Casino Promotions

This month I was going to write a promotion blog called Promotional Perils.  Well, I AM going to be writing on that subject but sad to say I will have to use very recent examples, some just encountered for our June play, which will show why smart players will need to stay alert. Not constantly monitoring players club changes and promotion details can be dangerous to your wallet.

THE M RESORT SPA CASINO

TROPICANA LAS VEGAS

Last month I wrote about the new benefits at the M Casino called Marquee Comps.  I gave the link for the dedicated website that covers the Marquee Rewards players club program for the many Penn National Gaming properties across the country.    I also made this comment:  “Notice that it does not include their recently-acquired Tropicana casino, which hasn’t as yet been folded into this players club system.”

First, just in case you haven’t marked them in your “Favorites,” let’s review the resources wise players will check for promotions that might be suitable for their playing style, gambling bankroll, and life goals after they have gone over their individual monthly casino mailings:

1. The Sunday – Scroll down to “Casino Promotions” to view the weekly list. Or search for “Promotions.”
2. Vegas Values – new list every Sunday plus a section of ongoing promotions.
3. Scot Krause’s list of bonus point opportunities.
4. The monthly Las Vegas Advisor  (for subscribers) and Today’s News (for everyone!)
5. Individual casino Websites

One of the best ways to find new plays is to use the above resources in conjunction with vpFREE2, which is a very comprehensive database of the best video poker games.  Video poker inventory is constantly changing.  Find a possibly good promotion in the resource list at a casino you haven’t ever visited or at least not for a long time?  Check out the vpFREE2 inventory and see if you could combine that promotion with an available game listed in the database and end up with a good play you hadn’t known about or considered before.    Scouting is the name of the game these days.  Don’t get in a rut and only look in your “usual” haunts!

Caesars Entertainment

Grow Your Tier Score April 1 – June 30

Total Rewards® members can grow their Tier Score this spring with a 50% BONUS when they earn at least 1,000 Tier Credits between April 1 and June 30, with a maximum bonus of 25,000 Tier Credits. Make sure you opt-in to this promotion in order to receive your bonus credits!  Official terms and conditions.

ELLIS ISLAND

They still have their free (no fee) coin exchange kiosk.  Receive 110% back in free play; 100% back in cash.  Must have a players card.  See players club for details and limitations.

I found this promotion on their Website:  “In town for a convention?  Show your badge at the promotions booth for a free 20oz craft beer.”

SENIOR OFFERS

The Palms doesn’t offer as much in the senior Sterling Advantage 50+ program as in the past. The only things I see for Senior Thursdays in my April mailer: “Half off at Bistro Buffet” and “$8 movie ticket, drink, and popcorn.”

To check other local senior days, check out individual local and downtown casino Websites, which usually have a detailed list of offers. Most have food discounts, but tournaments and drawings are also frequent benefits. And if you are a movie fan, there are often very frugal admission specials on senior days at casinos with movie theaters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hate to report on a casino promotion about which I can’t get official information, but I also want to warn people when one I have described in earlier blogs seems to be changing.

Just got this from a blog reader: “The CET Buffet promotion that was advertised to last until the end of March does no longer exist! Am I the only one that is aware of this?”  

Here is a vpFREE post from a reliable source in answer to my query about this:

Jean, I just went to check another forum on what Dan Druff, probably the best expert on the internet today on CET Total Rewards, had to say about this. It was reported to him yesterday that the buffet promo was cancelled. He looked into it and reported today that the buffet offer “still exists ‘secretly’ for locals until 3/31. If you have a Nevada I.D., you can go to the TR desk and they will honor it. If you are from outside of Nevada it ended today.”

I am always dubious about anecdotal information that depends on a particular casino or comes from a particular casino employee.  What might work at one casino might not at another time or place.  So all I can say is that you should check this out before you play specifically for this promotion.

By the way, the forum mentioned above can be accessed here, and I found a lot of helpful information about the CET players club in the section of the forum called “Total Rewards and MLife.”  But I have been warned that there is a lot of troll infestation in the site.

From Mark’s Las Vegas:  “Club Palms, the players club for the Palms casino, is running a tier matching promotion.” Bring your high tier players card from another Las Vegas area casino and they will match your status and reward you with free play.  See full conversion schedule for many cards here.    Not only good for new Club Palms members but for those who haven’t played at the Palms within the past 12 months.

House Seats  is running a 2-for-1 special that ends on February 16. Get a 2-year membership for the one-year price, for new members or renewals. I highly recommend this if you like the opportunity to see a large variety of shows for free (after you have paid the membership fee). Unfortunately this is an opportunity only for Las Vegas residents.

Now for a good promo that can be used by locals and out-of-towners alike: Go to Mark’s Las Vegas  to read about a buffet offer for some of the Las Vegas Caesars properties, an expansion of a promotion that ran at Planet Hollywood and the Rio at the end of last year. This one goes through the end of March.

And to answer a question I’ve been getting recently:  Yes, if you see a red Mercedes convertible with the license plate FRUGAL, you did see Brad driving that car!