South Point promo: analysis

This month's promo is the somewhat wackadoodle "must hit" recurring $10,000-$25,000 progressive. The kicker is that when it hits, everyone playing a machine gets $25. That's where the value actually is.

There's also a recurring $1000-$2500 progressive, with no bonus for the masses when it hits.

What's the value of this? Impossible to say. However, given that you can easily achieve breakeven just by playing NSUD (99.73%) plus the 0.3% slot club, whatever it's worth is gravy.

A major factor, difficult to quantify, is just how often the larger progressive hits. I've heard in the past that it hits as seldom as once a week. That's kinda hard to believe, though, given that they advertise it as a "$650,000" promo and even if it hit at the max with 1,000 people playing, that would still only be $50,000 going out. More info is needed.

I'm sure that as the progressive approaches $25,000, the local lowlifes, er, skilled advantage players will be frantically texting each other back and forth. Various denizens who have been sleeping in storm drains will show up to play one nickel at a time and get that sweet $25.

It's seemed in the past that when I try to quantify the value of a South Point promo, it winds up being between 0.3% and 0.4%--effectively doubling the slot club return. I suspect that might be the case here. Positive expectation! Live it up! Honey, can you go over and stand in the buffet line while I play?

   "local lowlifes",? How gratuitous of you. I personally have been at South Point when this reccuring event has taken place and have been playing when it was hit. I saw no denizens from a storm drain show up as the progressive approached $25,000. When it hit, my machine notified me that the $25 was avilable to download. This promo is easy to benefit from, all you have to do is be playing with your slot card in the machine. Good luck!

I wasn't referring to you, David. I know you're not a local.

     Whoever you were referring to, it was and is gratuitous.

Thank you for sharing your opinion. And you're definitely not a lowlife local, since you're not a local.

Thank you for sharing your opinion. And you're definitely not a lowlife local, since you're not a local.

    The inferance is clear - Lewis is calling me a "lowlife". This derogatory comment breaks the Forum rules and should not be allowed according to the rules. 

Children...go stand in the corner!!

   I am not a child. This type of rude, crude snarky name calling behavior has been going on for years by Lewis and Lewis is still allowed to do this in spite of the Forum rules and previous warnings and barring he has received. He has taken this behavior out of the Sink and now has brought it to this Forum location. His unending series of filth laden responses has ruined the Sink and has run off many who used to post there - and now he brazenly has brought his uncalled for remarks here. Anyone perusing the Sink can see and verify the veracity of what I speak of concerning his posts. His actions are not right and should not be allowed to continue. I have been an Advisor subscriber for over 25 years and have never seen any other person who has posted in the Forums conduct themselves in the manner that he has done the past 5 years. Many others have remarked about this type of behavior from Lewis - to no avail. Enough is enough. If my posting here is deemed worthy of me being barred - so be it. I will not stand for his filthy, uncivilized verbal attacks here or in the Sink any more and I will continue to demand that this type of behavior from Lewis end.

David, in his continuing feud with me, occasionally sneaks outside the Sink to seek out posts I've made in other forums, then tries to contradict or otherwise attack me there. He's a bit more cautious there, though, than he is in the Sink, where he regularly--as in, several times a day--accuses me of being a liar and a traitor and "destroying America." So you're just seeing more of his vitriol here.

I couldn't resist reacting to his faux outrage about my remark regarding the locals who come out of the woodwork at certain times during promos. He's not one of them, so I don't see why he's upset.