STOP the Royal Flush MADNESS !!!

Bonus play has cash value as soon as you play it through once. What you do with it after that is up to you. I usually play it as soon as I sit down at a machine, and then use the result as starter money for an actual session.

Most of the prizes in promotions at my casinos are cash (or have a cash alternative), although last month I won a television...and didn't count that as drawing winnings, even though I probably will have to pay taxes on it.

My casinos used to issue cash coupons, which were directly converted into cash. Seems like now all the coupons I get are reminders of when bonus play has been added to my account, and can be redeemed without a visit to the player's club or cashier.

riverrat, you are correct: "Bonus play has cash value as soon as you play it through once." but how do you figure "bonus play" in your "net results" ?

for example, if you get $100 in bonus play, but then play it through, and youre left with $25 you can't say your "$100 bonus play" is really worth $100. Or do you?

On the other hand, you play through your $100 of bonus play and hit a royal for $4,000. Then how do you count it?

Im really curious how you measure "bonus play" towards your bottom line? thanks.

I count it at whatever I end up with after playing it through once. My most recent result was $15 in bonus play that I used before a dollar session. I lost all three hands, so didn't record anything. If I had hit a RF, I would counted my bonus play as $4000+.

fair enuf. thanks.