Re: NYC Poker Robbery and Shooting
They wanted to interview me too - three different major media outlets. I don't do interviews anymore though, because the angle is always the same and it never leads to good things for the rooms.
As for the robberies, they are textbook criminal opportunism. Running a club is a cash-heavy business in a gray area of the law (although, really, the clubs are pretty much black-and-white illegal under NY law), which means there's little incentive to invest heavily in security due to the uncertainty of the club's shelf life. That makes the clubs a perfect target.
Saying that this is the first shooting in 30 years may be true, but it's also the second armed robbery in 4 or 5 months. Safety has now become a much bigger concern than it ever was before.
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