Atlantic City Say It's Increasing Comps

Quote: FatGeezus

Some casinos do this now with slots. You earn a voucher for free parking if you play enough.

Quote: Tiltpoul

Thought about it... and as much as I like Caesars properties (mostly because they are convenient), their comp system is the absolute worst (with the exception of Horseshoe). They DO NOT COMP... you either earn the Reward Credits or you don't. You get multiplier days, but they rate table game players SUPER low, after an hour of Pai Gow at $25 a hand, how much do I get? 32 frickin cents. I know the hold is low on that game, but c'mon.

Why bring this up? Imagine 11 casinos all having to share comps. They would comp at an even LOWER rate, as ALL players would be funneled into the same system. Look at locked market casinos, i.e. Lawrenceburg IN Hollywood, which isn't even truly a locked market. Their comp system is ridiculous, and moving up in their players club is near impossible unless you play there all the time.

And how would the casinos divide the money? I play at Golden Nugget, they win my $200. I spend the comps earned there at Showboat. Showboat is out $20 and Golden Nugget wins $200. "But it would balance itself out in the long run..." Really? All casinos would go to super low cost cutting measures and food would be awful.




If you play individual numbers, then yes that would help. But remember, the outside gets half back on a Green, so it's actually a LOWER house edge in roulette in NJ.



Yes, BJ has the awful commission, but if you play $5, you don't have to pay the quarter. Trump Plaza and ACH have $3 craps with 10x odds all the time (according to the ads). Weekends command higher table mins no matter where you go, but these places have to offer lower ones to try to compete.

Quote: FatGeezus

Maybe I missed it but who said "But it would balance itself out in the long run..."? I know that I never said that. I only see you saying that. I only suggested a UNIVERSAL card to be used in AC. Let the casinos figure out how it will "balance it self out". I still would rather have all my comps in one account instead of spread out among a few casinos. You don't have to worry about having your comps spread out among a few casinos instead of one account, because that's the current situation.

Having all your comps in one account might ATTRACT NEW PLAYERS AND MORE REVENUE TO AC. Isn't that what we are talking about.

Quote: FatGeezus

"but if you play $5, you don't have to pay the quarter."......I knew that, but remember you said that there is $1 blackjack. Now you're playing $5 dollars at a $1 table.

Quote: Tiltpoul

Actually, I know you didn't say the quoted comment, I was merely anticipating what you were going to say, and basically did in this comment. Shared comps won't bring new players to AC, but let's say they did. Are you suggesting that these companies dump their current programs and offer a new one or would this be a second card that they could have? You may actually have something if there was an "AC Card" you turned in with your players club card. This could accrue at a dreadfully low rate, but it would be on top of your casinos comp card so that would be fine. This could pay for parking, restaurants unaffiliated with the casinos and more.

However, if you suggest it would all be on one card from ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS the casinos have (i.e. Total Rewards) you are off your rocker. Caesars has no interest in the other casinos around it; they have 36 others across the country, so why would they care if Trump Taj survives. Borgata brings in WAY more revenue than ACH, so why should they have to honor their comps?



So what kind of table mins do you want? $3? $2? You're not finding those kinds of minimums anywhere except remote Indian casinos that are rural in Oklahoma. $5 is a reasonable amount.

Quote: boymimbo

A decent state level college opening a campus down there. Centenary has a few campuses for example. My point is that college towns tend to bring in younger people and educated folks which can only be good for AC.