Hey guys,
Sorry been away for awhile. Just wanted to update you on the fact that this is vegas still doesn't want to give me any comp points. I finally got a "VIP" $50 bonus, but I guess my vip status isn't worthy of comp points still.
Heidi
What is the BIG DEAL over comp points. No Rival rep has dared to come here and explain. They are awarded for PLAYTHROUGH, and CANNOT EVER BE "ABUSED" in the sense that a bonus might.
With a bonus, there are ways to play with a high variance approach that can make a series of them +EV, and of course this approach means the casino gets less wagering than expected from the offers. Players playing in this way ALSO accumulate relatively FEW comp points, since these are awarded on playthrough, not "churn" of funds.
It is the "honest, recreational" player that will accumulate large numbers of comp points, but the casino CANNOT lose over this, because they ARE getting the playthrough, and making the appropriate net "hold" from the account.
The only time casinos have lost out on comp points has been where they have awarded too many, such that the comps awarded are greater than the net "hold" from the gaming.
This failure of comp points to accumulate seems a peculiarity of Rival software, most other casinos have a pretty derisory rate of accumulation, and only a very few have no comps system in place, and these are often new casinos that are intending to implement a comps system later.
Despite early promise, TIV is NOT the first Rival to achieve CM accreditation, nor the second, nor the third, and it looks like being left behind as part of the bunch of "bad Rival casinos".
It looks like their formerly active rep has simply vanished, and the loss of this ONE employee has made all this difference, and difference for the worse, not the better.
Is'nt John the Rep here for TIV anymore? I can not find him listed.
