[vpFREE] Jean Scott's Frugal Vegas LVA BLOG - 12 JAN 2011

 

Jean Scott's Frugal Vegas LVA BLOG - 12 JAN 2011

"New Orleans Holiday Trip"

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[vpFREE] Re: New MGM Players Club Program SUX!

 



I haven't seen the booklet yet, but according to the FAQ section on mlife.come "In Las Vegas M life Players Club casinos, receive 10 Tier Credits for every $2 of coin-in on reel and video slot machines or $10 of coin-in on video poker and specialty games."
This would mean just $200,000 coin-in on video poker is required to earn the Platinum status.
In my own case, I recently did about $423,000 coin-in on vp (never played at MGM before), have over 1,000,000 tier points and a high Platinum status. I don't know at what rate I got there, but won't complain.

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[vpFREE] Majestic Star - Change in requirements for Access card

 

Starting with the current cycle (January, 2011 through June, 2011), it will
take 10,000 points ($10 coin in = 1 point for video poker, $5 coin in = 1
point for slots.) per six months for the top-level Access (black) card at
the Majestic Star.

This is effectively a doubling of the previous requirement. The Platinum
card is 2,000 points per six months (unchanged).

With the complete elimination of anything playable on 3, 5, 10 and 100 plays
many mid-level players will find it tough to meet the new requirements.

I have updated the database for this.

Howard W. Stern

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[vpFREE] Re: A hot shot

 



--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bobbartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
>
> Mickey, I'm still curious, didn't any of these weekend warrior yuppies carry a gun with them in their backpack? I mean, the FTRA may be some tough hombres, but they're still going to have difficulty stabbing me if I've got at least a .380 in my pocket. It's difficult for me to imagine putting oneself in that environment without packing roscoe.
>
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Some guys did pack. But I've never owned a gun in my life. The problem with packing weapons is you are always subject to being arrested for trespassing on railroad property. Packing a weapon could get you another charge. The Santa Fe Railroad for instance, which connected southern California with Texas had an absolute zero tolerance policy against freight tramps. You get caught on Santa Fe you get arrested, period.

Burlington Northern connected Chicage with Seattle. It's the northern most track in the U.S and known as the HiLine. Union Pacific connects Los Angeles and San Francisco with Chicago. Southern Pacific connected Seattle with Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City, Pueblo, Colorado and Kansas City. They could be pretty lenient at times. But if any kind of thievery was going on with their cargo the heat was on. Packing a weapon could get you another charge.

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: New MGM Players Club Program SUX!

 

<<Was wondering did they start you right @ 200k Platinum?
>>

With the booklet we both received today explaining the new program, they
included a Platinum card for each of us (with the same number as our old
card). So I am assuming that they are looking back at our play history -
how far back I don't know. But we have played off and on at several MGM
properties, sometimes fairly heavily, for many years.
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Re: [vpFREE] Re: New MGM Players Club Program SUX!

 

Was wondering did they start you right @ 200k Platinum?

________________________________
From: gamb00ler <gamb00ler@yahoo.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 6:11:57 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: New MGM Players Club Program SUX!

 

>
>Sun Diego wrote:
>>
>> It has been rebranded Mlife. You earn 1 point for free
>> play for every $10 through in VP, and 1 point extra for
>> every $7.50 at the highest tier, which represents 2
>> million through in a year.
>
>
> vegasvpplayer wrote:
> I was immediately given Platinum level based on past play
> history, I guess. My experience was that you earn points
> at the higher 1 point for each $7.50 coin in for Platinum.
> These are not an extra point grant. When you play, the
> points accrue at the standard $10 = 1 point rate. After
> you pull your card and reinsert it, they add the extra
> points to make the $7.50 = 1 point TOTAL figure.

My wife and I had joint accounts with MGM. We both are
Platinum based on previous play.

The cashback rate for VP has been reduced drastically from
.22% previously. Now at the lower tiers it is .1% and only
.133% for Platinum players. For slot players the cut is
less drastic. Previously the slot rate was .66%.
The new rate will be .5% for the lower tiers up to .66%
for Platinum.

The comp. rate is $.02 per point which comes to double the
cashback rate.

The above figures are from a brochure I received in today's mail.

G'luck all,
Gamb00ler

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[vpFREE] Re: A hot shot

 

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:

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> Yuppie hobos stood out like red headed stepchildren. Nice clothes, designer backpacks and sleeping bags, $200 boots. They were easy marks for the FTRA. I imagine Sidetrack running into a yuppie hobo and looking down at those boots wondering if they will fit him.
>

Mickey, I'm still curious, didn't any of these weekend warrior yuppies carry a gun with them in their backpack? I mean, the FTRA may be some tough hombres, but they're still going to have difficulty stabbing me if I've got at least a .380 in my pocket. It's difficult for me to imagine putting oneself in that environment without packing roscoe.

