At some of Harrah's properties, if not all, they consider time as well as
how much through a machine. My husband played 2 hours on a 5 play $1 at Paris,
but host complained he hadn't "played enough" timewise. He seemed
unimpressed by how much $ or that it was 5 lines. So next time he played, he played
the same machine, about the same length, but also put $ in the machine next to
it ($1 single line) and basically only played enough to keep the reader
alight - so now he had 4 or more hours instead of 2. Host was very happy
suddenly.
My suggestion for Harrahs is to play all your play on same day. Get at
least 1000-2000 base points. If possible, play the machine next to it too - just
as my husband did, just to increase hours. Play on the day you also charge
meals, etc., since you will be "tripped" if you eat and don't play. Do not
play 1 day and a week later eat comps or you will have 2 trips.
If you stay over, I am not certain, but I think you will have only 1 trip -
even if you stay for 3 nights. But it is possible you may have 3 days - ask
a host. I still advise playing heavy on just 1 day to see if this helps the
average.
Obviously, the more you play, the higher your ADT. Seemed like 2000-5000
base points in 1 day resulted in a very good ADT for my husband. Offers for
like $750-1200 range for things like Visa cards or Macys.
You can ask a host in Las vegas what your ADT is - they will give out info.
Hosts in New Orleans won't. Don't know about other places.
Also, some offers are based on play at a particular property, not at all
properties - for example, though my husband had very good ADT from play in
Vegas, his ADT for New Orleans alone was used to get his New Orleans offers. In
Vegas, he has higher ADT than I do and gets better offers. In New Orleans, I
get better offers than he does. Some offers may be based on your play for
all locations nationwide, or your play in Vegas properties only, or your play
at Paris Las Vegas only, and so on.
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