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Bobby Vegas: Winner Winner Free Steak Dinner

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If you missed the Rolex, the Vegas Aces courtside-seats, and Rod Stewart concerts giveaways, you have another round through July 31 and the prizes are still great.

Three winners will win a pair of Sphere tickets for Dead and Company. Four will enjoy a BBQ feast for eight at Rainbow. And at Emerald Island, four winners will get a pair of tickets for the Saturday Nov 9 show starring Bill Joel and Sting.

That makes 11 total chances to win. Each entry is just 200 base points at $1 per point.  And it’s a small barrel.

May I suggest you do this in any of their 25 x multiplier sessions spread throughout the day. (See BobbyVegas.com for more details.)

You won’t earn points at full-pay Double Double Bonus, but you will on just about every other VP game. And adding 1.67% (25 x) onto any game in the house, you’re playing at a positive expectation. Mutiplier points go toward excellent food comps at Triple B Diner at Rainbow or Emerald Island. My calcs don’t include progressives. Check your VP strategy guide for the breakeven on those and if it’s not at BE, even a partial adds to your total return.

Checking VPfree2, every game down to 8/5 Bonus Poker (99.17%) turns into 100.84%. Not too shabby while winning tickets for any of the above, plus food comps galore and gifts or cash.

A note on reading VPfree2: Just using the browse feature, the games come up looking like they’re only for pennies, nickels, and dimes. Not true. The quarter and higher games are anywhere from 10 line to 30 line, so it’s possible to play $3 and $5 VP during these multiplier periods and the comps add up very fast at 25x level.

Only your base amount counts to concert and other monthly prize drawings, but still …

There are also a host of local Water Street restaurants, brew pubs, etc., where you can spend your comp dollars.

Did I mention the 50x, 75x, or 100x periods ? Those are insane, adding 3.74%, 6%, and higher. Those super-high earning periods are often short or at an odd hour, but again, you’re earning comps like crazy, plus the drawing tickets. And every day they give out hot dogs, donuts, pizza, ice cream and more.

The thing about Rainbow and Emerald is they have so many daily wheel and other cash giveaways , it’s hard to keep up. But hey, it’s free money.

And why do I say free steaks for dinner? Well, the rib eye and shrimp with steak are the most expensive items on the Rainbow Triple B Diner menu and top out at $20.

Did you use your LVA MRB for 2-for-1 or half-off, even with points?
There it is: Winner winner free steak dinner.

If you spend 30 to 60 minutes, you’ll have more than enough points for several of ’em.

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Bobby Vegas: Did Corporations Kill My Video Poker Star?

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I almost titled this “My Video Poker Obituary,” but came to a different conclusion.

First, Rainbow cut its point promotion by two-thirds and halved the food-comp program. Okay, the new owners realized they were literally giving away the store, but it’s still a great place to play, eat, and win. Are you earning points for the Vegas Aces and Rod Stewart giveaway June 26th? If not, get cracking!

Now it’s the Downtown Grand.

What a great run. It lasted a few years, as it often does, before they tighten the screws. Which they did. For one, they were running a real Gives Good Gamble program and Anthony and I were fully on board. But now, according to VPfree2, DG pulled the plug on the Furnace Bar progressive. Oh, come on!

I know they were making oodles of money on that game. There were approximately 24 places at the bar, with people pouring in money night and day, especially when the progressives crept up to and past breakeven. But nope. Gone. The other video isn’t great.

My opinion? Plain corporate mistake.

I had a conversation with the general manager as to why they no longer give points on e- roulette, a very high-edge game. I’m one of those who works roulette for comps, part of my program to easily earn half-price prime rib and $7 breakfasts with as little as $25 played. Now? Gone.

The GM’s answer? “Comp cheaters!”

Oy vey. On a 5+% game? Those “comp cheaters” playing high-low, red-black, or odd- even were paying the house 5% to earn 2/10ths of a percent in comps. Cheaters? Seriously? It seems pretty much everyone in this calculation wasn’t playing smart. BTW, when I played for my daily half-price coupon at Freedom Beat, I had an expected loss of $1.25 to $2.50 on a discount worth $7 to $15.

So here we are again, moaning like any other Boom baby for the “good old days” when the music was better and the VP was richer and Giving Good Gamble was what Vegas was all about. But I digress.

