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		<title>By: Quadzilla</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most casino managers have no idea what their goal is.  They think it is making money.  It isn&#039;t.  

A casino managers job is simple.  Make happy sheep. (and don&#039;t slaughter them).
Happy sheep are happy to donate their savings to your machines.  Unhappy sheep
think your casino is &quot;bad luck&quot; and head for a &quot;better&quot; option.

This means short lines.  Don&#039;t you fools understand that most people have only so much time and when that time is wasted in line, it&#039;s not wasted playing video keno or Buffalo slots.

This means decent returns on games.  When games are set to 90% return and below,
the sheep get slaughtered and go away.   You morons only give about 1% in cash back
on slots (and far less on the strip), yet typically take over 10%.  Be less greedy.  Either give 2-3% cash back on slots and keno (which can be a HUGE marketing tool compared to your competition) or set your games to return about 95% or so.  People want to play awhile before they have to sell their car, body, children or soul for more gambling money.  Most gamblers (especially locals) will lose that money sooner or later.  So let them lose it slower.  You truly don&#039;t care if someone loses their $500 rent money in 1 day or 3.
You have this fantasy that the sheep will lose $1500 in 3 days if you abuse them, but that is insanity.  The vast majority of customers can only lose so much and then there is no more.

This means promotions that don&#039;t use deception and don&#039;t have difficult rules that can trip up well meaning customers.  No more &quot;must be present to win&quot; drawings, especially if most tickets are earned through play.

