Here's a copy of a report I posted elsewhere, about 2 days I just
spent at Caesars Atlantic City. Please don't confuse with similarly
named properties in LV etc!
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"rfdruckenmiller2" <rfdruckenmiller2@y...> wrote:
Caesar's AC has modified the rate at which the jackpot for the 9/6
$0.25 JOB progressives increases. [snip] I figure this is
about one-tenth the rate at which the jackpot formerly increased.
Furthermore, after playing the machines for an hour and a half, I
found that I had accumulated zero cashback (formerly, that amount
of play would have gotten me about $6 CB).
I'm just back from 2 nights at Caesars. I'd had a mailed offer of 2
weekday nights. On checkin, they said I'd been upgraded to a suite.
My best guess is that this because on my last trip to Las Vegas
Hilton (just BEFORE they left the Caesars corporate family), I
played more than my usual level: a bit of $1 play, for a total of at
least $10K/day.
(As others have reported, the $120+ in comps that I got at LVH
before the switch was still available on my Connection Comp, & I
assume I've got the same amount for my next LVH visit due to "double-
dipping." A great deal.)
Suite was very nice. Roomy, a bit of shore view, nice TV, high speed
net access for a compable $10/day, jacuzzi in bathroom. Access to
players club on 3rd floor, with mini-buffet & flat screen TVs; they
deduct $10/person from comp account for use of this club. But it's
pleasant, & perfect if restaurants are crowded.
Anyway, my main report is that we got practically nothing in comps
for our play this trip. Maybe .1%. I can play $1000/hr on a fast
quarter machine. I playing with my mother, so talking with her may
have slowed me down a bit, but she was playing on my card, so I'd
think that combined we were still hitting ~$1K.
We were getting less than $1/hr in comps. And this WASN'T at the
progressives. Although our play WAS mostly 9/6 JOB. The lousy comp
rate came at those non-progressives near the Gladiator bar. Even
when we played those $1 JOB machines for half an hour, I don't think
we made more than $1.
I was thinking that maybe they'd reduced my rate because of the
comped suite? Or because we were winning? (No royals, but plenty of
quads, even a couple at the $1 level, even a couple of straight
flushes, gave us over $300 profit.) Based on the above report,
though, maybe comps on all JOB has been drastically reduced?
Other than Caesars, we played at Ballys, mostly 3-play quarter
Bonus, with just a bit of $1 JOB prog. Ballys comps were much
better. 3-play of course isn't 3x as fast as single line, but maybe
we did about $2.5K in an hour & got $7 comps, so somewhere in the
area of .25%.
BTW, the Caesars buffet is fine but not extraordinary, but during
the week, $10/person for any meal is a pretty good deal.
The VIP staff at Caesars was friendly, as were the buffet staff,
housekeeping, etc. Almost uniformly, everyone I encountered at the
slot club booth was rude, in a New York kind of way, like they were
doing me a great favor by giving me their time, thought I was an
idiot, & couldn't wait to get rid of me. Much worse than in Nevada
or elsewhere. But the mailed offers have been great, so I'll
continue if the offers continue.
Stuart (RandomStu)
sresnick2@comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~sresnick2/mypage.htm