Yes, I remember that at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas. You did/could sign up which would get you card and some mail. I believe they input redemption data on the card since the card was not necessary to earn the tickets.
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> To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> From: 007@embarqmail.com
> Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 06:53:09 -0700
> Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Won my biggest jackpot /Now, Best Gambling Trip
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> >To my knowledge, Steve Wynn is credited with starting the first slot club at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City in order to keep the repeat business coming back.
> >
> >Did he not start a slot club at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas?
>
> By 1985, and I think for a few years afterwards, tickets, which were
> worth 50¢ each, came out of the machines. I don't think anyone
> registered for a club. Each $1 video poker machine had a countdown
> that started at 75 that showed how many more coins were needed to have
> a ticket come out which subjected the process to wonderful abuse. It
> was easy to find machines that only needed a coin or two played to get
> a ticket.
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