It means giving offers that are good for several days.  Lots of these joints give free play or comps that are good 1 or 2 days.  Nobody likes getting an offer they cannot even use because, god forbid, they have lives outside of your casinos.  Do you really think you can get people to play more like this?  At least pay attention to zip codes.  If a customer lives more than 2 miles away, ease up on the frequency.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most casino managers have no idea what their goal is.  They think it is making money.  It isn&#8217;t.  </p>
<p>A casino managers job is simple.  Make happy sheep. (and don&#8217;t slaughter them).<br />
Happy sheep are happy to donate their savings to your machines.  Unhappy sheep<br />
think your casino is &#8220;bad luck&#8221; and head for a &#8220;better&#8221; option.</p>
<p>This means short lines.  Don&#8217;t you fools understand that most people have only so much time and when that time is wasted in line, it&#8217;s not wasted playing video keno or Buffalo slots.</p>
<p>This means decent returns on games.  When games are set to 90% return and below,<br />
the sheep get slaughtered and go away.   You morons only give about 1% in cash back<br />
on slots (and far less on the strip), yet typically take over 10%.  Be less greedy.  Either give 2-3% cash back on slots and keno (which can be a HUGE marketing tool compared to your competition) or set your games to return about 95% or so.  People want to play awhile before they have to sell their car, body, children or soul for more gambling money.  Most gamblers (especially locals) will lose that money sooner or later.  So let them lose it slower.  You truly don&#8217;t care if someone loses their $500 rent money in 1 day or 3.<br />
You have this fantasy that the sheep will lose $1500 in 3 days if you abuse them, but that is insanity.  The vast majority of customers can only lose so much and then there is no more.</p>
<p>This means promotions that don&#8217;t use deception and don&#8217;t have difficult rules that can trip up well meaning customers.  No more &#8220;must be present to win&#8221; drawings, especially if most tickets are earned through play.</p>
<p>It means giving offers that are good for several days.  Lots of these joints give free play or comps that are good 1 or 2 days.  Nobody likes getting an offer they cannot even use because, god forbid, they have lives outside of your casinos.  Do you really think you can get people to play more like this?  At least pay attention to zip codes.  If a customer lives more than 2 miles away, ease up on the frequency.</p>
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		<title>By: VICKI AND JIM ROACH</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[VICKI AND JIM ROACH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUST SPENT 9 DAYS IN VEGAS, (3 IN LAUGHLIN) AND ALTHOUGH WE COULD GET COMPED FOR A ROOM ON THE STRIP (AND DID SO FOR A FEW NIGHTS) MY WIFE AND I REALLY LIKE STAYING AT OFF STRIP CASINOS (GOLD COAST, ORLEANS, M). I WISH I UNDERSTOOD MORE THE POINT SYSTEM BOYD HAS AFTER READING OF YOUR DISPLEASURE WITH THE PAST CHANGES. WE MAKE THE VEGAS/LAUGHLIN TRIP ABOUT TWICE A YEAR SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BOYD PROPERTIES IN OUR AREA OFFERS DON&#039;T AFFECT US LIKE IT WOULD VEGAS LOCALS. NEVER IN VEGAS WITHOUT A CAR AND ALWAYS HAVE FUN.
LOVE READING YOUR BLOG, PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT INFORMATION ON &quot;WHATS HAPPENING IN VEGAS&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JUST SPENT 9 DAYS IN VEGAS, (3 IN LAUGHLIN) AND ALTHOUGH WE COULD GET COMPED FOR A ROOM ON THE STRIP (AND DID SO FOR A FEW NIGHTS) MY WIFE AND I REALLY LIKE STAYING AT OFF STRIP CASINOS (GOLD COAST, ORLEANS, M). I WISH I UNDERSTOOD MORE THE POINT SYSTEM BOYD HAS AFTER READING OF YOUR DISPLEASURE WITH THE PAST CHANGES. WE MAKE THE VEGAS/LAUGHLIN TRIP ABOUT TWICE A YEAR SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BOYD PROPERTIES IN OUR AREA OFFERS DON&#8217;T AFFECT US LIKE IT WOULD VEGAS LOCALS. NEVER IN VEGAS WITHOUT A CAR AND ALWAYS HAVE FUN.<br />
LOVE READING YOUR BLOG, PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT INFORMATION ON &#8220;WHATS HAPPENING IN VEGAS&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 06:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The VIP line at Palms AYCE has gotten as long as the regular line due to all the “non-handicapped” who have figured out that they cannot be asked to show evidence of their “handicapped” status. The cashier can only ask if they are handicapped and as long as they reply that they are they are permitted to access the VIP line. Lately most patrons on the VIP line are not VIP cardholders but low level players who figured out how to game the system. The cashiers say they are helpless to do anything.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The VIP line at Palms AYCE has gotten as long as the regular line due to all the “non-handicapped” who have figured out that they cannot be asked to show evidence of their “handicapped” status. The cashier can only ask if they are handicapped and as long as they reply that they are they are permitted to access the VIP line. Lately most patrons on the VIP line are not VIP cardholders but low level players who figured out how to game the system. The cashiers say they are helpless to do anything.</p>
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		<title>By: Sherri</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 07:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tx Station casinos gave choice of free merchandise or choose $5 Freeplay. Or I saw that posted at fiesta rancho.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tx Station casinos gave choice of free merchandise or choose $5 Freeplay. Or I saw that posted at fiesta rancho.</p>
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		<title>By: William Wingo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Wingo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was headed for the Gold Coast breakfast buffet in June. The line looked like about 45 minutes so I went to TGIF instead and walked right in. I&#039;m too old to spend a lot of time standing in lines, and don&#039;t need AYCE any more anyway. In fact, TGIF boxed up the leftovers, which is a &quot;no-no&quot; at the buffet. 
So far I&#039;ve survived the Boyd comps system changes, but it may be just a matter of time. 
I usually close with &quot;maybe I&#039;ll see you in Laughlin&quot;; but it doesn&#039;t look good there either.  Colorado Belle just closed their poker room and Golden Nugget mothballed their bimonthly blackjack tournament, which were the two major area attractions for us. Looks like it&#039;s back to Vegas to Boyd and South Point, while they last.
Instead I&#039;ll say &quot;good luck and good counting&quot;--if you can find a playable game.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was headed for the Gold Coast breakfast buffet in June. The line looked like about 45 minutes so I went to TGIF instead and walked right in. I&#8217;m too old to spend a lot of time standing in lines, and don&#8217;t need AYCE any more anyway. In fact, TGIF boxed up the leftovers, which is a &#8220;no-no&#8221; at the buffet.<br />
So far I&#8217;ve survived the Boyd comps system changes, but it may be just a matter of time.<br />
I usually close with &#8220;maybe I&#8217;ll see you in Laughlin&#8221;; but it doesn&#8217;t look good there either.  Colorado Belle just closed their poker room and Golden Nugget mothballed their bimonthly blackjack tournament, which were the two major area attractions for us. Looks like it&#8217;s back to Vegas to Boyd and South Point, while they last.<br />
Instead I&#8217;ll say &#8220;good luck and good counting&#8221;&#8211;if you can find a playable game.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should be common knowledge, but the longer I spend in line whether it&#039;s the buffet, a restaurant, the player&#039;s club, a kiosk, etc. the less time I will have to spend gambling in the casino.  This should be Casino Management 101.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It should be common knowledge, but the longer I spend in line whether it&#8217;s the buffet, a restaurant, the player&#8217;s club, a kiosk, etc. the less time I will have to spend gambling in the casino.  This should be Casino Management 101.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Cow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Cow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 21:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Palm&#039;s management is blind?
They must be aware of the lines that clog the casino floor.
Perhaps the cameras are not in their offices.
Security people see this clog and perhaps the hungry patrons get cranky.
Marketing makes it a big mess.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Palm&#8217;s management is blind?<br />
They must be aware of the lines that clog the casino floor.<br />
Perhaps the cameras are not in their offices.<br />
Security people see this clog and perhaps the hungry patrons get cranky.<br />
Marketing makes it a big mess.</p>
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		<title>By: queen of comps</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[queen of comps]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 21:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia
Drop a note to promotions@huntingtonpress.com and tell them the error message you get -  and they will subscribe you manually.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sylvia<br />
Drop a note to <a href="mailto:promotions@huntingtonpress.com">promotions@huntingtonpress.com</a> and tell them the error message you get &#8211;  and they will subscribe you manually.</p>
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		<title>By: Sylvia Gosline</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Gosline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 17:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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