Private email to vpFae:
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Over the past year, Belterra has changed from a fun VP play to a
VP disappointment. I played the quarter SL NSUD progressive on
10-27-07 and they required $30 coin in per point. Their CB rate
now seems to be from about 0.0333% to 0.0625%. You can add
another whopping 20% on to those rates if you have their top tier
players' card (Platinum). Of course the few hours each week they
have multiple CB (typically 6 hours once or twice each week at 3X
or 4X) affects only the base CB rate and the Platinum 20%
increase is not in effect. Earned comps have become few and far
between. I think the comp rate is much less than 0.25%, but that
is just a guess. It appears that the current GM does not want
anyone playing video poker who knows anything about video poker.
Regarding machine inventory: There are no 1c/2c/5c (50 Plays).
There are two 5c/10c (50 Plays)--one has shorted pay tables. On
the positive side, they have opened up several new stores in the
hotel lobby so that those of us who have wanted to buy overpriced
jewelry and clothing in the middle of an Indiana cornfield will
have our dreams come true.