What I want you all to know is I researched VPfree2 and found 21 casinos all over Vegas that still offer games from 9/6 Jacks or Better (99.54%) to 100%+ games and I’ll be reporting on them, and the next places I’ll be frequenting — where the games are good, the rooms are reasonable, and the fun is real.

Until then, remember, that “It’s not hard to win. It’s hard to walk away a winner” takes work! Enjoy!

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Bobby Vegas: If Life Ain’t All Rainbows and Unicorns, One Rainbow Is All You Need

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This is Commander Vegas speaking. Proceed directly to Rainbow. Pass the Strip and all the other crummy games and hustles. Wander down an old main street starting to come alive.

It’s sure not hard these days to see that life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns, but I’m pretty sure there’s still gold at the end of Water Street in Henderson after getting my new monthly mailer. Yes, I was bemoaning the reduction of the super-lucrative points conversion and possible loss of my weekly free meal, so I was very pleasantly surprised to get both this month.

Your assignment (should you choose to accept it) will be to earn lots of tickets for the 7:15 p.m. drawing on June 26 for one of four pairs of Las Vegas Aces courtside tickets at Rainbow (worth $2,000 each) or the June 27 drawing for one of four sets of Rod Stewart tickets for his July 27 show (worth $700+) at Emerald Island.

I’m telling you now, so you have all month to earn tickets. You think I’m sexy now, people?

As outlined in previous posts, at these drawings, I often see them running through multiple names before they get a winner. People don’t show up and the barrel isn’t very big. You have eight chances in two drawings to win.

A month or so ago, they gave away four Rolex watches.

Use your $64 worth of MRB coupons for two free wheel spins and a 2-for-1 at Rainbow’s Triple B café (yes, you can use that with points … stacking!).

Your further assignment will be to play positive-expectation (or very close) games during high multiplier periods. Stop after these periods end and have a handmade milkshake for the points equivalent of $4, which should take you about 10 minutes to earn. If you’re really hungry, treat yourself to any of the Triple B daily specials for the points equivalent of $9, which should take you less than 30 minutes to earn or less during 25x, 50x, and OMG 100x earning periods.

Playing and hungry after 10 p.m. or before 7 a.m.? Emerald Island diner is open 24/7. Try Anthony’s fave, the one-pound hamsteak special breakfast. I take home the ham and biscuits for snacks later.

I’ll post this article on BobbyVegas.com with the incredible 25x, 50x, and on Friday evenings 10-10:30 p.m. 100x points multiplier schedule. That makes the lame Jacks or Better at the Rainbow bar 99.88%. Add in your MRB wheel spin, extra cash, gifts, ticket drawings, and yes, it’s a positive play, baby.

I’ve played lots of VP games at Emerald Island that ended up earning multiplier points. (Refer to VPfree2 for the game details). You’re earning comps, at an amazing rate. Gift days and contest credits are earned only on base points, but you need only 200. And if you’re a new signup, they’ll give you another food comp too. Wheel spins Thursday, Friday, and Saturday as well as free ice cream each evening and extra free cash.

That you’re doing point multipliers during free wheel spins while earning comp dollars at a ridiculous rate and base points for tickets all at the same time — wait! I have to sit down, my head is spinning.

Okay, I just called casino promotions for clarifications. On the 26th they’re giving away four sets of two courtside tickets for the back-to-back world-champion Las Vegas Aces at Rainbow. On the 27th four sets of two tickets for Rod Stewart at Emerald Island.

We’re looking forward to hearing who won tickets or went to the game or show.

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Bobby Vegas: Point Multipliers Are Very Important for Advantage Play

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Good gambles often show up in unlikely places.

The newly combined Rainbow and Emerald Isle Casino in Henderson, as mentioned previously, merged their weekly food comps in the monthly mailer and have combined their point multipliers. Some go as high as 100X

First, I eat at Rainbow’s Triple B, (five-egg Western omelet with perfect hash browns and an English muffin and spaghetti and meatballs to go using an LVA MRB 2 for 1 for an amazing $14). And I timed it so I could play during 25x points.

Using Rainbow’s 25 x points multiplier periods, I’ve won thousands of dollars and hundreds in comps, all while turning a negative expectation game into a positive.

Now at the bar is 25x video poker. I hadn’t played there; the schedules were mediocre and 15 feet away were positive expectation Double Double Bonus and other juicy games.

