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Golden Nugget "Insider" mailer

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In a message dated 1/3/08 8:48:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
worksforthemoney@yahoo.com writes:

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We are out-of-towners. Just got my first GN mailer and I will actually be
in Laughlin to use it:) It is for $15 cash and 2Xpoints. I played for a couple
of hours there in July while staying at Harrah's.

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So how far out-of-town? HET fly you in?

The rumor is 100 lifetime points ($5 cashback/$10 comps) will get the GN-L
mailers in motion. So you got the "Cash Daze" postcard and the trifolded glossy
"Insider"? These bounceback postcards have been sent out in the first
quarter for a few years now.

The Insider also has obscure room offers in that yellow blurb above the
calendars. Rumor is the lowest level is a 2 for 1 offer. Then it gets into
"Getaway" points based on some formula that incorporates several months of play
history. One point is good for one weekday night, 2 for weekends and 4 for
special weekends.

Trouble is GN-L does not have much to play anymore except at quarters.
Nothing better than Bonus 7/5 in any of the bartops now. The end of 2003 started
the VP purge at GN-L. You can still see the downgraded machines and can pause
for reflection. The skinny DB uprights that used to be 10/7 (now 9/6/5), the
slant-tops that used to have FPDW (now ugly Colorado Deuces), the Sigma .50/$1
slant-tops with 9/6/5 Double Double Jackpot (now 8/6/5).

Somewhere in this purge the coin-in requirements for a point increased. At
the quarter level it went up to $26.25 (105 count from 95) and at dollars
$27.50 (55 for 2 points instead of 35 for 2).

I don't think GN-L really misses me and other VP players. I had $70k+
coin-in for 2003 and 2004, down to less than $2k in 2007.

Oh well.

Bluestreak<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in
shape.<BR> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489</HTML>

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#2

We are in Wisconsin and Harrah's offers us maybe 6 trips a year. Used to always go to Vegas but we like Laughlin. We will probably go to Vegas this Fall though. Miss It and get lots of offers there from most hotels. I wish we could have used Wynn's offer last year of free rooms, $200 free play and $200 cash toward air. We were there shortly after it opened but I didn't think the people there treated you very well. The kids and their spouses go to Vegas every year. In fact, my son-in-law proposed to my daughter on the top of the Eiffel Tower at Paris. We just aren't usually in Laughlin to use any offers at other hotels. Sometimes we could double book to see shows there at other casinos but haven't done it yet. The older we get, it gets easier to let someone else handle the trip arrangements a luggage:)

GRAYTLEEGRAY@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/3/08 8:48:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
worksforthemoney@yahoo.com writes:

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We are out-of-towners. Just got my first GN mailer and I will actually be

> in Laughlin to use it:) It is for $15 cash and 2Xpoints. I played for a couple
> of hours there in July while staying at Harrah's.
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So how far out-of-town? HET fly you in?

The rumor is 100 lifetime points ($5 cashback/$10 comps) will get the GN-L
mailers in motion. So you got the "Cash Daze" postcard and the trifolded glossy
  "Insider"? These bounceback postcards have been sent out in the first
quarter for a few years now.

The Insider also has obscure room offers in that yellow blurb above the
calendars. Rumor is the lowest level is a 2 for 1 offer. Then it gets into
"Getaway" points based on some formula that incorporates several months of play
history. One point is good for one weekday night, 2 for weekends and 4 for
special weekends.

Trouble is GN-L does not have much to play anymore except at quarters.
Nothing better than Bonus 7/5 in any of the bartops now. The end of 2003 started
the VP purge at GN-L. You can still see the downgraded machines and can pause
for reflection. The skinny DB uprights that used to be 10/7 (now 9/6/5), the
slant-tops that used to have FPDW (now ugly Colorado Deuces), the Sigma .50/$1
slant-tops with 9/6/5 Double Double Jackpot (now 8/6/5).

Somewhere in this purge the coin-in requirements for a point increased. At
the quarter level it went up to $26.25 (105 count from 95) and at dollars
$27.50 (55 for 2 points instead of 35 for 2).

I don't think GN-L really misses me and other VP players. I had $70k+
coin-in for 2003 and 2004, down to less than $2k in 2007.

Oh well.

Bluestreak<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in
shape.<BR> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489</HTML>

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