Posts by: queen of comps

Two Newly-Released Resources

  1. For Coupon Lovers – American Casino Guide App now available for Android as well as Apple

Download Casino Coupons to Your ANDROID Phone or Tablet, with the New Updated 2.0 Version of the FREE American Casino Guide App  All Coupons are FREE through October 31, 2015. – New coupons are being added all the time. Be sure to check back frequently. – Uses GPS to show you which casinos near you have Instant Coupons offers. – Ability to search instant coupon offers by type. For example: buffet, room, show, etc. Users can also search by casino name, city, state or zip code.

This FREE app also offers the following benefits: * Works without being connected to Internet (In some instances, Internet connection is required) * Find any U.S. casino by name, city, state or zip code * Get detailed information on each casino: name, address, phone numbers, room rates, buffet    prices, games offered, senior discounts and special features. * Find exclusive discount coupon offers for more than 80 casinos, including FREE: rooms, food, drinks, shows, gambling money, matchplay bonuses, plus much more! * Uses GPS to show you which casinos near you have special offers in the American Casino Guide, plus other casinos with money-saving offers. * Uses GPS to show you which casinos are near you within a 50-mile radius * State-by-state directory of all casinos with both map and list views * Turn-by-turn directions to any U.S casino

For more information, go to  the Google Play Store and search “American Casino Guide.”

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2. For VP Players – A major upgrade to Dunbar’s Risk Analyzer for Video Poker. 

Here are some of the new features in v2.0:

· You can now do bankroll risk calculations on 46 multi-line video poker games.

· You can now include progressive jackpots.

· You can now include a jackpot bonus.

· You can now see how stopping when you hit a royal flush affects your bankroll.

· You can now see what happens to your overall results if you plan to stop when you reach a specified “Goal”.

As before, DRA-VP 2.0 can answer questions like these:

·How much money do I need to bring with me to have just a 1% chance of going broke in 10 hours of play? What if I want to play 20 hours?

·What is my long term chance of going broke if I start with $2,000?

·What is the chance I will be $3,000 ahead at some point during a 20-hour trip?

·How does cashback affect my bankroll requirements? What about tipping?

·What is the effect of occasional play errors on my risk of ruin?

·How does state tax withholding affect my bankroll requirements?

·What is the chance I will end my trip with at least a 20% gain in bankroll? A 40% gain?

·What is the chance I will have lost more than 60% of my bankroll at the end of a trip?

·What is the chance I will bust out before I’ve played 16 hours of a planned 20 hours?

·How long do I have to play this game to have about a 5/6 chance of being ahead?

DRA-VP 2.0 comes pre-loaded with 54 video poker pay schedules (46 are also 3-, 5-, 10-line) and room for another 50 custom games. It’s easy to use and runs on any PC with Excel 2002 or later. (Sorry, it will not run on a Mac) The price at ShopLVA.com is $19.95. It’s available on CD, or can also be ordered as a download. If you  already own DRA-VP 1.0 or 1.5, you can upgrade for $12.00.

SEPTEMBER VEGAS PROMOTIONS (Part 2)

By now, the casino websites should have all the updates about September promotions, including for Labor Day weekend and kicking off the football season.  Here are some new details I just found out in my wanderings around the city.

SEPTEMBER VEGAS PROMOTIONS (Part 1)

First, a technical note: In my last blog entry, I explained that I needed to start a new subscribers list since my last one had so many invalid e-mail addresses. Most people who wanted to re-subscribe or start receiving e-mail notifications when I posted a new entry found it easy to follow the instructions on the right side of the blog homepage. However, some had trouble on their iPads or other mobile devices. We are working on making this easier, but in the meantime you might have success by going to the bottom of the page if you’re on the mobile site & push “original version.”

Below is the promotion information I have found so far. As usual, many casinos don’t put out publicity much in advance, so in a few days I will write a Part 2 to cover what I find out later.

Updating Subscriber List

Due to  issues with so many invalid email addresses, I was finding it impossible to do a proper “housecleaning” of my subscriber list.  Therefore I need to start a brand-new one.

Sorry for this small technical matter, but if you want to be sent an email notification when I post a new blog entry, would you please go to the right side of my blog homepage and “Subscribe.”  Then  you will immediately receive a confirmation e-mail.  Click within that email and you are all set.  I usually only post about once  a week, so it won’t clutter up your Inbox.