Hmmm. By adding 25x (+2.5% ) to their crummy 9/5 JoB, I went from 98.45% to — drumroll, please — 100.95% total return! All while earning 25 points per hand.

Meanwhile, also nearby was an old fave slot machine, Triple 7s (9-line penny games at 20 lines or $1.80). They paid 50 points per spin , which is actually +2.75%.

I’ve watched and played this bank of slots, attempting to hit some progressives in the high four figures. I’m a net winner on these machines and on this trip the progressive was at an all-time high of $11,500. I didn’t hit it, but did win over $200 while earning thousands of points and more comp dollars..

I also played their lovely Double Double Bonus full-pay 10 liner and won $100 on a $2 bet. It was my last hand and I had only $1.96.

Then I went over to Emerald Isle, where a 50x promo was going on. From there it was on to the Pass next door.

I’d started receiving mailers from the Pass, offering a weekly $7.50 food comp and some spin-to-win slot play. Okay, I hit the lowest amount ($5; it goes up to $500), but it was my birthday. Would I like some birthday comps? Sure! Another $10 in slot play and a $20 food comp!

Wow. And I’ve played maybe an hour total there.

I enjoyed their diner, played some fun VP, and cashed out with $13.75, with a free brownie Sunday and I’d earned $2 in comps playing all on their money.

Now Gold Coast and all Boyd casinos offer 10x on Saturdays and Tuesdays (senior 55+ days and on Tuesdays free bingo as well. Hey I’ll always play when it’s free!)

At 10X? Figure it this way: .05 x 10x= .5 + 99.54 =100.04! That now turns everything in their VP inventory, from 9/6 JoB on up to a 100%+ game.

People! Hit it!

[Editor’s Note: For more on Rainbow and Emerald Island, here’s another Bobby Vegas post. Be sure to read his three comments, which also have excellent information.]

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Bobby Vegas: The inside track on the Derby

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They say almost is good only in horseshoes, horse racing, and hand grenades, but if you don’t even place third in a horse race, are you still a winner?

Imagine you have a stable of good and in some cases excellent horses. You keep plowing your winnings back into them and end up with one of the most famous trainers in racing and Derby history and a chance for greatness with a young horse, Track Phantom. He’s winning and winning and has the points to make the Derby. You’re a hard-working risk-taking American with several successful green businesses and an insane love of horses and racing and here you are, livin’ the dream.

Meet Jerry Caroom, co-owner of Track Phantom.

I’ve known and worked with Jerry in the lighting business for years. I follow Jerry’s horses through my long-time sports betting friend Joe T, who I’ve mentioned many times in my Bobby Vegas posts. Joe T is the reason I first came to Vegas. And Joe has worked for Jerry for years.

Joe told me two months ago that Jerry’s horse Track Phantom was on his way to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. And he did.

Jerry had bought a futures ticket on Track Phantom that would pay seven figures for a win. I started trying to buy tickets on the Derby when I was in Vegas for the Super Bowl and the Pinky Ring opening. I couldn’t find them. No one had any of the Derby futures. Not South Point, Caesars, or MGM. Finally, Circa did. A crummy return only 10-1 on Track Phantom when it should have been double that, but at least I had a C-note ticket in the race.

Last week when I returned to Vegas, Circa had it at 24-1. I bought another.

This wasn’t advantage play. This was gambling — on a friend and his incredible horse.

Well, if you watched the Derby, you know that Track Phantom jumped outta that gate and led the pack for most of the race until he took a serious bump that knocked him back to 11th place, out of the 20 horses.

On the phone today, I said to Jerry, “Injustice at the Derby!”

Jerry, being Jerry, replied, “Well, I don’t know about injustice, but yeah, that was a serious bump. And if my jockey had listened to me to stay on the rail, well …”

The good news is, one of Jerry’s other horses won a $250,000 purse in another race, not a bad consolation prize.

It’s all about bein’ in the game and givin’ it all you got. On my nine-day trip that ended Friday, even though I lost money chasing a $11,750 positive-expectation progressive, I have many stories to tell about my further adventures with Bobby Wilson and his connection to Bruno Mars, as well as workin’ the casinos like a pro to get the comps and credit I deserve and more. I even met four people who read my blog!

