[Al_Capone_Junior]

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In a busy time poker players might take up hotel rooms so now if a slot player wants to come there they can't because the hotel is booked. Or maybe there is a tournament about to start so valet parking is backed up so the slot player drives on down the street.

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Hotel staff anticipate this kind situation and preferentially reserve and book rooms to players with a history of past action. So a random caller may be told "we're booked," but mrs jones (the 50c slot player) gets a room no problem. Thus, the problem you mentioned probably does exist, but to a pretty small extent.

For many casinos these days they only valet for hotel guests. Thus, if there's a big backup because of a poker tournament about to begin, there's probably gonna be a bunch of late entries to the tourney. Valet these days isn't full service with a smile (tophat and cane, show tunes included) like it was in days gone by. These days valet is more like boarding the monorail at disneyland, but only if you're a guest of the hotel (you'll probably need to show that room key too).

This little anecdote is off on a tangent for sure, but can't resist. I like to valet the ol' dodge at bellagio sometimes, and give the valey boy a couple three bucks when I drop it off. First I show him how the door only opens from the outside, so he'll need to roll the window down to get out. Then I give him the $ and tell him "take extra special care of this baby so it doesn't get any scratches." One day when I picked it up the guy tells me my steering box is really loose and his manager almost crashed into a wall in the garage, so could I self park next time. No dice! I tell him I worked in a shop, then show him how nope, my steering box is really tight, almost like new. His manager needs to learn how to drive because not all cars and trucks have rack and pinion like his friggin' lotus. Plus he needs to take care of my baby instead of crashing it because the $ I'm spending is just as green as everyone else's. :-)

Al