Got back from a week in Las Vegas--stayed at and played at mostly 4 Boyd properties--SunCoast, Gold Coast, Orleans and Sam's Town. Even though I went there mainly to see Fleetwood Mac, and gambling was secondary, I came back a small winner, thanks to advice from this group. Mostly played 99.5% or better machines at the first three properties, and, despite my better judgment, the DDB $0.25 progressive machine at Sam's Town. Again, despite my intentions, wound up doing more gambling in total than I did on last several trips combined--rolled up 30-odd thousand points, and, beating the short term odds, hit a $1,500 Royal at Sam's Town. So going through multiple thousands of dollars at each property (getting bonus multipliers on Seniors Days helped out--cashed out $170 off my points--every little bit counts), I got home ahead of the game, waiting for my offers to change. And boy did they--3 out of 4 stayed the same out into August and September, and Sam's Town's went from 3 free days (any day) to 3 free days (Sun-Thurs).
Between all the property offers, I'll still get my week free of hotel bills, but it does make one wonder--presuming of course, that the BConnected computers correctly tracked and are aware of my play, am I that much of a profit problem for the casino that my Sam's Town offers are cut, to discourage my going there? I thought casinos in Las Vegas have recovered from the Great Recession, and are making money? Did not meticulously track my coin in, but someone who runs through say, $5,000 in a couple of days be worth some free rooms, especially off the Strip?? I actually figured I'd get upgraded--big difference is that I am a net winner at Sam's Town, and probably net negative or close to even at the the other three. Of course I played zero slots, because, as you would all expect, my short term variations are always vastly to the negative.
So back to the subject of the post, which is not accurate, in that I'm not smart to have played the DDB at Sam's Town, but was lucky enough to have been a winner there, it looks like Sam's is rolling back the red carpet. This is what Bob and Richard have been alluding to on GWAE podcast, but does it not seem to be kind of a hard hit to the low rollers? I can imagine being a profit concern if I was played $25 FPDW, if such a game existed at Boyd properties (of course VPFREE2 tells me I won't need to look for it, because it aint there), but at the 25 cent level??
Sorry for the long rant, but after spending many more hours (and throwing much more money through than usual at the machines), it seems like a very unpleasant move by the property towards my play. Just seeing what the experts here figure--am I being unreasonable in my expectations???
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