It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it. If you’re not in the game, ya can’t win it. And if you are, something’s gonna stick. Nature of the beast.

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Bobby Vegas: Pinky Ring Update — and the Beat Goes on

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I’m back in Vegas, it’s beeyootiful, and I’m killing it on the dance floor. Standing at the bar, a lovely asks, “I saw you dancing. Wow. Are you with the band?” Some guy offered to buy my hat for $100. It seems I’ve become the unofficial house dancer at Bruno Mars’ Pinky Ring. Though Bruno announced in his Saturday late-night set, “It’s not the Pinky Ring, it’s the Panky Rang.”

If you missed my article or Anthony and Andrew’s post-Super Bowl YouTube video, where I strongly encouraged you to high-tail it over to the “Panky Rang” and missed the super value play, believe me, in the world of Vegas club experiences, this is still so far above the rest, ya gotta go.

Everyone I’ve met there have been staggered by hanging with Mr. 24 K Magic, rockin’ it in his super-intimate ultra-posh penthouse lounge. (You never know if he’s there until, well, he’s there, but hint: Hooligans.) Remember, max capacity is an insanely tiny 186, so maybe 170 get in. And on busy nights, there’s a line.

If you come in between 5 and 8 p.m., there’s no table minimum — again, amazing by Vegas club standards. From 8 p.m. on, you’re buying the table for the night. This is a very good thing. Depending on whether the Hooligans (and possibly Bruno) are playing or the Diamonds, the rates change. You can get a table for two for $150, the minimum. But with the Hooligans on stage, it jumps to $300-$700. A larger table for 6 to 8 is $1,000 or more.

If you want to meet the man, be respectful. Don’t bum rush his space, as Carl and Michael, Bruno’s security, will stop you cold with THEIR pinky.

But do tell Baez, the host at the door, that Bobby Vegas sent you. Please.

The DJs spin around the band, who play at least two sets starting at 9 or 10. The Hooligans do mostly jazz and funk for the first set, then more funk, pop, and disco (my fave) the second set. If Bruno joins them, he plays maybe four songs.

I grew up on “Soul Train,” so believe me when I say that when Bruno sings Marvin Gaye, it’s nothing less than amazing. And I bumped into a big guy at the bar who I thought was gonna break down and cry. “I been comin’ to Vegas forevah! An’ I never seen anything like this this. We did shots with Bruno, man! Shots!”

Bringing this back to LVA, is the Pinky Ring still a value play? Let me answer a question with a question.

If two orchestra seats at Bruno’s Dolby Live show at Park MGM set you back $600-$700 smackolas, is it worth spending $700-$1,000 to hang with the man in his very own lounge, living the 24 K magic live? Your other half will love you forever and you’ll talk about it for years. So if you can’t figure that out, please just go back to where you come from.

Oh, and the final secret? SRO is still free, if you can get in. So get in, early.

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Bobby Vegas: Waste Bothers Me

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I don’t get my kicks on Route 66. I get them chasing value. Wherever I go.

Friends had a kitchen in a summer-camp conference center in Virginia, which burned down recently when a neighbor’s bonfire got out of control. No insurance. I saw an eight-foot stainless-steel triple-compartment sink ($1,500 retail) in a construction dumpster. I called my friends; they said “Perfect!” I hired a buddy with a pickup for $50 to move it into my back yard until they can pick it up.

Value proposition solved. Even good for the environment.

I bought silver below $18. It’s now $28.50

At McDonalds, I get a snack and like the App offer for free fries when I buy a $2 burger. The fries would cost more than the burger and I get an additional 10% in points.

In Vegas, whether it’s LVA newsletter tips, Member Rewards Book coupons that have given me a 10-to-1 return for 20 years, American Casino Guide’s free downloadable coupons, VPfree2 for the best video poker, Jean Scott’s Video Poker Scouting Guide that’s returned 1500% to me, I’m always chasing value.

Downtown Grand is great value. Rainbow is great value.

Then there’s spending $10,000 taking 15 people to Stadium Swim for the Super Bowl when one ticket at Allegiant cost that much.

And renting a 6,000-square-foot Villa in the 5-star tower at Encore instead of a trade show booth, saving my corporate client $100,000 over what they paid every year before —completely blowing the clients’ minds and generating $1 million in new product sales in 90 days.

