{"id":39222,"date":"2018-03-06T09:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=39222"},"modified":"2018-03-06T09:15:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:15:18","slug":"apples-oranges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/apples-oranges\/","title":{"rendered":"Apples and Oranges"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve written before how I sometimes play at various Dotty\u2019s outlets. My usual pattern is to play about $100,000 coin-in each time I go.<\/span><\/p>\n

In January, I received an offer from Dotty\u2019s that was the first ever of its kind, in my experience anyway. They sent me a two-night stay at either the Hoover Dam Lodge or Laughlin River Lodge. The offer included $1,100 in free play and $150 in resort credit. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Hoover Dam Lodge is about 25 miles away from where we live. I told Bonnie that for $1,100 I planned on going. \u00a0If she wanted to go too, after we paid for dinner, she could spend the rest of the resort credit in the gift shop. She decided she had time to do this.<\/span><\/p>\n

I assumed that the games and promotions would be the same at HDL as they were at regular Dotty\u2019s outlets. Based on this assumption (which turned out to be correct), my plan was to invest $150,000 – $200,000 coin-in on the play. Dotty\u2019s was making this offer in the hopes of generating additional play and, if I ever want to receive another offer like that, I had better play. Nobody told me to play that much. It\u2019s just the amount that \u201cfelt right,\u201d given the parameters of the offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

I ended up losing $4,800 on the play. If you count the free play earned, future mailers, promotional entries earned, my loss was reduced to maybe $4,100, meaning the promotion cost me $3,000 (minus the hotel room night, dinner, and two blouses and set of earrings that Bonnie brought home.)<\/span><\/p>\n

I told someone about this and they told me that I was confused about how to play these promotions. I was told that if they send you $1,100 the basic rule is stop before you lose it all. Maybe lose $1,000 and keep $100. Maybe donate $900 and keep $200. Something like that. I was told it is just plain idiotic to get such a generous offer and give it all back and then some.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apples and oranges.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, Dotty\u2019s has games that I would play anyway that week even without receiving the extra $1,100. My daily scores are sometimes plus and sometimes minus, depending on the luck factor on that particular day. I took $10,000 with me and was willing to spend all of that plus the $1,100 they gave me. There have been days at Dotty\u2019s that I\u2019ve lost that much. There have been days I\u2019ve won more than that. I truly have no idea of what my score will be \u201cthis time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The $1,100 was, basically, a gift to my bankroll, both short term and long term. It changed my short-term bankroll (i.e. cash on hand) from $10,000 to $11,100 and my long-term bankroll (however much it is) was increased by the same amount. This gift was given to me as a reward for past play and as an incentive to get me to play more on this particular trip. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once that money becomes part of my bankroll, it has no more special significance. The number is entered on my daily log and then I go from there. <\/span><\/p>\n

I actually could have stiffed the Hoover Dam Lodge. Because of a glitch in their player tracking system on the day I got there, I received $1,100 in cash and a gift card for $150. Bonnie and I could have eaten, gone to the gift shop, and then gone home immediately. I\u2019m sure some people have done that, but not me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monthly mailers are a part of the Dotty\u2019s system. Any month my play drops down, my future mailers are affected as well. I had no reason to expect this offer would be treated any differently. Collect money without playing and your future offers decrease. Many players have learned this the hard way.<\/span><\/p>\n

If I had to do it over again, I would have played it exactly the same way. Except on the do-over, I\u2019d have hit a royal flush!<\/span><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"youtube\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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