I just completed my 1st Vegas trip as a $1 vp player and put in some
time playing DB at Wynn. While playing, I managed to win the "letter
X" on the Bingo Bonus for $610 in free play, which played out to be
about $485 cash (not stellar, but still a very nice bonus!). I figure
it must be pretty rare, especially since the X is the 2nd level bonus.
Although later in the trip, my brother won the 1st level bonus (the
postage stamp) for about $45, so unless it was just an extremely large
coincindence that both of us received bonuses on the same trip, they
must be reasonably attainable.
I am wondering if anyone has investigated the Bingo Bonus to determine
what value in terms of overall return this might add on. Does someone
win one of the bonuses every round? In which case, are you better off
playing during grave shift or on weekdays so there are fewer people to
compete with? Do dollar players have a better chance of winning than
lower denomination players?
I do realize that clearly it is not a real Bingo game (every player has
there own Bingo balls "drawn" and every losing card looks the same at
the end of the game - it just randomly picks someone to win so that two
players can't possibly split a prize like in a real bingo game), but it
would be interesting to learn a little more about it. Perhaps if
someone is in contact with a host they could try to get more
information on it.
On a side note, it was a very successful trip with a RF on 25c FPDW as
well as a RF and 4 deuces 3 times on $1 FPDW! Not to mention partnering
up with my brother to play some $2 10/7DB downtown and having him hit
quad A's and 2-4's twice and me hitting several quads including 2-4's
twice in only two hours of play!