I think your missing the point of slot machines in the first place. While, yes, the big boys play off in the high stakes, exclusive poker rooms, however
those are a minority in Vegas. And while random third world countries will allow alien exclusive casino, that will not fly in Las Vegas. The point of Vegas
is a showcase. Its a spectacle. It is the land of Awesomeness and Epicness. It also has enough room to build a major spaceport without issue. Once the
Alien governments and other groups catch on that the point of the place is to out do each other (within some loose boundaries)... they will start trying to out
do each other.
This will end up a oddly nonviolent war. You get people to bother to come inside in the first place... this is the external show case of architecture and
occasional bits of theater, like the fountain/light shows or ship battles. You can also have actual stage productions. Its what makes your group/theme
Awesome enough to make a hotel/casino out of in the first place. That and you have to do it in a manner that takes up only a block or two of space. Maximum.
Meaning people are free to leave at anytime.... and its a short walk or tram ride to another competing place. If your boring people will not come, which is
going to make you lose the culture war games.
Its a challenge and an ego sink. Its also on a neutral planet that has a diversity of cultures... in addition to the ones in the galactic known. Which means
your getting largely untainted opinions on who has the most Awesomeness inherent in their group/culture. This is high stakes ego gambling among literally
kings and Emperors. Some will win big, others will fail. With so many multiworld Empires and such floating around I can't see this not happening.
Of course if your group only attracts people already of your culture to the place... you fail. I can see the Jurian Emporer sending an extremely stuck in
his ways stuffy, but highly ranked guy, in at first and boring the general populous away... then sending in Seiryo Tennan and having him revamp the place to be
more Vegaslike... the idea of the above slot machine and of course the hoorifing to the snobs, but highly approved of by Tsunami, weirdness of a formal Jurian
wedding that has a Elvis impersonater preist, in white rhinestoned formal Jurian robed glory, presiding. Bonus points if he manages to stop an attempt to take
a wedding party of high ranking nobels, with a combination of Karate and Jurian swordsmanship.
Anyway, the point of a slot machine is to take in the average Joe with something they can gamble a few bucks on and leave happy with the event. They are like
a good buffet with gaming instead of food. The higher stakes tables are there for the serious gamblers and the high rollers are off in the exclusive rooms.
However, the hotel rooms and low level stuff pay for most of it. In the case of these interplanetary hotels, regionally local gambling games are going to take
the place of the poker tables and such. Low level betting areas will let the frugal or skittish people participate without being intimidated. Making them
bright and oh-so-shiny keeps them there.
There will also be room for politics... after all, which casino is trammed to which other casino is a major indicator for alliances... a social butterfly group
is going to be a warren of tram stations. These will be near the space port and popular for people people doing a crawling tour of the strips. An isolated
government or group with be on the edge and will involve walking or a tram from the warrens.
The way the odds are in the flashy, attention getting slot machines (which will divert most of the heavy luck assault people) take in at least twice what they
put out. If they get planned for, you can use there random attendance winning streak as proof these are winnable machines. Get two at once and people will be
convinced machine type X is hot tonight. Their frantic spending to keep up and the occasional win will keep the cash flow in the houses favor. No matter how
much one person wins if you take in half again as much from people who didn't win your still ahead. At least with noncrooked casinos... its the crooked
ones that end up screwing themselves over and going bankrupt from HLA people anyway.
those are a minority in Vegas. And while random third world countries will allow alien exclusive casino, that will not fly in Las Vegas. The point of Vegas
is a showcase. Its a spectacle. It is the land of Awesomeness and Epicness. It also has enough room to build a major spaceport without issue. Once the
Alien governments and other groups catch on that the point of the place is to out do each other (within some loose boundaries)... they will start trying to out
do each other.
This will end up a oddly nonviolent war. You get people to bother to come inside in the first place... this is the external show case of architecture and
occasional bits of theater, like the fountain/light shows or ship battles. You can also have actual stage productions. Its what makes your group/theme
Awesome enough to make a hotel/casino out of in the first place. That and you have to do it in a manner that takes up only a block or two of space. Maximum.
Meaning people are free to leave at anytime.... and its a short walk or tram ride to another competing place. If your boring people will not come, which is
going to make you lose the culture war games.
Its a challenge and an ego sink. Its also on a neutral planet that has a diversity of cultures... in addition to the ones in the galactic known. Which means
your getting largely untainted opinions on who has the most Awesomeness inherent in their group/culture. This is high stakes ego gambling among literally
kings and Emperors. Some will win big, others will fail. With so many multiworld Empires and such floating around I can't see this not happening.
Of course if your group only attracts people already of your culture to the place... you fail. I can see the Jurian Emporer sending an extremely stuck in
his ways stuffy, but highly ranked guy, in at first and boring the general populous away... then sending in Seiryo Tennan and having him revamp the place to be
more Vegaslike... the idea of the above slot machine and of course the hoorifing to the snobs, but highly approved of by Tsunami, weirdness of a formal Jurian
wedding that has a Elvis impersonater preist, in white rhinestoned formal Jurian robed glory, presiding. Bonus points if he manages to stop an attempt to take
a wedding party of high ranking nobels, with a combination of Karate and Jurian swordsmanship.
Anyway, the point of a slot machine is to take in the average Joe with something they can gamble a few bucks on and leave happy with the event. They are like
a good buffet with gaming instead of food. The higher stakes tables are there for the serious gamblers and the high rollers are off in the exclusive rooms.
However, the hotel rooms and low level stuff pay for most of it. In the case of these interplanetary hotels, regionally local gambling games are going to take
the place of the poker tables and such. Low level betting areas will let the frugal or skittish people participate without being intimidated. Making them
bright and oh-so-shiny keeps them there.
There will also be room for politics... after all, which casino is trammed to which other casino is a major indicator for alliances... a social butterfly group
is going to be a warren of tram stations. These will be near the space port and popular for people people doing a crawling tour of the strips. An isolated
government or group with be on the edge and will involve walking or a tram from the warrens.
The way the odds are in the flashy, attention getting slot machines (which will divert most of the heavy luck assault people) take in at least twice what they
put out. If they get planned for, you can use there random attendance winning streak as proof these are winnable machines. Get two at once and people will be
convinced machine type X is hot tonight. Their frantic spending to keep up and the occasional win will keep the cash flow in the houses favor. No matter how
much one person wins if you take in half again as much from people who didn't win your still ahead. At least with noncrooked casinos... its the crooked
ones that end up screwing themselves over and going bankrupt from HLA people anyway.