Re: [vpFREE] Which Casino Group is Best?

 



mark gave an excellent answer to this on my caesars M-life thread a few days ago ...

I'm a DIAD local (getting ready to expire) and am going to stick with his recommendation to re-up there (no M-life for me) based on his excellent comments.

it'll help other posters if you give a hint as to the things you're looking for -or want- from your casino patronage. it'll give people a chance to target their advice.

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On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 6:06 PM PDT vpcostsmoney wrote:

>Which of the 2 major casino groups, MGM/Mirage or Ceasars Entertainment, is the best one for a local.

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[vpFREE] The Siena Hotel Spa Casino Awards $20,000 to Video Poker Player

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/siena-hotel-spa-casino-awards-080000082.html
Video Poker Player Hits Eleven Jackpots in One DayRENO, Nev., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Siena Hotel Spa Casino in Reno, NV announced today that one winner hit eleven jackpots in one day.  The lucky Californian from Nevada City won a total of $20,000 on various Double, Double Bonus and Spin Poker Machines after hitting a wide range of combination payouts. "My husband and I love the new Siena," said the jackpot winner. "They have great machines, the food is amazing and their hospitality always makes us feel at home!"The new Siena is quickly becoming Reno's resort of choice for Northern Californians due to their player perks and promotion payouts. Sacramento and San Francisco residents seem to gravitate to the upscale, intimate atmosphere of the new Siena. The Siena gives multiple incentives for new players, making the Siena the place to play. New players can become Siena Rewards Members with quick sign up and be awarded the equivalent level of
players' status earned at other properties instantly. Normally, at other casinos, new players would have to spend months and months building up their player level but the Siena's unique Instant Upgrade program allows players to advance the moment they signup.
Balance of article at the link

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[vpFREE] Re: Four Queens' "non-negotiable" chips

 

Not sure, but they may be limited to even-money bets only. "DTD" may know that for a fact - and answered accordingly.

DDS wrote: Use once win or lose. If a push in BJ, they are
> still in play for the next hand. Theoretical value of just under 50%, at
> least in BJ.
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> That's the low variance --- low EV way to use the chips. Far better EV wise (with a higher variance) is to use them straight up on single numbers at roulette. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[vpFREE] Re: Bar Rescue

 

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
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> Ok, I went back and read the Las Vegas Advisor, and it says to keep watching the "Today's News" section of their website for announcement of when the show will air.
>
> It also says there is 9-6 JoB, 15-8 LDW, and 13-4 BDW at 98.80.
>
> I'm really looking forward to seeing the show.
>

Here's another article.

http://vegasseven.com/latest/2013/03/14/bar-reborn

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[vpFREE] Which Casino Group is Best?

 

Which of the 2 major casino groups, MGM/Mirage or Ceasars Entertainment, is the best one for a local. Right now I really don't play at any of their casinos, except if I'm walking through one while there for some other reason. I have negligible, if any points, at both groups and don't get any offers. I'm a quarter to a dollar player. I noticed that CET doesn't have anything good at those denominations, whereas some of the MGM properties do have good machines. I would do the "Diamond in a Day" promo if it were worthwhile, even if I have to play a $5 machine. I would appreciate any advice you may give me. Thanks!

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[vpFREE] Re: First Time Cruising w/ Casino...

 

Thanks. The judge's decision no less from a law professor's blog.

