Slots At The Venetian And Palazzo

Las Vegas Sands Will Pay All Palazzo, Venetian Workers During Governor-Mandated Nevada 30-day Closure. Posted on: March 19, 2020, 07:46h. Last updated on: March 19, 2020, 11:57h. For March Madness, Venetian is probably where you want to be. The book is more accessible and much larger. The Palazzo book is basically a kiosk. You could always venture into Lagasse's Stadium and make a day of it though. I was there for the early NFL games this month and it's a good experience if you have a large group.

It sounds as if a reasonable strategy is to send the wife to the Slots and hit the tables. If that is the case what level of slots should she be playing? I/we have absolutely no experience with comps and slots but willing to learn. As near as I can tell they range from 25 cents or so up to, I don't know, $10 a pull.
So basically, what bet and for how many hours.
We're out there next month, December, 8th - 12th and would like to take advantage of this.
Thanks a lot for any suggestions.
LPB in NC

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The Venetian, being a big-box Strip casino, has horrible slot returns. They consistently report those figures to the Gaming Control Board.
Your wife should be playing as small denominations as possible, to minimize her losses, which can be gigantic if she doesn't watch herself. Here's a few basic tips to help stem the bleeding:
1. Figure out an amount per play and play that amount on the highest denomination possible. If that's $1/pull, that would be one coin on a dollar machine--not four (or five) coins on a quarter machine, and DEFINITELY not 20 coins on a nickel machine. The reason is, the returns on low-denomination machines are the worst of all. On the Strip, ALL slot returns stink, but anything lower than $1 denom is prohibitively bad.
2. The higher the top jackpot, the tighter the machine will be (must have lots and lots of losers to finance the big hit). Conversely, the lower the top jackpot, the looser the machine, all other things being equal. So if you want to play for a while, find a game with a 2,400 coin jackpot, not a $250,000 jackpot.
3. Make sure you BOTH join the player's club, so her slot play will be tracked, and you will be rated. This will be especially useful if she, say, hits a taxable $2000 jackpot, but is down $1900 when she hits it--without the slot card record, she would be liable for taxes on the entire $2000.
4. There is a coupon in the American Casino Guide for $25 free slot play for new members who sign up for the club. Since you can get a copy of the ACG for about $12, that's a good way to get off on the right foot, and there's tons of coupons usable at other casinos as well.
When you earn some points, use them to pay for meals in the Grand Lux Cafe--the food there is really good, and reasonably priced. The fancy-ass restaurants in the Venetian aren't worth it, and they're not all that good (except the $200/meal joints).

The Venetian, being a big-box Strip casino, has horrible slot returns. They consistently report those figures to the Gaming Control Board.
Your wife should be playing as small denominations as possible, to minimize her losses, which can be gigantic if she doesn't watch herself. Here's a few basic tips to help stem the bleeding:
1. Figure out an amount per play and play that amount on the highest denomination possible. If that's $1/pull, that would be one coin on a dollar machine--not four (or five) coins on a quarter machine, and DEFINITELY not 20 coins on a nickel machine. The reason is, the returns on low-denomination machines are the worst of all. On the Strip, ALL slot returns stink, but anything lower than $1 denom is prohibitively bad.
2. The higher the top jackpot, the tighter the machine will be (must have lots and lots of losers to finance the big hit). Conversely, the lower the top jackpot, the looser the machine, all other things being equal. So if you want to play for a while, find a game with a 2,400 coin jackpot, not a $250,000 jackpot.
3. Make sure you BOTH join the player's club, so her slot play will be tracked, and you will be rated. This will be especially useful if she, say, hits a taxable $2000 jackpot, but is down $1900 when she hits it--without the slot card record, she would be liable for taxes on the entire $2000.
4. There is a coupon in the American Casino Guide for $25 free slot play for new members who sign up for the club. Since you can get a copy of the ACG for about $12, that's a good way to get off on the right foot, and there's tons of coupons usable at other casinos as well.
When you earn some points, use them to pay for meals in the Grand Lux Cafe--the food there is really good, and reasonably priced. The fancy-ass restaurants in the Venetian aren't worth it, and they're not all that good (except the $200/meal joints).

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Typical shoot-from-the-hip nonsense delivered by someone with very little to no experience in a luxury resort/casino environment.
I play at Venetian/Palazzo all the time and I play $1 to as high as $10 sometimes, and it's one of the two casinos I am ahead at. So tell your wife not to be afraid to play any denomination she likes and in fact, the higher the denomination the better slot return and pay table. Then tell mkl to actually GO to the Venetian before he starts in with the know-it-all stuff again.
The Grand Lux Cafe has excellent food, but the gourmet restaurants are far better and offer a much more satisfying experience when you're staying in a high end resort like that. The comment above was made by someone who thinks the El Cortex serves up world class grub, and he'll take his wife to Ellis Island for their 25th wedding anniversary. So enjoy yourselves and don't let a known cheapskate ruin your time for you.

Figure out an amount per play and play that amount on the highest denomination possible. ...slot returns stink, but anything lower than $1 denom is prohibitively bad.

... tell your wife not to be afraid to play any denomination she likes and in fact, the higher the denomination the better slot return and pay table. Then tell mkl to actually GO to the Venetian before he starts in with the know-it-all stuff again.

