[hamsamich]

Lets assume the dealer costs $10/hour for an average 10 hours/day - $100/day in dealer costs + taxes and insurance package - lets assume its $115/day.

TT.....This number is low. The overhead on an employee is higher than that, which I guess would make them even more attractive for the Casinos. I like the idea of them *IF* they could bring poker to a venue close to me that otherwise could not have it. I love AC, but sometimes the two hour drive is just more of a hassle than I can handle. If the race tracks here in NYC brought them in I would go for sure. I think you are %100 right about these things coming whether we want them or not. If this is something that the industry supported the development of it's only a matter of time before they start popping up at your local B&M. At first you will shy away from them. Then on one of your visits there won't be any seats available except at the Tek table so you will sit just until a seat opens at a 'real' table. Next thing you know in a 25 table room 15 of them will be plug-ins and everyone will be talking about the old days when every table had to be dealt 'by hand'. It may take a while but big changes usually do. How many of you here remember when cars first started putting the upper brake light on vehicles? Remember how weird it looked and how people said it was a waste and would never catch on? You can't stop progress. As for software bugs, I'm sure there will be some and I'm just as sure they will work them out. They can write software now that is capable of navigating a spacecraft to the edge of the Solar system, I'm SURE they can work out the bugs for something that involves a deck of 52 cards...lol