Same thing happened to us last weekend. Usually you are limited to 2 wins per drawing, but we were told since there were so few people in attendance, they had "opened the computer" to allow you to win unlimited times. We were each called 3 times. Then not for the next several drawings. (drawing every 15 min.) After checking again we were told the new limit was 3 times, not UNLIMITED as we were told previously. Wasted our time playing for nothing. We would have left had we known we could not win again.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vp_wiz" wrote:
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> Just love the "Sgt Schultz" promotions ("... I know nothing!")
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> As far as changing the rules mid-promotion, I'm a guppy compared to Bob, but in my own play I've seen two likely egregious examples in the last year ...
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> In one case, where play through the day earned entries for half-hour drawings, beginning at mid-day, with 5 names called each time ... a good friend had played strong in the morning and lucked into calls for each of the first 4 drawings. I had gotten a late start and, playing steady in a casino somewhat sparse with winners, seemed to get into the stream of things when I was called for the 3rd and 4th of those drawings. (FWIW, prizes were on the modest size, but could mount up.)
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> Then, neither of us were called for the 5th drawing. We attributed it to sour luck, but the same proved true for all consecutive drawings in the day.
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> Can't swear to it, but it's my guess we were stricken from future winnings that day after they became concerned about the repeat appearances.
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> On another day, I played a 2-day promotion where entries were earned into a drawing at the end of the 2nd day. The format is that 40 names would be drawn, winner need be present, with each contestant essentially drawing a prize slip from a fishbowl. Event was Sun/Mon, with relatively light attendance on Sunday, and I figured even lighter on Monday ... so decided to play up a bit (which means I doubled my intended play). I confirmed the first day that players were eligible for more than one prize (not specific in the rules).
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> A surprisingly few players were gathered for the drawing on the second day. (I estimated that as few as 200 were present, and few seemed to be even moderately hard hitters.)
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> My name was called first out of the starting gate, and I pulled my prize slip. Disappointed, I pulled the smallest prize amount. But I felt I was positioned for a good chance at more (in fact, back of the envelope, I estimated I was good for as many as 3 or 4 shots altogether).
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> Then I got a glance at the clip board the person calling names off was holding. They had selected about 100 names in advance. Suspiciously, there were 6 entries on the sheet that were blacked out with a marker.
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> I couldn't see details, but it seemed possible that, after the fact, they had decided to eliminate duplicate winnings. So I asked another employee assisting with the selected winners if it was possible to win more than once. "Oh, yes!" Whatever the case, I wasn't drawn again.
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> - H.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, vpFREE Administrator wrote:
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> > Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 8 JAN 2013
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> > "How Not to Run a Promotion"
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> > http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/bob_dancer/2013/0108.cfm
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