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January 30th, 2013 at 7:04:48 AM permalink
I am going to be in Vegas from 2/27-3/5. I'll be staying at the Rio. I have been doing some research about the Total Rewards program, and have found a lot of useful information, particularly this article written by the Wiz: Harrah's Total Rewards 101 .

I can't find any sort of date on this article, so I'm not sure how valid the information still is.

Quote: Harrah's Total Rewards 101

There is a one-day shortcut for the Tier program: if 2,000 points are earned in a single day, Platinum status is attained, while 3,000 points in one day will bump the player to Diamond status. These rules may vary by property.



Quote: Harrah's Total Rewards 101

Racing: Every $100 bet earns a sum of 200 Base Reward Credits and Bonus Reward Credits. Regardless of how they are divided, the comp rate is 2%.



If I wager $1500 on Harness Races during the "Casino Day", does that = DIAD? I'd love to spend a few hours at the Racebook, anyway.

Any information would be appreciated.
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January 30th, 2013 at 8:22:01 AM permalink
Quote: Scot

I am going to be in Vegas from 2/27-3/5. I'll be staying at the Rio. I have been doing some research about the Total Rewards program, and have found a lot of useful information, particularly this article written by the Wiz: Harrah's Total Rewards 101 .

I can't find any sort of date on this article, so I'm not sure how valid the information still is.

Quote: Harrah's Total Rewards 101

There is a one-day shortcut for the Tier program: if 2,000 points are earned in a single day, Platinum status is attained, while 3,000 points in one day will bump the player to Diamond status. These rules may vary by property.



Quote: Harrah's Total Rewards 101

Racing: Every $100 bet earns a sum of 200 Base Reward Credits and Bonus Reward Credits. Regardless of how they are divided, the comp rate is 2%.



If I wager $1500 on Harness Races during the "Casino Day", does that = DIAD? I'd love to spend a few hours at the Racebook, anyway.

Any information would be appreciated.



It doesn't say anything about Tier credits. I think reward credits and tier credits can be two different things.
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January 30th, 2013 at 8:25:45 AM permalink
I was thinking that may be the case, but it is not clear.
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January 30th, 2013 at 8:37:42 AM permalink
Quote: Harrah's Total Rewards 101

Tier Credits are generally earned at the same rate as Base Reward Credits (poker is the only exception I know of).

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January 31st, 2013 at 9:10:08 PM permalink
Quote: Scot

Quote: Harrah's Total Rewards 101

Tier Credits are generally earned at the same rate as Base Reward Credits (poker is the only exception I know of).



I would ask the sportsbook before attempting this.

And the Wiz also wrote, the sportsbook gives you 2% in base and bonus rewards credits. 2% overall is a pretty decent comp, imo; I wouldn't be surprised if it was less now.

But tier score is only based on base reward credits only. Like you say this issue comes up in poker, 1/2NL in Vegas you get 17 base reward credits per hour and 83 bonus reward credits per hour giving you a total of 100 reward credits per hour. But you only earn Tier points on the base reward credits only (17 Tier/hr). I'm guessing a similar scenario exists in the sportsbook.
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February 1st, 2013 at 7:03:39 AM permalink
Quote: tringlomane

I would ask the sportsbook before attempting this.

And the Wiz also wrote, the sportsbook gives you 2% in base and bonus rewards credits. 2% overall is a pretty decent comp, imo; I wouldn't be surprised if it was less now.

But tier score is only based on base reward credits only. Like you say this issue comes up in poker, 1/2NL in Vegas you get 17 base reward credits per hour and 83 bonus reward credits per hour giving you a total of 100 reward credits per hour. But you only earn Tier points on the base reward credits only (17 Tier/hr). I'm guessing a similar scenario exists in the sportsbook.



Just to clarify, the 2% is for racing, not sports betting. Thanks for your thoughts. I think you are right. I will have to ask, but I think a similar situation to the poker scenario probably does exist.
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February 1st, 2013 at 7:27:27 AM permalink
I would be really surprised if $1500 in racing bets got DIAD. I think both the racing and sports bets are treated differently from slots and video poker.
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February 1st, 2013 at 7:51:38 AM permalink
Quote: 1arrowheaddr

I would be really surprised if $1500 in racing bets got DIAD. I think both the racing and sports bets are treated differently from slots and video poker.



It does sound too good to be true... So it probably is. I have spent hours searching and can't find any reference to how the Racebook bets generate tier credits.
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February 1st, 2013 at 8:22:41 AM permalink
The article is a little out of date - tier requirements have been raised since. I think it's 2 days at 2500 each now.

As for racing specifically, from the article:
Racing: Every $100 bet earns a sum of 200 Base Reward Credits and Bonus Reward Credits.

That's 200 combined. Bonus Reward Credits don't bring tier credits with them. The distribution is at best 100/100, but probably worse. At 100/100 it would then be $5,000 in bets. At 50/150, $10k.
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February 1st, 2013 at 8:55:39 AM permalink
This is from 4 years ago:

It is my pleasure to assist you with your sports book earning inquiry. You will earn three (3) Base Credits for every $10 spent on race wagers and one (1) Base Credit for every $20 spent on sports wagers. I hope this information was helpful in providing our sports book earnings. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
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February 1st, 2013 at 10:03:03 AM permalink
Diamond in a day (DIAD) now requires 5000 tier credits in a day but you can also earn Diamond by earning 2500 tier credits twice.

I believe it will require wagering $16,667 in a day at racing to get Diamond.
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