SB wrote: Reminds me of a similar situation when casinos mail you scratchers where you pick 1 of 3 options to scratch off at players club to reveal your free play amount. Casino does not want you to know which position the best prize is in, but once they send me a scratcher and it is in my possession I have no qualms about using whatever techniques I can to discern where the largest amount resides. Some are easier to crack than others. At one store I had a better than 90% success rate. I never once considered this cheating.
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Perhaps 10 years ago (might have been more --- it was back when George Maloof ran it), one month the Palms mailed you a sheet of 20 or so scratchers each of which were only good for a particular day. A high intensity light shone through the back told you what was available. It was not totally random --- VIP players got better scratchers than non-VIPs on average, but even VIP players got some 2-for-1 buffets. These were completely worthless because these same players got 75% off their buffet using points and to use the 2-for-1 coupon you had to pay retail --- but occasionally there were 3x or 5x point multipliers. If you knew which day the "good" ones were coming, you could plan accordingly.
As it happened, a frequent casino gift given away at the Palms in that time period was a pocket high intensity light --- so most of us had the ability to figure out the "code." (A lot of us gave these lights to slot attendants in lieu of tips. They were very good for that. But hopefully you kept at least one.) The Palms management of the time learned from their mistake and didn't repeat this particular error in the future --- but I have been able to use it elsewhere a couple of times so I still keep a high intensity flashlight.
There are always a few people who live within walking distance from any given casino. For the rest of us, it takes some effort to make a trip there. In Vegas and certain other places as well there are a number of casino options and time management is part of the problem to be figured out. Anything to get more information on how to make better choices is appreciated.
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Posted by: Bob Dancer <BobDancerVP@hotmail.com>
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