Cosmopolitan reimburses first $100 slot loss...

The fine print said the amount of your loss would be determined by a slot club rep only. In other words, the computer, which will show your coin-in and coin-out for the day. The difference between those two amounts is your win or loss.

Money in and money played is two different things.

When you hear terms like "coin-in", they are not referring to money put in the machine, but money actually played.

Meanwhile, the computers can track how much you have bet (coin in) and how much you have won. So, putting a $100 bill in the machine and then playing $5 and cashing out with no winnings, will show a $5 play, $5 loss.

If you had played $5 and won $2, it would still show $5 coin in, and $2 win. At that point, your losses would be $3.

I'm wondering if it plays like the $100 offer at Terribles?

Or $200 at Trop?

If anyone Does this Cosmo offer, please tell us how it worked for them. ThX!

My in-laws are staying at Aria next week when we're in town, so I'll definitely get over there to check it out--will report what I learn.

I emailed them for clarification and received this back:

Thank you for your inquiry, this promotion is for new sign ups only but we are continuously rolling out promotions/events for existing members
so keep an eye out! Have a great night!

Then their ad is false advertising. They forgot to put that in the fine print.

Nice try Cosmo. Or should I say, Not nice try cosmo.
Not spilling out that Important piece of Info. in the ad???
Just like hotels Not listing resort fees in their ads.

WE are catching on to these clowns....

Got The Who song in my head...........We Won't get Fooled again!

I and two buddies went to Cosmo this June 4th. We signed up at their Identity Card booth. There was NO advertisements anywhere there about this $100 free play promo but the boothlings knew about it well. I was told it was for new signups for all play day up to $100 in free play.

When I signed up, they gave me $5.00 in promo free play and an additional $5.00 for giving them an email. I gave them an email I rarely use, and so started off with $10 promotional play but was told that it would not work on any progressive machines. You have to insert money into the machines equivalent to your first bet to trigger any free play.

I made $6.00 on my $10.00 free play in a reel slot machine. I planned to play a volatile machine for up to a $100 loss, then try a non-volatile machine (either VP or machine BJ) if I was issued free play. When I played my actual dollars, I wound up hitting "BAR Double BAR" for a net $45 profit and so I was not interested in losing it again so I never used the promo.

Both my buddies lost their $100. One was confused as he thought he had lost $100 but the money he "won" on the free promo money counted against his $100 loss. So he had to lose more money -- he was very good at that. He had to go back to the long booth line several times as the free play was not reflected on his card/machines. In fact some machines did not seem to work on free play -- but I believe it was only techical glitches as they were all video slot machines. He then played video blackjack and "won" $115 on the $100 free play.

My last buddy used his free play on a reel slot machine and lost net $30.

The boothling told us that once free play was deposited in the card, it was good for one year.

It is an good promo and works a lot like the Terribles promo but differs in two ways: (1) Any promo free play they give you works against your losses if you cash any out; and (2) Only new signups.

These periodic promos simply reinforce my strategy of NOT signing up for any players clubs in a new casino unless there is promo.

One additional tidbit to my Cosmo story.

When I signed up I showed them my Ceasars/Harrahs Diamond Card and was told than instantly entitled me to a Cosmo "Gold" card which they gave me. Oddly is black colored players card with the word "GOLD" inscribed in gold letters. Not sure what the significance of the Gold card is or the duration as I was not interested.

I did this offer today after the booth confirmed it includes video poker as well as slot play. Thanks to vpFREE for directing me to a full pay machine--I quickly got up $100 and decided to cash out w/that win rather than lose it and my initial $100 for a chance for more.

If you've not previously signed up for a card, this definitely is worth doing--thanks to those of you who tipped me off to it.