[vpFREE] Re: Plaza $149 2 nights w/ $300 slot play, massage, $50 food cre...

 


It took two days but I got in touch with "exotic vacations" and was able to book this deal. The only thing that changed is that instead of the massage( to many people got this deal , so they can't give the message)they are giving a $100 food credit.

Bottom line---the deal looks legit and is not a time share

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "sheiky2" <sheiky2@...> wrote:
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> When this was purchased there is a part on the deal( with Living Social) that says the "fine print". Nowhere is there anything about this being a time share in the fine print.
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> That being said I printed out my voucher and called the number they gave me to make the reservation----- nobody is answereing .
>
> stand by
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Richard Boozer <reboozer@> wrote:
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> > If it is not legit, there will be a lot of unhappy people. Almost 3000 have been sold!
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Mar 20, 2012, at 12:09 AM, "Don parks" <donparks21@> wrote:
> >
> > > well, I hope for the people who bite you are correct. But the fact there is no info online about the "Exotic Escapes Resort" company online other than a bare bones facebook page should be a cause for concern. Plus the fact they are in located in Florida screams timeshare.
> > >
> > > I would still bet a pound to a pinch of shit as they say in England that you will check in and ask for your "advantage play" and be told to go to another location at such and such a time and see the Resort people. Hey it might still be a good deal if you are cool with sitting through those 2-3 hr presentations. as for me, no thanks.
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[vpFREE] Re: W2G

 

Although the "limit of 30" wasn't involved, we kicked this issue around not too long ago. At that time at least a few of us suggested including one (and only one) aggregate W2G per casino when e-filing. I still think that's the way to go.

Furthermore, I question the need for attaching/including individual W2G's when withholding is involved. Simply summarize the withholding from however many W2G's you've combined. I'm fairly certain underreporting of withholding is NOT one of the IRS's bigger concerns.

Pat Roach

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[vpFREE] Build a Wheel Red Rock

 

Anyone know if they removed or moved the Bulid A Wheels machines at Red Rock. I know they are not AV machines, but I am a chump.

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[vpFREE] Scot Krause Strictly Slots Article - MAR 2012

 

Scot Krause Strictly Slots Article - MAR 2012

How new slot club members can cash in on great gifts, rebates and more

http://www.casinocenter.com/?p=2491

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[vpFREE] Re: ACE card tier points

 

Just got a mailer from Aquarius regarding the new ACE|play card.
Looks like the new system started March 20.

Under the prior system, from what I can determine about 440 points gives
1 tier point and 220 points gives 1 comp dollar.
Wife has blue card with 1024 points, 2.3 tier points, and $4.67 comp
dollars.

Since they are going to just points that can be converted to various $
this may change.
Keep in mind that for VP, $2 = 1 point on most machines and $8 = 1 point
on the Optimum Play machines.

Now:
600 points = $1 cash
500 points = $1 slot play
300 points = $1 Comp

I would be interested in what others find out after the March 20 start
date comparing points and tier points?
Does the tier multipliers: 2X orange, 3X green, 4X red affect the tier
rate? Or does tier points depend just on coin in?

Dennis
vp-connoisseur

Fred barton wrote:

>We usually get 3 tier points for 2000 regular points. That is at Green Level in the Aqurius. Two days ago the points system was changed and a new
>card level Orange which follows Green with 0nly 10 tier points. Try this web site for more information. www.prweb.com/releases/ACEP/acePLAY/prweb9307146.htm
>
>
>________________________________
> From: caribou321 <caribou321@yahoo.com>
>To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:53 PM
>Subject: [vpFREE] Re: ACE card tier points
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>--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, vp-connoisseur <cacti-az@...> wrote:
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>
>>Does anyone know how much play is required to get 1 tier point on the ACE card?
>>
>>(Stratosphere, Arizona Charlie's Boulder, Arizona Charlie's Decatur and Aquarius Casino Resort)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dennis
>>vp-connoisseur
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>
>A ROUGH estimate in my experience is about 1 point for every 1,000 coin in on good VP.
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[vpFREE] Re: Best offers................

