantic City and Las Vegas table-dealers earn.