Comments on: Gift Card Details

By: Quadzilla

Quadzilla — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:32:47 +0000

I was under the impression that this promo did not apply
to 100%+ V.P. Am I wrong? As for the return… All
of the levels are at or below 0.5%. Add in the CB and it comes to 0.75%. FPDW is about 100.7 (a hair more with the progressive, but it does not add much) So I don’t see this getting over 101.5%

As for what you played…? Even though the point totals up the same everywhere, their system knows what games you played. If not, then everyone would be claiming they played slots to get the cheaper cards. They will even tell you at the slot club how many points you earned on each type of game.

By: makin

makin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:18:29 +0000

In response to Kevin’s post, points earned on the full pay deuces and full pay jokers are excluded from this promotion. Other machines are also excluded, the machines have stickers specifically stating that they are excluded from promotions. Also, when you swipe your card at the kiosk for the gift card promo, a paper prints out noting the eligible points you’ve accumulated for slots and for video poker.

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:22:20 +0000

It seems that a person would have to be totally loopy to take any card other than the Visa gift card, since you could go ahead and use it at Lowe’s or Macy’s or whatever, but you couldn’t use the cards from those establishments anywhere else. Which means that the Visa cards are probably the first ones they run out of, so it might be a good idea to show up and play early in the day.

You also mention that more points are needed to earn the cards on VP than on slots–but since the Palms doesn’t have a separate point schedule for VP (the way Stations, for example, does), how would they make the distinction? It takes $400 coin-in to receive 1 point, no matter what you’re playing.

The best aspect of this promo is that you keep your points, so this is about a 102% play if you play the maximum, on the best machines. Note re the easiest play: the FPDW carousel is ALWAYS stuffed with grim-faced locals, but the FPJW nearby doesn’t get even close to as much play. Of course, there’s the $1 FPDB for those who can handle it.

By: James S.

James S. — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:36:54 +0000

This is the amount of VP coin-in needed for each gift card at the Palms for December:

20k – $100
10k – $50
5k – $25
3k – $15
1.1k – $5