 

esr18337 wrote:

> ... What are the most generous casinos as far as mailed offers are concerned ...

The answer depends on what and how much you play. But in
general out-of-towners have mentioned here that they like
South Point, Four Queens and the Boyd properties, especially
Main Street Station, Sam's Town, Orleans and Gold Coast.
Some of these may require a few visits to get established
and start getting good offers.

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: W2G

 

We don't e-file but the way we handle our W-2G's is to put the one big total in the proper place on the main return (that depends on whether you file as a recreational gambler or file a Schedule C as a professional one) and then attach a list to the return. We used to list each W-2G on that attachment, but now we combine all the W-2G's from one casino. So then our list is by casino totals.

However, you can never be sure what is the best way. The IRS has a way of losing attachments. We have had them question us (in a letter audit) and we had to send the list a second time.

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http://queenofcomps.com/
You can read my blog at
http://jscott.lvablog.com/

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: ACE card tier points

 

We usually get 3 tier points for 2000 regular points. That is at Green Level in the Aqurius. Two days ago the points system was changed and a new
card level Orange which follows Green with 0nly 10 tier points. Try this web site for more information. www.prweb.com/releases/ACEP/acePLAY/prweb9307146.htm


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To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:53 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: ACE card tier points


 


--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, vp-connoisseur <cacti-az@...> wrote:
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> Does anyone know how much play is required to get 1 tier point on the ACE card?
>
> (Stratosphere, Arizona Charlie's Boulder, Arizona Charlie's Decatur and Aquarius Casino Resort)
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
> vp-connoisseur
>

A ROUGH estimate in my experience is about 1 point for every 1,000 coin in on good VP.

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[vpFREE] Re: ACE card tier points

 



--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, vp-connoisseur <cacti-az@...> wrote:
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> Does anyone know how much play is required to get 1 tier point on the ACE card?
>
> (Stratosphere, Arizona Charlie's Boulder, Arizona Charlie's Decatur and Aquarius Casino Resort)
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
> vp-connoisseur
>

A ROUGH estimate in my experience is about 1 point for every 1,000 coin in on good VP.

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[vpFREE] Trump Plaza AC

 


Yesterday's visit was very disappointing. Most of the playable machines have had reductions in their pay schedules. I scouted all that were not being played and found only two machines with 9/6 JOB, 9/7 DB and 9/6 DDB. They will probably not remain since I saw slot techs looking at them too.

Looks like AC is quickly a place that I will no longer visit. Why drive two hours for machines I can find at PARX which is 10 minutes away.

jcwible


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RE: [vpFREE] Re: W2G

 

<<However I have to say again that the IRS themselves told me yesterday that
for some reason now there is a limit of 30 W2G's to e-file.
I'm really tempted to put the total under miscellaneous as you do.>>

The IRS help line is notorious for giving out misinformation.

You will put the total under line 21, "other income," regardless of whether
you e-file, paper file, use tax software, use an accountant, or do your
taxes by hand. That's the only possible place to put them. The only question
is whether you believe the tax software when it tells you you can't e-file
with more than 30 W-2Gs.

Cogno

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[vpFREE] Re: Frugal/Wolf Video Poker for Mac/Linux!

 