Or discovering, attending, and partying at the opening of Bruno Mars Pinky Ring lounge for $75 a night. An ultimate experience and an insane value.

My 17 days in Vegas for the Super Bowl and a week at the Pinky Ring cost $3,400. I made $8,000 on new-client orders in 45 days. That’s value.

Researching, devising, and implementing a value Strategy are fun for me. Doing match play or coupon runs while cashing in free food is fun. And don’t think I survive on burgers and fries. My freezer has lobster claws bought on sale and Washington State oysters at $14 a pound.

A favorite book by Malcolm Gladwell, called The Tipping Point, shows how fads, phenomena, and new-product launches happen. He identifies two key players in this process: information mavens (that’s me) and connectors (that’s Anthony Curtis).

I get my kicks researching, analyzing, and discovering new information and sharing it with others. That’s you people. Hope it helps.

Then I hand it to a connector. Anthony gets it out wide.

Coupons are a form of money. If you can’t “lower” yourself to utilize it, go ahead and pay retail.

If you can’t see value in 50%-off Seniors Day at Siegel’s 1941 on Wednesday or getting a free $8 ice cream cone sometime in your birthday month at Ben and Jerry’s, its fine by me. But I like free. Free is fun.

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Can’t Stop Talking about Rainbow and Emerald Isle

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Deke, my editor at the Las Vegas Advisor, asked me to expand on the changes in the mailer from Rainbow/Emerald Isle and this is turning into a whole article on why I love Rainbow.

I stay at the Downtown Grand and drive out to Rainbow a LOT. It’s only 15-20 minutes down the freeway and as I have hundreds of dollars in unspent comps and am on a first-name basis with the staff, I love going — sometimes for breakfast, sometimes dinner, great games all the time. The Rainbow’s daily specials, most for $9, are fantastic.

I’m an anti-Strip guy. When I went to the Pinky Ring at Bellagio nightly for a week or more, I was overwhelmed by the traffic, crowds, $18-$20 parking, and the unplayable games.

But way out on funky little Water Street in Old Henderson, I found my intimate and insanely friendly goldmine, baby.

Since the recent Emerald Isle/Rainbow buyout, the first sign of ownership change is they combined the two properties’ monthly mailers. Each had weekly coupons for the Emerald Isle diner and my fave, Triple B at Rainbow. Now the weekly free meal is either/or, one coupon in one combined mailer for both properties and you can go to the diner or Triple B for breakfast at either place or dinner.

To me, it’s not that big a change. I never could use all my offers anyway.

True, some of those came from hitting some super 50x (+5%!) points on video reels 2-3 a.m. or just the 25x midnight-2 a.m. and 4 to 6 a.m. You won’t get super multipliers on 10/7 Double Double Bonus, but
I’ve played a lot of qualifying games at 101% or better.

I also want to give a shout out to locals that their monthly ticket giveaways are awesome! You earn points all month and put the tickets in the barrel; I’ve been there for giveaways and NO ONE SHOWS UP! They often have to call three, four, or more people to find a winner who’s present. And the prizes aren’t shabby — two tickets to Golden Knights games and all sorts of great concerts. I even saw them give away two tickets U2 at Sphere. That’s a $1,200-$1,500 prize. And on Mondays they have easy- peasey gift days, only 200 points.

Other things I like about Water Street in Old Henderson are all the funky cool shops and restaurants. Many of them take your points from Rainbow and Emerald Isle.

The third casino there, the Pass, gives out $10 in free play and there’s a Circa Sports outpost right by the door. While I’m at Rainbow and Emerald Island, it’s easy to place and cash my Circa bets.

So Deke, sorry, but you’ll have to edit me down again. I just can’t say enough about Rainbow and Emerald Island!

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Seventeen Days in Vegas

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What could possibly not happen in that time? Well, let’s see what did.

To start was a six-day Super Bowl event I’d been planning for 18 months. Even with all the client frustrations and a greatly reduced crowd of 15 people, it was a huge success. It took place at Stadium Swim at Circa and the bill was around $10,000.

Shaq’s Fun House at XS at the Wynn the Friday night before Super Bowl Sunday was, in a word, wild.

I got photo-hustled twice, once on Fremont Street and once in the Bellagio self-park.

