Idea could be good, location sucks. Do they really think people are going to walk all the way to the back of the Flamingo Parking Garage for this?

I've been victimized by this. Had an offer a year ago for 3 nights and $1,000 Macy's Card from Palace Station. when I check-in i go to VIP to get Macy's card and was told that it's based on play. So I say, OK fine, how much play and the guy tells me it depends on the machine because each machine has a different theoretical. I say well, give me a ballpark amount of Video Poker play that I'll need and he tells me that he can't do it but that if I play it on Video Poker instead of reel slots it will take much more play. So again I ask, OK if I play nickel multi-line slots how long and he tells me, it will take forever on nickel slots. Then I ask about blackjack and he tells me an absurd amount of hours at an absurd average bet and then proceeds to tell me that if I miss their goal, which they won't tell me precisely what it is, that I don't get the card. It's all or nothing and they won't tell me what the "all" is.

I decided that the whole invite was simply a trap to force a lot of play and then give the casino an open option to decide, after the fact, based on whether you've been lucky or unlucky or played their preferred choice of games with a high house edge whether to give you the card, despite the fact that the actual mailer says that you got the $1,000 Macy's card just for showing up based on your past play as a good customer. I decided to just stiff them and not play a penny.

Global Cash and it's subsidiary Central Credit are still operating in the old "Mob Based" casino world of 30 years ago. What other business can disguise check cashing services as "Credit" and maintain detailed credit databases on casino customers in total secrecy. Want to see your Central Credit files...when hell freezes over.

I'm not even going to get into mentioning their fees on cash access. One step below a loan shark.

Fox News is the first to say that they are not the mainstream media. MS-NBC leans left, CNN now seems to be in the middle, and Fox News leans to the right. Sounds like a good mix to me.

I just wish Fox News would quit saying that they are "Fair and Balanced" because it's obvious that they aren't. But then, you just can't believe everything you see on TV.

Any other business would just have to write off his "credit" as a bad debt and move on. It is easy enough before each trip for Caesars or Rio to check this high rollers bank balance to see if there was money in the account. The fact that they gave this guy "credit" anyway is just another example of casino greed in taking advantage of someone who may have lost control.

Gary Loveman talks a good game in those Public Service Announcements about Harrah's caring about problem gamblers...but when push comes to shove they will take the money anyway they can get it.

Casino Credit should be treated as just that...credit. That would make casinos think long and hard about how much and whom they give credit to. The other 49 states should pass laws that make it impossible to extridite anyone to Nevada for not paying off their casino bills. Casinos should have to sue for their money like everyone else in the event of a bad debt.

Stratosphere could use a management change. Tell them to buy Bill Zender's new book on casino management when it comes out in 3 weeks.

Perhaps the Riviera should consider not sweating any action bigger than red chips at their blackjack games. Anyone who bets real money (I don't mean Bellagio stakes) is made to feel very unwelcome by Riviera. You can't only just welcome players with the poorest skills and very low rollers and expect to be a serious player on the Strip. The Riviera really has nothing of interest to tourists and thus must rely on being friendly and welcoming to gamblers. Their convention business is really the only thing going for them. Many mid-rollers, exactly the customers Riviera wants, are also smart shoppers. They will avoid casinos that don't have good offerings in terms of rules and payouts.

Get aggressive with marketing, offer good rules, good paytables, loose slots, friendly pit crews that don't sweat and aren't so rude, and a good overall value for visitors and you'll keep that place so packed with customers it will make your head spin.