I couldn't find a newspaper report on the outcome. Still can't.
Must not have been that newsworthy or the powers to be don't want anybody to get any ideas.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Douglas V" <tringlomane@...> wrote:
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> The case has been dismissed at the district level, like it should have been in the first place because they did nothing illegal. The machines themselves were misprogrammed.
>
> http://www.volokh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Nestor_Report-Recommendation.pdf
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <haaljo@> wrote:
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> > I googled video poker hacked and found a 2011 article about arrest.
> > I can't find any follow up:
> > "Swissvale man accused in casino thefts arrested by federal agents
> >
> > ...Agents on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Mr. Nestor and John Kane of Las Vegas..."
> > http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/swissvale-man-accused-in-casino-thefts-arrested-by-federal-agents-280242/
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> > "Vegas vid-poker hackjackpot bonanza duo face charges
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> > ...A duo who used a software bug in video poker machines to milk thousands in unearned jackpots have been charged with computer hacking and conspiracy offences..."
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/07/video_poker_hack_charges/
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> > -- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, David Kathary <dwk33@> wrote:
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> > > Machines in Vegas are very seldomly checked -- not constantly at all.
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> > > Subject: [vpFREE] Re: First Time Cruising w/ Casino...
> > > I have read that gaming machines on cruises operating in international water (I think that is 12 miles off our coast) are not subject to regulation as casino machines are in Vegas, for instance. In Vegas machines are checked constantly to prevent the house from cheating.
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[vpFREE] Re: First Time Cruising w/ Casino...

 

The case has been dismissed at the district level, like it should have been in the first place because they did nothing illegal. The machines themselves were misprogrammed.

http://www.volokh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Nestor_Report-Recommendation.pdf

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <haaljo@...> wrote:
>
> I googled video poker hacked and found a 2011 article about arrest.
> I can't find any follow up:
> "Swissvale man accused in casino thefts arrested by federal agents
>
> ...Agents on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Mr. Nestor and John Kane of Las Vegas..."
> http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/swissvale-man-accused-in-casino-thefts-arrested-by-federal-agents-280242/
>
>
> "Vegas vid-poker hackjackpot bonanza duo face charges
>
> ...A duo who used a software bug in video poker machines to milk thousands in unearned jackpots have been charged with computer hacking and conspiracy offences..."
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/07/video_poker_hack_charges/
>
>
> -- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, David Kathary <dwk33@> wrote:
> >
> > Machines in Vegas are very seldomly checked -- not constantly at all.
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> > To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> > From: grant_denormandie@
> > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:50:36 -0700
> > Subject: [vpFREE] Re: First Time Cruising w/ Casino...
> > I have read that gaming machines on cruises operating in international water (I think that is 12 miles off our coast) are not subject to regulation as casino machines are in Vegas, for instance. In Vegas machines are checked constantly to prevent the house from cheating.
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[vpFREE] Re: Bar Rescue

 



--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
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>
> Has the episode actually aired yet involving the 702 Bar?
>

Ok, I went back and read the Las Vegas Advisor, and it says to keep watching the "Today's News" section of their website for announcement of when the show will air.

It also says there is 9-6 JoB, 15-8 LDW, and 13-4 BDW at 98.80.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the show.

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[vpFREE] Re: Bar Rescue

 

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "tomflush" <tomflush@...> wrote:
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> Yes , great show! , I've been following it for a while, seems to be at least
> 40 episodes so far. You can walk into the Sand Dollar/702 bar now ( its
> in a crap neighborhood i.e. Spring Mountain and Polaris ) and see if its all
> still good. I checked Yelp and some other sites on follow up to Jon Taffers'
> other makeovers , and its fair to say that 50% of the places , chuck all his
> advice after 3 months, and go back to the original ways. The show is not
> really clear on who pays for the bar makeover cost, which in my estimate
> runs from $10,000 to $50,000. I suspect that a lot of these folks are only
> doing it for the makeover !
> best...Tom
>

Oh, I didn't know there were already 40 episodes, I thought it was something new. The first one I watched last night was with the Canyon Inn in Yorba Linda, Calif. What a JERK that bar owner was! Such a big ego. I'm sitting here yelling at the tv, "screw him, let him go bankrupt, friggin jerk!" lol

Has the episode actually aired yet involving the 702 Bar? I did find a website the other day, seemed to be a work in progress. I'm going to be in Vegas, hopefully, in about three weeks, I will definitely stop by the 702 Bar. And Anthony Curtis said there will be a progressive coming. I hope they do great and maybe other bars will catch on.

