The Devolution of Spin To Win (which I call Spin to Lose)

[Merion_Mom]

This refers to the special slot machine in the casino for which C&A members get special "gold" coins to play.

 

Quite often, I get nothing.  (thus the label, Spin to Lose) 😄  😄 😄

 

For years, the lowest prize was a Royal Caribbean keychain, either the regular RC one or a Casino Royale one.

 

Then it was suddenly a "raffle ticket", for a raffle that was held at 10 P.M. on the last night of your cruise.

 

Today on the Adventure, it was ANOTHER "gold" coin!

[Clarea]

I think the coins are worth more than the keychain.

[John&LaLa]

I have about 200 of them. Should have tossed into the ocean prior to Dorian. 

 

This is the Treasure Coast 🤣

[molly361]

We stopped playing them when they went from giving the key chains to the raffle tickets 

[Beachin2]

I started giving the coins to first time cruisers as a souvenir.

[DaniDanielle]

We have kept a few coins as souvenirs.  Last trip Charlie won a Casino Royale T-shirt which our eleven year old granddaughter loves!

[Clarea]

I'll bet they are losing lots of coins.  I would not be surprised to see an "automatic" spin-to-win machine connected to the onboard account.  Just swipe your SeaPass card and you get your appropriate number turns on the wheel, no coins needed, no taking the time of casino cashiers for a "no revenue" task.

[LorraineP]

Stopped asking for them years ago. 

[eel]

We kept all of the coins from a 4 cruise run in 2018 and used them all at once. 24 coins and all we won were useless raffle tickets.  I agree the coins are better than any prizes they give out!

[taglovestocruise]

55 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

We have kept a few coins as souvenirs.  Last trip Charlie won a Casino Royale T-shirt which our eleven year old granddaughter loves!

Bingo! won a t shirt a few years ago and our granddaughter loved it. She brought home her Oasis Coke cup 3 years ago and uses  it every visit with us. Gotta love Royal and all the perks. 

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

I'll bet they are losing lots of coins.  I would not be surprised to see an "automatic" spin-to-win machine connected to the onboard account.  Just swipe your SeaPass card and you get your appropriate number turns on the wheel, no coins needed, no taking the time of casino cashiers for a "no revenue" task.

 

They have tried to uglify them by putting big black marks on them. Not sure if you can wash it off.

 

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, eel said:

We kept all of the coins from a 4 cruise run in 2018 and used them all at once. 24 coins and all we won were useless raffle tickets.  I agree the coins are better than any prizes they give out!

 

We turned in 180+ a few years ago. Turns out they are slightly different and about half got rejected. The cashier gave me replacements, but she wasn't amused. 

 

We won a couple of polos and a ton of key chains. 

 

It's just fun to spin the wheel

Edited September 15, 2019 by John&LaLa

[LMaxwell]

3 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

This refers to the special slot machine in the casino for which C&A members get special "gold" coins to play.

 

Quite often, I get nothing.  (thus the label, Spin to Lose) 😄  😄 😄

 

For years, the lowest prize was a Royal Caribbean keychain, either the regular RC one or a Casino Royale one.

 

Then it was suddenly a "raffle ticket", for a raffle that was held at 10 P.M. on the last night of your cruise.

 

Today on the Adventure, it was ANOTHER "gold" coin!

 

The only way to win is to put the coin on eBay 

[cruiseguy1016]

I won a t-shirt AND a key chain on my last cruise. Now that's hitting the jackpot!

[swoopy2110]

Would love the know how many times a year (if that!) the jackpot is paid out on the spin to win machine.

[Longhorn82]

On 9/14/2019 at 7:35 PM, John&LaLa said:

 

They have tried to uglify them by putting big black marks on them. Not sure if you can wash it off.

 

 

[Longhorn82]

Nail polish remover cleans them.

[CruiseKeeper]

Careful. . . This will give them the ammo they need to make the Spin to Win go the way of the pleather frames.  Sorry RCI, we just LOVE the Spin to Whatever.  

[bonsai3s]

The casino cashier must've felt bad seeing us lose so many times...he gave us a shirt.

Yup, most of the coins we got were "marked"...and yes, acetone will remove the marks.😊

 

[Ourusualbeach]

20 plus cruises and never won more than a raffle ticket.  DD turns 18 goes in the casino for the first time, gets her 3 spins and wins a t shirt and keychain. 

[maria1122]

I guess I am lucky.  I won cash.  3  cents once and 6 cents another time.  

[CruisinNole]

10 minutes ago, maria1122 said:

I guess I am lucky.  I won cash.  3  cents once and 6 cents another time.  

Show off!😁

[SilkySal]

Decided to start collecting them and give them to our grandkids, nieces and nephews, who like to use them for pirate or leprechaun treasure. They could also be used as poker chips for those of us (adults of course), who enjoy gambling for fun (or not)!

Edited January 11, 2020 by SilkySal
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[Merion_Mom]

On the Anthem now. 

 

First level of “win” = one more coin

 

Second level = TWO more coins. 😳😉😄

[wayne_trisha]

25+ cruises and don't ever remember winning anything than on our last cruise last summer we both won t-shirts. Crazy odds!