Went to Reno for the air races this past weekend and stayed at the
Reno Hilton. I had no history there, but I sent an e-mail to a host
who checked my play at Caesar's Tahoe, and he comped the room upfront
based upon that. Because I was rather busy, and I didn't have a lot
of time to play, I jumped my average bet up so I could get $60k (20k
per night) through without staying up all night playing. When I
checked out, they wouldn't comp about $130 in what they called a
gourmet restaurant. I asked how much play it took to get that comped
and was told that since I only played 6 hours, they couldn't pick it
up. Had I played the same coin-in over a longer period of time (like
12 hours), they would have covered it. Seems like a strange way to
run a railroad.
Reno Hilton comps
<<I asked how much play it took to get that comped
and was told that since I only played 6 hours, they couldn't pick it
up. Had I played the same coin-in over a longer period of time (like
12 hours), they would have covered it. Seems like a strange way to
run a railroad.>>
This is one of my pet peeves about quite a few casino rating systems. I know the Venetian is one. Because Brad and I don't have the energy we used to have, we like to play at higher denominations so we "get done" faster.
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<<I asked how much play it took to get that comped
and was told that since I only played 6 hours, they couldn't pick
it
up. Had I played the same coin-in over a longer period of time
(like
12 hours), they would have covered it. Seems like a strange way to
run a railroad.>>This is one of my pet peeves about quite a few casino rating
systems. I know the Venetian is one. Because Brad and I don't have
the energy we used to have, we like to play at higher denominations
so we "get done" faster.
I am staying at the Venetian next week. I have heard about "playing
time" being as important as coin-in. I usually just play 5 dollar
VP. Should I spend time at the 1 dolar machines also/instead?
Dick
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Scott" <QueenofComps@f...> wrote:
<<I am staying at the Venetian next week. I have heard about "playing
time" being as important as coin-in. I usually just play 5 dollar
VP. Should I spend time at the 1 dollar machines also/instead?>>
Definitely! You will get a much better comp rating if you play 10 hours on dollars rather than 2 hours on five-dollar machines. It won't be five times better but I'm guessing about double or triple.
I sure long for the days when comps were so much simpler - coin-in was the primary factor.
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for VP software and strategy cards and for the
Frugal series of books.
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Jean Scott wrote:
Definitely! You will get a much better comp rating if you play 10
hours on dollars rather than 2 hours on five-dollar machines. It
won't be five times better but I'm guessing about double or triple.I sure long for the days when comps were so much simpler - coin-in
was the primary factor.
I've thought of Venetian's system as a throw-back to the days before
systems were in place to account for coin-in. Of course, since the
coin-in systems are actually in place, it's not such a throwback that
it pays to play aggressively when the floor manager has his eye on you
and then slack off when you're not under watch 
Actually, maybe that's not fully true. From limited experience I have
the sense that irrespective of speed, a fixed length of play at a
given denomination will qualify you for a room (irrespective of coin-in).
- Harry