One of the most dishonorable casinos in the US is closing (The Revel). Let me go into their history: Revel opens up as a non- smoking casino. Before you know it they want to be a smoking casino. Instead of building an isolated smoking area (which nobody could object to) they decide to allow smoking in the playing part of the casino and be damned about the non- smoking customers health ("let them die off, but only after they go broke to us" - my quote). At first they had better "bad" games like 15-11-4-4 2's and 8-5-35(4K) Bonus Poker. These games are still losers for the player but Revel soon removed these. They still had 9-6 Jacks and Revel couldn't decide what to do, one week they would remove them and then the next week they would bring them back. Then came the July 2013 $100,000 loss rebate. The Revel called it "Gamblers Wanted". I jokingly called it "Gamblers Wanted, Dead Or Alive". The gambler would have the month of July to lose up to $100,000 and Revel would reimburse the gambler with 20 weeks of free play, 1/20 of the loss each week. If you miss a week, too bad. Revel said of the loss rebate "you can't lose" - a big fat lie. Besides losing the time value of the money you lost, you got your loss rebate in free play (not cash) with its negative expectancy. A few hours before the promotion even began all video poker over $5 denomination were removed as well as 9-6 Jacks, 9-5 Jacks, 8-5 Bonus Poker, 9-6 Triple Bonus Poker in all denominations. A few players were told after they lost money that they would not be given the loss rebate. Their crime - they were on some secret list that Revel had. This would be bad enough if Revel informed them before they began play but unconscionable, they were informed after their loss. There is now a class action law suit against Revel. FWIW the lawsuit (if still active) has no chance of success, the Revel saw to that by going bankrupt. During the month those players that were losing were not told how much they were losing. This would be useful even for those that were keeping track, some of the play might have come when the system was down (conveniently). An honorable business doesn't hide information from their costumer base, they would want their costumer base to return instead of them thinking they just had their pockets picked. The only good thing that came out of the loss rebate is some people did get the rebate and were stuck in Atlantic City at least once a week for 20 weeks. A few other observations - The Revel kept oscillating on whether to allow their costumers to turn their points into free play or be forced into spending the points at the "resort" at ridiculous prices. One last thing - guess what date the Revel is closing - Sept. 2. That's right the day after Labor Day. One last chance to get the "suckers" money, Labor Day when Atlantic City should be jammed. At least Showboats last day will be Aug. 31. The only honorable casinos left in Atlantic City are Caesars, Ballys, Harrahs and Borgata. These casino have never reneged on a sent offer. I personally rate Borgata as honorable as any business. All Trump casinos in Atlantic City, Golden Nugget, Tropicana, Resorts and Atlantic Place
(now out of business) have reneged on sent offers. As someone said on this post it's not right. Play at your own risk at these places.
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