Casino Comps and One-Card Clubs

Posted on August 4, 2022 by dayat

I do not understand why all casino players don’t sign up for a Club Card or a One-Club Card for a group of casinos at every casino they visit. What are your objections? Is it getting on a mailing list, receiving junk mail, too much hassle or concerns about your privacy? Let us take these objections one at a time.

Here’s the worst thing that can happen to you–you get ‘junk mail’ for free rooms or low rates, free food, cash voucher, birthday greetings plus promotional news. I will take that junk anytime!

Gosh, you have to schlump (is that a word?) over to the casino promotions booth to sign-up and most of the time you get a free gift, cash-food voucher or a casino promotion specifically for new members.

Is that any more hassle that going to your bank or lifting up your mattress when you are gathering your gambling bankroll for a casino visit?

Easier still and to avoid schlumping, head for your favorite casino website and sign-up online.

Speaking of the internet, most online casinos have jumped on the comps bandwagon with Players Club, Cash Back Programs and Percentage Bonus offerings–a www comp benefit.

An additional benefit and time-saver is to sign up for one-card to use at a group of casinos. I have provided a Listing of 9 US Casino Cards Merged.

The current and lasting trend is to combine several casino properties under one named Slot Club Card to form a MegaClub. Use your card at all participating casinos to gather points.

For further details of participating casino locations, I suggest you search the internet or contact any one of the casinos in the group. This list is current at the time of writing but may change.

1) Harrah’s–Total Rewards: Harrah’s properties plus Showboat Casino, AC, Harvey’s Casino, Lake Tahoe and Rio Casino, Las Vegas.

2) Park Place–Connection Card: Includes Bally’s, Caesars, Grand Casinos, Flamingo, Paris and Hiltons.

3) Isle of Capri–Isle One: All properties

4) Mandalay Resorts–One Club: Includes properties in Vegas, Reno, Detroit and Tunica.

5) MGM Mirage Card: Includes properties in Vegas, Detroit, Biloxi and Laughlin.

6) Station Casinos–Boarding Pass: Includes 7 properties.

7) Fiesta–Amigo Club: Fiesta Henderson and Las Vegas.

8) Ultimate Rewards Club: Arizona Charlie’s East and West, Las Vegas

and the Stratosphere, Las Vegas.

9) Coast Clubs in Vegas: Includes 5 properties.

You are adding to your precious bankroll by participating in the casino club. Cash back, free food and rooms–all monies that you can add to your gambling pot.

Further, as far as privacy–well wake up to the real world–we lost that years ago.

You cannot hide within this wired and wireless world. (that is www to you).

Of course, you do not have to divulge private information and yes, casinos are tracking your play but that’s to determine your qualifications for the many benefits of the card, not to spy on you.

I received an e-mail from a reader who frequents casinos and has never signed up for a slots card and wanted to know how.

My reply: make a beeline for the promotions booth in any casino or the casino site and sign up now.

Let us all take a moment of silence for the points and freebies this reader and others have not received. Yikes, I cannot do it–it hurts my thrifty heart too much–ouch!

Do not play just for comps, but do take advantage of the casino cards and the casinos, in this case. I do whenever I can.

Gayle Mitchell and a team of gaming pros teach Gambli

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France Casinos

Posted on July 4, 2022 by dayat

France is home to a huge number of casinos, both large and small, and is without a doubt the leader in the European casino scene. France casinos are found throughout the country, including several in Paris, but probably the most prestigious and glamorous are to be found in the south of France, along the famous Riviera, combining beautiful landscapes and fabulous weather with some of the oldest and most historic casinos in Europe. Foreign travelers flock to the south coast for a taste of the high life, and here as elsewhere in the country, casinos form an essential part of the visitor experience.

There are nearly 200 casinos in France, making it the country in Europe with the most such establishments; the largest concentration in any one city, unsurprisingly, is to be found in Paris, where there are eight casinos. The largest casino in Paris is the Cercle Hausmann, which has some 26 tables. However, France casinos are spread throughout the country, reflecting the French love of gambling, and the central role that France has played in the development of casinos (roulette was invented here, as well as blackjack). Additionally, France casinos have an ambience unlike those anywhere else, an elegance and tradition that stands in stark contrast to the somewhat more brash charms of casinos elsewhere, and a world away from the gaudy exuberance of Las Vegas.

Without doubt, the center of French gambling is the Riviera, or Cote D’Azur, on the south coast. The casinos of Cannes, Nice, and Antibes are among the most glamorous in the whole of Europe, and are must-see attractions for anyone visiting this part of the country. The Riviera is famed for its beautiful towns, chic shops, and almost year-round sunshine, which helped it establish itself as one of Europe’s premier winter resorts in times past, though nowadays it is in summer that the region really comes alive. The most famous of all the casinos on the south coast, of course, is the Monte Carlo Casino, which is nearly one hundred and fifty years old. However, it is situated in Monaco, which is not part of France, but an independent principality ruled by the famous Grimaldi family.

Other famous France casinos can be found around the country, often at seaside resorts such as Deauville and Biarritz. In each of these towns, the casino has played a central role in the history and tradition of the area, cementing the place of French casinos in the popular imagination and making them an essential part of any visit to the country.

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