New Stations Jumbo Jackpot?

[vp_player]

Just noticed that Sunset Station no longer has a Jumbo Jackpot
listed, but the other Stations still do. Sunset's website indicates

"A New Jumbo Jackpot...
Coming Soon
A New Way To Win A Bigger Share
More Often"

Sunset was where the last jackpot was hit (Sep 15th) and apparently
they didn't start a new one after that (this probably isn't news to
LV locals). I would guess that the other casinos will also not
initiate new jackpots once their current jackpot is hit.

The new casino specific jackpots have only been around for 6 months
or so. The original jumbo jackpot existed for years before it was
changed. So, it begs the question of "why change so quickly?". I do
see that the jackpot payouts for the last 6 months under the new
system are ~$2.3M whereas for the last 6 months under the old system
the payouts were ~$1.5M, which I would guess is causing the change.
Of course Stations doesn't list how much is paid out to other players
whenever a jackpot is hit, so it's impossible to tell how much the
promotion is really paying out.

Has anyone heard what the new jumbo jackpot program may be? or just
how there will be "A New Way To Win A Bigger Share More Often"?

Bill

[Robert3]

Funny, but I wrote this same question at the Las Vegas Advisor site.

Your theory makes sense that they would go back to the "old" system if
it was going to save them money.

But why would anyone want to play at Sunset when there is no jackpot
available? I understand people that live close by that would go there
no matter what. But when I come into town, I usually play at Sunset
because I like it there. I stay at Sam's Town usually, but if I'm
going to play at a Stations Casino, and Boulder has the JJ and Sunset
doesn't, guess where I'm going to be playing.