Oh the irony of the online video poker games offered at Caesars.com ... the website of Caesars Entertainment where Total Rewards members can find info about their offers and comps and points.
The irony is not that Caesars offers free-play-casino games on its website (it's had them for a while) but the irony is that the pay tables on the online games are better than what you will find at Caesars casinos in Vegas.
For example the Double Double Bonus video poker game has a 9/6 paytable and at Caesars the best you will find is 9/5. The Bonus poker game has an 8/5 pay table online and at Caesars anything less than a $5 game pays 7/5. And the online Bonus poker game has a premium payout for a straight flush.
You would think that having a better paytable online than in the actual casino might cause some resentment? Maybe just a little?
Many casino companies are now adding free-to-play online games on their websites both to draw interested gamblers and to familiarize its players with future play-for-money online casinos should they be legalized soon.
Caesars already has a play-for-money online casino in Europe, and several of the U.S. casino companies ready to roll out play-for-money online poker sites as laws allow them to.
Several casinos already have play-for-free online poker sites which could easily be converted to play-for-money sites.