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440 spins on VP for 100 slot points

Went to the casino and there was some mention that getting 100 slot points qualifies the player to a U-Spin for a food points comp good for that day. I won $5 on it which barely covers a $3 tip on a $20 fish fry & fries. But I was playing craps and my comps today were measly compared to my last trip recently. So how good is this U-Spin? It sucks, you can win $5, $10, $15 or $25 in food comps, or win nothing, or even lose $1. Imagine that, losing a $1 on a U-Spin. It didn't seem to be worth the effort to win 100 points, and my tier points are only going up about 1/4.5X as fast as my rewards points. If I earn $9 in rewards points, I may only get 200 tier points, which I don't understand.

So I asked at the slot club how much money you have to gamble to win 100 slot points. I was told $400 on regular slots, $550 on the Video Poker/Keno/VBJ machines, and e-Roulette gives no points and can't play points.

So I'm trying to figure out how many spins at $1.25 of VP is $550 and it's 440 spins. So I'm starting off my night of the home game and after 315 spins, I'm down $100 or 25%. That is so much more than any food credit I would get. But if I wait around until 440 spins, maybe a quads will show up and improve my RTP. 17 hands later I hit quad Queens on Double Double Bonus VP and it brought my session loss to -$38.75, or a 90% RTP. I'm averaging 10 hands a minute, so it's been 33 minutes so far, I should budget 45 minutes for this exercise.

After 440 hands, I was down $57.50, or about another quads win. I was down 10.45% for the session, and I had 4 to a Royal Flush that was only a Flush.

I'm not sure if the U-Spin requires 100 tier points or rewards points. But in my 3 hours at the $5 craps table I only got 120 tier points, which was equal to about 540 rewards points. I'm going to guess that it's Rewards points that qualifies for the spin. I was grandfathered-in at the $5 table when it went to $10. I was told if I can eat and return in 20 minutes, I can still play at the $5 level. I spent 80 minutes eating. There was a football game on the big screens and I heard the National Anthem and was astonished by the shrieking of the singer. I stuck around for the first touchdown. I went to the cage to change a $20 into two $10's to shore up my buy-in allotments. The craps table was empty but returned to $5 status. I decided to come home and see if I can drive for 80 minutes without a nap this time since I was hopped up on 5 Cherry Cokes and not quite exhausted from the day and savoring a winning day.

I'm getting awful comps on Spanish 21. Years ago at another casino I could count on a free bet in comps for 4 hours of play of Black Jack. At this Caesars's casino I've visited, it's more like 15 hours for 1 free bet in comps. I'm trying to figure the math. The internet says you can expect 1.5X your regular bet in Tier points per hour. So if I bet $10 and multiply by 1.5, it'd be 15 tier points. I'm noticing a 4.5 multiplier of Tier points added to my Rewards Points. So 15 TPs times a 4.5X multiplier is 67 Rewards Points or $0.67 per hour. Multiply $0.67 by 15 hours to get to $10 in comps. To get to 100 Rewards points for the dinner comp U-Spin, I'd need 3 hours at a $5 table and 1.5 hours at a $10 table. That I only got 88 Tier Points after 6 hours on the Spanish 21 table tells me something completely different unrelated to Tier points.

I can buy gasoline at a local fill-up station with Rewards Points. Use 10,000 points and get a $50 fill-up. If I have three 5 hour sessions per week and it takes $50 to fill the tank each week, I'll need 10,000 Rewards Points to fill it up. I'd need to be betting $100/hand for 15 hours to get a $50 fill-up.

Update: Because of my progressions on the Pass Line approaching $50, the casino sent me a mailer with $50 Match Plays for December, instead of $5, $10, or $15 Match Plays. Winning a few of those could pay off some gas debt.

Long losing streaks blamed

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Was I playing slot machines wrong this whole time? - Fun Casino challenge - Storytime Slots - Oct 21, 2025
(Play until a Bonus hits then go on to the next machine.)



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Videos at Jackpot Scope

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Several machines analyzed like never before. I like Panda Magic though I've never played it. It's #8 on the list and starts at 24:35.
This is just the first video I've ran across on their channel. I'll be going back for more.

ATM - Unable to process transaction

Why Is My Debit Card Declined When I Have Money on It?
https://www.privacy.com/blog/why-is-my-debit-card-declined-when-i-have-money

Just saw a complaint on IG that the bank suspended all her payments because she was getting monthly payments from Only Fans.

There's massive flooding in PA/NY/NJ/NYC so maybe the system is down.

It was suspicious activity. I just needed to change my PIN.
Even with my card cleared of obstructions, it still won't work in an ATM a second time. Gonna have to buy some Fluff and PS5 games.
Clerks at 7-11 take no responsibility for ATM's and have nothing to say about them except to call the number on the ATM name plate if I get ripped off.
It's looking like a silent administrative hold on ATM transactions for me.
The bank card announced they are closing a year from now, so there may be a run on the bank and they may have shut off ATM access a month later, if this ain't just about me.
In other news, Rite Aid only gave less than a month of notice that they were not going to honor their gift cards because they were going bankrupt. Blink and miss it.

DBL DBL Bonus VP Winning Streak Progression

My new Roku 4 Video Poker game has $0.25, $0.50 and $1 denoms now and I can change between 1 through 5 coins per spin. There's 5 games I could play. The one I've been hooked on the most is Double Double Bonus Poker because of its higher payouts on certain quads, but I do get ripped off on the 2 pair payouts badly. This game has different payouts for the different denoms, so naturally, the higher the denom the higher the payout, at least in most games. That's why I upgrade a denom instead of going to 2 coins on the same denom. I also try to get to 5 coins as fast as possible. I'm only given a $25/day freebie so I'm starting from nothing (it could be equal to a $25/trip free play award at a real casino, but I'd have to play that through first). If I play a little and stretch it out over a few days my balance will rise, but then I start playing at higher denoms and going through $25 much faster. It all depends on how often those quads show up at the higher bet levels. This chart is about winning 5 basic quads ahead (5's through Kings) before moving up a denom. I can't really expect quads to show up often enough to get me to a higher denom that often, but what if they did? I made a chart to show how I'd play it if I were free to play it at a real casino. Unfortunately, I'd probably stop at the $0.50 denom and play 4 coins instead of 5 coins at above $500 so I don't get a hand pay. But on my home Roku 4 VP game, I could be playing $1 denom at 5 coin for any balance above $1,125.
I was watching Slotmassacre videos before making this chart and he just seems to put in 10 hands worth of bets and hoping for a quads, and he has a few rebuys. No telling what happens off camera. So I decided to make my own chart separate from that folly.

Bet	Balance
$0.25 - 1 coin	$25
$0.50 - 1 coin	>$62.50
$0.25 - 5 coin	>$187.50
$0.50 - 5 coin	>$500
$1 - 5 coin	>$1,125
$2 - 5 coin	>$2,375
$5 - 5 coin	>$4,875
$10 - 5 coin	>$11,125
$25 - 5 coin	>$23,625
$50 - 5 coin	>$54,875
$100 - 5 coin	>$117,375
Win Goal	$250,000

Edit 3/15/2026: After over 40K hands playing the home game on my Roku, I never got above $1,200 playing this strategy. I never got a Royal. I was down nearly $6K or several Royals. I quit and deleted the app. I'm going to find some other games to play. I was getting an RTP of 92% overall. The quads don't show up as often as I expected. Seems rigged.