Laughlin Trip Report

[Rounder]

It's $38 for two nights, which is $19 per night. And you get $40 freeplay which can be run off on the video blackjack that is right at 100% with the card. This makes the rooms essentially free. I have a friend staying there 4 nights a week.

If you think this is a good deal by Laughlin standards it's not. The Pioneer is rated as the worst hotel in all of Laughlin, and if this dump can't at least comp a couple of free nights like all the other places do, it isn't saying much for the place.

All the places I have played rated in Laughlin have offered me free rooms. The Riverside has offered me free flight and room packages. All the places except for the Riverside, I didn't give any machine play, just blackjack. I have stayed at Aquarius and Golden Nugget on totally free room comps and had free room offers from Tropicana and Harrahs with only blackjack play. Speaking of Harrahs, just recently I received an offer for two night Sun-Thur free stay along with a dinning credit for Laughlin. I haven't played at Harrahs in Lauglin in over 3 years and then it was only for a couple of hours of blackjack.

Machine play should earn much better comps than blackjack. I'm kind of curious what other comp offers you received?

The Pioneer offer is not based on machine play. You don't have to play other than run the freeplay off. Anyone off the street can use it. Harrah's, Golden Nugget and Tropicana don't have any video poker worth playing to get free rooms. You're better off paying for them. But December is coming up which is the slowest month in Laughlin. Most places practically give the rooms away. The Pioneer offer is open to everyone.

So far the Riverside is the only place that's sent me anything and it's not much, $20 freeplay for December. And I ran a 20K wager. I guess they think that will get me to bite. They sent me their King of Clubs Newsletter. They want me to "Go Green." That is, receive all the offers by email. But when I click on the link it won't open.

Hi Mickey,

I know this is an old thread, but I had a few questions and I think some folks may like a 2022 update in Laughlin.

I had a big loss at the riverside and they are sending me $160/month free play plus other offers. I think Riverside may base offers off of actual loss if you ran 30k in action and got $20 FP. They think I lost $1400. Cardpulling before bonus rounds works there. I actually lost around $800, most of it was 600 loss on a machine where I didn't read the small fine print and 400 at craps in 15 mins where I didn't win one bet. I made some back in the very few good games they have. Very few vulturables though, hence the craps.

Edgewater sends me $120/month + $30 in food. I found a good camp play among others and ran 13k inaction over a few days, according to the win loss statement. Card pulling works here too, because I actually made over 1k between aquarius and edgewater, but they had me down for a $70 win. Just pull your card before every bonus round or when a big payout is coming.

There are quite a bit more vulture machines than your account, but that probably runs true for all jurisdictions these days. You do however need a car and have to sweep through every casino.

A couple questions-

1. Do you think Riverside maybe had you a bad offer list from your long history there? $20 in freeplay with 30k in action over a couple days? What a slap in the face.

2. How important are local IDs/addresses to offers here and other jurisdictions, in your experience?

3. Was what you had written the extent of the offers you ended up receiving? Did they increase when you ignored them or get worse?

4. How is vulturing now compared to the piggy bankin days? Is the lack of good VP offset by the games out these days?

Definitely true, there is nothing for good VP in Laughlin. The $1 NSUD is literally the best game in town, and it's a losing play. I will have to check for that progressive bank at the Pioneer when I am there next month. That sounds like it could be a play.

As an aside, what is up with this Rob Singer guy? I've never heard him say anything that sounded reasonable or logical about gambling and he seems to be very disrespectful. Plus, regarding the $2 FPDW game, doesn't he play some crazy strategy where he breaks a ton of paying hands to chase the royal/dueces? Sounds like he would negate any edge he could have on the game with his approach to VP. So on THIS game he would play a computer based strategy? Just an observation.