Check websites of all your favorite casinos – and maybe not just those where you regularly play – for many promotions on or around May holidays – Cinco de Mayo (5th), Mother’s Day (13th), and Memorial Day (28th). There will be lots of multiple points; check frequently Scot’s Bonus Point list here on this website because not all casinos publicize this information on the very first day of the month. Also there will be numerous food specials. Be aware that restaurants will be crowded on Mother’s Day since even those children that ignore Mom all year will suddenly feel that duty calls for a celebration.
Veterans will want to check Memorial Day promotions; if you schedule carefully you might get a couple free buffets that day since many local casinos offer them to both active and retired military. Google “Memorial Day veterans benefits in Las Vegas” closer to the date and you will find a long list of discounts and freebies both in casinos and for non-casino establishments. Here is a website that is a valuable discount resource year-round for active military and veterans.
SKYLINE CASINO
This small Henderson locals casino at 1741 North Boulder Highway has finally established a players club. Here are the details from vpFREE2, always the website I check for VP inventory, hosts, and players club information.
$1 Coin-In = 1 Point on Most Video Poker
800 Points = $1 Free Play or Comps (0.125%)
——————————————————–
$2 Coin-In – 1 Point on Non-TITO Machines
800 Points = $1 Free Play or Comps (0.0625%)
——————————————————-
Comps can be used for dining, hotel rooms or cigarettes
Free play cannot be downloaded on non-TITO machines.
SOUTH POINT
I am guessing their senior PrimeTime Mondays will not be in effect on May 28, since it is Memorial Day and their rules state that senior events will not take place on holidays. You might double-check this closer to that date.
PALMS
Construction work is playing havoc with parking here. The East Garage, according to recent signs, is closed until May 5. Hopefully it does open then since surface parking is very limited and the West Garage fills up quickly, especially on the weekends. Drive slowly around the West parking area – we’ve seen several near collisions. This is not a bumper-cars attraction! Between valet, Uber, Lyft, and personal-car drop-offs/pickups, that whole area is a driving nightmare.
However, inside the casino the remodeling is slowly seeing progress. The High Limit area is almost finished and looks really classy – it is supposed to be opening around May 17. The new steak house, replacing Nine, is opening that week also. The yogurt shop in the food court has disappeared and there is now table-and-chair seating extending clear to the main aisle from the west doors. Nathans has closed. The movie bathrooms have been remodeled.
We will be happy when the whole casino floor is finished and machines aren’t so close together. Brad uses a walker some of the time now, and he often has to take the “long way around” to get to where we want to go. And hopefully for those with walking limitations, there will soon be a new gift pickup area that does not require a major hike away from the playing floor.
The promotion to earn free movie and carwash tickets is not being offered this month. Also the popular earn-a-free-buffet is gone, although many who receive Palms mailings are getting individual free or discounted buffet offers. Kiosks games now require an individualized “code” which also is given in the monthly mailing.
The monthly mailer calendar covers May offers only through the 24th, with this note: “Watch your mail for all new rewards, starting May 25.” I am trying to stay hopeful, but most casino changes do not excite me no matter how enthusiastic the casino promotes them! 🙂
Skyline has not downgraded their inventory and I believe on the FPDW you earn points at half the rate as their other VP machines.
My wife and I visited the Skyline on 4/29 to join their club. The card printer was down and we couldn’t get cards. I eventually got a card, but it still wouldn’t print one for my wife. The woman at the cage/slot club told us that this has been an ongoing problem. Might want to call ahead to see if the card printer is working. No guarantee that it will still be working when you get there.
Mo La: Here’s the link: https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/gambling-with-an-edge/players-club-bonus-points/
Great advice on Mother’s Day. I would have never thought of that. I should try to celebrate every holiday a day early to beat the crowd. Christmas Eve might be tough though since it’s connected to Christmas. Any thoughts?
Jean, paragraph 1 “Scot’s Bonus List”
here on this website? Do I back out to vegas advisor or is there a link somewhere on the page that I missed.
Thanks, MO
Do you happen to know if Skyline has downgraded their inventory and whether whatever FPDW machines they do have pay full points? If so, those would be the only FPDW games in town that do (with ONE exception, the location of which I will not reveal).
I have a simple solution for the Mother’s Day restaurant crunch–take Mom out on Saturday instead. It will be far less crowded, and prices will be normal instead of the inflated “Mother’s Day Specials.”
For those who might be planning to come to Vegas over Memorial Day weekend–my advice is “don’t.” Room rates for that weekend are absolutely sky-high out-of-this-world ridiculous. And of course, the town will be jam-packed. Just think of the 150-mile-long traffic jam heading back to LA Monday night…
The Palms remodel looks great, but the casino is still very linear, which means it can be a long walk from either garage to where you want to go. Valet parking (at the midpoint of the casino) is a much better option, even given the extra wait and cost.