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Mystery Points/Free Play

#1

There are casino promotions called Mystery Points or Mystery Free Play where a player is rewarded with a number of points or free play dollars when they either put their card in a machine or swipe at a kiosk, usually with a minimum/maximum number for any given promotion.

Does anyone have any definitive information as to whether the amount a player is awarded is totally random or predetermined by your play, adt, theo, tier status or other criteria?

The question occurred to me because the promos are advertised as, for example, $50-5,000. Now if they were totally predetermined, and player X was going to get the $5,000 but doesn't show up, then its not really $50-5,000 being given away. Its $50-whatever second place is.

Just wondering, and would appreciate info from anyone who might have some knowledge of how these promos work.

Thanks.

#2

Mohegan Sun has this a lot, or they used to. I haven't seen it for a while. I am Sachem and usualy get the minimum, but did get more once or twice. I think it is random.

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--- In vpFREE_NewEngland@yahoogroups.com, "guruperf@..." <guruperf@...> wrote:

There are casino promotions called Mystery Points or Mystery Free Play where a player is rewarded with a number of points or free play dollars when they either put their card in a machine or swipe at a kiosk, usually with a minimum/maximum number for any given promotion.

Does anyone have any definitive information as to whether the amount a player is awarded is totally random or predetermined by your play, adt, theo, tier status or other criteria?

The question occurred to me because the promos are advertised as, for example, $50-5,000. Now if they were totally predetermined, and player X was going to get the $5,000 but doesn't show up, then its not really $50-5,000 being given away. Its $50-whatever second place is.

Just wondering, and would appreciate info from anyone who might have some knowledge of how these promos work.

Thanks.

#3

I've never been able to figure out how these things work at MS. I'd guess it's random, and that each person gets the same # of entries.

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At other casinos, though, I did figure out that while it was random, the # of entries was proportional to play in some way. I've seen cases when that proportionality factor was simply current coin in (for some period before the drawing). Yes, that made the situation easily exploitable, and well, once the casino figured out that some players figured it out, they killed the promotion. --- In vpFREE_NewEngland@yahoogroups.com, "HOHOHONDO" <hohohondo@...> wrote:

Mohegan Sun has this a lot, or they used to. I haven't seen it for a while. I am Sachem and usualy get the minimum, but did get more once or twice. I think it is random.