The details of today\u2019s incident caused me to wonder whether I should say anything to casino management. If they chose to \u201cfix\u201d the inconsistency it could either go in a way that would slightly benefit or slightly hurt other players. I\u2019ve kept quiet, but I am writing about it. Maybe one or more of you will speak up about it. I\u2019m sure this happens in more places than I know about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The One Club is the slot club system used by Circa, Golden Gate, and The D, in downtown Las Vegas — all of which are casinos owned by Derek Stevens. Among other benefits, Bonnie and I each receive $100 in food and beverage twice a month from the One Club. We redeem these comps at 8 East and Saginaw\u2019s Delicatessen inside Circa and Joe Vicari\u2019s Andiamo\u2019s Steakhouse inside The D. There are other eligible food outlets and numerous bars, but these are the places we frequent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idiosyncrasy that prompted this blog post is that the two restaurants at Circa include sales tax of 8.5% or so against our comp balance when we eat there and the one at the D doesn\u2019t. So, we get $100 retail worth of food at The D and only about $92 worth at Circa. And both casinos belong to the same organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In many casino restaurants, sales tax disappears when you use a comp or pay with points. Things can vary when the restaurants are not owned by the casino but just rent the space. Some of these don\u2019t accept comps at all, but others, like Ruth\u2019s Chris Steakhouses in various Harrah\u2019s casinos, charge extra if you are using comps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are other Joe Vicari restaurants around the country, so I\u2019m guessing Andiamo\u2019s isn\u2019t actually owned by The D. And that\u2019s the place that waives sales tax for compees. I can find no other Saginaw\u2019s Delicatessens or 8 East restaurants on Google, so I\u2019m guessing these are owned by Circa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve not met Derek Stevens, the owner of the other casinos involved here, but he has the reputation of being approachable. I believe I could find a way to ask him about his sales tax on comps policy if I tried hard enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what would happen if I did? One possibility is that he would remove this internal inconsistency by starting to charge sales tax on comped dinners at Andiamo\u2019s — which is a solution that players certainly don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I\u2019ll let things be and remain curious about why things are the way they are. There are a whole lot of situations where I don\u2019t understand things, but I don\u2019t have a mission in life to get to the bottom of everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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