Comments on: Brad Luck Hits Again

By: Marissa

Marissa — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:03:05 +0000

What a great unexpected win. Congrats to Brad. Tell him next time no banging on the screen, it pays to be patient.

Lucky Guy.

By: winjpmeplz

winjpmeplz — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:28:54 +0000

WTG Brad. I love hearing from you, about all the trips you go on and winnings you win. Keep it up. I hope to run into the two of you when I am in Vegas someday.

By: queen of comps

queen of comps — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:34:41 +0000

I’m not sure what would have happened if I had hit the jackpot. Sometimes it makes a difference if your cards are “linked,” as is the case for us at this casino. But one can never be sure what a casino will do. It is usually best to play on your own card!!!!

By: Theresa

Theresa — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:41:53 +0000

I’m curious. I have heard that a casino can deny a person a jackpot if they are playing on someone else’s card. Would you have gotten paid had you been the one who hit the jackpot since you were playing with your husband’s card?

By: Steve in Michigan

Steve in Michigan — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:00:42 +0000

Good for Brad. You might have to change the website from Jean Scott’s Frugas Vegas to Jean Scott’s Frugal Casinos.

By: Fred Oyang

Fred Oyang — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:58:56 +0000

Alas, I was at the Atlantis last week too playing a variety of machines but wasn’t there when Brad his his jackpot. Interesting, didn’t know that it was based on total coin-in – I just thought it was completely random selection of a played machine.
That’s the second time I’ve missed meeting you Jean – we’ve been in the same casino at similar times! I’ll keep playing and looking for you!

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:43:28 +0000

Congrats on the win! I’ve played a lot at Atlantis and have noticed that the Money Maker jackpot almost always goes to someone playing higher denominations–which means that you earn electronic “entries” based on total coin-in, NOT total plays. So the high-rollers get the goodies–which is better than giving them to someone playing the fullpay ten-nickel machines in the back.

I was at the Atlantis the same time you were, but I was up in the Skywalk area most of the time. The sunlight is very nice–you don’t usually get that in a casino–and the smell of garlic from the Oyster Bar was something very nice as well! They had 4X comp and I played multi-line NSUD, for a modest loss of $60 but $95 in earned comps, which I used at Bistro Napa, a terrific restaurant. The Atlantis is the best place to play AND stay in Reno IMHO, and I’m sure that you and Brad will zoom straight to the top of their VIP list, since they’ll want their money back 🙂

By: Sherry

Sherry — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:32:13 +0000

Congratulations! I lived in Reno for 1 year and came back to SoCal. I never had any luck at Atlantis.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:29:37 +0000

Actually one of the benefits of you guys playing so much is that you end up in these situations and you can share them with us. It’s great to hear these stories.

I can’t help but laugh thinking about if Brad had broken the machine because he won. The employees later would say, “Yeah, this guy won the big jackpot but then started smashing up the machine. Must have been drugs.”

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:18:21 +0000

Congrats Brad on the good fortune. Just goes to show that you can’t win if you don’t play!