Comments on: OCTOBER VEGAS PROMOTIONS

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 06:52:16 +0000

A note on the Stations free football contest. You get a “touchdown” when you get 20 picks right, then another when you get the next 80 correct, then the next 80, etc. As you get 15 picks per week, the first goal is easy to achieve–but you’d have to get 12 out of 15 consistently correct to score two more touchdowns before the season ends. (I crippled myself in the first week by going 6 and 9, though I’ve had 11 or more wins in each week since.) As you’re picking straight up winners, it’s fairly easy to win a majority of your picks, but there are so many entrants that last week, going 16-0 got you a whopping $95, unless you hit the tiebreaker (total for the Monday night game), which was so absurdly high that only one crazy person got the 10 grand first prize.
The prize for my first “touchdown” was feeble–2,500 points, or $2.50. I hope that the prize for my second touchdown is something decent. You get to participate in the “playoffs” if you get 180 picks right (three touchdowns), but since you have to average 12 wins per week to manage that, I’m not optimistic–I would have to actually average 13 wins, due to my slow start.
It’s a fun contest, and it’s free, but your chances of winning anything substantial are basically nil. I’m curious as to what other people got for their first “touchdown.”

By: George Bauslaugh

George Bauslaugh — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 04:27:43 +0000

Jean,

I called a host at Circus Circus and got some new information. The comp levels as shown above, continue as described. The Elite Tiers are suspended currently, due to the reintroduction of a new tier program, first of next year. I hope the benefits will not be gutted to much.

Play information:

$100 daily theo will get you casino rate for rooms and basic mailers.
$500 daily theo will get you five night free mailers and special invites/offers.
$1,000 Daily theo will get five night offers (perhaps in suites) with generous food offering and invites to Top Tier events. At the $500 level you are in their category 2 and at $1,000 your in around their category 1 level.

There is no longer true cash back, but freeplay offerings have been expanded. They seem to be getting a lot of interest from former CET players recently. This does seem to be a much better club than Mlife. It should be noted that some of their rooms (Casino Tower & Suites) are among the best of MGMMirage. THE Steakhouse is the top one, for 20 years.

If you can stand children/parents, perhaps this could be a good bet, on the strip. In your first book, The Frugal Gambler, you talked a lot about these second tier properties. Perhaps in today’s gambling environment; The Circus is worth a second look?

By: George Bauslaugh

George Bauslaugh — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 23:56:47 +0000

You’re correct, let me clarify, what I meant to have said: At the Sapphire Level, you get “2” MGMMirage show tickets, on a semi-annual basis (though I do think you get Adventure Dome tickets monthly). The only program I know of, with monthly show tickets; is the CET Total Rewards program, at the Diamond & Seven Star’s Level.

I do wonder what their VIP Lounge is like and where it is. I have been in the VIP Check-in Room, for Platinum/Diamond/Sapphire levels. ***Here is a tip for you all, if you have even their basic card, you have a special line at hotel check in. It seems as though few people use it, thus a great time saver.

By: mdmguyon

mdmguyon — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 06:32:47 +0000

George wrote that one benefit to being at Sapphire level at the Circus Circus was:

4. (2) Tickets to ANY MGMMirage show per month.

But the file that the link led to says “Complimentary Semiannual Show Tickets”

Which is it?

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:37:22 +0000

BTW, I was highly dubious about the Ellis Island coin cash-in promo, but I did it twice with absolutely no hassle. This bodes well for future EI promos. It’s valuable knowledge, but usually only gained from being aware of the prevailing scuttlebutt, which casinos honor their promotions in forthright fashion, which honor them at face value but impose onerous restrictions, and which regularly renege on promos and/or cancel them prematurely and without notice. In the last category, Terrible’s comes to mind; they lost half their local player base a few years ago due to the way their butchered their promos. Palms, by contrast, keeps their promos alive for the entire stated duration even if the powers that be decide it wasn’t a good idea. I wish that part of VPFree was a player rating mechanism where we could see collective player opinions on how the casinos handle promos and marketing.

By: George Bauslaugh

George Bauslaugh — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:04:29 +0000

Jean,

Scot Krause was wrong, in one key point in his article about the Circus Player’s Club. They do have tier levels as shown in this chart: http://www.circuscircus.com/images/PDF/CircusPlayersClubPrivileges.pdf

http://www.circuscircus.com/casino/tiers_and_privileges.aspx

The bottom two status levels are Diamond & Platinum. Their top card–SAPPHIRE is only annual 50,000 points. It comes with the following key benefits, here are a few (of the many):
1. VIP Players Club Lounge
2. Personal Host.
3. Premium Beverages while gambling.
4. (2) Tickets to ANY MGMMirage show per month.
5. (4) Adventure Dome tickets
6. Guaranteed Rooms
7. Upgrades to Suites.
8. Airport Limo Transfers
9. Premium Room Amenities Includes: In-Room Beverages (Water, Juice, Soft Drinks, Beer, and Liquor).
10. Golf or Spa outings, semi-annual.
11. Annual New Years Eve Gala.

And many more benefits, shown on the listing. They have the highest cash back (actual cash) on any program on The Strip and among the least demanding criteria for tier advancement and comps. Also, THE Steakhouse ans been voted “Best Steakhouse in Vegas”, for over 20 years.

Anyway Jean, just some thoughts, about an often overlooked property.

George
Miami Beach

By: Don the Dentist

Don the Dentist — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 16:21:19 +0000

Good to know that the pasta promotion can be used as a $10 food credit. Thanks.