DRich
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July 6th, 2024 at 2:57:30 PM permalink
Mirage is required to pay out about $1.6 million from its accrued progressives.

"To do that, Hard Rock International, the casino’s owner and operator, is holding one last mega-promotion over the course of six days. The Mirage Progressive Finale Cash Giveaway promotion will run from July 9 through July 13 and resume on July 16."
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July 6th, 2024 at 3:40:52 PM permalink
Here are some details:

There will be five slots-based drawings daily from July 9-13 and 16, as DRich said; the drawings are hourly starting at 3 PM.
It appears that each drawing is for:
$40,000, on July 9-11;
$50,000, on July 12 & 13;
$20,000, on July 16
Only players playing within 2 minutes of a drawing are eligible

There will also be one table-games-based drawing daily on July 12 & 13
To be eligible, you have to play at least one of these between 11 AM and 7 PM on that day:
Face-Up Pai Gow
UTH
3-Card Poker
Let It Ride
Blackjack
Baccarat
The 7/12 prize is $217,424.45; the 7/13 prize is $230,075.28
You need to be present at the drawing and claim it within five minutes of your name being announced, or another name will be drawn
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July 6th, 2024 at 5:14:52 PM permalink
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The 7/12 prize is $217,424.45; the 7/13 prize is $230,075.28
You need to be present at the drawing and claim it within five minutes of your name being announced, or another name will be drawn
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Can you claim it from your seat, or do you have to run across the casino to the promotions desk or some sort? With over $200,000 on the line and only five minutes to claim it, I could see some other players trying to trip you or block your path.
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July 6th, 2024 at 9:16:32 PM permalink
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The 7/12 prize is $217,424.45; the 7/13 prize is $230,075.28
You need to be present at the drawing and claim it within five minutes of your name being announced, or another name will be drawn
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Can you claim it from your seat, or do you have to run across the casino to the promotions desk or some sort? With over $200,000 on the line and only five minutes to claim it, I could see some other players trying to trip you or block your path.
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This made me picture OJ running through the airport… Was it an Avis commercial?
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July 7th, 2024 at 6:55:17 AM permalink
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Can you claim it from your seat, or do you have to run across the casino to the promotions desk or some sort? With over $200,000 on the line and only five minutes to claim it, I could see some other players trying to trip you or block your path.
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This made me picture OJ running through the airport… Was it an Avis commercial?
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Hertz, I think

I would provide a link to the contest rules, but Malwarebytes is claiming the site has polyfill.io
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July 7th, 2024 at 7:22:28 AM permalink
This seems way too scary to me.

Mirage has 2000 slot machines according to the internet, which never lies. If you can find a $0.25 machine that allows a one credit bet, 1/2000*40,000/0.25 = 80 (plus the 0.88 or whatever you are expected to get back on your quarter). This assumes draw times are fixed.

If the draws are random times, you would only need to play like $8.20/hour over the five hour content period. That is not a lot of money to have a somewhat okay shot at a lot of money, no? I imagine some fighting will happen.

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Rules

Eligibility

1. Participants must be at least 21 years old and a Unity Card member in order to participate. Unity Cards are free to all visitors 21 and older.

2. Unity Cards must be inserted into the slot machine during the drawing period to be eligible to win; only one unity card may be utilized per unity account.

Promotion

1. Any Unity Card guest playing with their Unity Card properly inserted into a slot machine within two (2) minutes of each drawing will be eligible to win.

a. Drawing will take place from 3:00pm – 7:00pm on July 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 16, 2024.

2. One (1) Participant will be randomly selected through electronic means every hour.

a. Patron Management Random Rewards will be used to randomly select winners.

b. Winners will be selected under surveillance with at least two (2) supervisors or above present.

Prizes

1. Prizes will be awarded to the winner in the form of a voucher redeemable for cash at The Mirage Casino Cage.

a. Participants must be present to win. If a winner does not identify themself at the Unity Players Club desk within five (5) minutes of being announced, a new name will be drawn until a winner is proclaimed.

b. Any and all applicable taxes will be final and binding on all winners.

c. All vouchers must be redeemed at The Mirage Casino Cage by July 16, 2024 at 11:59pm.

2. All prizes are non-transferable.

3. Participants may win more than once.

4. All prizes issued will be recorded on a Winners' Log and audit report will be ran for verification purposes.

a. Audit Report will come from Patron Management – Prize Detail Report i. Report will include time of drawing, the PlayerID and Name of every player randomly selected.

b. Winners’ Log will show all winners who claimed their prize.

