What the smartest Vegas poker boss will do.

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I like the 3 dollar an hour idea, but I think that it should only apply as a credit to a persons hotel room bill.

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Actually thats kind of an interesting idea. Give an extra comp dollar or two that can only be applied to hotel rooms.

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This is a terrible idea. It only works for the casino if the credit is applied to a future stay, not your current one. You are going to pay your room bill anyhow (and on a credit card, so it really doesn't impact your gambling losses), so any credits hit the hotel directly on the bottom line. Giving food comps means sometimes the person uses it (breakage) and the cost of the food is generally cheaper than the face value of the comp.

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1. You could make it only apply to future stays. Its not hard.

2. You could make them only apply to weekday stays, or only honour them 2:1 on weekends or something like that. When it comes to weekday stays there's very little cost to the hotel in terms of having someone in the room. The alternative is often the room sits there empty. If this encourages people to make more trips to the casino it easily pays for itself.

This also attracts the tourist/gambling players more then the locals which is good for everyone.

Either way I stand by my statement its an interesting idea. Obviously I don't have a c&b analysis on it.