How many people can play on one players club card?

We are bringing my in laws to Vegas for their first trip in Feb. This will probably be a once in a lifetime trip for them so we were going to have them use our total rewards cards when they are gambling. How many people can play on one card? My husband and I always play on his card without problems but I didn't know if there would be problems with adding two more people playing on that same card.

Some people get away with more than 2. I usually don't. YMMV
I would give to whoever the highest rollers are.
I've never had CE/HET Props hassle us about playing on same cards, but Some casinos do.

If you and your husband play quarters, and your folks play nickels, for instance, I would have
them play on their own cards.
If you All play on nickels? Then doesn't matter..........Hope you all have Fun!

Paul and I always play on his card with no trouble.

How about giving the other couple your card and maybe build
some comp points for yourself. We do that once in a while too.
Then I can get a few offers in my name and maybe some free play
to go along with his.

Any way you do it, have fun, and good luck.

Thanks guys! We decided to do just what you suggested paulju. Keith and I will play on my card and his parents will play on his card. They will probably spend way more money than us gambling!! Hoping they get lots of points on his card for us to use comps for our August trip. Bringing Vegas Newbies with us then too!!

Another question on card sharing. My son and his friend are joining me in Vegas starting Sunday and staying at Caesars. They want to play on my card as they won't gamble that much as this is their first trip to Vegas so will be seeing the sites.
What would happen if one of them hits a hand pay jackpot with my card in? Will it be denied? Do I have be there to collect?

No, they don't usually even look at the card in the machine when they come to pay for a jackpot. If that happens and he is worried about it, there should be plenty of time while waiting for someone to show up at the machine to pull the card out. for tax purposes, it will show up on your win/loss, but the W-2 G will be in his name

Thanks Karen. This is a big help.

jcreek,

I've had 3 hand pays while playing on my wife's card. The first one, they brought out the W2G with my wifes name on it, they re-did it, even though I handed over my drivers license. The second one I handed my drivers license right away and made a point of "who I was". Not any big problems on the first 2.
The last one was in December while in AC. Handed over my license, made a point of "who I was", the
attendant leaves, comes back and sez, "you are not in our system (which is entirely untrue), I can not pay you, is your wife here?" "Yes" sez I, and pointed over to where she was playing. My wife had showed up when the attendant returned, I hold out my hand to collect, and he will not pay me, just my wife, who also ended up on the W2G. My advice, as Karens, would be to just pull the card. I've read somewhere that you can go to Gaming control to have them resolve it if you really need to push it, but I did not really feel the need.

Good luck on those hand pays!

That's absurd. I'm not questioning that it happened, but in Nevada (and it should work the same way in Atlantic City) the person who pressed the button gets the W-2G (and the money). The attendant who gave your wife the money and the W-2G was wrong -- the players club card inserted in the machine has no bearing on who placed the wager or who won the jackpot.

What if you had walked up to a machine that had someone's abandoned card in it and you didn't notice and started playing? Would they have only paid the random person who left their card in the machine, instead of you? That's silly.


jcreek: Whoever places the wager will get the money (and the W-2G). As Karen said, the win will appear on your Win/Loss statement from the casino if you choose to get one of those at the end of the year, but the W-2G and the money will go to the person who placed the wager.

That is total BS.
Nobody has to be in anybody's "system" to get paid for a jackpot.
Nobody has to have a players card at all to get paid for a jackpot.
Don't go back to that place.