As usual when we have been traveling – this time for 10 days – I return to a mountain of paperwork. Takes me a long time to process all the casino mailers and figure out what might be put on our calendar schedule – and what I might need to share with you readers.
Just a preliminary observation from a quick look-over of our mailers from local casinos, it looks like there might be a “promotions war” brewing. That is always good news for us players! Maybe Boyd Gaming is trying to get customers to forget how they have gutted the basic players club program by offering a lot of multiple points for players who get the mailers. That doesn’t help out-of-towners who don’t get mailers or anyone who is at the Ruby level since this latter group earns NO points until they can up their tier level to Sapphire.
On first look, it seems that Stations is trying to woo disgruntled Boyd players with lots of promotions, but you have to watch and not be fooled with all those multiple-point offers. Many of them have the dreaded “up to” note – especially VP players who rarely get the top 6x but frequently 4x and occasionally 5x – this is for senior Wednesdays too. Slot players who used to count on reducing their losses at least a little bit with 10x, sometimes now see that “up to 10x” and know that for those they will be getting a much lower multiplier most of the time. Get out your magnifying glass and look at any bonus promotion and see if the fine print “up to” will getcha!
I will post any new revelations and dangers later when I recover from my vacation. In the meantime, here are some photos from our family visit in Columbus and then the all-adult get-away at Harrah’s Cherokee. Great-grandchildren Asher, 4, and Bowen, 18 months, are big TOY STORY fans and modeled their Halloween costumes for us, becoming Woody and Buzz Lightyear. And the whole family is anxiously awaiting the November arrival of their little sister, Cooper Ruth.
This has been the sad inclusion in almost all of their promotional literature for many months, even before the disastrous players club changeover. Is there not a knowledgeable PR person in their company, someone who has even a little insight into the mind of a gambler?
I found this language in the T&C for Boyd’s upcoming Halloween Point Multiplier promo – “Boyd reserves the sole and absolute discretion to determine if a player is an “advantage player” and are therefore ineligible to participate in the Promotion or to have his/her ability to participate in the Promotion otherwise limited. Any such “advantage player” who is already a Boyd Gaming Player club member prior to the commencement of the Promotion may be notified by Boyd prior to the commencement of the Promotion of any such ineligibility or limitation determination. Otherwise, any such “advantage player” will be notified by Boyd of any ineligibility or limitation determination as soon as possible after such determination is made. An “advantage player” is described as a skilled or knowledgeable player who will find legal ways to gain mathematical advantages while gambling.
To MO: Judge for yourself what Station casinos offers the over 50 crowd every Wednesday. They pick different restaurants every month to feature, but there are always plenty of choices. This is in addition to the “up to” 6X on VP offer on Wednesdays. https://www.sclv.com/Gaming/MyGeneration
The last two Wednesdays, I’ve gotten 6X points on VP. Today, I received 6X points on VP on the new Golden Knight puck game. 6X points adds .59 to the return of any VP game you play, i.e. NSU is worth 100.32%
Simply adorable! Thanks for sharing : )
Thank for the update (gambling & family)!
What cuties!
I have a math question, isn’t “up to” 3 times still better than zero times zero? LOL
If Boyd isn’t offering out of town patrons anything (Ruby”), what updated link would be helpful for other casino (senior) promos?
MO
So great to see these family pictures!
Did the first Monday Puck game at Stations (Red Rock) for multipliers. We got 5X/10X and 6X/8X. We are both President players who get 3X every day.
Beautiful family pictures! Thanks Jean!
The children are so cute in their Halloween costumes.
great family pictures. That is what life is all about. Enjoy!!
Love the family photos!
Thank goodness we’ve got a friend in you! Wonderful family!