Re: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 11 SEP 2012

 

Huh?

I'm a very simple guy. It's a common sense issue.

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It's very useful to be able to rationally evaluate the value of various alternatives (e.g., a $500 flight credit vs less time waiting at the airport). It's also useful to remember that maximizing profit is a proxy for maximizing happiness, but it's not the same thing ...

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RE: [vpFREE] Scot Krause's LVA Players Club Bonus Points Update - 12 SEP 2012

 



From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of bill van divner
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 6:16 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Scot Krause's LVA Players Club Bonus Points Update - 12 SEP 2012

Scott, do you know if the. P machines at rincon are set to allow double up?

----Sorry, I don't know much, if anything, about Rincon. Don't even know what a "P" machine is.

Scot

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Re: [vpFREE] Scot Krause's LVA Players Club Bonus Points Update - 12 SEP 2012

 

Scott, do you know if the. P machines at rincon are set to allow double up?

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On Sep 13, 2012, at 8:11 PM, "Scot Krause" <krauseinvegas@cox.net> wrote:

> I saw it on the marquee and then talked to the club. I will attempt to
> re-verify it.
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> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> Scot
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> From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Vegasvpplayer
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:30 AM
> To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Scot Krause's LVA Players Club Bonus Points Update -
> 12 SEP 2012
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> I have never been able to get the 5X points on my first 1000 points on Nifty
> Fifty day's at Terrible's Casino. When I asked at the booth, they said you
> ONLY get the 5X points if that happens to be one of you kiosk swipes.
> Seniors all get 1 free swipe, then you can earn up to 4 more for every 300
> points earned. Most swipes are 100 bonus points or multipliers for drawing
> entries. Scot, did they explain to you how the multiplier works? BTW I've
> played on VP machines that are not excluded from multipliers on other days.
> When I replied to a customer survey saying I thought this promotion was
> deceitful, I never got a reply.
>
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RE: [vpFREE] Scot Krause's LVA Players Club Bonus Points Update - 12 SEP 2012

 

I saw it on the marquee and then talked to the club. I will attempt to
re-verify it.

Thanks for the heads up.

Scot

From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Vegasvpplayer
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Scot Krause's LVA Players Club Bonus Points Update -
12 SEP 2012

I have never been able to get the 5X points on my first 1000 points on Nifty
Fifty day's at Terrible's Casino. When I asked at the booth, they said you
ONLY get the 5X points if that happens to be one of you kiosk swipes.
Seniors all get 1 free swipe, then you can earn up to 4 more for every 300
points earned. Most swipes are 100 bonus points or multipliers for drawing
entries. Scot, did they explain to you how the multiplier works? BTW I've
played on VP machines that are not excluded from multipliers on other days.
When I replied to a customer survey saying I thought this promotion was
deceitful, I never got a reply.

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: Atlantic City

 

Great, thanks.  Hope all goes well.

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From: Mike Anderson <mxpxman264@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Atlantic City
To: "vpFREE@yahoogroups.com" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 10:55 AM

 

Unlike Vegas... Every CET property has SOME FPVP. The most variety is probably bally's. Second best would be Caesars for their 9/6 jacks progressive in quarters. However don't forget CET has a horrible comp and cashback rate. This probably is not so important to you since you are only visiting one time. So CET may be best since u can use your earned comps elsewhere. For the best play I would recommend the Atlantic Club casino. They offer .4% comp rate and .2% CB. Cashback is valid on return trip only tho. They have 9/6 jacks in dollars and up and a 3 play bonus poker progressive in quarters. Borgata has probably the largest variety of full pay machines but their comp rate is still pretty weak(.2%). I have noticed they send decent mailers tho from the little time I have spent playing there.

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> vpFREE2.com lists the good video poker that users have reported.
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[vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 11 SEP 2012

 

"RandomStu" <sresnick2@...> wrote:
> It's absolutely true that I'd skip a religious service
> for a million dollars, and I would do so for $1.

Oops. I meant to write I WOULDN'T do so for $1.

Stuart Resnick (RandomStu)
http://stuart-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/

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[vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 11 SEP 2012

 

It's very useful to be able to rationally evaluate the value of various alternatives (e.g., a $500 flight credit vs less time waiting at the airport). It's also useful to remember that maximizing profit is a proxy for maximizing happiness, but it's not the same thing.

Money is extremely easy to measure, while evaluating levels of happiness is far less so. Those of us fond of numbers have to be careful of assigning excessive value to money MERELY because it's easy to measure. You might think that $2000 brings twice as much happiness vs $1000, but this is rarely the case. We may have the gut feeling that winning a fortune would always bring happiness, but the evidence (based on what I've seen and read about lottery winners and other cases of instant wealth), I have serious doubts about it.

It's absolutely true that I'd skip a religious service for a million dollars, and I would do so for $1. So it's a reasonable calculus to try to determine the actual "break-even" cash value... there must be a specific figure at which I'd be indifferent to whether I got the money or the service.

Since our ultimate goal is happiness, not money, it might also make sense to look at it a little differently. How much happiness (to myself OR to others) is gained by my going to the religious service, vs the happiness-value of the flight credit. Since happiness is so difficult to measure, this is more complicated than basing the calculation on cash... but the results have more real-life meaning.

