In a message dated 10/12/2009 4:15:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mskappotis@yahoo.com writes:
Does any one else get dining coupons regularly? Or am i getting free play
instead? Just curious as i had thought they did away with the coupons.
I've been getting the $75 free play coupons and I did receive a $100 dining
coupon for Sunday.
Sandy
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Just got back from MS. We got several free plays for the month, but also received a $150 dining coupon for Sunday (yesterday).
The coupon came just a little while ago, much closer than usual to the effective date. Why, I can't imagine. The place was packed all weekend, and the average height of the customers was at least six inches, maybe a foot shorter than normal. The Jonas Brothers had 3 concerts, one on Friday, and two on Saturday, and you really had to be careful not to trip over the rug rats, including my two adorable grandkids. In addition, the bars & lounges were full with the baseball playoffs & NFL games. So why they chose this Sunday to jam a few more people in with the food offers, I'm not sure.
BTW, those food coupons are NOT single-use, although some of the restaurants pretend they are unless you call them on it. They are actually debit coupons that can be used just like the shopping coupons, except just for food. Even with the grandkids (actually, especially with the grandkids ages 6 & 8) we weren't going to spend $150 at one of the upscale restaurants, so I used it several times during the day.
As for playing, I was much, much under my average daily, with the concert Saturday and a trip to Mystic Aquarium Sunday. And the fact that I couldn't hit much of anything when I did play didn't lengthen my sessions. Sitting at the bar and only playing between pitches in my beloved Yankees games also significantly slowed my # of hands per hour.
I really wonder how much different their total handle was for the weekend from what they would expect with concerts aimed at those of us who have reached legal gaming age. I don't think they made it up to any great extent with revenues at CyberQuest, although that was also packed to the rafters.
I did get $100 free play today, instead of the minimum $50, and the bride got $25, instead of $10.
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From: "SAbramo102@aol.com" <SAbramo102@aol.com>
To: vpFREE_NewEngland@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 6:46:50 PM
Subject: Re: [vpFREE_NewEngland] dining coupons
In a message dated 10/12/2009 4:15:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mskappotis@yahoo. com writes:
Does any one else get dining coupons regularly? Or am i getting free play
instead? Just curious as i had thought they did away with the coupons.
I've been getting the $75 free play coupons and I did receive a $100 dining
coupon for Sunday.
Sandy
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From what I have been told, they usually do well when they have concerts aimed at the younger crowd as most parents are in the casino gambling. The concert which did the best for the casino in the past was Justin Timberlake.
Mel
--- In vpFREE_NewEngland@yahoogroups.com, Guru Perf <guruperf@...> wrote:
Just got back from MS. We got several free plays for the month, but also received a $150 dining coupon for Sunday (yesterday).
The coupon came just a little while ago, much closer than usual to the effective date. Why, I can't imagine. The place was packed all weekend, and the average height of the customers was at least six inches, maybe a foot shorter than normal. The Jonas Brothers had 3 concerts, one on Friday, and two on Saturday, and you really had to be careful not to trip over the rug rats, including my two adorable grandkids. In addition, the bars & lounges were full with the baseball playoffs & NFL games. So why they chose this Sunday to jam a few more people in with the food offers, I'm not sure.
BTW, those food coupons are NOT single-use, although some of the restaurants pretend they are unless you call them on it. They are actually debit coupons that can be used just like the shopping coupons, except just for food. Even with the grandkids (actually, especially with the grandkids ages 6 & 8) we weren't going to spend $150 at one of the upscale restaurants, so I used it several times during the day.
As for playing, I was much, much under my average daily, with the concert Saturday and a trip to Mystic Aquarium Sunday. And the fact that I couldn't hit much of anything when I did play didn't lengthen my sessions. Sitting at the bar and only playing between pitches in my beloved Yankees games also significantly slowed my # of hands per hour.
I really wonder how much different their total handle was for the weekend from what they would expect with concerts aimed at those of us who have reached legal gaming age. I don't think they made it up to any great extent with revenues at CyberQuest, although that was also packed to the rafters.
I did get $100 free play today, instead of the minimum $50, and the bride got $25, instead of $10.
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From: "SAbramo102@..." <SAbramo102@...>
To: vpFREE_NewEngland@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 6:46:50 PM
Subject: Re: [vpFREE_NewEngland] dining couponsIn a message dated 10/12/2009 4:15:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mskappotis@yahoo. com writes:Does any one else get dining coupons regularly? Or am i getting free play
instead? Just curious as i had thought they did away with the coupons.>>>
I've been getting the $75 free play coupons and I did receive a $100 dining
coupon for Sunday.Sandy
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Does anyone in the MA area have a tax attorney they would recommend that has
expertise in professional gambling as an IRS occupation? Please respond
privately. Thanks.
John
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Facing the Lodge bar, only the 9 machines on the right now have 9/6 JOB. The rest of the machines have been downgraded to 8/5
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Call me a conspiracy theorist...butttt...it sounds like MS is slowly downgrading their machines from FP to SP and I'm theorizing that they are making notes on players that are following the FP machines...akin to herding sheep...their objective is to find out those players who are "theoretically" costing them the most or losing the least...if my conspiracy theory pans out then those who only play the FP VP machines will see much lower comps via mail in the coming months...only time will tell...
--- In vpFREE_NewEngland@yahoogroups.com, Joel Fink <joel0457@...> wrote:
Facing the Lodge bar, only the 9 machines on the right now have 9/6 JOB. The rest of the machines have been downgraded to 8/5
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I think you may be on to something and that they are already looking at less or unprofitable players. I also wouldn't be surprised to see all of the 9/6 JOB to be downgraded after MS confirms that they can make more on the 8/5. All machines were equally busy when I was there.
By the way, the FP machines are the 9 machines on the left when facing the bar not the right.
Joel
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From: tenbelow99 <tenbelow99@yahoo.com>
To: vpFREE_NewEngland@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 9:14:17 PM
Subject: [vpFREE_NewEngland] Re: MS Lodge Bar Downgrade
Call me a conspiracy theorist...butttt. ..it sounds like MS is slowly downgrading their machines from FP to SP and I'm theorizing that they are making notes on players that are following the FP machines...akin to herding sheep...their objective is to find out those players who are "theoretically" costing them the most or losing the least...if my conspiracy theory pans out then those who only play the FP VP machines will see much lower comps via mail in the coming months...only time will tell...
--- In vpFREE_NewEngland@ yahoogroups. com, Joel Fink <joel0457@.. .> wrote:
Facing the Lodge bar, only the 9 machines on the right now have 9/6 JOB. The rest of the machines have been downgraded to 8/5
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