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......and  I cruise free.

 I recently did a test where i  only spend $20 a day in the 8 cent slots to see what CCL does. Would last sometimes over an hour. 

Anyway, I been getting free cruises. Three so far and i always check my offers everyday for more. 

Why would they give me free cruises for such a low investment?

 

 

PS ... of course i had to pay port/tax

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Casinos are ALL ABOUT TIME

 

Major calculus is time....Time x avg wager x house edge (what you play) x hands (plays) per hour

 

It's called ADT or Average Daily Theoretical. All casinos use this is similar formulas. You can walk into any casino, drop $1000 on a single roulette spin, lose and no one cares.....no one will blink

Lose $1000 over a few hours, now you're known, because you go up, down, up, down and in the end, that thousand dollars was actually a "coin in" of maybe $5,000

 

TIME is your friend in a casino. You did it right. Better to play down and play longer that up and lose fast, if comps are your goal.

 

 

 

 

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43 minutes ago, Vitamin_Sea said:

......and  I cruise free.

 I recently did a test where i  only spend $20 a day in the 8 cent slots to see what CCL does. Would last sometimes over an hour. 

Anyway, I been getting free cruises. Three so far and i always check my offers everyday for more. 

Why would they give me free cruises for such a low investment?

 

 

PS ... of course i had to pay port/tax

Because it has little to do with what you spent onboard for now.  The casino marketing dept buys data from many places and targets people who meet their demographics..

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Book them now, right now your considered a potential new heavy hitter and the casino offers will roll your way to entice you. 

 

Once you get a bit more established your offers will be infrequent and at that level probably cut off except maybe $20 off regular rate and some light obc. 

 

Once you quit booking marketing will occasionally throw one your way again to entice you again.

 

Good luck, spend what your comfortable with and remember the house always wins although comped cruises lower the house edge - especially if your a solo cruiser 😁.

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1 hour ago, Elaine5715 said:

This is true for land casinos and cruise casino onboard comps but nothing for  later offers.  

Of course it does. It has everything to do with luring you back to take more money. 

They don’t comp you as a “gift” it’s an enticement. Give you more to make you play more. 
 

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51 minutes ago, Ilovesailaway said:

Well my interest is certainly peaked. I am not a casino person so forgive my ignorance but how does one get started on such a strategy? Do you have to register with the casino so they can track your play?

If I understand the casinos (both land and ship based) you use your ship card (Sail & Sign card) at each machine. This credits each of your plays to you. Land based casinos have a similar system if you first register and acquire their card, with that particular casino. Then you will receive offers to come and play!

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39 minutes ago, EngIceDave said:

Of course it does. It has everything to do with luring you back to take more money. 

They don’t comp you as a “gift” it’s an enticement. Give you more to make you play more. 
 

Market demographics are more accurate.  

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5 hours ago, Vitamin_Sea said:

well.... just off Pride yesterday.  6 day cruise = $120 casino investment.

im a solo traveler 

Did you notice if the Pride had Happy Hour? It is usually after 12 pm embarkation day and later in the afternoon on port days? Last January they did that but in April it wasn’t all the port days. Thanks.

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The lowest minimum bet I have seen on penny slots since 2016 is $0.20. The minimum bet is actually one cent per line.  The lowest minimum bet I saw on the Valor in late November 2022 was $0.30.  There was no penny slot machine that allowed you to play just one line.  The only one line machines cost at least $0.25(likely more than that).  There were no $0.08 machines.

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7 hours ago, Ilovesailaway said:

Well my interest is certainly peaked. I am not a casino person so forgive my ignorance but how does one get started on such a strategy? Do you have to register with the casino so they can track your play?

dont have to register ... i just spend $20 a day in 8 cent slots     thats all i do

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1 hour ago, Tiger0613 said:

The lowest minimum bet I have seen on penny slots since 2016 is $0.20. The minimum bet is actually one cent per line.  The lowest minimum bet I saw on the Valor in late November 2022 was $0.30.  There was no penny slot machine that allowed you to play just one line.  The only one line machines cost at least $0.25(likely more than that).  There were no $0.08 machines.

called dancing drums    all ccl ships have it  8 cent bet

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1 minute ago, Vitamin_Sea said:

you adjust the machine to 8 cent    dancing drum

Thought it may be one of those types, but never tried to play down that far.

 

I have seen people do it, solely to hit the bonuses

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