{"id":120524,"date":"2020-02-18T11:14:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=120524"},"modified":"2020-02-18T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:14:30","slug":"what-time-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/what-time-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What Time Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was approaching midnight recently as I played a progressive at a Las Vegas casino. This was a casino that changed multipliers every day, and today I was receiving the highest possible multiplier. Tomorrow my multiplier was likely to be smaller. It didn\u2019t have to be, but I wouldn\u2019t know what it would be until I swiped after midnight. It was not a casino where you had to swipe for your multiplier before you started playing, but rather one where you just had to swipe before you left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The progressive was high enough that it was worth playing whatever the multiplier was, but obviously, the bigger the multiplier the better.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With my card left in the machine, I didn\u2019t know if the system would be smart enough to figure out whether my play changed from \u201ctoday\u201d to \u201ctomorrow\u201d at midnight, but I didn\u2019t figure it was in my interest to make it easy on them. So, I left my card in and kept playing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew eventually the system would know it was tomorrow — either by me hitting a taxable, the hard count team coming through and pulling everybody\u2019s cards as they replaced the bill acceptor boxes, or perhaps some other reason. I\u2019d find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At about 3:30 a.m., I decided it was time to leave. I was exhausted and even though the progressive was high enough to still be playable, I was no longer thinking clearly. My TITO ticket was around $2,600, so that I had to go to the cage to get it cashed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way there, I stopped by the kiosk and activated my multiplier. As expected, it was smaller than the maximum multiplier I had received yesterday. If I had no play for that day, it would be multiplying zero. I still might come back later after I slept some, but I might not. It showed I had about 1\u00bd hours of play, which indicated that \u201ctoday\u201d becomes \u201ctomorrow\u201d at 2 a.m. there whether you pull your card or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I went to the cage to cash my TITO ticket, I figured they might ask for ID (some casinos do). This time they didn\u2019t (perhaps I was recognized), but after my ticket was cashed, I showed my player\u2019s card and ID and asked how many points I had played yesterday. I was given a figure that was consistent with how much I had played until 2 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tGood to know. I filed that information away for later usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still want to know what happens if I start playing at, say, 12:05 a.m. and I swipe. Do I get single points until 2 a.m. and the multiplier kicks in at that time? It\u2019s at least possible. I\u2019ll test it someday starting at 1:50 so I don\u2019t lose too much with only single points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that\u2019s the case and I want to play before 2 a.m., I\u2019ll make sure to start at 11:50 the night before, so my \u201cyesterday\u2019s\u201d multiplier is active until 2 a.m.\u00a0 Other than that one test day, I won\u2019t ever begin my play between midnight and 2 a.m. unless I had also played previously in the day. Right now, it seems like the multipliers take effect at 2 a.m., but you can activate them before or after midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These aren\u2019t the kind of questions you want to ask at the casino. First of all, whomever you ask will probably not know the answer since the IT guy who programmed the system is not likely to be available for questions. Second, even if you do get the right person to ask, this kind of question labels you as a sharp player. Normal players do not think of these things. Many casinos do not want sharp players as patrons, so try not to do or say things to make them think you are such a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every casino does these things differently. If you\u2019re ever playing during these hours, you have to accumulate the information as you go (or perhaps learn from somebody else). However, if you\u2019re always tucked in and asleep by midnight, you don\u2019t need to worry about such matters.
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