Regarding Friday 4x VP...if you are Emerald do you get 12x points? As an Emerald member, what kind of FSP/cashback are you getting from mailers for the trailing 3 months if you don't mind me asking?
I'm thinking about grinding up to Emerald in the next couple months only playing NSUD at $1 on Fridays. I'm trying to figure out how big a bankroll I need for this.
To get to Sapphire (currently at Ruby with 2,691 pts, need 27,381 more) it'll take me 7 hours which I can do on one Friday assuming 4x points. I calculated that I'll need at least $2,000 to weather one standard deviation of downswing assuming no mailers. I'd be slightly +EV (expected profit of $35.)
To get to Emerald (220k on top of the 30k I'll have) it'll take me 55 hours assuming 8x points on Fridays. Assuming I don't go crazy playing 8-10 hours of VP every Friday, it'll take me 5-7 Fridays to get to Emerald. My EV should be significantly higher at $1,166 without mailers but the standard deviation is more than $5k.
So in 6-8 weeks (hopefully 4x Fridays are still in effect) I should be at Emerald with an expected profit of $1200 plus or minus $5700 with 68% probability. I think a $10k bankroll would be generous for this advantage play. With mailers (hopefully someone can help me out with an approximation of the offers for each level) I can squeeze out a few more $/hour at the same variance.
Anyone know how many points you need to maintain Emerald? Is it still $250k for the trailing 6 months?
Thanks all, enjoy your Labor Day!
> GC is having some extra multiple point days, I believe Monday is 11x reels,
> 7x VP, but you must be invited with a card in the mail (or possibly play
> some 400 or so points and get a voucher, I heard part of an announcement,
> but wasn't sure what I was hearing). VP 7x limited to first 10,000 points.
> Fridays has 4x Vp - not sure if that is also limited.
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