Wow, that's really lame. I'll be there on the 18th, so I'll participate, but won't have much as far as expectation goes.
It wasn't necessary for me to type it in, thank goodness. I just copied and pasted it in from Silverton's web site.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gamb00ler" <gamb00ler@...> wrote:
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> Mary Ann wrote:
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> > ALL the promotion details
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> That was very kind of you to type all that in!
>
> WARNING! WARNING! CYNICAL RANT BELOW!
>
> Unfortunately this promotion seems to be worth very little.
> I am almost certain that it is designed by the casino to
> have the appearance of randomness but in reality is far
> from it. The four cards "selected" by the casino to be
> part of the final five card hand are most likely chosen
> so that the possible prizes will be very low. Also
> the selection of "cards" that players earn will also
> probably be non-random and will further extend the
> casino's restriction of the prizes to the very low ones.
>
> I got $5 each of the two days I participated. On the 1st
> the four posted cards contained a small pair. Yesterday,
> the 2nd, the four cards were 2,3,4,5 allowing only a straight
> or one pair as final hands.
>
> Of course based on a sample of only two I cannot
> say that I have any mathematical basis for my opinion.
> But, I have several years experience with casino
> promotions. I also know quite well to what depths a casino
> is willing to descend in order to separate customers
> from their cash all the while giving them the illusion
> that they have a chance to win big.
>
> Caveat emptor!
>
> Now, go out and beat those terrible odds!
> Gamb00ler
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