Personally, I would never factor those things into it.

I think I've done rebates at the Trop, the Plaza, Cosmo, and the old Maxim. The Cosmo rebate, when it first started, didn't require that you lose the first day to claim it. If you won, you could delay using the rebate until a day you lost. That option didn't last long, but I took advantage. I won the first day, then lost the second day and ran the rebate through.

Last I checked, Westgate has a $100 rebate program. They may have stopped it in the last month or so, but it's worth giving them a call.