> 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.
I suppose it's useless if you play $25 Hundred Play in marathon
sessions during 5X point days, slamming in $30 million in coin-in in
order to make worthwhile a .000000000000000000
theoretical advantage, because at the end of such sessions, you have
enough comps to feed Bolivia. I agree that cashback is an
improvement in this case. But what about all us mere mortals who
only want to move a paltry $10,000 or so per day through the
machines? Are we all that thrilled with four bucks as our reward,
whether that's cash or comps? Yes, we might get more than that on
multiple point days---but not all of us find it possible to play on
those days. Don't forget that we used to get 5X 0.1666, not 5X
0.0416. Eighty dollars in comps is better than twenty dollars in
cashback. Forty dollars in comps (what we still got on 5X days with
$2/point, on $10K action) is STILL better than twenty dollars
cashback, unless you never eat in the casino's restuarants.
>
> 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.
Let's see. They now pay half what they used to in comps, which is in
turn half what they paid not long before that. That's "more
generous". Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
points could be discounted for use at the buffet, which a lot of us
$10K unworthies like to eat at---for instance, a 50% point discount
available at the buffet means cashback is worth HALF the equivalent
amount in points, if that's what you're going to use 'em for.
Bob, I'm beginning to wonder just where you're coming from. You fly
to the defense of the casinos with unseemly haste.
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