(I also needed a pinky ring for — what else? — Bruno Mars’ Pinky Ring at Bellagio and bought some fake gold from a “broke Saudi” who needed gas money to get home to San Francisco. It’s okay. I didn’t have to go to a jewelry store, figured it was fake, and got a “gold chain” too, all $100 for what was worth maybe $20.)

Besides, before this trip, I learned that Bruno Mars was opening an intimate lounge at Bellagio and his band The Hooligans was going to play over the first two weeks. I’m a huge Bruno fan, having seen him twice in Vegas and North Carolina. I had to be there, especially Monday night after the Super Bowl. So I booked several reservations for opening night and other nights.

And baby, I became a star. Worked the Bobby Vegas LVA journalist thing all the way home. It was so incredible, I decided to stay in Vegas for the Hooligans’ entire 14-day run or until I fell over dead. I was there for six out of the first eight nights, dancing up a storm with all sorts of hotties and getting a massage the first three days to work out the kinks. The band actually asked to take a picture with Bobby Vegas. But there’s a rule: What happens in the Pinky Ring stays in the Pinky Ring. So the house photographer took the shot and I still don’t have a copy!

Bruno got up and shook my hand the second night. I don’t remember what he said, but let me repeat that. Bruno Mars got up and shook my hand.

I danced with Janelle Monae and her girlfriend (well, okay, there were like 10 of us). I bonded with Jackie Wilson’s son Bobby and danced with Tina Turner’s goddaughter Gladys, who said I was the best dancer she’s ever been with. Two 40-something African American ladies asked me, “You’re from Brooklyn, right?” And a 20-something Colombian I was dancing salsa with said, “You’re Latino, right?”

The hosts all welcomed me back every night like I was the celebrity. I became an honorary Hooligan, spent oodles of money going to the Pinky Ring six times, though it was mostly from wins at video poker and roulette, and brought home tons of swag.

Then I got COVID.

More than a month later, I’m still recovering.

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Bobby Vegas: How Stacking Works

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Stacking is a concept born from mad coupon grocery shoppers who scour multiple offers to get free food. You’ve probably heard of folks getting grocery carts full of food for pennies. We use that concept to maximize the value on standing casino offers and coupons. Combining them in order is the key and every one of these techniques lowers or eliminates the house edge.

Here are some examples using signup promotions and the MRB free play, matchplay, and food coupons (Plaza, The D, Golden Gate, Downtown Grand, El Cortez, Ellis Island, etc.).

Take the free play first. Run a $10 coupon, for instance, once through a good video poker machine, ending up, hopefully, with $9.50 or so. Use that money to pay some or all of a matchplay coupon. A second option is to use it for a 2-for-1 or 50%-off food offer.

Example: The D always gives me some free play and food comps. I like their low-key Circa book upstairs by Bar Canada and the Circa outlet next to Rainbow in Henderson, where I play, a lot. The comp minimum can be as low as $5 or $10, or higher depending on play. Use the free play and MRB free play to pay for the $25 or $50 matchplay.

(Also the “Southwest Show Your Ticket” and the “ Mention Mike” for additional matchplays. The D, Golden Gate, and Circa also give you non-expiring chips. Others, like Downtown Grand and Plaza, give you a 24-hour matchplays.)

When you have a series of, say, three chips, play them one after the other. Craps pass line is the best bet. You’re making a 50/50 bet with a 2-for-1 payoff. Bet $50 to win $100 and your bet back. It doesn’t get much better than that — playing on their dime, their time.

Then, depending on how hungry you are, try the pizza at the Plaza, shrimp cocktail at Fremont, burgers at Binion’s, or a Coney dog at the D (or meals at Four Queens’ Magnolia, Siegels 1941 at El Cortez, Freedom Beat at the Grand, or many others.)

I use my comp and money from free play or matchplays and my food MRBs … on the house!

Here’s na old example of extreme stacking. Ellis Island had a placemat offer for $10 in food or free play for a sign up and $10 for you if you brought someone in. I brought in a dozen or so people over time. Then I played 9/6 JOB, cashed out, and had their killer steak dinner for $8.

But wait! I used the MRB coupon for 50% off and on points. I called it “Free Steaks Forever.”

Info found at VPfree2 lists every casino’s player club points calculations and the best video poker.

Thank me later or buy a Bobby Vegas T-shirt. One says, “So many casinos, so little time.”