Vegas was made successful on the premise of making even the little guy feel like kings. I know of no other casino who's emphasis is to do the oposite of that, other than Turning Stone Casino.
Now I don not play the machines, but my friends do, and they just never win. Witnessing all those hapless souls pumping $$$$$ into those incredibly tight machines is just sad.
They keep messing with the blackjack games. Now they are 8 deck. And on Fri and Sat the double deck games are $50 min. Now I, unlike many of you advantage players, play for the enjoyment. I usually go once every 2 months with $5000-10000, and play BJ or Craps. Now my friend plays about $20000 every 2 weeks. (Please, I do unserstand these dollar ammounts are stupid to some of you, but it is easily affordable for us so it is NOT an issue).
My friend is just a wild gambler, sometimes he runs the 20k up to 75k, and sometimes losses it all. but he does this every 2 weeks. After almost a year of doing this, he still was not given VIP status. He goes to the head boss of the VIP program 2 hours after losing $8000. The boss said that is play just wasnt there, his bets were just not high enough, and according to his computer he is $500 up on this trip. Every host knew this was wrong but nothing was done. He is religious about turning in his players card before playing any table. Every time we have ever been there, we are by far the biggest betters on the casino floor at any time, yet we are treated like bums. Yes we get our rooms paid for and our meals, but so do friends who only play 300 total in machines. I think the place is designed to the zombie slot players and they dont know how to treat deep pocket players.
Let me give you an example, if they said hey, lets fly you here, pick you up from the airport, give you our nicest room, give you VIP status, comp the spa visits, and get you anything you want, I absolutely would go at leat once a month with 20k. Guarenteed. I only go there because my brother is close and our friends live there.
Now I don not play the machines, but my friends do, and they just never win. Witnessing all those hapless souls pumping $$$$$ into those incredibly tight machines is just sad.
They keep messing with the blackjack games. Now they are 8 deck. And on Fri and Sat the double deck games are $50 min. Now I, unlike many of you advantage players, play for the enjoyment. I usually go once every 2 months with $5000-10000, and play BJ or Craps. Now my friend plays about $20000 every 2 weeks. (Please, I do unserstand these dollar ammounts are stupid to some of you, but it is easily affordable for us so it is NOT an issue).
My friend is just a wild gambler, sometimes he runs the 20k up to 75k, and sometimes losses it all. but he does this every 2 weeks. After almost a year of doing this, he still was not given VIP status. He goes to the head boss of the VIP program 2 hours after losing $8000. The boss said that is play just wasnt there, his bets were just not high enough, and according to his computer he is $500 up on this trip. Every host knew this was wrong but nothing was done. He is religious about turning in his players card before playing any table. Every time we have ever been there, we are by far the biggest betters on the casino floor at any time, yet we are treated like bums. Yes we get our rooms paid for and our meals, but so do friends who only play 300 total in machines. I think the place is designed to the zombie slot players and they dont know how to treat deep pocket players.
Let me give you an example, if they said hey, lets fly you here, pick you up from the airport, give you our nicest room, give you VIP status, comp the spa visits, and get you anything you want, I absolutely would go at leat once a month with 20k. Guarenteed. I only go there because my brother is close and our friends live there.