Side-by-side regional comparison of salon prive vs main-floor table minimums between Missouri St. Louis & Kansas City Market (Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles, St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri) under Missouri Gaming Commission and Reno and Lake Tahoe (Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, Reno, Nevada) under Nevada Gaming Control Board, covering MGC EZ & 5% versus 5% & EZ Hybrid settlement, Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays versus Matsui Gaming LED Scoreboards scoreboards, and $15 to $25 main floor to $100 to $3,000 high-limit room table limits.
Sample 8-deck shoe trajectory rendered identically on Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays (Missouri Boat) and Matsui Gaming LED Scoreboards (Reno Tahoe).
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 4 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 2, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
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.
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 Peppermill Resort Spa Casino and Grand Sierra Resort High-Limit Pit in Reno, Nevada under Nevada Gaming Control Board.
High-limit salons scale to $100 to $3,000 high-limit salon in Missouri Boat and $100 to $3,000 high-limit room in Reno Tahoe.
Missouri Boat applies $100 to $3,000 high-limit salon; Reno Tahoe applies $100 to $3,000 high-limit room.
Both markets render 5-road displays (Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays and Matsui Gaming LED Scoreboards) with MGC-audited top-card indicator burn.
At Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles (STL), registered salon prive vs main-floor table minimums standards follow Missouri Gaming Commission floor procedure guides ($15 to $25 main floor), whereas Peppermill Resort Spa Casino (RNO) operates under Nevada Gaming Control Board pit boss checklists ($15 main pit).
At the cage and felt interface, Missouri Boat floor procedure guides stipulate $100 to $3,000 high-limit salon (21+ entry), while Reno Tahoe pit boss checklists stipulate $100 to $3,000 high-limit room (21+ entry).
| Comparison Attribute | Missouri Boat (STL) | Reno Tahoe (RNO) |
|---|---|---|
| Regulator & Hub | Missouri Gaming Commission (St. Louis & Kansas City, Missouri) | Nevada Gaming Control Board (Reno, Nevada) |
| Flagship & Secondary Venues | Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles / River City Casino & Hotel | Peppermill Resort Spa Casino / Grand Sierra Resort High-Limit Pit |
| Main Pit vs. Salon Limits | $15 to $25 main floor | $15 main pit |
| Main Pit & Salon Limits | $15 to $25 main floor / $100 to $3,000 high-limit salon | $15 main pit / $100 to $3,000 high-limit room |
Even when Missouri Boat (EZ Baccarat and 5% commission mini-baccarat) and Reno Tahoe (hybrid 5% standard commission and EZ Dragon 7 tables) differ on salon prive vs main-floor table minimums, Light & Wonder i-Score & Genesis Displays and Matsui Gaming LED Scoreboards plot identical derived-road trajectories for any given shoe sequence.
Alongside Niagara ON (Fallsview Casino Resort, CAD $25 main floor), Missouri St. Louis & Kansas City Market (repealed loss-limit rules with standard EZ bar-7 settlement) and Reno and Lake Tahoe (lammer-tracked 5% vig or instant bar-7 push) maintain strict authorized separation between scoreboard history and remaining deck composition.
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