5. Prize Structure will be paid out on July 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 16, 2024.

6. Guaranteed Prize Structure:

a. Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – At least $200,000 in Cash Prizes

b. Wednesday, July 10, 2024 – At least $200,000 in Cash Prizes

c. Thursday, July 11, 2024 – At least $200,000 in Cash Prizes

d. Friday, July 12, 2024 – At least $250,000 in Cash Prizes

e. Saturday, July 13, 2024 – At least $250,000 in Cash Prizes

f. Tuesday, July 16, 2024 – At least $100,000 in Cash Prizes

7. Exact prize structure will be determined by final slot jackpot amounts at the time the jackpots are removed from the floor:

a. If jackpots hit prior to event date, Mirage will supplement the prize pool to guarantee the advertised minimum for each day.

b. Exact prize structure will be posted on date of drawing.

General Rules

1. Hard Rock Unity Card members who have been trespassed or banned or who have opted into the self-exclusion program are prohibited from participating in the Promotion.

2. By participating in the Promotion, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of Casino Management.

3. The decisions of Casino Management regarding all aspects of the Promotion are final and binding, subject to NRS 463.362, which governs the Promotion.

4. Any and all applicable taxes will be final and binding on all Participants in the Promotion.

5. Any prize receipt/voucher that has been mutilated, forged, misprinted, altered, tampered with, mechanically reproduced, is illegible, or has been obtained by any means other than pursuant to these rules is automatically void.

6. Failure to adhere to the Promotion, Unity, or Mirage Casino-Hotel general rules, procedures or policies may result in disqualification.

7. By participating in the Promotion, Participants hereby give their permission to use their names, likenesses, etc., for promotional purposes without compensation.

8. Employees of Mirage Casino-Hotel and its subsidiary and affiliates and their immediate family members are ineligible to participate in the Promotion. The employees of vendors who are assigned to work at a Mirage Casino-Hotel are not eligible to participate in the Promotion.

9. The Mirage Casino - Hotel shall be excused from all performance and/or payment obligations when the ability to execute the aforementioned promotion has been impeded as a result of, or arising from, any of the following: governmental laws, regulations, orders, war, acts of terrorism, acts of nature, pandemic viruses, riots, civil disobedience; severe weather conditions, including but not limited to, tornadoes, hurricanes, ice storms, snow storms, and/or hail storms; state or national emergencies (hereinafter referred to as "Force Majeure conditions"). The Mirage Casino - Hotel shall only be excused from their performance and/or payment obligations of said promotion during the duration of the Force Majeure condition. Mirage Casino Management shall retain the right to cancel, terminate, or postpone the Promotion in its sole discretion, due to Force Majeure conditions. Executive management of The Mirage Casino - Hotel shall retain the right to reschedule, or not reschedule the aforementioned Promotion in its sole discretion. The staff of The Mirage Casino - Hotel shall use reasonable efforts to inform Promotion Participants of the cancellation, termination, or postponement of the Promotion, due to Force Majeure conditions.

10. The Mirage Casino - Hotel offers Players Edge information to its patrons to encourage responsible gaming. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem or concerns with gambling responsibly, please call the 24-hour Problem Gamble's Helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER (426-2537). Please play responsibly. Bet with your head, not over it.

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July 7th, 2024 at 8:32:30 AM permalink
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This seems way too scary to me.

Mirage has 2000 slot machines according to the internet, which never lies. If you can find a $0.25 machine that allows a one credit bet, 1/2000*40,000/0.25 = 80 (plus the 0.88 or whatever you are expected to get back on your quarter). This assumes draw times are fixed.

If the draws are random times, you would only need to play like $8.20/hour over the five hour content period. That is not a lot of money to have a somewhat okay shot at a lot of money, no? I imagine some fighting will happen.



When I have run promos like this I always used a weighted drawing algorithm. The more coin in you have in the period the greater your chances are. A simplified example would be that everyone with their card in gets one raffle ticket. Every dollar you gambled during the promo time would earn you another raffle ticket. That way everyone has a chance but the bigger gamblers have a better chance.
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July 8th, 2024 at 7:06:21 AM permalink
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Quote: itsmejeff

This seems way too scary to me.

Mirage has 2000 slot machines according to the internet, which never lies. If you can find a $0.25 machine that allows a one credit bet, 1/2000*40,000/0.25 = 80 (plus the 0.88 or whatever you are expected to get back on your quarter). This assumes draw times are fixed.

