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The boat was reconfigured a couple of months ago. It would
seem that all video poker machines from the bottom three decks
have been consolidated on the first floor (I didn't make it to
deck 4, so no information regarding those machines). They
have opened up the inventory of 9/6 25 cent JoB to include
about a dozen uprights and about one hundred (100) console
Game Kings!!!! These are all multidenomination and include
9/6 JoB for 50 cent and dollar players as well. There are
numerous Game King uprights with 8/5 JoB at the quarter level
and full pay for higher stakes. Lots of another brand VP
machines, but I didn't see any full pay JoB (will scour
paytables next trip and report back). I did note a couple of
Triple Bonus Plus (TB+ full pay 99.80%) at the 50 cent-and-up
play levels on the console Game Kings. There are over a dozen
different games on each machine, so it will take time to look
through all variations to find other full pay opportunities.
The casino has switched to Harrah's Total Rewards. After two
trips, the best I can make out is: $5 cash in slots or $10
cash in VP equals one base/tier point. Bonus points seem to
be about three times the base points. Cashback seems to be
about 1.8% of base points. Comps seem to be about 4% of base
points (or about 1% of the sum of base and bonus points).
With more experience these numbers will be refined. At this
point, the bounce back cash seems to be lower with Total
Rewards (maybe 1.5 times average cashback/trip) but the
cashback and comps seem a bit better than the old system.
Time will tell more.