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Players Edge Headline/One Day Promo

#1

In a message dated 2/11/06 12:39:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
vpFREE@yahoogroups.com writes:

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From: vpFREE Administrator <vp_free@yahoo.com>
Subject: PLAYER'S EDGE - 10 FEB 2006

Slots A Fun paying extra for heart flushes on Valentine's Day

http://tinyurl.com/8lnpa

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Well Slots-O-Fun isn't doing a premium hand-pay for every Heart Flush on Feb
14th. Can you imagine that nightmare for the workers? It is only for royals
in hearts.

But what is the value for this one? Do casinos actually figure these things
out beforehand? Sometimes they goof and sometimes the player gets a bit
excited in these one day wonders.

So to Ballpark the S-O-F promo, without a computer handy, what figures do you
use?

I would use:

Royals on a Jacks or Better style game contribrute 2% ER
A Heart royal happens every fourth royal
A quarter heart royal gets an extra $500 (or half a royal)

2% x 1/4 x 1/2= .25%, or basically double points, which you can get one day
a week (found in the Players Edge listing) to start with.

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I am curious why Bob and Jeffery would feature such a promo in the Player's
Edge column? I will take the double points please.

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OK, here is my real inquiry. How do casinos treat these royal add-ons? Is
it a $1,500 hit resulting in a W-2G? Or maybe a 1099 for $500? Or what?

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#2

Graytleegray noted that the headline to the recent Player's Edge column
was wrong and queried: I am curious why Bob and Jeffery would feature
such a promo? I will take the double points please.

First: Jeffrey and I do not write the headline to the column. Frequently
the column headline writers are not gambling-savvy and you see mistakes
like what happened this week.

Second: Jeffrey and I do not participate in the DESIGN of these
promotion --- with very few exceptions. We REPORT what the casinos
decide to give away. We felt this promotion was worthy of mentioning
whether or not any particular vpFREE player thinks it is worthy of
playing.

Third: In the analysis of this promotion presented here, some very
important yet obvious things were left unstated. Anyone planning to play
this promotion should check out the inventory beforehand and decide
which game to play. And then PRACTICE higher-royal strategy. It's a
whole different animal playing for a 4,000 royal than playing for an
6,000 royal. Assuming you're playing quarter 9/6 Jacks (not the best
game, but a reasonable example here) on a hand like As Ts 8c 7c 4d you
hold the ace by itself, but with Ah Th 8c 7c 4d (the exact same hand
except the royal cards are in hearts) you hold the AT.

Fourth: I agree it's not the strongest promotion. Personally I'll be
at South Coast for triple points that day --- to celebrate the true
meaning of Valentine's Day! But even though it isn't the strongest
promotion this time, you need to be aware of what is being offered as
you never know when an arithmetically-challenged marketing director will
offer more than is prudent.

Bob Dancer

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