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Tuesday- play $700 through machine, get $10 cash. Can be done twice a day.
Thursday- play $1500 and get a wheel spin. Most spins will result in $10-$20, with a small possibility of $50 or $100. Playing on Thursday also gets you a small gift. Perhaps a pasta bowl or some bubble baths.

On Thursday, if you don't play the whole $1500 you get nothing.

They're about even.

You play $1400 on Tuesday to get $20 guaranteed

You play $1500 on Thursday to get at least $10 and depending how valuable this gift will be every week, if it is crap most of the time. I'd lean towards Tuesdays.

You would need to hit $50 every 3 weeks you get $10 or $100 every 6 weeks you get $10 to get even, if you are willing to do guesswork.

I would do both every week if the game I have to play is at the high 98% or low 99% return. I can afford it financially.

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[quote=billryan]Perhaps a pasta bowl or some bubble baths.[/quote]I don't get these promotions.  We're always getting mailers that promise some free item if we show up on a certain day.  Sometimes it's a tumbler or a cooler, or some other item you can buy at Walmart.  Does anybody think gamblers are turned on by winning a free beer mug?  What inspires me is bonus free play or a special drawing of some kind.  My favorite is when they walk around and randomly award $500 in free play.  I've never won that prize, but lots of people around me have.  I guess my day is coming... 

Last week, the Thursday gift was a Disney slumber bag. By Friday, there were several dozen listed on eBay. They sold for $15-30 dollars.

I'll bet Bob Dancer has a warehouse full of those things.  

My experience tells me that getting to know the slot host is the key to getting better chances for free play.

Just by visiting with my slot host at The Palace, I've been invited to a number of events that have nothing to do with gambling - Mystery Dinner Theater (one would pay 40-80 for this on the street)
Parties with awesome food - and the prettier cocktail waittresses

[quote=billryan]Perhaps a pasta bowl or some bubble baths.I don't get these promotions.  We're always getting mailers that promise some free item if we show up on a certain day.  Sometimes it's a tumbler or a cooler, or some other item you can buy at Walmart.  Does anybody think gamblers are turned on by winning a free beer mug?  What inspires me is bonus free play or a special drawing of some kind.  My favorite is when they walk around and randomly award $500 in free play.  I've never won that prize, but lots of people around me have.  I guess my day is coming... 



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I'll bet Bob Dancer has a warehouse full of those things.  




Mr. Dancer has gone on record in a January 2015 article to state that successful players will pursue gifts that the casino gives out to sell for monetary value on eBay.

One thing to consider is what you get at the end after paying the cost to ship the product as well as a percentage of the winning bid that eBay takes a commission of, if the winning bidder used the PayPal payment service owned by eBay there are additional fees, and the starting bid (must start it at 99 cents in order to have a cheap cost listing).

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In video poker, it’s a different dynamic. You still have players going broke, of course, but it’s wrong to assume that a player who is usually successful at a $5 game can crush a 25 cent game. One reason is that these players don’t play the same games. Being really good at Jacks or Better, for example, doesn’t automatically make you a good player at Deuces Wild. Each game, and each pay schedule, must be learned separately.

If you know one or two games well, it’s not that hard to pick up others. But it’s not a gimmee either. Every game has its own idiosyncrasies.

The most successful players at high stakes games use hosts and know how to work the comp system. They can sometimes negotiate front money just to show up and play. They get travel money reimbursement. Often they receive gifts of various sorts which can later be sold on eBay.

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Our casino gave away these soft cute teddy bears with $10 - $1000 Freeplay marked inside the sealed tag. Now really - they were so cute but how many of us will give these darling things saturated in casino smoke to their babies or grandchildren to hug on?

Hook em while they are young.

[quote=alpax]Mr. Dancer has gone on record in a January 2015 article to state that
successful players will pursue gifts that the casino gives out to sell
for monetary value on eBay.[/quote]I find the image of Bob Dancer sitting on his computer hocking beer mugs hilarious.  All kidding aside, at his level of play I suspect his casino gifts are a little nicer than mine.