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"Mystery" Money

#1

Many of you are in the habit of calculating the total expected from play by adding up the sum of the game's return, slot club payback, gifts, chance of winning a drawing, and so forth. But it's hard to do that when there is an "unknown" in the equation.

Yesterday I received an "exciting" (in marketing's eyes) promotion offer which I am seeing a lot lately. A casino sent me a scratch-off ticket with some freeplay hidden underneath. I looked on the back to see what the range of values could be (i.e. $5 to $1000, for example), but no luck. So, showing up on the exact date to collect this mystery money would be pure speculation. After all, the ticket is voided if you scratch and reveal the slot credit amount before arriving at the player's club booth.

I don't know about you, but I'm very wary about arranging a trip to play based on a promotion I can't value. Some of you might do it if you're planning to play anyway regardless of the amount of the bonus. Others might not want to make the effort at all if it were below a certain amount.

But since I wasn't planning to make a special trip that date to play , I went ahead and scratched off the ticket to satisfy my curiosity.

The slot credit amount was $50.

#2

Sounds to me like you "wasted" $50 by scratching it off.
If you are a "big" player you will get "bigger" promos.
Smaller players get "smaller" promos. Easy as that to evaluate.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mikeymic" <mikeymic@...> wrote:

Many of you are in the habit of calculating the total expected from play by adding up the sum of the game's return, slot club payback, gifts, chance of winning a drawing, and so forth. But it's hard to do that when there is an "unknown" in the equation.

Yesterday I received an "exciting" (in marketing's eyes) promotion offer which I am seeing a lot lately. A casino sent me a scratch-off ticket with some freeplay hidden underneath. I looked on the back to see what the range of values could be (i.e. $5 to $1000, for example), but no luck. So, showing up on the exact date to collect this mystery money would be pure speculation. After all, the ticket is voided if you scratch and reveal the slot credit amount before arriving at the player's club booth.

I don't know about you, but I'm very wary about arranging a trip to play based on a promotion I can't value. Some of you might do it if you're planning to play anyway regardless of the amount of the bonus. Others might not want to make the effort at all if it were below a certain amount.

But since I wasn't planning to make a special trip that date to play , I went ahead and scratched off the ticket to satisfy my curiosity.

The slot credit amount was $50.

#3

Well, since you weren't going anyway, scratching the ticket didn't cost you anything.

I don't know if $50 would be worth making a trip to the casino, but, if it is, here's an idea. Get in line at the slot club to cash it, and, when next in line, act like you're scratching if off. See the $50 win. Clearly be excited as you get to the window/desk, and tell the boothling that you just couldn't wait another 30 seconds and had to start scratching then and there.

That should work. Oh, and throwing the boothling a red bird and saying, "When I win, everyone wins too" wouldn't hurt.

Of course, I know you already thought of this and maybe another 10 ways to go with this, so this post is really for others here who may not be as crafty.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mikeymic" <mikeymic@...> wrote:

But since I wasn't planning to make a special trip that date to play , I went ahead and scratched off the ticket to satisfy my curiosity.

The slot credit amount was $50.