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[vpFREE] Re: New MGM Players Club Program SUX!

 



>
>Sun Diego wrote:
>>
>> It has been rebranded Mlife. You earn 1 point for free
>> play for every $10 through in VP, and 1 point extra for
>> every $7.50 at the highest tier, which represents 2
>> million through in a year.
>
>
> vegasvpplayer wrote:
> I was immediately given Platinum level based on past play
> history, I guess. My experience was that you earn points
> at the higher 1 point for each $7.50 coin in for Platinum.
> These are not an extra point grant. When you play, the
> points accrue at the standard $10 = 1 point rate. After
> you pull your card and reinsert it, they add the extra
> points to make the $7.50 = 1 point TOTAL figure.

My wife and I had joint accounts with MGM. We both are
Platinum based on previous play.

The cashback rate for VP has been reduced drastically from
.22% previously. Now at the lower tiers it is .1% and only
.133% for Platinum players. For slot players the cut is
less drastic. Previously the slot rate was .66%.
The new rate will be .5% for the lower tiers up to .66%
for Platinum.

The comp. rate is $.02 per point which comes to double the
cashback rate.

The above figures are from a brochure I received in today's mail.

G'luck all,
Gamb00ler

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[vpFREE] Re: A hot shot

 

I'm old and soft now but I was a pretty tough kid. I could stack 60 pound boxes for a 12 hour shift like it was nothing. And I knew how to handle myself in a fight.

Yuppie hobos stood out like red headed stepchildren. Nice clothes, designer backpacks and sleeping bags, $200 boots. They were easy marks for the FTRA. I imagine Sidetrack running into a yuppie hobo and looking down at those boots wondering if they will fit him.

Last night I was thinking about all the towns I worked day labor in. Here's what the list looks like:

WASHINGTON
Bellingham
Everett
Seattle
Redmond
Kent
Spokane

MONTANA
Missoula (first place I ever worked day labor, 1984

IDAHO
Boise

WYOMING
Jackson Hole
Cheyenne

ALASKA
Anchorage
Kodiak

NEVADA
Las Vegas
Reno

ARIZONA
Mesa
Tucson

New Mexico
Santa Fe

TEXAS
Austin
Fort Worth
Abilene

UTAH
Salt Lake City

COLORADO
Colorado Springs
Frisco
Breckenridge
Vail
Dillon
Silverthorne
Glenwood Springs
Aspen

SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
Rapid City

NEBRASKA
Lincoln

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[vpFREE] Re: New MGM Players Club Program

 

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Sun Diego" <cdandre12000@...> wrote:
>
> It has been rebranded Mlife. You earn 1 point for free play for every $10 through in VP, and 1 point extra for every $7.50 at the highest tier, which represents 2 million through in a year.
>

I was immediately given Platinum level based on past play history, I guess. My experience was that you earn points at the higher 1 point for each $7.50 coin in for Platinum. These are not an extra point grant. When you play, the points accrue at the standard $10 = 1 point rate. After you pull your card and reinsert it, they add the extra points to make the $7.50 = 1 point TOTAL figure.

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[vpFREE] Hot Shot and Arthur C. Clarke-Happy 14th Birthday HAL

 

As long as we are straying tangentially off-topic here are some tidbits:

When I hear "Hot Shot", I think of the early 1970's Gottlieb company's Hot Shot pinball machine. This "pin" and its brother Big Shot (don't remember which was the two player or four player version) was pool room based with a high skill element to hit the Red Light Special to win a free game. Williams and Bally were Gotleib's main competitors in this time frame, luckily for them they had other streams of revenue to develop in later years.

"It is more fun to compete"

Gottleib

Also-

"I am a HAL Nine Thousand computer Production Number 3. I became operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois, on January 12, 1997. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The rain in Spain is mainly in the plane. Dave---are you still there...?"

"2001: A Space Odyssey"

Arthur C. Clarke

BS

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: vpFREE2 New "Feature", the Rankings

 

You can get to the Forums Link through the Tools pull down menu.

If I had to guess, the rankings are probably based on how many times the
casino was accessed during the month. If you check the "More..." for a
particular casino you will see the ranking by month. This would also
explain why there are so many ties at the bottom of the list of 411 casinos.

If anybody finds out more let us know.

