Tedlark wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:35 pm
Who are the casinos offering these specials to? Other players here in these forums have recently written of receiving offers and if these offers are all related to the level of play booked to any individual player then that would lead a person to believe that their offers were all different and not a generic or one size fits all "better than average gambling special."
They vary. Every casino is different. Some you have to be invited to. Some are open to everybody. Some you can earn an invitation by playing heavily without the promotion and then collecting on the promotion later.
I'll provide one example -- open to everybody. You tell me if it's better than you usually get.
Four Queens --- open to everybody --- play 4,000 points ($32,000 coin-in on most machines --- but $64,000 coin-in on 10/7 DB.) Earn an extra $400 free play and an extra $140 in comp dollars. normal rewards for that much play is $100 in cash back and $200 in comp dollars --- which you also get.
For 50 cent and dollar single line player, the best game is 10/6/40 DDB (The 40 refers to receiving 200 for the straight flush rather than the typical 250), which is worth 99.96%. Assuming you play $32,000 coin-in on this game, you can expect to lose $13 on the game itself and gain a total of $500 in cash+free play and $340 in comps. Plus you'll get mailers.
Assuming you can play 800 hph at dollars, this is an 8-hour play worth $487 in cash plus free play. (You can play off your free play on some, not all, 10/6/40 machines meaning your EV is basically 100% of the face value.) Round numbers that's $60 per hour for a dollar play. If the comps have real value to you (Hugo's Cellar is an excellent steakhouse) you get an additional $45 per hour in comps.
(This is DDB, so the swings are large. You can easily be behind after $32,000 coin-in, but learn the game and I like your chances.)
You can do this once each month for June, July, and August. Conceivably an out-of-towner could come in on June 30 and play 8 hours and collect, and also play another 8 hours on July 1 and collect again.
If you don't like DDB, they have quarter 9/6 JoB --- and not much else. That game isn't worth as much per hour, but the promotion is still a 1.25% free play bonus --- plus nice comps --- in addition to the regular 0.3125% cash back and 0.625% comps. The $400 comes at you incrementally (meaning if you only play $16,000, you get half the amount.) $40 worth of extra comps comes at the halfway point and the other $100 comes at completion.
this may not be the best promotion (for me it's definitely not) --- but it's one I feel comfortable sharing. Truly there are others.