Often $500 in casino comps are worth more to me than $500 cash. That's because if I go to a casino with friends or family, they'd often refuse to let me treat them... but they would accept a free room or meal that I supplied with comps, and that transaction brings much happiness all around.

Finally: there's a great benefit in life from the ability to make a plan and stick with it. There's also benefit in the ability to be flexible, to change plans based on new information. If we do some introspection, and determine which of these skills we're most in need of strengthening, that's another important metric to consider.

Stuart Resnick (RandomStu)
http://stuart-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/

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Re: [vpFREE] Scot Krause's LVA Players Club Bonus Points Update - 12 SEP 2012

 

I have never been able to get the 5X points on my first 1000 points on Nifty Fifty day's at Terrible's Casino. When I asked at the booth, they said you ONLY get the 5X points if that happens to be one of you kiosk swipes. Seniors all get 1 free swipe, then you can earn up to 4 more for every 300 points earned. Most swipes are 100 bonus points or multipliers for drawing entries. Scot, did they explain to you how the multiplier works? BTW I've played on VP machines that are not excluded from multipliers on other days. When I replied to a customer survey saying I thought this promotion was deceitful, I never got a reply.

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: Atlantic City

 

Unlike Vegas... Every CET property has SOME FPVP. The most variety is probably bally's. Second best would be Caesars for their 9/6 jacks progressive in quarters. However don't forget CET has a horrible comp and cashback rate. This probably is not so important to you since you are only visiting one time. So CET may be best since u can use your earned comps elsewhere. For the best play I would recommend the Atlantic Club casino. They offer .4% comp rate and .2% CB. Cashback is valid on return trip only tho. They have 9/6 jacks in dollars and up and a 3 play bonus poker progressive in quarters. Borgata has probably the largest variety of full pay machines but their comp rate is still pretty weak(.2%). I have noticed they send decent mailers tho from the little time I have spent playing there.

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On Sep 12, 2012, at 7:06 PM, vpFREE Administrator <vpfree3355@gmail.com> wrote:

> Clinton House <hpof6@...> wrote:
>
> > I'll be in Atlantic City for a few days staying at Caesars properties.
> > Is there any good VP there and where are they specifically? If not, I can still
> > go to other casinos if there is any. I heard Borgata was pretty good.
>
> vpFREE2.com lists the good video poker that users have reported.
>
> Here's the Eastern US Regional Summary. Click on any casino name there to see details like machine locations within the casinos.
>
> http://www.vpfree2.com/casinos/by-region/east.html
>
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[vpFREE] Re: My blog entry About 7x Points at the Gold Coast

 

Yes, you are right. I am Emerald and I was at Gold Coast on Sunday and only got 7x points like everyone else.

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> Someone wrote in the Comments on that entry: “The multiplier only applies to the base amount of points earned, so red card holders get 7X, sapphire get 8X, and emerald get 9x.”
>
> I was under the impression that you couldn’t “double-up” on multipliers, so everyone would get only 7x. In fact, I wrote this in my September Promotions blog entry: Another warning: one must always watch for the fine print. This one from the Gold Coast: “Young at Heart point multipliers are not available on floor wide point multiplier days.” That means that the 7x points on Labor Day weekend (1,2,3) trumps the senior 5x on Mondays â€" dashing the hopes for you who were thinking that you could double dip!!!!
>
> I haven’t seen any “fine print” about other bonus-point days, but I had always been under the impression that floor wide multipliers were not added on to tier bonuses. Am I correct on this issue?????
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> http://queenofcomps.com/
> You can read my blog at
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[vpFREE] My blog entry About 7x Points at the Gold Coast

 

Someone wrote in the Comments on that entry: "The multiplier only applies to the base amount of points earned, so red card holders get 7X, sapphire get 8X, and emerald get 9x."

I was under the impression that you couldn't "double-up" on multipliers, so everyone would get only 7x. In fact, I wrote this in my September Promotions blog entry: Another warning: one must always watch for the fine print. This one from the Gold Coast: "Young at Heart point multipliers are not available on floor wide point multiplier days." That means that the 7x points on Labor Day weekend (1,2,3) trumps the senior 5x on Mondays – dashing the hopes for you who were thinking that you could double dip!!!!

I haven't seen any "fine print" about other bonus-point days, but I had always been under the impression that floor wide multipliers were not added on to tier bonuses. Am I correct on this issue?????
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http://queenofcomps.com/
You can read my blog at
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[vpFREE] LVA Question of the Day - 13 SEP 2012

 

LVA Question of the Day - 13 SEP 2012

Q: What was the first casino in Las Vegas to have a buffet?

Read the answer here:

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

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Re: [vpFREE] Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 11 SEP 2012

 

Great info, Jean H.

<<Finally--due to DOT (Dept of Transportation) Regs that just recently
went into affect--the airlines are not overbooking flights like they
used to. In fact, many are booking even--risking going with empty
seats rather than having to "pay" to deny someone boarding.>>

I would like to know more information about these new regulations. Do the airlines have to pay more for bumping?

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