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Casino
Credit Update In
Part I
of this series, we dealt with the new Cash Transaction Reporting requirements. How to get credit, how to use it, and how to pay
it back, were all covered. In Part II, we dealt with the use and benefits of casino-credit, and how to raise your stature as a player without raising the risk to your bankroll.
There
are eight companies that control over one-hundred casino operations in the United
States. It’s pretty handy if you can
access your credit from any number of them. The
convenience and safety of not having to carry large amounts of cash is definitely a plus. In
addition, your Line of Credit gives you instant recognition, even if you’ve never
played in that house before. It gives you
easier access to comps and perks that are usually reserved for much “larger”
players. This all stems from the fact that if
you are willing to expose your playing bankroll to the casino; then they are willing to
give you pretty much full run of their house. If
they know that you are “good” for a certain level of action with a
“known” bankroll; then they will extend every courtesy, comp and privilege that
they can. Whether
you are a consistent winner doesn’t really enter into their comp-calculations. They
simply look at your bankroll as a tasty pot of honey.
If you are a Precision-Shooter who has an edge over the game, they
don’t have to know that. They understand
that players get lucky, and can have long winning streaks.
They are relying upon the house-edge to grind out your money in the
long-term. As a player who has an advantage,
it is your duty and responsibility to appear as much to them as a “lucky” or
“normal” player as possible. Their
task is to keep the lucky player happy, and playing as long as possible for the house-edge
to eventually do its job. They continue to
invite you back by using more and more, and greater and greater perks and comps to give
the “house” as much of a shot as possible at your bankroll. The
fact that you continue to win does not alter their offers at all, in fact, they usually
increase the size and value of the comps to pretty much guarantee themselves that you will
return again and again. With
DISCIPLINE, Money Management, proper betting methods and skilled Precision-Shooting,
having a Line-of-Credit at multiple properties can be a VERY good and rewarding
experience. When
you set up a Line of Credit (L.o.C.), it is usually accessible from other in-town
“sister” properties. Here’s
a rundown on several casino-corporations that have shared credit-facilities. That means that if you establish credit at one
casino, you can USUALLY access it at another one of their sister casinos. All
of the following casinos share the same player data-base and credit-issuing system: MGM
Grand The
Holiday Inn-Boardwalk casino is NOT included in the MGM-Mirage computerized Player-Rating
system or credit-facility. If
you want to play at any the Primm Resorts of: Primm
Valley (formerly Primadonna) Then
special arrangements have to be made and confirmed in advance by the casino where you originally
established your MMC credit for it to be extended at these three houses. If
you play at either Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi, or MGM Grand in Detroit,
you’ll want to know that they also require special pre-arrangement for your Line to
be transferred from one of their Las Vegas casinos, and I would STRONGLY suggest you get
written confirmation of those arrangements. Depending
on your length of credit history with them, they may require a new credit application to
be filled out for those two jurisdictions.
Mandalay
Bay Corporation
All
of the following casinos share the same player data-base and credit-issuing system: Mandalay
Bay Resort As
far as I know, you cannot access your Line at Slots-o-Fun, and even if you can, I would
not do so if you are a Precision-Shooter. You
want to stay under the pit-radar iN tiny grind-joints like this. If
you want to play at: Silver
Legacy-Reno Then
special arrangements have to be made and confirmed in advance by the casino where you originally
established your MBC credit for it to be extended at these two houses. If
you play at either Gold Strike in Tunica, Mississippi, Motor City in Detroit, or Grand
Victoria in Elgin, Illinois; then you’ll want to know that they also require special
pre-arrangement for your Line to be transferred from one of their Las Vegas casinos, and I
would STRONGLY suggest you get written confirmation of those arrangements. Depending
on your length of credit history with them, they may require a new credit application to
be filled out for that jurisdiction.
Park
Place Entertainment
All
of the following casinos share the same player data-base and credit-issuing system: Caesars-Las
Vegas O’Shea’s
Casino in Las Vegas IS included in the PPE computerized Player-Rating system, but you
cannot usually access your Line of Credit at this operation, unless prior arrangements are
made and confirmed. Besides which,
O’Shea’s has that “gi-normous” 20-foot long craps table that is tough
to get a good level of consistency out of. If
you want to play at Caesars-Lake Tahoe; then special arrangements have to be made and
confirmed in advance by the casino where you originally established your
PPE credit for it to be extended at this house. If
you plan to play at any of the Park Place Entertainment properties in Atlantic City; then
you’ll have to open and establish a brand-new credit account at
either: Bally’s-Atlantic
City Dover
Downs Racetrack in Delaware is not included in any PPE credit-facilities. At
the time of this writing, if you want to have credit at any of the following PPE
properties: Grand
Casino -Gulfport Then
you’ll have to open a new credit account with them.
