{"id":4494,"date":"2016-09-13T09:15:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamblingwithanedge.com\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2016-09-13T09:19:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:19:54","slug":"not-well-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/not-well-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Very Well Thought Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent online blog, Jean Scott wrote how she\u2019d\u00a0 run a slot club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among other things, she said: \u201cI\u2019d never run an unfair promotion, like a slot-point marathon where quarter players are competing with $5 players. People like a promotion where everyone has at least a chance to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

If she owned a casino she could run any promotions she wanted. If she ran a casino without owning it, it\u2019s hard to imagine her keeping her job. With suggestions like she put forth here, it\u2019s hard to believe any casinos would seriously consider her suggestions. Let\u2019s look at what her ideas would cover:<\/p>\n

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  1. Assume a casino executive wants to get more play out of his $5 machines. He believes giving $25,000 away to players for a slot marathon might be a good way to draw in the players he wants. Jean would tell that casino manager not to do it because a 25\u00a2 player wouldn\u2019t have a chance. If I were advising the casino, I might tell him to go ahead — depending on a variety of factors. I\u2019d also advise any 25\u00a2 player who asked for my advice not to bother competing. It\u2019s not smart to bring a knife to a gun fight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Jean advocated doing away with all promotions geared for seniors because players under 50 have no chance to win. Personally I think senior drawings make sense for players and casinos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. At the Palms, on certain days of the week, if you play $500 in coin-in you get either a movie ticket or car wash coupon. Jean would do away with these promotions because some people can\u2019t afford to play that much.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Caesars Entertainment awards Seven Stars players a free cruise every year. Jean apparently advocated that Caesars stop doing this because it discriminates against players who aren\u2019t Seven Stars.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. The South Point invites almost 1,000 of their top players to a player appreciation party every year — where you get a nice dinner including an open bar, some chance at door prizes, $500 in free play, and some new electronic something. One year it was a top-of-the-line iPad. One year a Kindle Fire. One year it was a computer tablet. One year it wasn\u2019t electronics but dinner for two at Michael\u2019s, the South Point gourmet restaurant — where ordering $300 in entrees and a $200 bottle of wine — or more — was quite acceptable. I would tell Michael Gaughan that this is a fine gesture and is appreciated by these players. According to her words, Jean would tell him to stop it because it\u2019s unfair. If you can\u2019t invite everybody, you shouldn\u2019t invite anybody.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. I presume she would do away with VIP check-in and rules that allow VIPs to stand in much shorter lines at the buffet, the cashier, and other places. And VIPs should pay the same resort fees that everybody else does. And while we\u2019re at it, let\u2019s forget about their amenity baskets (not that there\u2019s much in them anymore.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              Do I seriously think Jean advocates these things? No. Of course not. It\u2019s what she wrote many years ago in an article she recently found when cleaning her computer files.\u00a0 She may have meant it long ago, but if actions speak louder than words, she doesn\u2019t mean it now.<\/p>\n

              Jean used to be a quarter player (weren\u2019t we all!) and probably wrote the first draft of this back in those days. She saw the world through the eyes of a quarter player and believed the casino should go out of its way to take care of quarter players. It was a ridiculously self-centered idea then — and much more so today.<\/p>\n

              Now she\u2019s accumulated some wealth and knowledge and plays for bigger stakes. Today she takes advantage of senior promotions, free cruises, VIP check-in, and sometimes participates in promotions where she has to play a certain amount to receive certain benefits — which her earlier words said were unfair promotions. If she\u2019s invited to a VIP party she thinks looks interesting, do you really think she\u2019s going to pass it up because other players weren\u2019t invited? If you do, you have a much different opinion of her than I have.<\/p>\n

              Possibly she was desperate for a column and borrowed an old one without thinking it though. I truly understand sometimes having nothing to write about — and on occasion I have recycled some of my own. But I always try to proof them first and bring them up to date.<\/p>\n

              In this blog, Jean seemed to lose sight of the fact that casinos are in business to make money. Casino promotions are geared for the benefit of the casinos, not players. Jean seemed to think that casinos should make all promotions for the benefit of players — especially low limit players. Why on earth would casinos want to do that?<\/p>\n

              Although this was originally written maybe 20 years ago, quarter video poker players today are not particularly valuable to casinos. Casinos make more off of bigger players — and slot players — and so reward them accordingly. Many casinos today reward players based on Average Daily Theoretical — which means the amount a player can be expected to lose playing particular machines.<\/p>\n

              The ADT on quarter video poker machines is very small. I\u2019m not putting down quarter players, and casinos put out machines for them. But quarter players shouldn\u2019t expect the casino world to revolve around them. And this entire article was geared towards giving the quarter players the best chance to win. Of all the things casinos worry about, that\u2019s pretty far down the list.<\/p>\n

              Players who want to advise casinos how to operate have to get out of their own narrow perceptions and try to see what motivates casinos. If a player can\u2019t do that, he\/she should know the proffered advice is going to be laughed at<\/span> ignored.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"youtube\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              In a recent online blog, Jean Scott wrote how she\u2019d\u00a0 run a slot club. Among other things, she said: \u201cI\u2019d never run an unfair promotion, like a slot-point marathon where quarter players are competing with $5 players. 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