dalawa: Yes, I "quit" Rincon several times over the past couple of years. The very first time was when they downgraded ALL of the VP Aces and Faces and Bonus games from 8/5 to 7/5. I quit Rincon then and wrote about it on my main website and within 24 hours after I wrote my article which was probably seen by several thousand people, Rincon reversed its decision and restored the 8/5 games.
Then within the last year Rincon reduced many of its machines to 7/5 again -- and I said I quit then. But when I discovered that there were still 8/5 machines I returned to play. I was just careful to stick with the 8/5 machines.
Then Rincon changed the rules for claiming the monthly free play $1,000 drawings -- giving players only 5 minutes. I wrote about it here and within a couple of days Rincon changed its rule to allow 1 hour to claim the money. That wasn't good enough for me so I stopped going for the monthly drawings.
I did continue to go to Rincon to take advantage of the other free play offers -- even though my free play was cut and cut and cut because of my reduced play. Now it is cut entirely -- so there is no reason for me to go back. Fact is, I get better free play offers in Vegas -- more on this below.
Regarding quitting VP in Vegas: In the past I made it quite clear that there was no reason to play VP in Vegas when Rincon had better pay tables. Now that I am not going to Rincon there is still the option of playing the few full-pay games left at Caesars. My last two $20,000 Royals were both on an 8/5 Bonus Game at Caesars. To refresh your memory dalawa the photos are below.
I never said I was quitting craps in Vegas. I said craps was now more attractive at Red Rock and Bellagio. I know you had venom oozing from the corners of your mouth when you wrote that with unbridled glee, but you were wrong.
Cry wolf? I never cried wolf. Do you know what the phrase "crying wolf" means? It appears you don't.
Frankly, each time I complained and wrote about on my website how Rincon made moves to hurt players Rincon reversed itself. Rincon lost a lot of my action when it tightened its free play and now they've really slammed the door. And who do you think is the big loser here? It's not me. Actually, Rincon did me a favor -- I get better offers in Vegas and now instead of driving 2.5 hours to get to Rincon, I will drive 3.5 hours to get to Caesars Palace or Bellagio where the offers are better, where I will enjoy staying overnight (I never stayed in the hotel at Rincon), and where I don't have to worry about casino managers who panic when I use $80 of free play or maybe $280 of free play, but don't open my wallet.
dalawa -- be sure you check out my two Royals hit at Caesars on full pay video poker. I haven't hit a $20K royal at Rincon since the fall of last year. I kinda like Caesars better now.
And after hitting the Small once at Bellagio, and then hitting the ALL once at Bellagio at craps -- and walking away with a nice profit -- I look forward to playing craps again there soon. By the way, my "new host" at Bellagio called me today extending another offer to get me back. Even though I won at craps he welcomed the level of my action there. it's nice to be appreciated at Bellagio -- while Caesars nickels and dimes me with its Total Rewards comp system and some manager at Rincon panicked that I only used free play on some visits.
Yes. Rincon really did do me a favor. But they also cheated me. While Rincon has the right to stop sending me offers for future free play, the bounce back money from previous months was part of the "deal" of my play there. Bounce back is from two months prior -- and it should have been given to me. They broke their end of the deal because I played by the rules and the rules said I would get a rebate (bounce back) on my play. The way I understand it, my mailer for September should have included bounce back from July and in July I had more than 410-thousand of coin-in with a lot of it at Rincon, and in October's mailer I should get bounce back money from August. The TR website does not yet list the total coin-in for August. I've been cheated by Rincon. They owe me.
So here's a warning to everyone who plays at Rincon: if you play at table games and get a rebate on your losses, and if you play slots and video poker, keep track of your points earned and be sure you receive the bounce back and/or rebates. If there is an interruption in your mailers -- let them know that you earned your bounce back or rebate from previous play and it should not be effected by changes in future offers. In my case -- the decision to eliminate future offers took away the bounce back that I earned from previous play.
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