I want to add to this, after responding to a comment on another Forum:

Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
5. Playing at the "high roller" level will no doubt offer even more comp credits which could be converted to gift cards and gas cards as well as marketable merchandise
These high rollers will no doubt generate substantial comp points over and above anything needed to pay for their hotel and food. I suggested originally that they could use these extra comp points to buy gift cards or merchandise. But they could also use the extra comp points to buy "free play" and the free play has a multiplier effect -- because all "coin in" whether it is real dollars or free play dollars is used to generate more comp points and more free play.

And there will also, I am sure, be extra incentives for the high rollers... and I think this could well be a positive play for them even before the monthly cash drawings or the big drawing for a million at the end of the year.

As I also noted, I don't think Rincon cares who wins this promotion -- a high roller or a penny slot player (as unlikely as that seems). Rincon has a limited liability here -- they already announced what their liability is. Now they want as many players as possible to compete -- and the more competitors, the greater the casino's profits, because the two million in prizes is already "on the books."

Unfortunately for everyone else who plays, the winners of the drawings are likely to be those few high rollers who dominate those $100 machines with the better VP paytables and especially if they play on Tuesdays with triple entries.