George Lee wrote: This is a golden opportunity for Coast Casinos to
sweeten their offerings to lure all the players who
are disgruntled with Stations and Fiesta. I guess the cost of going
private made the Brothers F greedy.
Greedy? I think Station is being generous. They have effectively created
a cashback slot club from a comp only slot club. This is GREAT news as
many players find their stash of Station points to be slightly better
than useless. Many Optimum Play machine players had more points than
they knew what to do with. In my opinion, getting cash at half the
previous rate is better than having the full amount be essentially
useless.
For those players who understand the opportunities of playing larger
denomination machines, this is a HUGE dividend. Overall, this combined
change will create a LOT more play at Station because it's a much more
generous slot club than it was before. The increased play by
higher-denomination advantage players will more than make up for the
diminished play of lower-denomination advantage players.
It would surprise me greatly if Coast saw this as a "golden opportunity
to sweeten their offerings". More likely they see it as an opportunity
to reduce cashback on the 100% machines without a loss in business. It
wouldn't surprise me if Coast moved from $2 a point to $3 a point on
these machines. Businesswise they would be rather remiss if they didn't.
People here keep harping on the 0.04% comp rate. Presumably everybody
here can organize their time well enough to only play on the frequent 5x
point days. And instead of comps, they can now get cash. This is
WONDERFUL. The Fertitta brothers should be thanked profusely.
Bob Dancer
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