Somebody help me out here: what are these two guys arguing about? Aren't they basically saying the exact same thing but regularly calling each other liars?

Somebody help me out here: what are these two guys arguing about? Aren't they basically saying the exact same thing but regularly calling each other liars?

Saying they're arguing isn't fair to MKL. So far, all that's happened is that Jerry didn't actually read before spouting (again...).
EDIT: ok, NOW they're fighting.

Somebody help me out here: what are these two guys arguing about? Aren't they basically saying the exact same thing but regularly calling each other liars?

Am I arguing with that moron? No.
Does he know whether or not I've ever been to the Venetian? No. (I've actually spent quite a bit of time there.)

Typical shoot-from-the-hip nonsense delivered by someone with very little to no experience in a luxury resort/casino environment.
I play at Venetian/Palazzo all the time and I play $1 to as high as $10 sometimes, and it's one of the two casinos I am ahead at. So tell your wife not to be afraid to play any denomination she likes and in fact, the higher the denomination the better slot return and pay table. Then tell mkl to actually GO to the Venetian before he starts in with the know-it-all stuff again.
The Grand Lux Cafe has excellent food, but the gourmet restaurants are far better and offer a much more satisfying experience when you're staying in a high end resort like that. The comment above was made by someone who thinks the El Cortex serves up world class grub, and he'll take his wife to Ellis Island for their 25th wedding anniversary. So enjoy yourselves and don't let a known cheapskate ruin your time for you.

Yo, asshole:
It's called the 'El Cortez', not the 'El Cortex'. Can't you even spell?
I never said that the El Cortez had 'world class cuisine'. I said that the steak house had very good food. Don't be a lying douchebag, and don't put words in my mouth.
'Little or no experience in...' LOL, as some here would say. Eight years working in high-end Strip properties, thousands of hours playing in them, over 200 nights staying in those hotels...no, no experience at all.
Really, Jerry, you shithead, you have absolutely not the slightest idea of what you're talking about, so why don't you keep your mouth shut rather than showing all of us here what an ignorant ass you are?

Yo, asshole:
It's called the 'El Cortez', not the 'El Cortex'. Can't you even spell?
I never said that the El Cortez had 'world class cuisine'. I said that the steak house had very good food. Don't be a lying douchebag, and don't put words in my mouth.
'Little or no experience in...' LOL, as some here would say. Eight years working in high-end Strip properties, thousands of hours playing in them, over 200 nights staying in those hotels...no, no experience at all.
Really, Jerry, you shithead, you have absolutely not the slightest idea of what you're talking about, so why don't you keep your mouth shut rather than showing all of us here what an ignorant ass you are?

mkl, we all know what Jerry is like, so I won't bother commenting directly on the details of your post.
On the other hand, you and I agree fairly often, and when we disagree, we can debate a point politely. But as for this current thread, I don't really understand how you can post a comment claiming that you aren't arguing with Jerry then immediately follow it with this post! I think you might lose some cred (not that Jerry thinks you have any.)

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I played about an hour's worth of UTH at the $25 level and ran about $50 @ $1.25 per spin through a WoF slot last September at the Venetian. Starting in September of this year, I've been inundated with mailers offering (3 free nights + promo).

Nice!
I ran about 20 hours of play at 50-80/hand of PaiGowPoker through them in 3 days, and have never heard from them. Never. Played maybe $100 in slots during that time, 10/hand UTH for about 2 hours as well.

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Nice!
I ran about 20 hours of play at 50-80/hand of PaiGowPoker through them in 3 days, and have never heard from them. Never. Played maybe $100 in slots during that time, 10/hand UTH for about 2 hours as well.

UTH @ 25 for one hour 50 @1.25/spin 3 free nights promo and mailers galore.
UTH @ 10 for ten hours, PGP@ 60 for 20 hours, Misc. slots $100.00 zilch in offers or mailings.
What could be the reason for a computer doing such weird things. A PB I could understand, but a computer?
Weekend versus Weekday?
Drift in versus room there?
Some hotels identify players by the blocks of their rooms, so that even you don't wear a conventioneer's badge, they know that is why you are in town for. Just as they charge more for conventioneer's rooms perhaps their programs judge such people more harshly.

UTH @ 25 for one hour 50 @1.25/spin 3 free nights promo and mailers galore.
UTH @ 10 for ten hours, PGP@ 60 for 20 hours, Misc. slots $100.00 zilch in offers or mailings.
What could be the reason for a computer doing such weird things. A PB I could understand, but a computer?
Weekend versus Weekday?
Drift in versus room there?
Some hotels identify players by the blocks of their rooms, so that even you don't wear a conventioneer's badge, they know that is why you are in town for. Just as they charge more for conventioneer's rooms perhaps their programs judge such people more harshly.

We were the only two players at the table and we were playing the $5 progressive initially so maybe they rated us higher.
It was a weekday and we were drift-ins.
It may have something to do with my age and ethnicity. 30s and Asian.During G2E the dice tables at Palazzo were quite packed at night. I was at a table across from the CEO of a regional gaming operator when there was some pretty loud screaming -- louder than normal, that is. The main floor of the Palazzo is laid out like a giant concourse and a drunk woman at one end had spotted her friend from the far end of it. She started yelling and ran toward her friend, plowing through a few people before faceplanting about 2/3 of the way there. When she hit the deck everyone started clapping.

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