Stacking is a concept born from mad coupon grocery shoppers who scour multiple offers to get free food. You’ve probably heard of folks getting grocery carts full of food for pennies. We use that concept to maximize the value on standing casino offers and coupons. Combining them in order is the key and every one of these techniques lowers or eliminates the house edge.
Here are some examples using signup promotions and the MRB free play, matchplay, and food coupons (Plaza, The D, Golden Gate, Downtown Grand, El Cortez, Ellis Island, etc.).
Take the free play first. Run a $10 coupon, for instance, once through a good video poker machine, ending up, hopefully, with $9.50 or so. Use that money to pay some or all of a matchplay coupon. A second option is to use it for a 2-for-1 or 50%-off food offer.
Example: The D always gives me some free play and food comps. I like their low-key Circa book upstairs by Bar Canada and the Circa outlet next to Rainbow in Henderson, where I play, a lot. The comp minimum can be as low as $5 or $10, or higher depending on play. Use the free play and MRB free play to pay for the $25 or $50 matchplay.
(Also the “Southwest Show Your Ticket” and the “ Mention Mike” for additional matchplays. The D, Golden Gate, and Circa also give you non-expiring chips. Others, like Downtown Grand and Plaza, give you a 24-hour matchplays.)
When you have a series of, say, three chips, play them one after the other. Craps pass line is the best bet. You’re making a 50/50 bet with a 2-for-1 payoff. Bet $50 to win $100 and your bet back. It doesn’t get much better than that — playing on their dime, their time.
Then, depending on how hungry you are, try the pizza at the Plaza, shrimp cocktail at Fremont, burgers at Binion’s, or a Coney dog at the D (or meals at Four Queens’ Magnolia, Siegels 1941 at El Cortez, Freedom Beat at the Grand, or many others.)
I use my comp and money from free play or matchplays and my food MRBs … on the house!
Here’s na old example of extreme stacking. Ellis Island had a placemat offer for $10 in food or free play for a sign up and $10 for you if you brought someone in. I brought in a dozen or so people over time. Then I played 9/6 JOB, cashed out, and had their killer steak dinner for $8.
But wait! I used the MRB coupon for 50% off and on points. I called it “Free Steaks Forever.”
Info found at VPfree2 lists every casino’s player club points calculations and the best video poker.
Thank me later or buy a Bobby Vegas T-shirt. One says, “So many casinos, so little time.”
Will definitely be stacking when my wife and I go to Vegas in 3 weeks. Gonna head downtown and use the MRB coupons until they are gone. Will start out at the El Cortez, where we have never played, and get their sign up bonus and then use the $10-$1000 free slot play coupon. After that we’ll probably go for the couples massage. From there we’ll just work our way down the FSE hitting each spot for the Free Play and Match plays, ending up at the Plaza to cap things off. I really want to check out the new outside bar, and play some VP there. We both enjoy Magnolia’s, so we’ll be using their BOGO coupon from the MRB.
Can you give more info on the Southwest show your ticket and Mention Mike promos? I’ve never heard of them. Thanks
At the D, show the players club your Southwest boarding pass (paper or on phone) within 24 hours of landing and they’ll give you 2 $25 matchplay chips.
At Circa, mention Mike at the players club and they’ll give you a $25 chip.
Easy money.