Dennis
vp-connoisseur

bluestreak5016 wrote:

>--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms. vpFREE3" <ms_vpfree_3@...> wrote:
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>
>>>"bluestreak5016" <bluestreak5016@> wrote:
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>>>So what is going on with this new ranking system at
>>>vpFRREE2? I can't find any listing of ranking criteria
>>>or who is doing the grading?
>>>
>>>
>>I too would like to know the basis for the rankings. I asked them about it on their "Contact Us" page last week, but haven't received a response. Maybe an explanation of the rankings is on the "how to use this site" page, but that has been down for awhile.
>>
>>For anyone who hasn't seen these, here are the vpFREE2 Las Vegas casino rankings: http://www.vpfree2.com/casinos/rankings/by_region/las-vegas
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>>They also have rankings by state, region and all casinos.
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>Thanks ms. vpFREE3, because I am amused with anyone trying to rank any grouping of casinos. I have exclusively played in Laughlin for the last 40 months and wonder how Aquarius can be rated #1, even on the raw VP offerings/slot card/promo level. I can't remember the last time there was an AQ promotion of any kind paired with VP that was open to the average Joe (or Jane).
>
>I really scratch my head when the rankings have Edgewater near the top and Colorado Belle near the bottom out of the Laughlin casinos. They are both owned by Marnell-Sher, both use the Access slot card, both have about the same VP inventory and usually have similar promotions and drawings. The marketing offers allow booking at either casino and the food coupons can be used in either house.
>
>http://www.vpfree2.com/casinos/rankings/by_region/laughlin
>
>I did see that this new Rankings link in the vpFREE2 header takes the place of the Forums link, which took you to vpFREE.
>
>BS
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[vpFREE] Re: vpFREE2 New "Feature", the Rankings

 

I dunno why they list it as penny's, because you have to play 100 pennies to get the full-pay, which is equivalent to making it a 20c machine...

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "hamstockman" <AB6PQ@...> wrote:
>
> The new ranking system is quite interesting. I was just looking at the Casino Fandango Carson City website where they state they have:
> •Over 1,800 99%+ Video Poker Games
> •100%+ Payback Video Poker Penny Progressives
>
> Sounds pretty good? I see the ranking for the Fandango is #228 putting them in the bottom half of the overall rankings.
>
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms. vpFREE3" <ms_vpfree_3@> wrote:
> >
> > > "bluestreak5016" <bluestreak5016@> wrote:
> > >
> > > So what is going on with this new ranking system at
> > > vpFRREE2?  I can't find any listing of ranking criteria
> > > or who is doing the grading?
> >
> > I too would like to know the basis for the rankings. I asked them about it on their "Contact Us" page last week, but haven't received a response. Maybe an explanation of the rankings is on the "how to use this site" page, but that has been down for awhile.
> >
> > For anyone who hasn't seen these, here are the vpFREE2 Las Vegas casino rankings:  http://www.vpfree2.com/casinos/rankings/by_region/las-vegas
> >
> > They also have rankings by state, region and all casinos.
> >
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[vpFREE] M Life at Las Vegas MGM Properties

 

Played a little bit today at Mandalay Bay to see how the new M Life program works. Not good news for video poker players.

$10 coin in = 1 point = 1c FreePlay = 0.1% Sapphite & Pearl
$8.75 coin in = 1 point = 1c FreePlay = 0.114% Gold
$7.50 coin in = 1 point = 1c FreePlay = 0.133% Platinum

All levels $10 coin in = 1 Holiday Gift point
15,000 points = $50 FreePlay = 0.033%

Under the old system everyone got 0.22% FreePlay and 0.07% FreePlay at Holiday Shopping for video poker.

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[vpFREE] Re: vpFREE2 New "Feature", the Rankings

 



--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms. vpFREE3" <ms_vpfree_3@...> wrote:
>
> > "bluestreak5016" <bluestreak5016@> wrote:
> >
> > So what is going on with this new ranking system at
> > vpFRREE2?  I can't find any listing of ranking criteria
> > or who is doing the grading?
>
> I too would like to know the basis for the rankings. I asked them about it on their "Contact Us" page last week, but haven't received a response. Maybe an explanation of the rankings is on the "how to use this site" page, but that has been down for awhile.
>
> For anyone who hasn't seen these, here are the vpFREE2 Las Vegas casino rankings:  http://www.vpfree2.com/casinos/rankings/by_region/las-vegas
>
> They also have rankings by state, region and all casinos.
>

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Thanks ms. vpFREE3, because I am amused with anyone trying to rank any grouping of casinos. I have exclusively played in Laughlin for the last 40 months and wonder how Aquarius can be rated #1, even on the raw VP offerings/slot card/promo level. I can't remember the last time there was an AQ promotion of any kind paired with VP that was open to the average Joe (or Jane).

I really scratch my head when the rankings have Edgewater near the top and Colorado Belle near the bottom out of the Laughlin casinos. They are both owned by Marnell-Sher, both use the Access slot card, both have about the same VP inventory and usually have similar promotions and drawings. The marketing offers allow booking at either casino and the food coupons can be used in either house.

http://www.vpfree2.com/casinos/rankings/by_region/laughlin

I did see that this new Rankings link in the vpFREE2 header takes the place of the Forums link, which took you to vpFREE.

BS

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