[vpFREE] Jean Scott's Frugal Vegas LVA BLOG - 8 AUG 2014

 

Jean Scott's Frugal Vegas LVA BLOG - 8 AUG 2014

A Necessary Rerun

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[vpFREE] Suncoast

 

Suncoast no longer has NSUD and has downgraded Bonus Poker Deluxe.

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RE: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA - 5 AUG 2014

 

Thanks for the info.  Look forward to paying off markers this way.
 
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> Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA - 5 AUG 2014
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> A few comments re: the thread re: paying markers off with credit cards:
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> • Although I've been using markers for years, I only thought to ask about paying with a credit card 2 visits ago. Both trips were to Reno, and I paid off markers at the Atlantis and Peppermill with no problem, up to $4K
> • I was not charged the 3% you might expect, and I certainly wasn't charged as if it were a cash advance (those fees are horrendous, which is why I never even consider cash advances on my credit card)
> • I have a Comenity Total Rewards Visa card (sponsored by Caesar's Entertainment) that I use for those casino transactions. I'm sure that the type of card makes no difference to the casino, but I can't speak to how other credit card companies would respond to such transactions (a concern raised in an earlier post). I've had no problems with fees nor reporting to credit bureaus.
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> I'll be curious to hear how this works for others who actually try it in other casinos.
>
> Bob in San Antonio
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[vpFREE] Re: Dealt sequential royal

 


There are 311,875,200 ways to deal out 5 cards from a 52-card deck.
(52 * 51 * 50 * 49 * 48 = 311,875,200)

4 of those ways are sequential RF's running from 10 to Ace.

So the odds are 4/311,875,200 which is very close to 1 in 78 million.

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I was dealt a royal that was also sequential (10-Ace). How often does that occur?

 

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Re: [vpFREE] Silverton Mailer - Special Bonus Offer

 

Same thing happened to me, mine was $750 for 10000 and reduced to $75 for 1000. I don't think it was a misprint, they just somehow didn't realize how vulnerable they were with the first offer.

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Mrs. Don received a mailer from Silverton offering $500 in free play for earning 10,000 points for each week in August. That's a 5% return!! I asked the boothlings if I also got the mailer (I did not get a postcard, but Mrs. Don and I play at the same level) and they said no I did not. It was worth a try!

 

She put the 10,000 points on her card by Tuesday or Wednesday, went to the kiosk to swipe and the $500 in free play was there. (I had some misgivings, as this offer seemed too good to be true.)

 

She received another postcard yesterday that showed a "revised special bonus offer". The new offer is now $50 in free play for 1,000 points for the last three weeks of the month. Its still a 5% offer, but with reduced coin-in.

The new mailer also stated "The first postcard you received contained errors and this is your corrected offer. We apologize for any inconvenience."

I applaud Silverton for honoring the original offer of $500 in free play. I'm sure some other casinos would have used the "management reserves all rights" clause to get out of giving the free play.

 

Don te\he Dentist

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[vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA - 5 AUG 2014

 


The added detail is very helpful Bob.

FWIW, I'm fairly certain that the casino coding of the charge is what makes the difference here (not the credit card used).  Generally speaking, it would be to the casino's advantage to code the transaction as a cash advance, since it would avoid merchant fees otherwise incurred on purchase transactions.  (This is why there's a 3% fee typically levied against the cardholder on cash advance transactions.)

I can only assume that, at casinos such as Atlantis, card charges to repay credit lines is a relatively infrequent activity and they've opted to keep things "simple" (my guess is that such treatment is contrary to their merchant agreement).

This may very well be true elsewhere ... perhaps even LV.  Assuming they don't make you take a separate cash advance through the standard cashier terminal mechanism, I suppose a direct repayment transaction might be coded as a purchase.  Guess I'm getting a little too "programmed" to anticipate the worst ;)



---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <bobappic@...> wrote :

A few comments re: the thread re: paying markers off with credit cards:

• Although I've been using markers for years, I only thought to ask about paying with a credit card 2 visits ago. Both trips were to Reno, and I paid off markers at the Atlantis and Peppermill with no problem, up to $4K
• I was not charged the 3% you might expect, and I certainly wasn't charged as if it were a cash advance (those fees are horrendous, which is why I never even consider cash advances on my credit card)
• I have a Comenity Total Rewards Visa card (sponsored by Caesar's Entertainment) that I use for those casino transactions. I'm sure that the type of card makes no difference to the casino, but I can't speak to how other credit card companies would respond to such transactions (a concern raised in an earlier post). I've had no problems with fees nor reporting to credit bureaus.

I'll be curious to hear how this works for others who actually try it in other casinos.

Bob in San Antonio

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[vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA - 5 AUG 2014

A few comments re: the thread re: paying markers off with credit cards:

• Although I've been using markers for years, I only thought to ask about paying with a credit card 2 visits ago. Both trips were to Reno, and I paid off markers at the Atlantis and Peppermill with no problem, up to $4K
• I was not charged the 3% you might expect, and I certainly wasn't charged as if it were a cash advance (those fees are horrendous, which is why I never even consider cash advances on my credit card)
• I have a Comenity Total Rewards Visa card (sponsored by Caesar's Entertainment) that I use for those casino transactions. I'm sure that the type of card makes no difference to the casino, but I can't speak to how other credit card companies would respond to such transactions (a concern raised in an earlier post). I've had no problems with fees nor reporting to credit bureaus.

I'll be curious to hear how this works for others who actually try it in other casinos.

Bob in San Antonio



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[vpFREE] Silverton Mailer - Special Bonus Offer

 


Mrs. Don received a mailer from Silverton offering $500 in free play for earning 10,000 points for each week in August. That's a 5% return!! I asked the boothlings if I also got the mailer (I did not get a postcard, but Mrs. Don and I play at the same level) and they said no I did not. It was worth a try!

 

She put the 10,000 points on her card by Tuesday or Wednesday, went to the kiosk to swipe and the $500 in free play was there. (I had some misgivings, as this offer seemed too good to be true.)

 

She received another postcard yesterday that showed a "revised special bonus offer". The new offer is now $50 in free play for 1,000 points for the last three weeks of the month. Its still a 5% offer, but with reduced coin-in.

The new mailer also stated "The first postcard you received contained errors and this is your corrected offer. We apologize for any inconvenience."

I applaud Silverton for honoring the original offer of $500 in free play. I'm sure some other casinos would have used the "management reserves all rights" clause to get out of giving the free play.

 

Don te\he Dentist

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Re: [vpFREE] Dealt sequential royal

 

catherinejcohen@gmail.com wrote:

>I was dealt a royal that was also sequential (10-Ace). How often does that occur?

The odds of a dealt royal, assuming no extra wild cards, is 1 in
649,740. The odds of a royal being in the sequence you described is 1
in 120. I saw one of these, although I can't remember which sequence
it was in.

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[vpFREE] Dealt sequential royal

 

I was dealt a royal that was also sequential (10-Ace). How often does that occur?

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[vpFREE] Dealt consecutive royal

 

I was dealt a royal that was also consecutive (10-Ace). How often does that occur?

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