Tell me if this casino is crazy

Mr. T

Well-Known Member
#1
Where I gamble on this casino ship, they have offered free complimentary cabins for their Slot Tournament.
I have never played slots before so I was not invited but my friend who plays slot sometimes have been invited. He goes on the ship about 5 times a year and has accumulated about 50 points on his players card. According to my estimation that would translate into a loss of about $2000.
What was his invitation? He gets a free cabin for up to 3 pax for a 3N/4D cruise on the Superstar Virgo, sister ship of the NCL Spirit presently sailing out from NY. No other payments required except for seaport tax.
What is the tournament like. In groups of 20, each person has to feed $100 into the slot machine and the top 5 players would go into the next round. The total prize money put up by the casino is $100,000. Unfortunately he was knock out in the first round and lost his $100.
Why would any casino give away Comps like that. All they could hope for is for my friend to come back and gamble some more.
Does not make any business sense to me and I think this casino ship management is crazy.
 

shadroch

Well-Known Member
#2
You keep posting this stuff, but nothing like this apears on their website and I called the line you claimed did this last year. The numbers they were looking for were 10X what you said they were.
Maybe you are converting currency wrong?
 

Sharky

Well-Known Member
#3
Mr. T said:
Where I gamble on this casino ship, they have offered free complimentary cabins ...Does not make any business sense to me and I think this casino ship management is crazy.
could be revenue management since a half empty ship generally costs the same to operate as a full ship. you don't mention anything about meals being included and alcohol has huge margins on ships. and, of course, 3d/4n there will be additional gambling profits to be had, particularly with slots players.
 

Mr. T

Well-Known Member
#4
shadroch said:
You keep posting this stuff, but nothing like this apears on their website and I called the line you claimed did this last year. The numbers they were looking for were 10X what you said they were.
Maybe you are converting currency wrong?
And I have told you, you called the wrong line.
The line is open to members only and here is the link from their website

(Dead link: http://www.starvip88.com/V2/main/index.aspx)

Sharky said:
could be revenue management since a half empty ship generally costs the same to operate as a full ship. you don't mention anything about meals being included and alcohol has huge margins on ships. and, of course, 3d/4n there will be additional gambling profits to be had, particularly with slots players.
Meals are included but not alcohol. Yes the ship is only 3/4 full even with all the Comp quests. Yes they must be counting on the additional gambling on board.
 
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