Re: [vpFREE] Re: Change in Ellis Island Mailers

>Then there are the intangible psychological considerations. I'm thinking that the average player received more personal satisfaction from someone handing him an actual $20 bill than they now receive from a machine ringing up $20 in credits for free play, even though that same player would often just stick the $20 bill right into the nearest machine and play it anyway. Advantage players understand that in the long run $100 in free play is worth very close to the same as $100 in cash, but I'm not sure the average player makes this connection. Perhaps the casinos have lost a bit of good will with the elimination of cash back.
>
>This is all speculation of course. What do the rest of you think?
>
>EE

It seems inconsistent for gamblers to be happy to risk money gambling
and care about getting cash instead of free play. That so many
casinos offer a huge discount for free play, sometimes offering twice
as much in free play than in cash, tells me there must be many of
them. I've won drawings and been given the choice between free play
and a much lower amount of cash. Even some players who I think should
know better show an unusual interest in their result when they're
playing free play. I think I should know better, but I've gotten
particularly, and surprisingly, annoyed at losing several hands in a
row while playing free play. Maybe there's a reason that free play,
perhaps by stipulating an amount that the players regard as theirs,
sets up expectations that get more easily disappointed than in
"normal" gambling. Maybe casinos can find a way to give cash to
players whom it will best motivate and free play to those whom it will
best motivate.

------------------------------------

vpFREE Links: http://members.cox.net/vpfree/Links.htm

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpFREE/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vpFREE/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
vpFREE-digest@yahoogroups.com
vpFREE-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
vpFREE-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/