One other note here.  Many of you read my posts frequently but say you don’t make an effort to go back in-between my postings to read the comments. I would encourage you to take the time to do this.  These comments often have additional helpful information, particularly giving more details on valuable promotions.  Perhaps a good habit would be to scan the recent past comments (again on the right side of the homepage) when you read a current post.

Coming up soon will be my blog on September promotions.  As usual, I hope this monthly blog will give you some ways to boost your gambling results!

Mid-August Promo Reminders

Still time to take advantage of a promo GOLD COAST has been running all month called Throwback Thursdays: Get 40X points on your first 400 base points from 4:00am to 4:00pm every Thursday and this includes all slot and video poker play.

THE ORLEANS has just added a similar promo

FRUGAL RESOURCES

While doing the research on my current project to update my book More Frugal Gambling, especially the coupon chapter, I became re-acquainted with a fellow retired English teacher I had met many years ago.  Dewey has tons of frugal ideas that would interest visitors who want to cut costs during their Vegas vacations, and in particular would be helpful to those who are looking to stay for long periods of time.

Go to  his site for a rich source of his ideas for frugal gambling, accommodations, food, and entertainment.  He is a big fan of bus transportation to get around town and shares those money-saving experiences here.

Here are some of the Websites and Internet forums he and others use to keep up on the ever-changing casinos in a city that is constantly reinventing itself:

Exclamation Points!!!

Warning:  This is a proud Grandma post and not about gambling or Las Vegas.  But a few of you have asked for some family news – and since I have been super busy updating Frugal 2, I decided to let granddaughter Kaitlynn fill some space here.  I feel it is important to  stress that gamblers need to have a balanced life – and my family gives me the balance I need.  (And we will be GA the next week or so enjoying that family part of the balance – and I may – or not – have time to report in here.)

I recently got this message from Kaity who is taking a Travel Writing course (plus French) in Paris this summer.

“Hey Grandma! I’m having an awesome time in Paris so far! My travel writing teacher said something funny today that I thought I would share. We are only given an allowance of 3 exclamation points for the entire 5 weeks! So, I thought I’d get them all out now!!!!! Hehehe”

I guess some apples don’t fall far from the tree.

Here is her “final” for the Travel Writing course.  And below is the result of 3 years of college classes working on a major in Communication.

 

AUGUST VEGAS PROMOTIONS

Hot News:  (It’s my blog and I decide what’s “hot” and important!  🙂 )  The White Castle in the Casino Royale gives a 10% discount to locals.  Just show your NV ID.  Actually we don’t eat there very often because the buns just aren’t the same – or as good – as the ones in Indianapolis. They do have a new item – at least new to me although perhaps they have introduced it nationwide – chicken rings.  We didn’t order that when we were there recently but it seems to be something like chicken nuggets.  We always stick to the onion chips as our side.

And something else doesn’t seem “right” – they call their burgers “sliders.”  I guess I have an old-age disease that resists change.  A real White Castle fan doesn’t need a modern term to explain the small-size burger – a White Castle is a “White Castle,” not a “hamburger” – and certainly not a “slider.”  (I have been a White Castle expert since I went to college in Cincinnati, back a hundred lives ago.)

Okay, back to what YOU might think is important – casino news.

Toilet Paper Gambling – Oh MY!

https://reason.com/blog/2015/07/20/seniors-gambling-for-toilet-paper-thank  

I may not mention being from Indiana for the next 5 years.  I’m out of words!  And I can’t find a category in which to put this  – is there one labeled “Crazy”?

Seeking Long-Term VP Success

What I usually write when you ask me to autograph one of my books:  “The more you study the ‘luckier’ you will be.”  And there are many versions of this concept.  But people often ask me for specific ways they can implement this general advice, so here are some that Brad and I have used down through the last 30 years, first when we played blackjack and then when we switched to VP about 25 years ago.

Remember our goal has always been “not to lose.”  We always said we would be happy to just “break even” on the money part and be able to enjoy the comps, which we considered the “gravy.”   That is still our plan even though, because of some of the “secrets” I will talk about here, we have always been able to achieve a long-term profit plus enjoy the comps.

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