Unfortunately, the pull tabs are worth less than half, despite saying they
are worth full value on the rules. Whatever the amount of the tab, if you win,
they just are supposed to give you a real chip of the same "value" on the
tab, and take the tab.
I spoke with Vince (head of Marketing, I think), today, and told him I
didn't think it is right to claim those tabs are worth full value. He said they
had run it by their attorneys and Gaming, and they said it's okay. Personally,
I don't think it's fair or right, but at least I found out before going to
the tables to use them. I had $830 face value, so it was not a trivial matter
for me.
The last pull-tab promo they ran, it was the same. Promo chip pull-tabs are
worth just under half face value. Bummer!
Brian
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In a message dated 4/30/2008 10:37:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
tomskilv@yahoo.com writes:
Has anyone used the $5 gaming chip pull tab at Silverton?
How did it work for you?
The rules of the promotion say the $5 gaming chip is worth $5 in value.
I used two at the craps table and they took my pull tab, and replaced
it with a $5 chip. When I won, they matched it so I walked away with
$10. In this case, then yes, it was worth just a hair under $5. But the
2nd time I went in to do it, a different person said you just bet the
pull tab and when you win you get $5 not $10. In this case the EV of
the pulltab drops to just under $2.50.
The pull tab reads "Promo chip will be used as your first bet. Chip is
good for one bet, win or lose (pushes play)"
TomSki
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