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, fivespot <fivespot55@...> wrote:
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> (i decided to try this out the other day... and hey, it worked!)
>
> i'm pleased to report that Frugal Video Poker and Wolf Video Poker run
> perfectly using the WINE compatibility layer. this means that they can be
> used within Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and any other platform which
> supports WINE. no copy of Microsoft Windows is required.
>
> this is really good news for any VP player who doesn't run Windows. Wolf VP
> is arguably the most powerful VP software on the market, and Frugal VP is
> by far the best free VP software out there. more options are always good.
>
> personally, i do have a Windows virtual machine on my MacBook... but the
> less that i have to use it, the happier i am. not having to launch it every
> time i want to analyze a new game or put in some practice will make me
> happy indeed.
>
> installing WINE should be trivial for most Linux users, as it's bundled
> with most distributions. on the Mac it has to be compiled from source using
> the MacPorts system, which is a longer process, but it should be very easy
> for anyone who's touched Terminal or a Unix command line before. if you
> haven't... well, it looks easy to me, but i don't know how it'd look to
> someone with less experience. the tutorial is clear and detailed.
>
> WINE: http://www.winehq.org/
> WINE on Mac: http://www.davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/
> Wolf VP: http://www.wolfvideopoker.com/
> Frugal VP: http://www.wolfvideopoker.com/FVP.htm
>
> for what it's worth, i also tried running Video Poker for Winners using
> WINE, but it crashed on startup. if there's a way to make it work, i'd love
> to hear about it.
>

I still use WinPoker, and it works pretty good on Linux(Ubuntu and Mint), with WINE. The most recent versions of WINE work a lot better than a couple years ago. I too have not been able to get Video Poker for Winners to work with it. So for that, and a couple other tasks, I still have to keep Windows on a small partition and dual boot.

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: W2G

 

Don wrote,
"Never said there was no mention that it was gambling winnings. It was identified as such. My point was that one does not need to file hard copies of the W2Gs (assuming there were no witholdings), and one could e-file with more than "x" amount of W2Gs."

Oh - thanks Don. I thought you were saying you put it as a total just as "miscellaneous"....
And I do know that you don't have to file the hard copies of the W2G's....

However I have to say again that the IRS themselves told me yesterday that for some reason now there is a limit of 30 W2G's to e-file.
I'm really tempted to put the total under miscellaneous as you do.

Valerie

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[vpFREE] Re: W2G

 

Never said there was no mention that it was gambling winnings. It was identified as such.

My point was that one does not need to file hard copies of the W2Gs (assuming there were no witholdings), and one could e-file with more than "x" amount of W2Gs.

Don the Dentist

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Valerie Pollard" <vpollard@...> wrote:

> So you just put it under miscellaneous income with no mention that it is "certain gambling winnings"?
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[vpFREE] LVA Question of the Day - 22 MAR 2012

 

LVA Question of the Day - 22 MAR 2012

Q: I'm coming to Las Vegas the end of this month. I always
get a rental car. Is there a web site that shows road
construction so I can do some planning for my trips
around town?

Read the answer here:

http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm

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[vpFREE] Frugal/Wolf Video Poker for Mac/Linux!

 

(i decided to try this out the other day... and hey, it worked!)

i'm pleased to report that Frugal Video Poker and Wolf Video Poker run
perfectly using the WINE compatibility layer. this means that they can be
used within Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and any other platform which
supports WINE. no copy of Microsoft Windows is required.

this is really good news for any VP player who doesn't run Windows. Wolf VP
is arguably the most powerful VP software on the market, and Frugal VP is
by far the best free VP software out there. more options are always good.

personally, i do have a Windows virtual machine on my MacBook... but the
less that i have to use it, the happier i am. not having to launch it every
time i want to analyze a new game or put in some practice will make me
happy indeed.

installing WINE should be trivial for most Linux users, as it's bundled
with most distributions. on the Mac it has to be compiled from source using
the MacPorts system, which is a longer process, but it should be very easy
for anyone who's touched Terminal or a Unix command line before. if you
haven't... well, it looks easy to me, but i don't know how it'd look to
someone with less experience. the tutorial is clear and detailed.

WINE: http://www.winehq.org/
WINE on Mac: http://www.davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/
Wolf VP: http://www.wolfvideopoker.com/
Frugal VP: http://www.wolfvideopoker.com/FVP.htm

for what it's worth, i also tried running Video Poker for Winners using
WINE, but it crashed on startup. if there's a way to make it work, i'd love
to hear about it.

cheers,

five

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