1) Comps or complimentaries for rooms, food, beverages and other goodies is the FREE compensation from casinos for your loyalty.
2) Your pass for these freebies is the casino slot club card issued to you FREE.
3) Read the casinos’ slot club literature to determine the best card value.
4) Sign up for all slot club cards even if you don’t intend to use them; watch for casino promotional mail offers you can’t refuse.
5) Table players should get a card even if they don’t play the machines; for the benefits.
6) Table players can be rated with their slot card in some casinos. Otherwise, table players must ask to be rated before they start to play.
7) Pick up casino front desk copies of freebies magazines/ coupons. Extra comps.
8) Don’t play just for comps.
9) Cash rebates: this is a top benefit.
THE SAVVY COMP PLAYER
10) Introduce yourself to the slot host.
11) Make sure your card registers each time you insert: usually ‘hello, tom’.
12) You do not have to lose to get comped: casinos want your time in their house.
13) The value of comps reduces cost of gambling, and will stretch your gambling bankroll.
14) Go on a ‘comp run’: hit 5 casinos one day.
15) Machine comp points rewards are tracked for all coins and credits put through.
16) Kiosks, similar to ATM’s available now; with PIN#, you can track or redeem your points.
17) Slot players get more points awarded.
18) 9/6 Video poker players can play a 100%+ payback game when value of points added.
19) RFB: king of comps=room, food and beverage.
20) Best Vegas Slot Clubs: Station Casinos-4 on one card. Reserve Casino. Harrah’s Total Gold Card-used at all Harrah’s properties. Main Street Station-downtown. Santa Fe-North Vegas, best VP payouts too.
21) You can play at one casino, and request a comped show ticket for another casino: ask slot host for a ‘bill-back’ comp.
22) Smaller casinos comp better and more often.
23) Best Atlantic City Slots Clubs: Trump Plaza, Caesars and AC Hilton. All three return at least 25% in comps to members.
24) Not only do you have more money with COMPS, but you are making money too!
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