Side-by-side regional comparison of ask-road probe buttons and paper scorecards between Missouri St. Louis & Kansas City Market (Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles, St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri) under Missouri Gaming Commission and Eastern Pennsylvania & Philadelphia (Wind Creek Bethlehem, Philadelphia & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) under Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, covering MGC EZ & 5% versus PGCB 5% & EZ settlement, Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays versus TCS John Huxley & Angel Eye Electronic Shoes scoreboards, and $15 to $25 main floor to $100 to $5,000 Asian gaming pit table limits.
Sample 8-deck shoe trajectory rendered identically on Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays (Missouri Boat) and TCS John Huxley & Angel Eye Electronic Shoes (East Penn).
This bead is at Row 2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 1 stopped exactly one row above this bead.
Column 2 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 2, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
Column 3 has 1 bead. Column 1 has 2 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 3, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
Verified at Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles and River City Casino & Hotel in St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri under Missouri Gaming Commission.
Verified at Wind Creek Bethlehem and Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia in Philadelphia & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania under Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
High-limit salons scale to $100 to $3,000 high-limit salon in Missouri Boat and $100 to $5,000 Asian gaming pit in East Penn.
Missouri Boat applies repealed loss-limit rules with standard EZ bar-7 settlement; East Penn applies statutory PGCB paytables with uniform 8:1 Tie settlement.
Both markets render 5-road displays (Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays and TCS John Huxley & Angel Eye Electronic Shoes) with MGC-audited top-card indicator burn.
In St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri Gaming Commission enforced pit supervision manuals at Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles and River City Casino & Hotel establish Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays, contrasting with Philadelphia & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board table-game operations at Wind Creek Bethlehem mandate TCS John Huxley & Angel Eye Electronic Shoes.
For players tracking ask-road probe buttons and paper scorecards, St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri (River City Casino & Hotel) pairs repealed loss-limit rules with standard EZ bar-7 settlement with riverboat-basin 7-seat mini-baccarat and VIP midi tables, whereas Philadelphia & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia) pairs statutory PGCB paytables with uniform 8:1 Tie settlement with 8-deck midi-baccarat squeeze and mini-baccarat pits.
| Comparison Attribute | Missouri Boat (STL) | East Penn (PHL) |
|---|---|---|
| Regulator & Hub | Missouri Gaming Commission (St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri) | Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Philadelphia & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| Flagship & Secondary Venues | Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles / River City Casino & Hotel | Wind Creek Bethlehem / Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia |
| Ask-Road & Scorecard Policy | Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays | TCS John Huxley & Angel Eye Electronic Shoes |
| Main Pit & Salon Limits | $15 to $25 main floor / $100 to $3,000 high-limit salon | $25 main floor / $100 to $5,000 Asian gaming pit |
Hardware differences between Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays in St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri and TCS John Huxley & Angel Eye Electronic Shoes in Philadelphia & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania affect screen layout and ask-road probe buttons and paper scorecards callouts, yet Small Road (column 3 row 2) and Cockroach Pig (column 4 row 2) math stays invariant.
Alongside Vegas Strip (Bellagio Villa Privé, $25 main pit), Missouri St. Louis & Kansas City Market (repealed loss-limit rules with standard EZ bar-7 settlement) and Eastern Pennsylvania & Philadelphia (statutory PGCB paytables with uniform 8:1 Tie settlement) maintain strict licensed separation between scoreboard history and remaining deck composition.
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