In a message dated 8/18/08 9:22:35 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
deweyfhill@hotmail.com writes:
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I guess I'll play positive VP in downtown vegas and the Four Queens
and just play live poker in Laughlin.That being said, running just a bit of money through the River Palms
10/7 DB coin droppers got me a swipe at their Frenzy promotion. Only
$10 in the icon (the smallest of the bunch) I picked, but it could
have been $200 as they show the amounts you did not pick.Still the $10 was more than what you report as cashback.
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Well in the olden days (2003 or so) that $1250 (250 points a day) got you
decent comped room mail. I am not sure what it does today?
RP has been running a 250 point daily swipe to win for most months over the
last couple of years. You pick one blob at the kiosk. But that $10 cash prize
was not the minimum...deception. Most prizes are $2 minimum for your $1250
coin-in.
The mailers used to have bounceback cash coupons, but now it is free-play.
RP definitely divides the world into at least three regions...local, regional
and the rest of the country. The regional drive-in types usually get 2X a
month room/bounce offers.
I peaked at 2x$50 and 2X 2 free nights a few years ago. My mail has stopped
now for a couple of years. Of course I have not given them a good $1+k shot
in a day in a very long time.
When I examine it...it's when they ripped out the VP in the Bermuda Club
bartops. That was my last straw for this ColSux property. It wasn't a very good
VP play with Bonus 7/5 3-way progressives in quarters that averaged about 99%.
But you could watch "the game" in there, visit with Jimmy the day bartender
or see free live tunes while playing VP after the sun went down.
Other factors are the demise of the non-smoking room, elimination of the long
standing Card of the Day promo in Winners Wharf, elimination of a couple
dozen FPDW games including comfy slant-tops, elimination of the "Young at Heart"
deals, the elimination of John Sullivan as the front man for
drawing/promos,..he could talk it up good, a skill that casinos overlook sometimes.
Anyway, I think RP still has a fine low rolller deal going. Room offers
always seem to include weekends. They still have some good VP clunkers. You
can't beat the hot dog in Java Joes. Where else can you put on your own cheese,
onions and yes, sliced Jalepenos on your Nathan's chili dog...you just grab a
beer at the VP bar twenty feet away.
BS
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