We were at the River Palms last week. We had each received three coupons for
January for $25 and were terribly disappointed. I had been receiving two
each month for $100 and Tom was receiving two each month for $65. Thought they
had revamped their whole program for 2005 and everyone was downgraded. We
talked to Michelle (one of the hosts) after cashing the first $25 coupon, and were
told that Marketing screwed up some of their January mailings. She looked at
our coupons and said "Yup, you got the wrong coupons". We were reissued a
complete new mailer; I now have three $65 coupons and Tom has three $45 coupons.
One bad thing, however. They would NOT honor the coupon we had already
cashed. In other words, we received our $25 and they would not add any money to
that. So, Terry, you may want to contact River Palms to make sure you received
the correct mailer.
They have reinstituted their Friday Slot Tournament for members of the Young
at Heart Club (anyone over age 50). I had a terrible score, but then had my
name called for the finals when several of the finalists didn't show.....I
again got a crappy score, but received $50 just for making it to the finals.
There are two other promotions going on.....both of which will run for a
couple months. I'm not exactly sure how they both work, but I'll give you what I
know.
The Ford Vehicle Giveaway
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This is straight from a little slip of paper they handed out at the Players
Club.
"Earn entries December 1-January 30. January 30th Grand Prize winner gets to
pick their favorite Ford Vehicle.
We will start drawing qualifiers on January 28 at 6:30p, 8:30p and 10:30p; on
January 29 at 12:30p, 2:30p, 4:30p, 6:30p and 8:30-p and on January 30 at
10:30a and 12:30p. At each drawing time we will draw 17 names that will compete
in a 3 minute slot tournament; the top 10 scores from each session will then
qualify for a Coverall session of Bingo. All 100 qualifiers will play a
coverall session in bingo at 2p on January 30. The first person that hits the
coverall wins the car of their choice.
To receive entires: $1 out of your comp bank gets you 10 entries into the
Ford Giveaway or $1 out of your cash bank gets you 10 entires. You can receive
20 entries when you earn 500 points on your Players Card, 1 night hotel stay
earns you 10 entries and eat at any of our restaurants (bring your receipt to
the Players Club) and for every $5 increment you will receive an entry."
OK, that's the official spiel....I do know that you have to take your hotel
receipt to the Player's Club to get entries. Any other questions, well, you'll
have to ask them!
$30,000 Free Slot Tournament
For this one, you have to put a certain amount of points on your card (I
think it's a minimal amount). Anyway, swipe your card at a kiosk and get an entry
every day for the slot tournament. You can enter every single day between
now and March 31. They will then take your 10 highest scores and use these to
qualify you for the finals. This one is definitely designed for the
locals.....how many people can be there every single day to play in the slot tournament
to qualify?? We played each day for the three days we were there and will get
as many sessions in as possible, but I don't hold out much hope on this one.
We're heading up again January 19 and 20 and we have reservations for January
28-29-30-31 for the car giveaway. Hey, you can't win if you're not in! And,
I have a lot of entries in the Winner's Wharf four of a kind drawing so I'm
hoping my name will be pulled on January 31. I did win one of the daily
drawings last week.
Will report any additional info after our next visit.
Joan and Tom in Phoenix
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