I just got a question by email -- and frankly, it's something I never thought about before.
The question: do all casinos count free play in slot/video poker machines as actual coin in? Or do they separate it out from actual coin in?
The question comes from a casino regular who said he sees that he gets credits on his players card as he plays through "free play" which he describes as a bonus on top of a bonus. I can confirm that -- my player's "points" increase as I use free play at both Rincon and Caesars. But do all casinos have the same policy?
Then this question: when the casino figures your win/loss does the free play count as actual coin in which offsets your wins, or is it segregated from actual coin in so that it doesn't offset your wins? I can't answer that question.
The questioner wants to know if this affects several things:
1. win/loss for tax records
2. casino win/loss for future promotions
3. casino win/loss for comps
Anybody ever think about this before?