Received postcards today announcing that the Binions/Four Queens merger will happen the week of November 7, 2022. Earn and access cash and comps using the new All Access card. We must go to either players club to get the new card and to get the bounceback free play in November and December.
This is a merger of the two players clubs. The whole casinos aren't merging. There will still be a Binion's Casino and a Four Queens Casino.
This will come as a huge shock to anyone following this merger but it didn't happen yesterday. They're claiming today but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Originally posted by: mannydogpro
This will come as a huge shock to anyone following this merger but it didn't happen yesterday. They're claiming today but I wouldn't hold my breath.
The $hitshow happening as expected. System went down at both places yesterday with no points accuing on card readers.
Freeplay required activation at the booth yesterday then the booths went down too later in the day.
Originally posted by: mannydogpro
The $hitshow happening as expected. System went down at both places yesterday with no points accuing on card readers.
Freeplay required activation at the booth yesterday then the booths went down too later in the day.
Good to know. Seldom does the intergration of two systems go without a hitch. I am sure that the 4 Queens and Binion's are not pleased with this situation. Hopefully these problem(s) will soon be fixed. I feel sorry for the slot club employees - and the customers.
I was at the 4Q yesterday and the merger of the slot clubs was completed and the new cards were working. The combined totals for both points and comp dollars were correct.
Originally posted by: Don the Dentist
I was at the 4Q yesterday and the merger of the slot clubs was completed and the new cards were working. The combined totals for both points and comp dollars were correct.
Great news. Like they say, "patience is a virtue".
Great news Don. Thanks for updating.
Now the key questions that we likely wont know for a bit. Do they combine the value of the mailers for 4Q and Binions into one mailer? Do you have to maintain play at EACH property to continue to get their juicy mailers?
It would be nice to double up the play and do it all at Binions and continue to collect the value of the diamond mailer x2 without having to suffer on those god awful uprights and the miserable 50cent grind at QQQQ. People rag on Binions but I actually prefer the quiet and less smoke area back by the deli to the QQQQ where there's always someone fouling the air not to mention the steady stream of undesirables lurking around the corners.
Mannydogpro - That is the million dollar question - What will the January mailer contain? It will the the first mailer after the merger of the slot clubs.
Will the free play be the total of the old mailers from both the 4Q and Binions? Or will it contain a lesser amount?
I agree with you about Binions being more quiet (and the deli sandwiches are very good). But the 99.17% payback on Bonus Poker at Binions vs the 99.54% on 9/6 Jacks and 100.17% on 10/7 Double Bonus at the 4Q, makes me give the 4Q the majority of my play.
Based on a LOT of previous experience, $X of play at the merged casinos gets you much less than that same amount, split between the two previously separate entities, would have gotten you. Sometimes, half as much.
Getting separate comps and free play was pretty much the only reason to play at Binions anyway. I hope the 4Q doesn't make anything worse. My Nov-Dec offers are the same as previous months.
