Good gambles often show up in unlikely places.
The newly combined Rainbow and Emerald Isle Casino in Henderson, as mentioned previously, merged their weekly food comps in the monthly mailer and have combined their point multipliers. Some go as high as 100X
First, I eat at Rainbow’s Triple B, (five-egg Western omelet with perfect hash browns and an English muffin and spaghetti and meatballs to go using an LVA MRB 2 for 1 for an amazing $14). And I timed it so I could play during 25x points.
Using Rainbow’s 25 x points multiplier periods, I’ve won thousands of dollars and hundreds in comps, all while turning a negative expectation game into a positive.
Now at the bar is 25x video poker. I hadn’t played there; the schedules were mediocre and 15 feet away were positive expectation Double Double Bonus and other juicy games.
Hmmm. By adding 25x (+2.5% ) to their crummy 9/5 JoB, I went from 98.45% to — drumroll, please — 100.95% total return! All while earning 25 points per hand.
Meanwhile, also nearby was an old fave slot machine, Triple 7s (9-line penny games at 20 lines or $1.80). They paid 50 points per spin , which is actually +2.75%.
I’ve watched and played this bank of slots, attempting to hit some progressives in the high four figures. I’m a net winner on these machines and on this trip the progressive was at an all-time high of $11,500. I didn’t hit it, but did win over $200 while earning thousands of points and more comp dollars..
I also played their lovely Double Double Bonus full-pay 10 liner and won $100 on a $2 bet. It was my last hand and I had only $1.96.
Then I went over to Emerald Isle, where a 50x promo was going on. From there it was on to the Pass next door.
I’d started receiving mailers from the Pass, offering a weekly $7.50 food comp and some spin-to-win slot play. Okay, I hit the lowest amount ($5; it goes up to $500), but it was my birthday. Would I like some birthday comps? Sure! Another $10 in slot play and a $20 food comp!
Wow. And I’ve played maybe an hour total there.
I enjoyed their diner, played some fun VP, and cashed out with $13.75, with a free brownie Sunday and I’d earned $2 in comps playing all on their money.
Now Gold Coast and all Boyd casinos offer 10x on Saturdays and Tuesdays (senior 55+ days and on Tuesdays free bingo as well. Hey I’ll always play when it’s free!)
At 10X? Figure it this way: .05 x 10x= .5 + 99.54 =100.04! That now turns everything in their VP inventory, from 9/6 JoB on up to a 100%+ game.
People! Hit it!
[Editor’s Note: For more on Rainbow and Emerald Island, here’s another Bobby Vegas post. Be sure to read his three comments, which also have excellent information.]