1b. Re: Withdrawn comps, WAS - NSUD at Wynn
Date: Sun Jul 6, 2008 8:03 am ((PDT))Venetian offers usually have small print that allow them to do this,
which is why many players refuse to take them up on offers. Wynn
offers have not had these that I have seen. Only the Venetian has a
corporate policy on this - other places it is up to the host. Some
hosts are real p****s about this.Mandalay has done this to card counters before MGM took over. Other
places have done this to card counters to. None that I know have done
to it AP VP players. I know some card counters who have successfully
challenged this with the credit card companies if they have the
original offer in their hand. Usually at most places it says RFB on
the check-in thing you sign - ask for a copy.
Interesting about the card counters; when I was doing that (about 1978-1998), I never got coupon offers in the mail, just worked with a host for everything - and got everything. The two times I was barred while playing at the casino where I was staying, once I got the comp withdrawn (Treasure Island) and once they didn't take it away (Westward Ho, LOOONG ago).
Of course, a lot has changed in the last ten years; I assume from your report that they stick the blackjack players in the computer with all the other slot and table players, and if you generate enough points with your action, you get offers in the mail. Didn't work that way back then; it was all via host (except for the withdrawal, of course, that came from the pit and presumably from a supervisor as well).
--BG
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