7 Stars players (and I think Diamond players too) were able to use their ATM cards at the casino cage to get cash without any fees. On April 1st that policy changed. Now when you go to the cage, they process your ATM card (or credit card) as a cash advance and charge you a fee. They rebate the fee in either free play chips or a free play slot ticket.

I rarely carry cash, so I was surprised this happened. I knew that it has been the procedure in Vegas for about the last six months, but this is new at Rincon.

To get $500 cash using my ATM card at the cage the fee is $29.95 and you get $30 in free play.

If you use an ATM, Rincon has a $4 fee per transaction, plus you might incur a "foreign ATM bank fee" from your bank. In my case, Bank of America charges $2.50 per transaction.

So now you have to decide what to do:

Do you use the ATM and pay the fees, or go to the cage and pay higher fees but get a rebate on the fees in free play?

What do you do?