I was doing some research and found the casino made something like
$300 million in net profits in its first year of operations. Wow!
For those who aren't familiar with TV, it's the home of about 1,900
slot machines located 30 minutes from Sacramento. The vp games,
practically all IGT machines, are kindly known as vacuum cleaners
given their ev of about 94 to 97% and high variance!
The casino has very tight slot machines. TV offers a rewards program
(no cash back), a four-tier slot club, every dollar of action is a
comp point and about 1,000 comp points is a comp dollar or about 10
basis points (0.10%). TV has improved its comp program by offering
triple points, free comp points, and cutting the comps points to a
comp dollar by halve so comp dollars is now 20 basis points (or
0.20%). Also, the casino offers gifts of the month and private
invites (I don't qualify since I can't find any games to play where
I have the advantage!)
My ratings are*:
VP Game inventory: 1
Comp dollars**: 4
Cash Back: 1
Service: 6
Promotions: 4
TiTo: Yes
Other Info: The cafe has great late night specials, the CWs have eye-
catching attire, and the Falls Bar is pretty novel.
* 1-10 scale where a "10" is I'm parked there 24/7, a "7" is on my
playlist, and a "5" is average.
** With triple points and reduced comp transfer rates, the comp
dollar rate is 60 basis points (0.60%) and is much higher than
Colusa, and not to mention the 4-tier slot club, why is Colusa rated
a "6" while TV is rated a "4". Two things: (1) It has to do with
Colusa offering numerous video slot games with ev of 99%, which
makes Colusa slightly above average and TV below average. (2)
Without the reduced transfer rate, TV's comp rate is only 30 basis
points.