Most Chinese gamblers have little concept of gaming mathematics but prefer to believe in lucky spirits that surround the table and you will often find them diligently taking notes based on the results of the last hand played even though this has no effect on future results.
This stereotype can provide some excellent cover.
In all of this discussion, I see very little understanding of Miilenals. They are very very different from previous generations. For example, the car industry is predicting huge drop in the new car industry because this generation has little interest in cars, period. They prefer using Zlyft, Uber, using public transportation more. This generation is far less religious, far less interested in voting, far less interested in visiting national parks or casinos.
Getting them hooked into online games and different ones than BJ is where there might be possibilities, they have no interest in anything that cannot be done on their handheld technology devices.
I've noticed other millennials spend their money differently than other generations. I find myself falling into some of the trends, but not as severely. They'll get Starbucks every morning. It's apparently acceptable to leave work in the morning to go on a Starbucks run. They'll eat out every day for lunch. Not just like pay day Friday or something, they eat out every single day. Many of them have designer clothes and accessories. I think I'm the only one without a collection of coach purses. After paying for all these conveniences and their student loans, most of them have don't have much money left. None of them seem interested in gambling. Video games are big. If the casino companies developed a nice MMORPG with lots of micro transactions, that might do well to get money out of millennials.
The most obvious and significant trait shared by millennials is that
many of them were raised as "snowflakes", so unique and special.
L.O.L. As a result chronic narcissism is the result, and an inability
to deal with the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"; and
they are ill prepared for their futures, as they operate as if they
are entitled to have whatever they want and to do what they wish.
Unlike their forbears, gambling is not a draw for them to any degree,
while "partying" (throwing money away on so-called "bottle-service"
is seen as a rational activity.
This explains millenials very well....https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU
I just watched that video a day or two ago, which I was going to post.Originally Posted by ZeeBabar
It comes down to how people in a generation are/were raised. Those who were raised during the Great Depression were taught different things by their parents and as a society. Those raised during good economic times were taught differently. By and large, it's not like a generation asked to be coddled by their parents, to be given participation awards, and everything that has lead up to the "snowflakes" with "safe spaces". I'm not saying it's perfectly acceptable for a college student to be getting bottle service at the club with his tuition loan money, be complaining about people saying the word "lame", etc.....but what do you expect to happen?
The generation that is complaining about their younger generation is the one that causes the things they're complaining about.
If you raise a dog to be aggressive, don't be surprised when it attacks someone. If you raise a cat as an indoor cat, don't be surprised it can't survive outside for a few days.
"Everyone wants to be rich, but nobody wants to work for it." -Ryan Howard [The Office]
I think Gen Y has tougher conditions to deal with to make a decent living, compared to all the previous crops of humans who came of age after WWII. Many good types of jobs are reduced or gone, replaced by low wage service jobs with no possibility for meaningful advancements. No conditions like where you can get a decent job out of highschool, buy a house and raise a family. If they do go to college, the cost of college is way higher than it used to be, and loans have much higher interest, setting up the trap since the good job isn't waiting for them after graduation. I'm not sure what it means when people talk about them having a sense of entitlement, when it was the older generations, including myself, that had nicer job opportunities, cheaper college, loans with no or little interest. I had about 7 years industry experience in my technical science area when I got laid off in 2009. My manager friends with the rare job opening to fill told me 400 people would apply to each spot. I was competing with Gen Y for those jobs and they didn't have a chance against those with experience under their belt. My first job in my area, when I got out of college came with a nice salary and full benefits. Gen Y comming up to the same position that I had 10 or 15 years previous has to get hired as a "temp" which is BS because they are permanent temps. No valuble benefits (eg healthcare, vacation, 401k matching funds), and the salary is lower to begin with because the highest salary of the temp agency is lower than what the lowest salary was for entry level jobs when I started. On top of that, the temp agency vig is like a permanent 30% of their salary.
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I had trouble getting my first job out of college. Things have picked up in my field since then. Now I get blind calls from people wanting to hire me because they can't find anyone. I will agree that the salaries have decreased. One of the job offers I got was for a laughably low amount. I actually laughed at the person and told them no wonder they couldn't find anyone. I've heard they've increased their wages since. Some fields have jobs waiting for you after college, just not everyone wants to do them.
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