{"id":7541,"date":"2014-06-24T15:07:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/06\/24\/free-play-do-casino-players-like-it\/"},"modified":"2014-06-24T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T15:07:25","slug":"free-play-do-casino-players-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/06\/24\/free-play-do-casino-players-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Play \u2013 Do Casino Players Like it?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCommentaries By Jean Scott Autor of the Fugal Gambler<\/em> more on her http:\/\/queenofcomps.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\tIn the good ol\u2019 days, casinos rewarded players mostly with comps, but sometimes with hard cash. We loved cash rewards, which we could put in our pocket and walk out of the casino with. No matter how much we had lost while gambling, the cash made us feel, at least a little bit, like a \u201cwinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThen, about the turn of the Millennium, casino cash benefits began to be replaced by \u201cfree play.\u201d No longer could we just walk away: We had to run the free play through a machine at least once. Casinos used free play for bounce-back rewards, as a way for players to redeem slot club points, for tournament and drawing prizes, and in promotions (for example, earn xx points and get yy amount of free play). Casinos fell in love with free play, which has now has almost completely replaced cash as king. So we casino customers have had to adjust.<\/p>\n

\tWe did find that there were some good things about this new benefit system. We no longer had to stand in what was sometimes a very long line, or even two lines (one at the slot club to get a voucher and another at the cashier to cash the voucher). Instead, we could go straight to the machine and do a quick download. We also liked that a spouse or a gambling partner could pick up the free play when one of us was sick, or at work, or unable for some reason to visit the casino. All they needed was our slot club card and code number. (Of course this \u201cprivilege\u201d is technically against the rules of most casinos, and there will always be a few players who will abuse this feature. But most casinos will look the other way if the two people involved are in some kind of a close relationship.)<\/p>\n

\tMost players like free play because you usually don\u2019t get any government tax paperwork. The tax treatment of free play is a very gray area, with neither the IRS nor a court having addressed the issue. Right or wrong, most recreational gamblers choose to not report it as income.<\/p>\n

\tIf there is a choice between free play and comps, opinions are divided. Heavy players, who may earn more comps than they can use, like the free-play option. More occasional players, especially if the comp option takes fewer points, will appreciate free meals.<\/p>\n

\tSome opinions about free play are not positive. Clearly, $100 of free play is not the same as a crisp $100 bill: You have to run the free play through a machine with a long-term return of less than 100%. And occasionally the machine payoff is a very disappointing, much smaller figure. Related to this complaint is that many players hate the temptation of playing until the whole amount is gone (because, after all, they could win big) even when they originally planned to play just the one required time.<\/p>\n

\tAnother negative for many players is that using free play may trigger a \u201ctrip\u201d which ruins your daily average at casinos where any action is considered a \u201cplay day.\u201d Not always does a player want or is able to put in his usual amount of play on a day that he collects free play.<\/p>\n

\tOne final gripe I hear about free play \u2013 and it could be the same for cash\u2013 is that casinos look chintzy when they give out very small \u2013 or odd \u2013 amounts. \u201cWow, the casino wants me to drive across town for $3 in free play?\u201d Or \u201cWhat\u2019s with this $18 free-play coupon? Would the casino go bankrupt if they gave me two more dollars?\u201d But, of course, you can only take the rewards which casinos offer you, not the rewards you would like to have been offered.<\/p>\n

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Posted by:<\/strong> RFink13 on June 24, 2014, 4:20 pm<\/p>\n

The thing I don’t like about free play is that it expires. I don’t know how much free play I lost because I don’t live in the casino. What happens is I’ll play my free play and then my wife’s if she’s not with me, or vice versa. Use it or lose it, so I’ll use it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Posted by:<\/strong> Finisher on June 25, 2014, 2:18 am<\/p>\n

Some casinos you earn points with free play while others you do not .
\n\tSome you have to play it all on the machine you start with .I find that if you play 5.00 at a time you can take your wins out and save them .
\n\tThen that money will start earning points .
\n\tI had a guy come up to the table with these BIG chips for 25.00 and put them across on all the numbers . Which slowed down the game because nobody know about them .I had never seen them before so it took me by surprised when he started betting with them .
\n\tThey were the size of the fire bet markers .
\n\tGood Rolling. \ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Posted by:<\/strong> TheLion on June 25, 2014, 2:20 am<\/p>\n

i use my free play on the "jacks or Better" poker — i look for the "9-6" machines<\/p>\n

\tI can usually win anywhere between 70% to 120% of my free play — most times it’s a $20 slip, meaning I’ll get a $14 to $24 win — I look at it as an easy way to pay for the tolls from MD to AC, NJ<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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