Author Archives: queen of comps

8/4/2005 Math experts find it easy to figure what percentage a casino slot club gives as benefits. They start assigning x’s and y’s to unknown elements of an algebraic equation, then they take it from there. I don’t know about … Continue reading →

7/1/2005 Although I’m on the outside of the casino business, that is, on the player’s side of the fence, I like to read about the inside of it. Some may quote the old adage about knowing your enemy, although I’ve … Continue reading →

6/3/2005 TAKING MY OWN ADVICE “Just ask.” I keep all the material for each casino where we play in its own Ziplock bag — slot cards, coupons, information about hosts and comps, mailers, requirements for bounce-back, whatever. Although I try … Continue reading →

5/6/2005 The following is a guest column by Brian G. Summer in Las Vegas can be brutal — hard on your body, hard on your vehicle. And these days, having to drive all over the place to pick up bounce-back … Continue reading →

4/1/2005 Nope, we don’t quit at 2:30 p.m., even if we are now winners. 2:46 p.m. Brad is dealt 4-of-a-kind. “”It seems like I just can’t improve these hands.”” I remind him of something he already knows — that you … Continue reading →

3/4/2005 Last spring I wrote several ranting columns about too much gratuitous sex everywhere I look in Vegas — and now I feel myself getting wound up again. The Nevada Gaming Commission dismissed two of three counts of a complaint … Continue reading →

2/4/2005 Recently, I’ve run across two new products I’d like to recommend for blackjack players. The first is a three-card set of tri-fold laminated blackjack strategy charts developed by the esteemed blackjack guru Don Schlesinger. There’s a card for single-deck, … Continue reading →

1/6/2005 We “escaped” from Las Vegas at just the right time, missing most of the rain and catching Georgia in an unusually warm and sunny winter period. We enjoyed our time away from video poker, with no demanding casino bounce-back … Continue reading →

12/2/2004 Brad and I counted comps in our gambling win/loss figures when we first started playing in casinos more than 20 years ago, and many casual recreational gamblers may want to do it too. And if you’ve planned to take … Continue reading →

11/9/2004 1. If you’ve been following my writings for a while, you know I’m highly skeptical of gambling “”systems.”” In fact, I wrote the following in More Frugal Gambling: “”The word system connected with gambling has a negative connotation and … Continue reading →