when I go to my favorite casino, I always use my slot card. What if you have
guests with you that don't gamble often enough to feel they need a card. Do
the casinos frown upon those friends using duplicates of my card? What
about my wife? Can she use a duplicate of my card? Ray
a different slot card question
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "poochiekr4536l"
<poochiekr4536l@y...> wrote:
when I go to my favorite casino, I always use my slot card. What
if you have
guests with you that don't gamble often enough to feel they need a
card. Do
the casinos frown upon those friends using duplicates of my card?
What
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about my wife? Can she use a duplicate of my card? Ray
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Hi Ray,
Unless your wife is signed up, at the club booth, as a co-player on
your card most casinos prohibit this. As for friends etc., playing
on your card, this is strictly forbidden in almost all casinos. If
discovered it can void your points/membership in that club. It can
be easily detected if the other person hits a hand-pay with the card
inserted, especially if the hand pay generates a tax form. IMO, this
practice is fraught with danger and not worth the risk.
Babe
I do it all the time and never have a problem. If the other person playing has a hand pay all they have to do is pull the
card before calling an attendant. I don't believe the casinos care all that much as long as you have a relationship with
the other person playing. Going around and soliciting strangers would be asking for it, a spouse would be acceptable
almost everywhere, friends a little less so, but I believe you would get a warning at worst case, before anything more
drastic.
Regards
A.P.
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----- Original Message -----
From: jackessiebabe
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:58 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: a different slot card question
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "poochiekr4536l"
<poochiekr4536l@y...> wrote:
Unless your wife is signed up, at the club booth, as a co-player on
your card most casinos prohibit this. As for friends etc., playing
on your card, this is strictly forbidden in almost all casinos. If
discovered it can void your points/membership in that club. It can
be easily detected if the other person hits a hand-pay with the card
inserted, especially if the hand pay generates a tax form. IMO, this
practice is fraught with danger and not worth the risk.
Babe
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I think generally big casinos on the Strip don't care if someone else
uses your card, some of them seem to encourage it. Smaller casinos
and local casinos tend to care. I think it is best to ask the casino
in question. I have asked, and in some casinos, after they have given
me two cards, upon listening to my question, ask how many more copies
of my card do I want. 
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "poochiekr4536l" <poochiekr4536l@y...>
wrote:
when I go to my favorite casino, I always use my slot card. What
if you have
guests with you that don't gamble often enough to feel they need a
card. Do
the casinos frown upon those friends using duplicates of my card?
What
···
about my wife? Can she use a duplicate of my card? Ray
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "superquadfullhousroyalistic"
<erchalb@c...> wrote:
I think generally big casinos on the Strip don't care if someone
else
uses your card, some of them seem to encourage it. Smaller casinos
and local casinos tend to care. I think it is best to ask the
casino
in question. I have asked, and in some casinos, after they have
given
me two cards, upon listening to my question, ask how many more
copies
of my card do I want.
heck, i have been given 2 cards automatically when initially signing
up without asking...can't believe this is much of a problem most
places...if someone is using your 2nd or 3rd card that is another
gambler on their property...
I guess I must be a daredevil;-) I have hit several W2G wins while playing
on my wife's card. At no time did red mars lights descend from the ceiling
and the klaxons did not sound. They didn't care at all. Many of these wins
occurred at Harrah's properties and if they decided to ban me for life it
would be no great loss. I suspect couples using the same card is pretty
common and that the fine print in the slot club rules is mostly designed to
protect the casino against teams abusing comps and promotions, and to keep
the integrity of their marketing data. It's just a guess. What the hell do
I know.
Chandler
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-----Original Message-----
From: jackessiebabe [mailto:jackessieb…@…com]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:58 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: a different slot card question
Unless your wife is signed up, at the club booth, as a co-player on
your card most casinos prohibit this. As for friends etc., playing
on your card, this is strictly forbidden in almost all casinos. If
discovered it can void your points/membership in that club. It can
be easily detected if the other person hits a hand-pay with the card
inserted, especially if the hand pay generates a tax form. IMO, this
practice is fraught with danger and not worth the risk.
Babe
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I think it is best for everyone to get their own card. You would be amazed at what you get when you just sign up. Some places do permit spouse play and roomate play (one casino rep told us as long as the same mailing address was on the card it was OK). I suppose they could ask for your marriage license, civil union documents, domestic partnership agreements etc, but remember they wouldn't want to alienate a customer. Ask the booth attendants if you need separate crads for spouses, roomates, domestic partners etc and go by that. Jean Scott's "The Frugal Gambler" discusses the use of slot cards.
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From: "Albert Pearson" <a-p@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: a different slot card question
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:26:25 -0500I do it all the time and never have a problem. If the other person playing has a hand pay all they have to do is pull the
card before calling an attendant. I don't believe the casinos care all that much as long as you have a relationship with
the other person playing. Going around and soliciting strangers would be asking for it, a spouse would be acceptable
almost everywhere, friends a little less so, but I believe you would get a warning at worst case, before anything more
drastic.Regards
A.P.
----- Original Message -----
From: jackessiebabe
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:58 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: a different slot card question--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "poochiekr4536l"
<poochiekr4536l@y...> wrote:
Unless your wife is signed up, at the club booth, as a co-player on
your card most casinos prohibit this. As for friends etc., playing
on your card, this is strictly forbidden in almost all casinos. If
discovered it can void your points/membership in that club. It can
be easily detected if the other person hits a hand-pay with the card
inserted, especially if the hand pay generates a tax form. IMO, this
practice is fraught with danger and not worth the risk.Babe
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