On my last trip to Vegas I was somewhere over on the westside and I saw a bar in the corner of a parking lot. There were banners and signs about "grand opening, hot video poker, best video poker in town", or something like that. I went inside, and it was a bunch of 6-5 Bonus Poker crap, without even a progressive. GTFO! CLUELESS! What a joke. What a bad joke. I left.

-BB

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: First Time Cruising w/ Casino...

 

Greedy pockets run deep.

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From: "Alan" <ajs11713@netscape.net>

Why would the the ship's casino bother messing with the RNG
when offering 6/5 JOB paytables ?

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> > (snip) There is no cruise ship casino database. Than there's the question as to whether or not off-shore (but made in Nevada) machines are more likely to be hacked.

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Re: [vpFREE] Bar Rescue

 

Yes , great show! , I've been following it for a while, seems to be at least
40 episodes so far. You can walk into the Sand Dollar/702 bar now ( its
in a crap neighborhood i.e. Spring Mountain and Polaris ) and see if its all
still good. I checked Yelp and some other sites on follow up to Jon Taffers'
other makeovers , and its fair to say that 50% of the places , chuck all his
advice after 3 months, and go back to the original ways. The show is not
really clear on who pays for the bar makeover cost, which in my estimate
runs from $10,000 to $50,000. I suspect that a lot of these folks are only
doing it for the makeover !
best...Tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@yahoo.com>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:27 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] Bar Rescue

> Last night I saw the television show Bar Rescue for the first time.
> Actually, I wasn't looking for it but stumbled upon it while switching
> channels. I stopped there and watched about three episodes, and I enjoyed
> it, even though I don't normally care for "reality shows". Anyway, the
> reason I mention this is because there was a piece in the Las Vegas
> Advisor about this show, and apparently they are going to do an episode on
> a bar in Vegas. I think it was called the Sand Dollar and is now going to
> be the 702 Bar, or something like that. That's why I even stopped on it
> while I was flipping channels. I'm not sure when the Vegas show is going
> to broadcast, but they asked Anthony Curtis for advise as far as video
> poker. You know how most bars have really crappy video poker in Vegas,
> but the Las Vegas Advisor article said that they would have games like 9-7
> Double Bonus and in a couple spots it would be 10-7 Double Bonus and
> advertise it up for the fact that it is 100%. I'm really looking forward
> to watching it when it airs. As I was watching the show last night and
> seeing how stubborn the bar owners were it made me think that that must be
> a situation in Vegas also, because in my opinion having video poker with
> crappy pay schedules AND not even a progressive, is pretty stupid. Very
> near-sighted! Maybe if this show is a hit and it turns the 702 Bar
> around, maybe it could catch on elsewhere in Vegas.
>
>
>

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[vpFREE] Re: First Time Cruising w/ Casino...

 

I googled video poker hacked and found a 2011 article about arrest.
I can't find any follow up:
"Swissvale man accused in casino thefts arrested by federal agents

...Agents on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Mr. Nestor and John Kane of Las Vegas..."
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/washington/swissvale-man-accused-in-casino-thefts-arrested-by-federal-agents-280242/

"Vegas vid-poker hackjackpot bonanza duo face charges

...A duo who used a software bug in video poker machines to milk thousands in unearned jackpots have been charged with computer hacking and conspiracy offences..."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/07/video_poker_hack_charges/

-- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, David Kathary <dwk33@...> wrote:
>
> Machines in Vegas are very seldomly checked -- not constantly at all.
>
>
>
>
> To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> From: grant_denormandie@...
> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:50:36 -0700
> Subject: [vpFREE] Re: First Time Cruising w/ Casino...
> I have read that gaming machines on cruises operating in international water (I think that is 12 miles off our coast) are not subject to regulation as casino machines are in Vegas, for instance. In Vegas machines are checked constantly to prevent the house from cheating.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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