If the draws are random times, you would only need to play like $8.20/hour over the five hour content period. That is not a lot of money to have a somewhat okay shot at a lot of money, no? I imagine some fighting will happen.



When I have run promos like this I always used a weighted drawing algorithm. The more coin in you have in the period the greater your chances are. A simplified example would be that everyone with their card in gets one raffle ticket. Every dollar you gambled during the promo time would earn you another raffle ticket. That way everyone has a chance but the bigger gamblers have a better chance.
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Did you ever do theo weighting of the tickets?

A big casino can make $1-2M in slot win per day. I assume that the Mirage will be quite busy. If the promo is theo weighted and you have no other promo going for you, then why bother? The promo is a small fraction of the expected slot hold over the six days.

If the entries are coin-in weighted, then VP might be +EV. In any case, must-hit slots get an +EV boost. But you cannot sit at a slot all day and have it stay +EV while earning entries as fast as possible.

If the drawing tickets are known to be seat-weighted, then have at it.
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July 8th, 2024 at 3:30:39 PM permalink
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Did you ever do theo weighting of the tickets?

A big casino can make $1-2M in slot win per day. I assume that the Mirage will be quite busy. If the promo is theo weighted and you have no other promo going for you, then why bother? The promo is a small fraction of the expected slot hold over the six days.

If the entries are coin-in weighted, then VP might be +EV. In any case, must-hit slots get an +EV boost. But you cannot sit at a slot all day and have it stay +EV while earning entries as fast as possible.

If the drawing tickets are known to be seat-weighted, then have at it.



I don't recall doing theo for drawings but for mailings I regularly did.
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July 12th, 2024 at 3:45:35 PM permalink
Somebody posted this on Facebook. Almost needless to say, its authenticity has not been verified.

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July 13th, 2024 at 5:05:45 AM permalink
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Somebody posted this on Facebook. Almost needless to say, its authenticity has not been verified.


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Lol.. camping at slots just for the drawing.. no duh

Hog up 3 machines (left, right, middle where you sit) for 3 chances with 3 cards
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July 13th, 2024 at 5:36:33 AM permalink
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Somebody posted this on Facebook. Almost needless to say, its authenticity has not been verified.


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Lol.. camping at slots just for the drawing.. no duh

Hog up 3 machines (left, right, middle where you sit) for 3 chances with 3 cards
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What is the appropriate amount of dignity to exchange for better chances?
May the cards fall in your favor.
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July 13th, 2024 at 8:01:45 AM permalink
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Hog up 3 machines (left, right, middle where you sit) for 3 chances with 3 cards
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I don't think it's as much that, as it is people either sitting in front of machines waiting for it to get to the point where they check to see who is eligible for the next drawing, or reserving seats for their spouses / children / "syndicate partners."

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What is the appropriate amount of dignity to exchange for better chances?
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What dignity? This is Vegas we are talking about, remember?

What I want to know is, how many of these machines had their pay tables/win probabilities tightened?
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July 13th, 2024 at 8:06:45 AM permalink
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What I want to know is, how many of these machines had their pay tables/win probabilities tightened?



Probably none of them, at least not for the promotion.
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July 16th, 2024 at 9:06:54 AM permalink
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Quote: ThatDonGuy

Somebody posted this on Facebook. Almost needless to say, its authenticity has not been verified.


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Lol.. camping at slots just for the drawing.. no duh

Hog up 3 machines (left, right, middle where you sit) for 3 chances with 3 cards
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What is the appropriate amount of dignity to exchange for better chances?
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According to "Vegas" Pauly C (consider the source, I guess), Mirage was only running a few hundred machines and people established their positions 12-14 hours before the promotion began. I would imagine the goal would be to keep things moving and prevent hot heads from getting steamed.
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July 16th, 2024 at 10:20:42 AM permalink
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Quote: ThatDonGuy

Somebody posted this on Facebook. Almost needless to say, its authenticity has not been verified.


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Lol.. camping at slots just for the drawing.. no duh

Hog up 3 machines (left, right, middle where you sit) for 3 chances with 3 cards
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What is the appropriate amount of dignity to exchange for better chances?
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According to "Vegas" Pauly C (consider the source, I guess), Mirage was only running a few hundred machines and people established their positions 12-14 hours before the promotion began. I would imagine the goal would be to keep things moving and prevent hot heads from getting steamed.
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around slow playing three machines at once.
Enough to qualify, but little enough to minimize bleed.

At least if you're playing an entire bank, running laps, and slapping every button each go-around, you get some exercise.
May the cards fall in your favor.
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