They are currently in the middle of streamlining their credit-system in the
southern gaming markets. Perhaps by the time
you read this, your PPE account may also include their other properties, which include: Bally’s-New
Orleans As
a side note, the former Grand Casino properties in Louisiana (Avoyelles/Paragon and
Coushatta) are not included in the PPE stable of properties. If
you plan to play at any of the other Park Place Entertainment properties in North America;
then you’ll have to open and establish a brand-new credit account at
any or all of the following: Caesars-Indiana All
four of those casinos each require a separate credit application.
Boyd
Gaming
All
of the following casinos share the same player data-base and credit-issuing system: Stardust If
you want to play at any other Boyd property including: Para-Dice
in Illinois Then
special arrangements have to be made and confirmed in advance by the casino where you originally
established your BP credit for it to be extended at these four houses. The
Borgata Casino-Hotel in Atlantic City, will require you to complete a new NJ-CCC credit
application when it opens. Boyd’s
Delta Downs Racetrack does not have any table games.
Station
Casinos
There
are currently six casinos in this extended family of “locales” casinos that
share the same credit and player-rating facilities. They
are: Palace
Station Station
Casinos are currently developing an alternative casino-brand with the “Fiesta”
name, which was started by the Maloof family (current Palms Hotel owners). Your L.o.C at the Station Casinos is not
currently available, but soon will be, at the following locations: Fiesta-North
Las Vegas For
the two latter listings (WWWest & Barley’s), I would strongly recommend NOT
drawing too much attention to yourself in either of these places. Again, you want to fly under the radar in the
small grind-joints. Although there is a
“no dice-setting” sign posted on the WWWest craps tables; you CAN set the dice
if you are extremely quick and you look “non-intentional” while you are doing
it. Unless you are truly great at setting the
dice, and truly generous with your dealer tokes, I would suggest that you by-pass their
mini-tables and try your skill and luck somewhere more appropriate.
Coast
Casinos
All
of the following casinos share the same player data-base and credit-issuing system: Barbary
Coast Strictly
speaking, the Plaza Hotel is not currently “owned” by Coast Casinos. Rather it has a reciprocal management and
marketing agreement with it. The Plaza Hotel
is owned by the father of the Chairman & CEO of Coast Casinos. When
you want to use your Coast Line of Credit at Gaughans Plaza; then special arrangements
have to be made and confirmed in advance by the casino where you originally
established your CC credit for it to be extended to you.
They are pretty flexible about it, but you definitely want to ensure that
the courtesy will be extended in advance. Micheal
Gaughans slots-only franchise at McCarran Airport does not extend credit to players.
Gaughan
Properties
All
of the following casinos share the same player data-base and credit-issuing system: Gaughans
Plaza (see above notes) There
are currently no craps tables at either the Ogden House or Western Casino properties of
Jackie Gaughan.
Harrah’s
Gaming
They
currently have 26 casinos in their ever-growing franchise.
I’ve likened this operation to that of Mcdonalds Restaurants, in that
they are well-managed, and the experience is pretty much consistent throughout the whole
nationwide chain. Some
people like that Mcdonalds pre-digested, reconstituted potato-product fries taste the same
in Anchorage, Alaska as they do in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Well with Harrah’s, it’s pretty much the same experience. It doesn’t matter if you play at
Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino in Pheonix or Harrah’s North Kansas City, Mo., the
gaming experience is pretty much the same pre-packaged gaming-fluff that they are known
for. The
following casinos share the same player data-base and credit-issuing system: Harrah’s-Las
Vegas The
other Harrah’s properties all share the same player-rating system, however, because
they are in so many different gaming jurisdictions, you may not have access to your Line
of Credit at one of their other facilities, such as: Harrah’s-Lake
Tahoe Be
prepared to fill out several credit-applications to activate a Line of Credit in some of
these closely-located joints because of state gaming regulations. Okay,
there you have it folks. This list is in no
way complete. There are a number of other
casino companies out there with multiple casinos like Isle of Capri, Ameristar, Horseshoe,
Casino Magic, Argosy, Boomtown, Hollywood, Treasure Chest, Ichan Casinos, Kewadin, Lady
Luck, and Imperial Palace, just to name a few. However,
I’ve only listed the companies where I currently enjoy the use of either their
credit-facilities or “front-money” deposits. Handled
carefully and with sober maturity, Casino Credit can be a useful tool in the serious
player's money-management arsenal.
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