I additionally learned today that coin in, not points, will be the criteria
for determining if you are Macho or Platinum or President. There is a
possibility they may raise the bar to $30,000 coin in, but that is not confirmed as
of yet.
I talked with both the Amigo Club at Fiesta Rancho and Reward Center at
Texas
Station on 12-02-03. They have both been briefed that effective January 1st2004 all full pay video poker machines will earn one point for every $2 coin
in, double what the current earning is.
What no one could tell me is, what will be the point requirements to
maintain
Macho/Platinum status which has been 25,000 points per month at least in
North Las Vegas, i.e. Rancho Drive. If it remains at 25,000 points, that
means it
will take $50,000 coin in instead of $25,000 to maintain your
Platinum/Macxho
status. If anyone has that info please post ASAP.I also believe that at Fiesta Rancho you will no longer be able to pick up
cash in hand, you will have to play the cash through the machine like they
do at
Texas Station effective January 1st. Fiesta Rancho is going to the same
computer software as Stations.
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